Data That Matters June 2021

With a market cap of $680B, Bitcoin was accepted as a legal currency by a government, El Salvador. Several large Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2021

Instead of 561,594 people dying from Covid-19 in the US, the total is over 905,000. Worldwide the number of deaths Continue reading →

Data That Matters March 2021

Over a similar life-cycle, a fossil fuel vehicle will use about 17,000 kg of petroleum products that also need to Continue reading →

Datum That Mattered February 2021

As of February 19, 2021 – at least 2,872,000 deaths, with an estimate of an extra 66% higher from mis-reported Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2021

Instead of zero, the average increase in global temperature is 0.32F (0.18C) per decade, and accelerating. Estimates for the US Continue reading →

Data That Matters October 2020

As of August 1, 150,500 deaths from Covid were confirmed in the US, with an additional ~70,000 from unknown causes. Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2020

For people born in the 40s, the chance of earning more than their parents was ~90%. For people born in Continue reading →

Data That Matters August 2020

Earth Overshoot Day was August 24, lengthened by the pandemic by 24 days, but far from the sustainability target of Continue reading →