US Jobs Report March 2019

The good news: 196,000 jobs added in the US in March. More good news: unemployment is at 3.8%. And yet, Continue reading →

Carbon-Free US Electricity 2050

Nice and concise; “If renewables sustain this rate of growth, the United States would be roughly on track to get Continue reading →

US Jobs Report January 2019

Economists were surprised with the high number of new jobs in January, 304,000. They were less impressed by wage growth Continue reading →

Popular Posts 2018

Welcome to the new year, which is a good time to look back at the old year. PretendingNotToPanic.com is explicitly Continue reading →

Data That Matters December 2018

A group of investors representing $32T (twice the US GDP) have called for reducing coal usage and fossil fuel subsidies Continue reading →

Record American Gun Deaths

“Gun violence is a public health epidemic…” – Adelyn Allchin Death by guns in America hit a new record of Continue reading →

Data That Matters November 2018

The number of jobs available in America, 7,136,000, is greater than the number of officially unemployed. The oceans are absorbing Continue reading →

American Life Expectancy Drops

For the third year in a row, life expectancy in America didn’t improve. Thanks to suicides and overdoses, as well Continue reading →