US Suicides Rise

Suicides in the US continue to rise. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a record 120,000 Americans died from Continue reading →

US Billionaires Pay Less Taxes

The headline of billionaires paying less taxes probably isn’t a surprise. There have been so many storied tax cuts for Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2019

Zero. Alaska had no sea ice within 150 miles of its shores for the first time since written records were Continue reading →

Growing US Income Inequality

Amidst so many other news stories it is easy to miss the fact that inequality continues to rise in the Continue reading →

Data That Matters August 2019

Fossil fuel subsidies are ~3.7 times greater than subsidies for renewable energy. The cost of gun deaths in the US Continue reading →

New Gun Cost Estimates

Estimating the costs of gun deaths, not simply gun usage and violence, in the US is stymied by a successful Continue reading →

American Renewable Energy Excels

“For the first time ever, renewable electricity generation beat out coal-fired electricity generation on a national level, according to the Energy Continue reading →

Data That Matters June 2019

By 2050, geothermal energy in America could produce 23% of national residential demand. Despite advances in renewable energy and efficiency, Continue reading →