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 April 2021

From 2006 through 2019 the percentage of people having recently felt stress has risen from 29% to 35%. That jumped 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 →

Data That Matters May 2020

Over 350,000 dead globally (>100,000 in the US) and a record of over 30 million unemployed in the US, and Continue reading →

Data That Matters December 2019

“Go West, young man” (person, whatever) is less likely to happen as mobility in the US declined from about 20% Continue reading →