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 →

Data That Matters August 2018

August 1 is the Earth Overshoot Day for the planet. For the United States, the day is March 1. In Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2018

Alaska Sea ice has dropped from typically 300,000 square kilometers 100 years ago to 270,000 in the last 30 years Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2018

In America, there are 13 empty houses for every homeless American. The richest 1% now hold more than half the Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2018

Average wages rose from 0.3% to 2.9% but the bottom 83% are seeing slower growth than the top 17%. Humans Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2018

In 2017, 11,737 Americans died from guns fired by Americans. Since 1995, Gig-style jobs have grown from 9.1% of the Continue reading →

Data That Matters November 2017

The ozone hole over Antarctica has shrunk to “only” 19.6 million square kilometers. Since the start of the Great Recession, Continue reading →

Data That Matters October 2017

A nearly-simultaneous universal (40 languages) interpreter was developed. Poverty has dropped to the point that it can be eradicated with Continue reading →