The Pew article Republicans increasingly critical of several major U.S. institutions, including big corporations and banks by Ted Van Green (8/20/2021) includes the chart copied here. The charts show clearly that republicans are more critical than in 2019, but it would seem that gaps are more concerning. Republicans are more …
Read More »How did my state fare in the 2020 census?
The US Census Bureau page State-by-State Visualizations of Key Demographic Trends from the 2020 Census. The page has tiles for each state that brings you to a page with numerous tables and graphics. For example, copied here is the map of NYS with change in the age of the population. …
Read More »How do I find climate rankings for my state?
Have you wondered if your state just had the hottest, driest, wettest, etc. month? You can get this information from NOAA’s Statewide Ranking page. For example, the graphic here is for California for July 2021. The output will provide ranking information for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time …
Read More »How much LNG do we export?
The eia article U.S. natural gas net trade is growing as annual LNG exports exceed pipeline exports by Kristen Tsai (8/16/2021) has the chart here that answers the question. In our August 2021 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that U.S. natural gas exports will exceed natural gas imports by an average …
Read More »How hot was July 2021?
From NOAA’s Global Climate Report – July 2021: As a whole, the July 2021 global surface temperature was the highest for July since global records began in 1880 at 0.93°C (1.67°F) above the 20th-century average of 15.8°C (60.4°F). This value surpassed the previous record set in 2016 (and subsequently matched in 2019 …
Read More »How did CEOs do during the pandemic?
Did CEOs take a pay hit like many workers did during the pandemic? The article CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,322% since 1978 by Lawrence Mishel and Jori Kandra (8/10/2021) suggests CEOs did just fine last year. Their chart shows that realized CEO compensation grew during 2020 compared to the average …
Read More »What are the latest climate projections?
The IPCC sixth assessment report was just released. The graph here is from the summary for policymakers. The 42 page summary could be used as part of a sustainability or QL type course as there are plenty of graphs. Page 15 starts the discussion on the different scenarios, which is …
Read More »How dry is Arizona?
From the climate.gov article Western Drought 2021 Spotlight: Arizona by Tom Di Liberto (7/29/2021): Looking back even farther by using a drought indicator known as the Standardized Precipitation Index, the current drought in Arizona is also the worst on record back to the late 1800s. Going back even farther than …
Read More »How much of the West is in drought?
Over 99% of the West has been in drought for the month of July and 4/6/2021 was the last time it was below 90%. Roughly 25% has been in exceptional drought since May. Over 60 million people (about 20% of the U.S. population) are estimated in the drought areas in …
Read More »How much has CO2 emissions increased?
https://climate.nasa.gov/system/video_items/106_69_82_carbon-updated-abstract_4.mp4 The visual here is from the NASA feature How Much Carbon Dioxide Are We Emitting? by Matthew Conlen (7/15/2021) may help us all understand the change in CO2 emissions. In 1900, almost 2 billion metric tons of CO2 were released due to fossil fuel usage. By 1960, that number had …
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