This Is America’s Largest School District
As might be expected, America's largest school districts are in the largest cities.
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Americans Have the 29th Longest Retirement in the World
The United States ranks 29th out of 36 countries, based on the average number of years in retirement.
This Is The Best American City For Singles
Cinch Home Services recently released a study about the best and worst cities to be single. According to a Realtor.com analysis of the study: To come up with its findings, Cinch looked at the…
This Is the Worst City for Cybercrime
In 2020, the top four U.S. cities based on the most cyber identity fraud were all in Kansas.
Biden’s EV order first of the grand targets of the countdown to COP26
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights In the pantheon of dramatic climate pledges, President Joe Biden’s Thursday on electrifying the U.S. car industry in the next decade was about as telegraphed as they come,…
The City Where Homicides Have Risen Most During the Pandemic
One type of crime has surged in most large American cities in the past year. That crime is homicide.
So long India; trend toward less business travel appears real
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights I’m not big on the theories that everything will change once we emerge from our Covid hibernation, but one area I’ve been impressed with is the sudden commitment…
This Is the Least Expensive State to Drive In
A 24/7 Wall St. analysis shows that Maine is the least expensive state in which to drive a car. See why.
Carbon offsets have a huge new problem — wildfires; plus, private equity’s ESG play
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights As if the world of calculating forest and natural assets to be used as carbon offsets for big polluting businesses isn’t complicated enough, now there’s a huge new,…
This Organization Ranks No. 1 Investing in Plastic Waste
One country invests more in the production of plastic than any other nation, company or organization in the world.
This City Has 63 Vacant Schools
Detroit is the most battered large city in America. It has lost half of its population, down to 670,000, since 1950, as car manufacturing facilities and headquarters have moved elsewhere. The city declared Chapter…
COP26 countdown begins with good Covid news from UK; plus how to boost your ESG score
By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights With climate change impact bearing down hard around the world this month and G20 leaders failing to agree to reduce coal consumption over the weekend, or anything for…
It Is 118 Degrees in This National Park
The National Park Service calls Death Valley National Park the "hottest, driest and lowest" national park.
Chariots of Fire: The Olympics confront a warming world
By Justin Sharon (Justin Sharon is a longtime freelance writer. After working at Merrill Lynch for many years, he transitioned to financial journalism. Among other subjects, he also authors a monthly column about British…
This Is America’s Least Trusted Institution
Congress was the least trusted institution in 2020, according to a Gallup poll.