Last night’s Daily Show had a great bit about “egregious, willful safety violations” by BP, compared to only 19 by other companies. (starts around minute 9)
Looking around for the original data brought us the below. Note: this is for refineries, not offshore drilling sites:
This one is pretty comprehensive, to say the least. (via)
Filter by state, year, and type of disaster. (note: you can zoom by selecting the arrow pointer tool at the bottom). The number of disasters has apparently increased over time because we’ve changed the definition. Related story.
Enter your own leak rate (nobody knows what it really is) and see what the running total is. (via)
Overlay the spill onto your own location with this googlemaps mashup:
View energy use for various appliances — in dollars/watts/gas, over different periods and in different states.
In: Culture Environment/weather Graphic Design (general) Science
6 May 2010Some cool “mind-maps” of things you can do about global warming, your health, and connecting with nature. Simplistic, but appealing and effective. (via)
There are a lot of these out there, but most of them are pretty crappy. This one is very well done – data dense, yet easy to read.
A 2009 survey identified about 600 labels that denote some definition of "environmentally friendly" worldwide, including more than 80 on products sold in the United States.
Can’t help but think this could have been visualized better. (via)
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