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.
In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: Washington Post
12 Apr 2010The Nature Conservancy has developed an atlas of ecodiversity and conservation. The hard copy will be published on Earth Day 2010, but some maps are available online now.(Related Washington Post article and photo gallery).
One more. This time with feeling! Ok, maybe not. But this one has some great historical perspectives: Deficits, spending by agency, revenue, etc (and you can click on the area charts to drill down). Great work by the Washington Post!
Deficits (all the charts below go to the same link – click on the tabs at the top to go through them on the WP site).
Spending by agency:
Revenue:
The budget:
Progress made on 25 promises made during the election. Click on a promise to see details and related articles at the bottom. Nice work by the Washington Post.
In: Culture Environment/weather Global Economy Maps Science Source: NYT Source: USA Today Source: Washington Post Source: WSJ
15 Jan 2010Crazy amount of damage. and Haiti wasn’t in very good shape to start with. I’ll keep adding finds to this same post as I come across them.
I kept hearing that the shipping port was out of commission and was wondering what exactly that meant. Here it is. (via Washington Post print edition)
Damage zone and location of aftershocks :
Faultlines, cities, population density, shaking:
Zoomable satellite map of Port-au-Prince from 10:30 Wednesday:
NYT side-by-side before and after satellite pictures:
In: Employment Source: Ritholtz Source: Washington Post US Economy
4 Jan 2010Job growth, GDP and household net worth all did poorly. Related Washington Post article. (via The Big Picture).
A nice tool from the Washington Post, includes graphs on troop deployment, war funding, death tolls, and comparisons to other conflicts.
From an ABC/WashingtonPost survey.
Infographic of how the new portions of DC’s metro will be built. Related article. (via KelsoCartography)
Related article. Once again, spotted over at Infectious Greed (I really should go there more often).
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