On Sunday, May 9, 2010, most American’s will honor their mothers. There are many ways to tell mom thanks, but most people do it with flowers, making Mother’s Day a very important day for the floral industry. In the US, the day ranks as the second highest gift-giving holiday, the busiest day of the year for many restaurants and a peak day for long distance calling. Here’s a look at Mother’s Day by the numbers.
In the United States, over 20% of our total energy consumption is residential. In fact, in the United States, we are the 7th largest per capita consumer of residential energy. Where is all of that energy going? Are you living with a "gas-guzzler"? Explore the application below to understand more about how we consume energy in our homes. Blue stars indicate ENERGY STAR models are available. Click on the green stars to find out how quickly an ENERGY STAR appliance can pay for itself.
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See who could be added together to make a majority in parliament. The 326-seat finishing line is marked below – but as Lewis Baston explains, the numbers game means an effective majority begins at 320.
Which parties could form a coalition government?via www.guardian.co.uk
This map shows the overall scores from the second global compilation of the Happy Planet Index (HPI). The HPI is an index of human well-being and environmental impact.
Despite a recent admission from the IEA that their findings on climate change may have arisen from ambiguous data, it is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that Earth's climate is changing or that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased as a result of human activity.
Even in developing countries, most people in the world now rely on mobile phone service. Here’s a look at who is using mobile service around the world, which providers are used and how people are using their mobile devices.
You may have heard about BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico over the past few days. This is a visual representation of just how much it's costing BP (and the rest of the world).
