THE COST OF DOING NOTHING
10000
Daily air pollution deaths
94%
Proportion of US cities with microplastics in drinking water
50%
Increase in heatwaves since 1980
1,000,000,000
New climate migrants by 2050
40000
Annual gun deaths in US
1,021
Fatal police shootings in 2020
2.5X
Increased likelihood of being shot by police if black vs white
2,300,000
People incarcerated in US
0
Number of countries that incarcerate more people per capita than the US
92,091
Number of homeless people in NYS (2019)
13%
Percent of people living below the poverty line in NYS
2.6X
Increased likelihood of being in poverty if black vs. white
$7.25
National minimum wage
$617
Public college cost of tuition in 1976
$10,440
Public college cost of tuition in 2020
$37,000
Average federal student loan debt
8,600,000
Number of student loan borrowers in default
11
Number of Members of Congress under 35 years old.
100
Number of Members of Congress over 70 years old
$359,000,000
Annual lobbying spending by the fossil fuel industry in the US
$82,000
Median wealth of a person living in North America.
$1,000
Median wealth of a person living in Africa.
$11,000,000
Average net worth of top 1% in the US
86%
Percentage of US adults who said they trust their fellow citizens as a whole in 1976
55%
Percentage of US adults who said they trust the fellow citizens in 2021
