Alan Kennedy

1 week ago | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy

Mapped: How Many People Are ICE Detaining? This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Homeland Security umbrella. Its duty is to enforce federal laws regarding border control, customs, trade, and immigration.

1 month ago | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy |Lebon Siu

High-performance insulation is a cost-effective and reliable way to permanently reduce a building’s energy demand and carbon emissions over its entire service life. However, despite its ability to deliver significant economic benefits to homeowners and businesses, insulation is often undervalued or overlooked. For this graphic, Visual Capitalist partnered with the American Chemistry Council. In it, we explore three reasons insulation can lower costs and reduce a home or business’s carbon footprint.

1 month ago | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy |Alejandra Dander |Alan Kennedy

Producing Canadian aluminum is energy-intensive. Creating a metric ton of this versatile material takes nearly 15,000 kilowatt hours–enough electricity to power a typical U.S. household for 16 months. With the U.S. planning to place tariffs on metals coming from Canada and increase its efforts to start domestic production, we ask: what would the replacement of 2.7 million metric tons of Canadian aluminum mean for America’s energy consumption?

1 month ago | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy

When someone says the word whisky (or whiskey in the U.S. or Ireland), it conjures images of rolling Scottish highlands. Or distilleries with traditions stretching back hundreds of years. But today, the world’s best-selling whiskies come from an unlikely source: India. For this graphic, Visual Capitalist has partnered with Rare Whisky 101 to explore recent whisky sales and determine what the most popular brand is today.

2 months ago | visualcapitalist.com | Alan Kennedy |Lebon Siu

In 2024 alone, U.S. aluminum imports from Canada totaled nearly 2.7 million metric tons. This represents over half of the U.S.’s aluminum consumption and underscores Canada’s indispensable place in the U.S. aluminum supply chain.   For this graphic, Visual Capitalist partnered with the Aluminium Association of Canada to explore the landscape of U.S. aluminum imports and discover its importance in the U.S. economy.