EPIBuilding a Sustainable Future
Data Highlights

Data Highlights focus on specific indicators or environmental issues to spotlight the vast amount of data compiled at Earth Policy Institute.

March 05, 2015
Wind Power Beats Nuclear Again in China
October 01, 2014
Plastic Bag Bans or Fees Cover 49 Million Americans
August 27, 2014
Geothermal Power Approaches 12,000 Megawatts Worldwide
July 08, 2014
China’s Solar Panel Production to Double by 2017
May 27, 2014
Denmark, Portugal, and Spain Leading the World in Wind Power
March 04, 2014
Generation Gap: Wind Opens Big Lead over Nuclear in China
January 23, 2014
Arctic Sea Ice Freefall is Mirror Image of Carbon Dioxide Ascent
January 08, 2014
Many Countries Reaching Diminishing Returns in Fertilizer Use
December 19, 2013
As Sea Ice Shrinks, Arctic Shipping Options Expand
October 02, 2013
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Down 11 Percent Since 2007
August 28, 2013
U.S. Bike-Sharing Fleet More than Doubles in 2013
June 06, 2013
China’s Growing Hunger for Meat Shown by Move to Buy Smithfield, World’s Leading Pork Producer
March 28, 2013
Falling Gasoline Use Means United States Can Just Say No to New Pipelines and Food-to-Fuel
March 14, 2013
Iowa and South Dakota Approach 25 Percent Electricity from Wind in 2012: Unprecedented Contribution of Wind Power in U.S. Midwest
February 27, 2013
The Energy Game is Rigged: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
February 19, 2013
Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China
January 08, 2013
China’s Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture
December 13, 2012
World Nuclear Electricity Generation Down 5 Percent Since 2006
October 17, 2012
By the Numbers – Data Highlights from Full Planet, Empty Plates
October 11, 2012
Arctic Sea Ice in Free Fall
September 14, 2012
Heat and Drought Ravage U.S. Crop Prospects—Global Stocks Suffer
June 14, 2012
Hydropower Continues Steady Growth
May 02, 2012
Arab Grain Imports Rising Rapidly
April 04, 2012
Wind Tops 10 Percent Share of Electricity in Five U.S. States
March 27, 2012
Growth in World Contraceptive Use Stalling; 215 Million Women’s Needs Still Unmet
March 07, 2012
Peak Meat: U.S. Meat Consumption Falling
January 19, 2012
Governments Spend $1.4 Billion Per Day to Destabilize Climate
December 14, 2011
Harnessing the Sun's Energy for Water and Space Heating
November 22, 2011
Rising Meat Consumption Takes Big Bite out of Grain Harvest
November 17, 2011
Troubling Health Trends Holding Back Progress on Life Expectancy
November 08, 2011
Demographics Loom Large in State Failure
September 15, 2011
Two Stories of Disease: Smallpox and Polio
September 08, 2011
Learning from China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail
August 02, 2011
World on the Edge by the Numbers – Grain Production Falling as Soil Erosion Continues
July 27, 2011
Iowa Eclipses Canada in Grain Production, Challenges China in Soybean Production
July 12, 2011
World on the Edge by the Numbers – Shining a Light on Energy Efficiency
June 21, 2011
World on the Edge by the Numbers – Growing Goat Herds Signal Global Grassland Decline
May 12, 2011
Education Leads to Lower Fertility and Increased Prosperity
February 23, 2011
World on the Edge By the Numbers
May 12, 2010
Offshore Wind, Not Offshore Oil
April 28, 2010
Reduce, Recycle, and Replant – Restoring the World’s Forests
March 11, 2010
Plan B 4.0 by the Numbers – Solar Energy
March 02, 2010
Plan B 4.0 by the Numbers – China's Changing Energy Economy
February 10, 2010
Plan B 4.0 by the Numbers – The Global Food Supply
January 21, 2010
U.S. Feeds One Quarter of its Grain to Cars While Hunger is on the Rise
January 12, 2010
America's Century-Long Love Affair with the Car May Be Coming to an End
December 17, 2009
Plan B 4.0 by the Numbers – Selling our Future
October 28, 2009
Plan B 4.0 by the Numbers – Poverty and Population
September 17, 2009
Plan B 4.0 Data Sneak Peak – Designing Cities for People
February 20, 2008
Facts, Figures, and Charts for Plan B 3.0