WASHINGTON – Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will hold a press conference call to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Fiscal Year 2011 budget today at 2 p.m. EST. Due to limited lines, this call is for credentialed press only
Electricity generation accounts for about 40% of total U.S. energy consumption. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
Public policies such as appliance and vehicle efficiency standards and building codes are responsible for at least 20% of the improvement in the US's energy intensity--energy use per unit of GDP. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
Estimated energy demand is charted to grow by almost 50% in the next 20 years.
The United States makes up 5% of the world's population and accounts for 25% of total energy use.
55 of the world's 65 largest oil producing countries are past their production peaks and in decline.
