Earth Policy Institute was an independent non-profit environmental organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Cited by environmental advocates,[1] as well as policymakers and journalists,[2] the institute was a nonprofit that still provides articles, data resources, and select free downloads of their books on their website.
EPI's goals were The Institute sent out articles called Updates, Eco-Economy Indicators, Book Bytes, Data Highlights, and Press Releases to the media and the general public on a free low-volume e-mail listserv[4] and also posted them on its website along with supporting data and sources for additional information.
The Institute released the following books: Earth Policy Institute stated that Plan B Updates are original, four-page analyses of environmental issues ranging from worldwide advances in renewable energy to deaths from heat waves to new flows of environmental refugees.
[10] Earth Policy Institute stated that eco-Economy Indicators consist of the 12 trends EPI used to measure progress toward building a Plan B world.