Basic Statistics

• Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States / United States Energy Information Administration
• U.S. Threatened & Endangered Species, 1980-2000 / Council on Environmental Quality
• Water Use by Source & End-use Sector, 1900-1995 / Council on Environmental Quality
• Wetlands Losses by Current State Boundaries, 1780s-1980s / Council on Environmental Quality
• U.S. Inventory of Low-level Nuclear Waste, 1965-1996, with Projections to 2000 / Council on Environmental Quality

Databases

• AirData / United States Environmental Protection Agency
  Want to know the highest ozone level measured in your state last year? Ever wonder where air pollution monitoring sites are located? Are there sources of air pollution in your town? This is the place to find out. AIRData creates custom reports using criteria that you specify, displays standard maps of the United States, and provides names of people to contact.
• Eurostat
  The Eurostat website contains a mix of statistical information in PDF pages, pre-defined tables and interactive databases. The coverage varies by topic, but some data goes back at least to 1929. All content is freely available. There is a guide to Eurostat at http://www.lib.umn.edu/libdata/page.phtml?page_id=1686.

Online Publications

• Annual Energy Review, 1949 - present / United States Energy Information Administration
• Environmental Quality / Council on Environmental Quality
• National Air Pollutant Emission Trends / United States Environmental Protection Agency
• Statistical Abstract - Geography and Environment Section / United States Bureau of the Census
• Statistical Abstract - Arts, Recreation, & Travel Section / United States Bureau of the Census
• Statistical Abstract - Natural Resources Section / United States Bureau of the Census