The draft 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights of National Trends was released this week for public comment and independent review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

First issued in 2003, the ROE is a plain, easy-to-understand guide that provides the average citizen a resource to follow national trends in the condition of the air, water, and land in the United States.

The ROE is also part of EPA's commitment to be transparent to citizens, and to encourage citizen participation. Through the ROE, the public will have a complete picture of where the most environmental progress has been made, and where America needs to do better.

Written for a general audience, the ROE HD features a subset of the findings from the more comprehensive report, EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Science Report which was released in draft for public comment and review in May 2007.

The final 2007 ROE report will consist of both the science and highlights documents.

The information will also be available on an interactive, searchable website called the "e-ROE."

8/3/2007