The Pacific Research Institute has published a new Top 10 List of Reasons to Celebrate Earth Day. Great (and somewhat surprising!) reasons to celebrate include:

1. Air quality is improving and is going to continue to improve.

2. The U.S. is not running out of energy.

3. Humans are not facing increasing risks from toxic chemicals.

4. Economic growth is good for the environment.

5. The U.S. is not running out of farmland or open space.

6. Water quality is improving.

7. Weíre getting better all the time at protecting species and habitat.

8. Environmental issues arenít just for experts anymore. Now there is an abundance of user-friendly government information available on the Internet.

9. The most important new environmental initiatives are taking place on the local level and through private action.

10. Environmental improvement in the U.S. is perhaps the greatest public-policy success story of the last generation.

See their Top 10 List of Reasons to Celebrate Earth Day page for more details on the above list! They're a good non-profit group that's worth supporting!