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Reports

Energy Reports

Squandering the Stimulus: An Analysis of Household Gas Spending, Economic Stimulus Checks, and the Need for Better Transportation Options 6/25/2008
A Better Way to Go: Meeting America's 21st Century Transportation Challenges with Modern Public Transit 3/ 7/2008
Finding Solutions to Fund Transit 8/ 6/2007
A New Energy Future: The Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Cutting America’s Use of Fossil Fuels 9/27/2006
Feeling the Heat: Global Warming and Rising Temperatures in the United States 9/14/2006
Rising to the Challenge: Six Steps to Cut Global Warming Pollution in the United States 8/24/2006
The Carbon Boom: National and State Trends in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Since 1960 6/20/2006
New Energy for Campuses: Energy Saving Policies for Colleges and Universities 10/ 1/2005
Solutions to America's Oil Crisis: A Federal Agenda for Reducing Oil Demand and Protecting Consumers 9/29/2005
Saving America's Arctic: Dispelling Myths about Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 9/27/2005
Energy Efficiency: The Smart Way to Reduce Global Warming Pollution in the Northeast 8/31/2005
2005 Report Card on Climate Change Action 8/23/2005
ExxonMobil Exposed: More Drilling, More Global Warming, More Oil Dependence 7/12/2005
Stopping Global Warming Begins At Home: The Case Against the Use of Offsets in a Regional Power Sector Cap-and-Trade Program 9/10/2004
Going Nowhere: The Price Consumers Pay for Stalled Fuel Economy Policies 5/27/2004

Affordable Textbooks Reports

Course Correction: How Digital Textbooks are Off Track and How to Set Them Straight 8/ 1/2008
Exposing the Textbook Industry: How Publishers’ Pricing Tactics Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks 2/ 8/2007
Required Reading: A Look at the Worst Publishing Tactics at Work 10/31/2006
Textbooks for the 21st Century: A Guide to Free and Low Cost Textbooks 8/ 1/2006
Limited Knowledge: How The High Cost Of Academic Journals Limits Public Access To Research 9/12/2005
Rip-off 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of College Textbooks 2/ 2/2005

Higher Education Reports

Obama’s Budget: Supporting Students, not Banks 3/26/2009
Cutting Interest Rates, Lowering Student Debt - - Updated 6/25/2008
Cutting Interest Rates, Lowering Student Debt: An Analysis of the Congressional Proposal to Cut Student Loan Interest Rates in Half 1/10/2007
Paying Back, Not Giving Back: Student Debt's Negative Impact on Public Service Career Opportunities 4/10/2006
Easy Money: How Congress Could Increase Federal Student Aid Funding at No Additional Cost to Taxpayers 5/ 5/2005
Private Loans: Who's Borrowing and Why? Private Label Borrowing by Students Outside of the Federal Loan Programs 4/ 1/2003
Lending A Hand: A Report On The Lobbying Expenditures and Political Contributions of the Five Largest Student Loan Corporations 10/31/2002
At What Cost? The Price That Working Students Pay For A College Education 4/16/2002
The Burden Of Borrowing: A Report On the Rising Rates of Student Loan Debt 3/ 7/2002

Clean Air and Water Reports

Toxic Pollution and Health: An Analysis of Toxic Chemicals Released in Communities across the United States 3/22/2007
Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance 3/23/2006
Plagued by Pollution: Unsafe Levels of Soot Pollution in 2004 1/19/2006
Made in the U.S.A.: Power Plants and Mercury Pollution Across the Country 9/ 8/2005
Danger in the Air: Unhealthy Levels of Air Pollution in 2003 9/23/2004
Lethal Legacy: A Comprehensive Look At America's Dirtiest Power Plants 10/28/2003
Fishing for Trouble: How Toxic Mercury Contaminates Our Waterways and Threatens Recreational Fishing 6/ 5/2003
In Gross Violation: How Polluters Are Flooding America's Waterways With Toxic Chemicals 10/17/2002

Consumer Reports

The Three Trillion Dollar Question: What Health Care Reform Can Save For Families, Businesses and Taxpayers 8/ 4/2009
The Small Business Dilemma: How Rising Health Care Costs are Tough on Small Business 7/21/2009
Trouble In Toyland: The 23rd Annual Toy Safety Survey 11/25/2008
Total Recall: The Need for CPSC Reform Now 7/23/2008
The Campus Credit Card Trap: A Survey of College Students and Credit Card Marketing 3/27/2008
Trouble in Toyland: The 22nd Annual Survey of Toy Safety 11/20/2007
Paying the Price: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs for Uninsured Americans 7/11/2006
Mistakes Do Happen: A Look at Errors in Consumer Credit Reports 6/17/2004
Spring Broke: How to Avoid a Spring Break Ripoff 3/ 8/2004
Deflate Your Rate: How To Lower Your Credit Card APR 3/27/2002
The Credit Card Trap: How To Spot It, How To Avoid It 4/ 5/2001

Democracy Reports

Saving Dollars, Saving Democracy - Cost Savings for Local Elections Officials Through Voter Registration Modernization 5/ 6/2009
Vanishing Voters: Why Registered Voters Drop Off the Rolls 9/24/2008
Funding Clean Elections 3/28/2007
Honest Enforcement: What Congress Can Learn From Independent State Ethics Commissions 2/ 7/2007
Raising the Limits: A Bad Bet for Campaign Finance Reform 2/ 2/2006
Look Who's Not Coming to Washington: Qualified Candidates Shut Out by Big Money 1/25/2005
Toward a Small Donor Democracy: The Past and Future of Incentives for Small Political Contributions 9/ 9/2004

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