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Energy Reports

Road Work Ahead: Holding Government Accountable for Fixing America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges 4/28/2010
The Right Track: Building a 21st Century High-Speed Rail System for America 2/ 9/2010
Retrofitting Rentals, Retrofitting Boulder 9/15/2009
Economic Stimulus or Simply More Misguided Spending? 1/ 8/2009
Squandering the Stimulus 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: Combining Accountability And New Resources For World Class Public Transportation 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 Starts at Home 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
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
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
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
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
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
Since taking office in 2001, President Bush and his administration have broken two important promises to the American public concerning pollution emitted by the nation's oldest and dirtiest power plants. 6/ 5/2003
In Gross Violation: How Polluters Are Flooding America's Waterways With Toxic Chemicals 10/17/2002
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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