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Case Study
Integrity of Public Toxics Database threatened by Interagency Review
In April 2008, the EPA granted greater control over a key chemical database to other federal agencies, allowing many with conflicts of interest to delay recording scientific assessments of the toxicological effects of chemicals.
Report
Confined Animal Feeding Operations Uncovered
Confined animal feeding operations damage our air, water, and the rural communities they inhabit. And when we count the costs of this damage, it turns out that we can't afford to produce meat this way.
Report
Science and Politics at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A report detailing political interference in science at the EPA, combining dozens of interviews with current and former staff, analysis of government documents, more than 1,600 survey responses, and 70 pages of written comments from scientists.
Report
Setting the Standard
Cost-effective fuel economy standards nearing 40 mpg are possible with current and near-term technologies.
Report
Technology Options for Tractor-Trailers
Fact sheet describing some of the technologies available today that can be installed on trucks, or specified as options on new trucks, to improve fuel efficiency through better aerodynamics and reduced rolling resistance.
Report
Nuclear Power in a Warming World
The life cycle of nuclear power results in relatively little global warming pollution, but building a new fleet of plants could increase threats to public safety and national security.
Report
Biofuels: An Important Part of a Low-Carbon Diet
A report examining the importance of a comprehensive accounting system to measure global warming emissions over a transportation fuel’s entire life cycle.
Explainer
Existing Cap-and-Trade Programs to Cut Global Warming Emissions
Existing and cap-and-trade programs in the European Union and Northeastern and Western United States provide important lessons about the need for robust design features.
Report
Jobs, Energy, and Fuel Economy
We estimated the effect of moving existing technologies into cars and trucks with the modest goal of reaching a fleetwide average of 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2018.
Report
Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast
Impacts of climate change on the Northeast coast, marine resources, forests, agriculture, winter recreation, health, and water resources.
Report
New Nuclear Weapons: Reliable Replacement Warhead
Over the next several decades, the so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program would redesign and replace the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal with new warheads.
Report
Carbon Counts in the 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) included in the 2007 energy bill is a key first step toward reducing global warming pollution from our nation’s transportation fuels.
