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Energy Reports
A New Energy Future: The Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Cutting America’s Use of Fossil Fuels
Feeling the Heat: Global Warming and Rising Temperatures in the United States
Rising to the Challenge: Six Steps to Cut Global Warming Pollution in the United States
The Carbon Boom: National and State Trends in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Since 1960
New Energy for Campuses: Energy Saving Policies for Colleges and Universities
Solutions to America’s Oil Crisis: A Federal Agenda for Reducing Oil Demand and Protecting Consumers
Saving America’s Arctic: Dispelling Myths about Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
ExxonMobil Exposed: More Drilling, More Global Warming, More Oil Dependence
Going Nowhere: The Price Consumers Pay for Stalled Fuel Economy Policies
Affordable Textbooks Reports
Exposing the Textbook Industry: How Publishers’ Pricing Tactics Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks
Required Reading: A Look at the Worst Publishing Tactics at Work
Textbooks for the 21st Century: A Guide to Free and Low Cost Textbooks
Limited Knowledge: How The High Cost Of Academic Journals Limits Public Access To Research
Rip-off 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of College Textbooks
Higher Education Reports
Cutting Interest Rates, Lowering Student Debt: An Analysis of the Congressional Proposal to Cut Student Loan Interest Rates in Half
Student Debt and Consumer Costs in the Kansas City Area
Student Debt and Consumer Costs in the St. Louis Area
Paying Back, Not Giving Back: Student Debt's Negative Impact on Public Service Career Opportunities
Easy Money: How Congress Could Increase Federal Student Aid Funding at No Additional Cost to Taxpayers
Private Loans: Who's Borrowing and Why? Private Label Borrowing by Students Outside of the Federal Loan Programs
Lending A Hand: A Report On The Lobbying Expenditures and Political Contributions of the Five Largest Student Loan Corporations
At What Cost? The Price That Working Students Pay For A College Education
The Burden Of Borrowing: A Report On the Rising Rates of Student Loan Debt
Clean Air and Water Reports
Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance
Plagued by Pollution: Unsafe Levels of Soot Pollution in 2004
Made in the U.S.A.: Power Plants and Mercury Pollution Across the Country
Danger in the Air: Unhealthy Levels of Air Pollution in 2003
Lethal Legacy: A Comprehensive Look At America's Dirtiest Power Plants
Fishing for Trouble: How Toxic Mercury Contaminates Our Waterways and Threatens Recreational Fishing
In Gross Violation: How Polluters Are Flooding America's Waterways With Toxic Chemicals
Consumer Reports
The Campus Credit Card Trap: A Survey of College Students and Credit Card Marketing
Paying the Price: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs for Uninsured Americans
Mistakes Do Happen: A Look at Errors in Consumer Credit Reports
Spring Broke: How to Avoid a Spring Break Ripoff
Deflate Your Rate: How To Lower Your Credit Card APR
The Credit Card Trap: How To Spot It, How To Avoid It
Democracy Reports
Raising the Limits: A Bad Bet for Campaign Finance Reform
Look Who’s Not Coming to Washington: Qualified Candidates Shut Out by Big Money
Toward a Small Donor Democracy: The Past and Future of Incentives for Small Political Contributions
