For our 25th anniversary, we're taking a look back at the research we've produced, and the partnerships and people that made it possible.
Fossil fuels are responsible for a rapidly warming planet, for hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S. each year from air pollution, and for untold environmental damage. We Have the Power explores America's potential for a large-scale shift to emission-free energy from the wind, sun and other renewable sources, and how such a shift can solve many of America’s most pressing environmental and public health challenges.
Frontier Group's work to highlight the nation's most absurd, wasteful and damaging highway projects -- and how that effort has contributed to a changing national transportation conversation.
Burning fossil fuels in order to move around is both dangerous and destructive. Luckily, electric vehicles are a great alternative with a host of benefits – including that they're quiet. In May, we wrote two reports and multiple blogs about transitioning from internal combustion engines to electric motors.
In the winter of 2000-2001, millions of California homes went dark as manipulation of California’s deregulated electricity market created rolling blackouts and bankrupted a utility. It also set the stage for a clean energy revolution in California.
The New York Times cites our study with U.S. PIRG Education Fund on staff shortages at nursing homes in its report on the heavy burdens faced by the nation's healthcare workers.
New England has the offshore wind resources to supply its electricity needs many times over. Yahoo News reports on our latest research and describes how offshore wind plans for the region may be about to take off.
Tony Dutzik spoke with the New York Times about the commuter tax benefit -- a program that is designed to encourage transit use, yet is far from a perfect solution.
Marketplace cited our study on PPE shortages at nursing homes in describing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Bloomberg Citylab took a deep dive into Highway Boondoggles 6, and the wasteful highway projects that continued to move forward "in a coronavirus-challenged year."
InvestigateTV looks into whether U.S. consumers should prepare for a wave of repossessions to sweep the country now that moratoriums are expiring, referencing our recent finding on record auto debt at the beginning of the pandemic.
