A few highlights from our work in 2016, including envisioning a new transportation future, highlighting the promise of solar energy, exposing the dangers of fracking,...
Jan 4, 2017 Blog PostBehind the scenes, electric utilities, fossil fuel interests and powerful industry front groups have begun chipping away at the key policies that have put solar...
Dec 1, 2016 ReportTrumpism exists on the edge of the map where the dragons are. Beyond that, there’s nothing.
Nov 11, 2016 Blog PostIf you care about making social change of any kind, the inclination to worship data and analytics and to downplay vision and values is one...
Nov 9, 2016 Blog PostStarting this fall, 16- and 17-year-olds will be eligible to "preregister" to vote, so when they turn 18 they will automatically be listed on voter...
Oct 4, 2016 Blog PostStarting in the fall of 2016, 16- and 17-year-olds in California will be allowed to “preregister” to vote, ensuring that they are listed on the...
Sep 26, 2016 ReportNot one of New Jersey's biggest cities has a modern, searchable and sortable budget website to allow easy access to checkbook-level municipal spending data.
Sep 21, 2016 Blog PostMunicipalities across the country have been moving toward making their checkbooks easily accessible to the public by posting government spending information through on-line transparency portals....
Sep 14, 2016 ReportState governments spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year through contracts for goods and services, subsidies to encourage economic development, and other expenditures. Public...
Apr 13, 2016 ReportSince its launch in 2011, FracFocus, a government- and industry-funded website, has been the only place where Americans could learn the details about chemicals and...
Jul 2, 2015 Blog Post