All reports
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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.
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Setting the Standard
Cost-effective fuel economy standards nearing 40 mpg are possible with current and near-term technologies.
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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.
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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.
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Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Water Needs
Explanation of water requirements for nuclear plants and the technology involved.
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Space Debris from Anti-Satellite Weapons
Space debris is any human-made object in orbit that no longer serves a useful purpose. It includes defunct satellites, discarded equipment and rocket stages, and fragments from the breakup of satellites and rocket stages.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air
How ExxonMobil used tobacco industry tactics to spread disinformation on global warming science and create confusion.
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Automaker Rankings 2007
This analysis uses sales and global warming and smog-forming emissions data to rate the bottom-line environmental performance of eight companies.