Reports and publications

  • Smokestacks on Rails

    Type: Report

    Date: December 21, 2006

    Report finds that diesel locomotive air pollution is linked to about 3,400 premature deaths and other serious health effects every year, and calls on

  • Global warming on the road

    Type: Report

    Date: June 22, 2006

    The climate impact of America's automobiles.

  • Temperatures are reaching historic highs in Texas. Global warming already threatens marine ecosystems and jeopardizes coastal tourism.

  • Texas’ fleet of more than 35,000 school buses is dirtier than it has to be.

  • Global warming's increasingly visible impacts

    Type: Report

    Date: November 29, 2005

    Examples of global warming, using peer-reviewed scientific findings from around the world.

  • Finding the Water

    Type: Report

    Date: October 27, 2005

    This Environmental Defense Fund study describes the environmental crisis of the Bay-Delta and proposes seven ways to find water to dedicate to the eco

  • Incentives for Healthy Communities

    Type: Report

    Date: August 15, 2005

    Suggestions for improving/redrafting San Joaquin Valley air district’s proposed Indirect Source rule.

  • Cleaner Air for America

    Type: Report

    Date: June 16, 2005

    A national program to lower pollution from today's diesel engines will have extensive human health benefits that overwhelm the costs by at least 12 to

  • Resistant Bugs and Antibiotic Drugs

    Type: Report

    Date: June 1, 2005

    Massive quantities of antibiotics are added to the feed used in raising chickens, hogs and beef cattle, which helps spur the development of antibiotic

  • Myths and facts on global warming

    Type: Report

    Date: April 14, 2005

    A vast majority of climate scientists agree that global warming is happening and poses a serious threat to society.