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Nano & Biocidal Silver

Extreme germ killers present a growing threat to public health.

Getting a Grip on Cruise Ship Pollution

Authored by cruise industry expert, Ross Klein, this report looks at all aspects of the cruise industry -- from its pollution streams to its history of environmental violations to the modest number of environmental laws that govern it -- and recommends wi

Manufactured nanomaterials and sunscreens: Top reasons for precaution

Nanomaterials are already being used (unlabelled) in hundreds of consumer products including sunscreens and cosmetics. This report explains why this is reason for concern.

A Boon to Bad Biofuels: Federal tax credits and mandates underwrite environmental damage at taxpayer expense

This evaluation by Doug Koplow of EarthTrack for Friends of the Earth estimates the costs of the Renewable Fuel Standard and the various biofuel tax credits.

Subprime carbon?: Re-thinking the world’s largest new derivatives market

This report is one of the first critical analyses to characterize carbon trading as a massive new derivatives market and . It finds that existing financial regulations, as well as those proposed in major cap-and-trade bills, would be inadequate and could

Out of the laboratory and onto our plates: Nanotechnology in food & agriculture

This report finds that untested nanotechnology is being used in more than 100 food products, food packaging and contact materials currently on the shelf, without warning or FDA testing.

Dirty is the New Clean: A critique of the World Bank’s strategic framework for development and climate change

This report argues that the World Bank's track record disqualifies it from managing clean technology transfer and climate adaptation funds.

Big Oil, Bigger Giveaways

This 2008 report offers an analysis of $32.9 billion in tax breaks, subsidies and other handouts the oil & gas industry will receive by 2013.

Nanotechnology & sunscreens: A consumer guide for avoiding nanosunscreens

Many sunscreen manufacturers are now including potentially dangerous manufactured nanoparticles in their sun care products. This underscores the need for labeling requirements and regulation.

Nanomaterials, sunscreens and cosmetics: Small ingredients, big risks

Corporations around the world are rapidly introducing thousands of tons of nanomaterials into the environment and onto the faces and hands of millions of people, despite the growing body of evidence indicating that nanomaterials can be toxic to humans and