Trouble in Toyland 2024: Unsafe toys that slip through border
Loophole allows unsafe toys from overseas to flood market; inexpensive products often aren't inspected and don't meet U.S. safety standards
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Less coal, more oil: Climate pollution trends by state
Greenhouse gas pollution decreased in 44 states from 2005 to 2022, and increased in six.
Ringing in Our Fears 2024
Three years after the federal law took effect, less than half of phone companies have installed anti-robocall equipment; scam calls down only 17% while robotexts have tripled
Accidents Waiting to Happen
Across America, thousands of facilities that store or move oil, toxic chemicals or coal ash are located near waterways. These facilities are accidents waiting to happen.
State of Electric School Buses
Data shows leaders and laggards for total electric school buses and combined investments driving electric school bus conversion.
Environmental harms of satellite internet mega-constellations
Fueled by satellite internet companies, the number of satellites in orbit is skyrocketing. The environmental risks may be massive.
We don’t need deep-sea mining
Deep-sea mining risks damaging vibrant ecosystems that science is just beginning to understand. And we don’t need it to meet the critical minerals challenge.
Refill, Return, Reimagine: Innovative Solutions to Reduce Wasteful Packaging
Single-use plastic packaging is so common in our everyday lives that a future without it might seem a long way off. But examples of what that future might look like are already here.
Truth in recycling
Does Amazon’s plastic packaging actually get recycled? We placed trackers in bundles of Amazon shipping materials, and put them in store drop bins to see where they ended up.
Safe At Home in 2024?
Product recalls, warnings and penalties all increase in 2023. Dangerous products connected to 550 injuries and 15 deaths.