Institute Index
March 21, 2011 -
Amount the nuclear power industry spent on lobbying from 2000 to 2010: $600 millionAmount the industry spent during that same period on campaign contributions: nearly $63 millionAmount the Nuclear Energy Institute -- an industry trade group whose members include the company that owns the imperiled Japanese nuclear plant -- spent lobbying the federal government during the past three years: $6.12 millionNumber of federal lobbyists on the NEI's roster: more than 20
March 18, 2011 -
Amount the nuclear power industry spent on lobbying from 2000 to 2010: $600 million Amount the industry spent during that same period on campaign contributions: nearly $63 million
February 25, 2011 -
Ten months after BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are still uncovering evidence of the disaster's long-term repercussions.
February 17, 2011 -
Size of the budget proposal unveiled this week by President Obama: $3.7 trillion
February 11, 2011 -
Rank of coal-fired power plants among America's biggest sources of air pollution: 1
February 3, 2011 -
Date on which President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act implementing comprehensive health care reform: 3/23/2010 Date when a group of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional in part because of its mandate that all Americans buy insurance: 3/23/2010