Institute Index

August 24, 2010 - Amount Florida utilities want to bill their customers in advance for planned new nuclear reactors: $200 million

August 20, 2010 - According to a recent study, percent of households living within 10 miles of the Gulf coastline that have seen income drop because of the BP oil disaster: 20.6

August 13, 2010 - Number of Gulf Coast landfills that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved for taking waste from BP's oil spill: 9 Number of those that are located in communities where a majority of residents are people of color: 5

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July 30, 2010 - Year in which Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) must leave office due to term limits: 2011

July 22, 2010 - Year in which land ownership peaked for African-Americans: 1910

July 9, 2010 - Date on which the U.S. Coast Guard established a "safety zone" around oil cleanup operations and booms in the Gulf: 6/30/2010 Size of the safety zone the Coast Guard originally considered: 300 feet Size of the safety zone it ultimately established: 65 feet

July 2, 2010 - The nation's unemployment rate in June, according to a government report issued today: 9.5%

April 15, 2010 - Percent in the U.S. who believe President Obama has "raised taxes" or "kept taxes the same": 74

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