Inspired by the McDonald's example, the EDF and Pew Charitable Trusts have created the Alliance for Environmental Innovation.

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He provides proprietary research and analytical support to institutional funds, The Pew Charitable Trusts and high net worth clients of The Glenmede Trust Company.

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She wants some tough changes and is trying to push these reforms through a non-profit group called the Systemic Risk Council, which is backed by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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But according to a study released this week by the non-partisan Pew Charitable Trusts, for the vast majority of young people, college still offers a path to financial success.

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"The causes of last year's mishaps must be remedied so they do not occur in the future, " Marilyn Heiman, director of the Pew Charitable Trusts' Arctic program, said in an e-mail.

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But these plans can be costly and probably aren't your best option since the typical customer rarely overdrafts intentionally, says Susan Weinstock, director of Pew Charitable Trusts' Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project.

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It was started as a joint initiative of three newly appointed foundation presidents, Peter Goldmark of the Rockefeller Foundation, Rebecca Rimel of the Pew Charitable Trusts, and Adele Simmons of the John D. and Catherine T.

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Some 29.9 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in 2011 for meat and poultry production, compared with the 7.7 million sold for human use, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, and that number has been on the rise.

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In an effort to find out, the Pew Charitable Trusts asked my Tax Policy Center colleagues Eric Toder, Jim Nunns and Joe Rosenberg to set up something of a cage match: In the blue trunks, a broad-based VAT (think 9-9-9 only much less complicated).

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