Report: Polluters dumped ~200 million lbs. of toxics into waterways
Call to cut down water pollution as Supreme Court case, 50th anniversary of Clean Water Act, near
Media Releases
New report spotlights wasteful highway boondoggles in California and across the country
Report calls for fixing roads and bridges instead of pursuing more harmful highway expansions
Californians can get paid to conserve power amid heatwave, energy shortages
Three major utilities offer a ‘Power Saver Rewards’ program that provides consumers with a way to earn money while improving grid resiliency
As kids go back to school, California budget promises $1.5 billion for electric buses
As kids head back to school, California school districts will now have an unprecedented opportunity to provide them with a cleaner, healthier mode of transportation: electric school buses
Environmental, consumer groups announce groundbreaking greenwashing lawsuit against DC gas company
Report: Number of phone companies installing robocall technology quadruples
A year after a new federal law aimed at fighting robocalls, the number of phone companies that have adopted the required technology has quadrupled and the volume of scam robocalls has dropped in half. But spam texts have increased more than tenfold as con artists and identity thieves find alternative ways to steal Americans’ personal information and money.
Advocacy groups, 48,000 petitioners demand Columbia Sportswear stop using toxic PFAS chemicals in clothing
U.S. PIRG Education Fund and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) hosted a media conference outside Columbia Sportswear’s flagship store in downtown Portland on Thursday to deliver a petition, with more than 48,000 signatures, urging the clothing manufacturer and retailer to phase out the use of PFAS chemicals in their products.
California marks 40th anniversary of landmark auto ‘Lemon Law’
On July 7, 1982 – 40 years ago on Thursday – former Gov. Jerry Brown signed California’s landmark auto “lemon law.” To raise awareness of the ongoing importance of California’s lemon law 40 years later, CALPIRG Education Fund, the Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety Foundation and Frontier Group recently released a report comparing different auto manufacturers and how commonly they are sued over the lemon law.
Release: New policy in effect erasing paid medical debt from credit reports
Consumer tips on how to check your credit report accuracy
Report: Damaging methane gas pipeline leaks happen every 40 hours in the U.S.
On Thursday, CALPIRG Education Fund, Environment California Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group released a new report that finds from 2010 through nearly the end of 2021, almost 2,600 gas pipeline incidents occurred in the United States that were serious enough to require reporting to the federal government. That’s the equivalent to one every 40 hours.