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Are Amazon’s packages as recyclable as the company claims?
A group of PIRG volunteers investigated — and they tracked Amazon’s plastic packaging to some surprising places.
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Momentum grows for clean lighting
Lawmakers send clean lighting policy to governors in Hawaii, Maine, Oregon and Rhode Island.
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Efficient lighting effort gains steam
Clean lighting policy reaching the governor's desk in Rhode Island highlights recent flurry of state action to make lighting more environmentally friendly.
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Hawaii lawmakers pass clean lighting bill
Fluorescent lightbulbs contain toxic mercury and use twice the electricity of nontoxic LED bulbs. Hawaii is among the latest states taking action to say farewell to fluorescents.
New Biden clean cars proposal will spur electric vehicle adoption, slash pollution
The Biden administration proposed Wednesday some of the most ambitious vehicle pollution limits in the world, following similar actions by many U.S. states. The pending rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designed to ensure that all-electric cars make up as many as 2 out of every 3 new passenger vehicles sold in the United States by 2032.
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