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Consumer Protection Week 2025: Spotlighting the CFPB’s first-of-its-kind credit card shopping tool
The CFPB's Explore Credit Cards comparison tool on its website uses unbiased, public data collected by the CFPB.
Consumer Protection Week 2025: How to store important documents in the cloud safely
Disaster-proofing documents can include storing copies in the cloud, but poses security risks. Here’s how to do it safely.
STATEMENT: Pennsylvania settlement with multi-state grid operator PJM win for consumers
RELEASE: New report details environmental, consumer costs of AI, crypto and data centers
Chicago third largest data center market in U.S.; electricity demand growth exacerbating electric bill increases for northern Illinois residents
STATEMENT: Biden issues executive order to fast-track data centers for AI
Advocates urge incoming administration to maintain environmental, consumer protections
DOT penalizes JetBlue for chronic flight delays
Enforcement action is Transportation Dept.’s first-ever for ‘unrealistic scheduling’
STATEMENT: Biden admin drafting a rushed, flawed plan to fast track data centers and power plants for AI
Environmental and consumer advocates express concerns about environmental harm and costs to consumers in “blind sprint” for AI dominance
New interactive map, corporate disclosure show progress on lawn care electrification
As leaves fall – and leaf blowers roar – in neighborhoods across Illinois, Illinois PIRG Education Fund and Environment Illinois Research & Education Center unveiled a new interactive map Wednesday showing nationwide progress on transitioning away from highly polluting, noisy, gas-powered lawn equipment.
STATEMENT: Canceling subscriptions, memberships to be easier under new FTC rules
NEW DATA: Illinois’ Prairie State is number 12 top climate polluter in country
Analysis finds Prairie State is among the top 50 climate polluters in America, who together emit more greenhouse gasses than most entire states