Media release: Maryland PIRG holds ‘pollution-free cooking’ event
Induction cooking demo supplements presentation on federal home electrification incentives, research and gas stove health risks
Media Releases
MEDIA RESOURCE GUIDE: Everyone Votes Maryland Spokespeople
The state-wide coalition Everyone Votes Maryland has been working tirelessly throughout the 2022 primary, and now general, elections to ensure that every Marylander knows their rights when it comes to voting and ensuring a fair and safe election process.
New Superbugs in Stock report: grocery stores failing to stop antibiotic overuse in meat supply chains
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
New report spotlights M-83 expansion among national U.S. highway boondoggles
Maryland PIRG Foundation and Frontier Group released a new report on Thursday that exposes highway boondoggles across the country that, if completed, would not only waste billions of dollars but also worsen climate change, harm air quality and deepen our country’s harmful dependency on cars.
Maryland PIRG Foundation’s national affiliates file groundbreaking greenwashing lawsuit against Washington Gas in DC
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.
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.
Baltimore, MD - Methane gas – commonly referred to as “natural” gas – has been piped through our communities for heating and cooking for a century, and for just as long, has been subject to dangerous leaks. On
RESOURCE: The 10 most polluting power plants in Maryland
Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on West Virginia vs Environmental Protection Agency, a case that will determine the EPA’s authority to regulate climate pollution, Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center and Maryland PIRG Foundation are releasing a new factsheet ranking Maryland’s dirtiest power plants.