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Statement: DOJ sues Visa for alleged ‘anticompetitive’ debit network practices
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Visa for allegedly violating antitrust laws by penalizing merchants who route debit transactions to other payment networks and paying potential competitors to partner instead of competing with them.
Statement: Governor Newsom signs bill to tackle medical debt
New law will exclude medical debt from credit reports and improve consumers’ financial health
NEW DATA: Large share of U.S. climate pollution comes from handful of coal and gas plants
America’s most polluting facilities emit more greenhouse gasses than some entire states.
Statement: California’s plastic bag ban set to slash plastic waste
News release: Colorado Energy Office reopens program to speed up rooftop solar approvals
Grants to automate permitting will help local governments accelerate rooftop solar
News Release: Microplastics threaten Lake Erie and wildlife
Cleanup event reveals plastic pellet pollution on Euclid Beach, Cleveland, Ohio
Statement: CFPB proposes to ban Navient from servicing many federal student loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a proposed order on Thursday to resolve its 2017 lawsuit against Navient, previously the largest student loan servicer.
NEW ANALYSIS: California, New York, Illinois lead the conversion to cleaner electric school buses
Data shows leaders and laggards for total electric buses, combined investments in electric conversion
Opinion: Congress is threatening a car industry success that strengthens America
Marketwatch published PIRG President Faye Park's op-ed about the EPA's "clean car" standards
Consumer Reports, U.S. PIRG, 15 other groups ask FTC to create clear guidance for ‘software tethering’
Groups request standards for companies that use software to control and limit device functions after a consumer buys the device