Efficient water heaters will cut pollution, save money, save lives
Many households will save more than $170 each year in energy costs thanks to new water heater efficiency standards.
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STATEMENT: FDA says PFAS completely phased out of U.S. food packaging
Three big wins for the public interest in 2023
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280 more school districts are getting clean buses
U.S. pledges to triple renewable energy by 2030
U.S. Postal Service is going electric
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Advocacy, research, organizing: The three ingredients of public interest social change work
At OSPIRG, we combine the three ingredients of advocacy, organizing, and research to create public interest-minded social change.
STATEMENT: President Biden protects Grand Canyon from uranium mining
Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument will protect critical watershed, wildlife habitat and cultural sites
OSPIRG’s 2023 Legislative Session Recap
The Oregon legislature adjourned in June after months of debate and deliberation over hundreds of bills that will impact Oregonians. Here's the good, the bad, and the unfinished.
The military is ending the use of PFAS. Why that’s a win for kids’ health.
Using safer alternatives in firefighting foam will mean eliminating a significant pathway for toxic contamination of drinking water sources.
Statement: 3M to stop making, using PFAS
Major manufacturer to discontinue use of hazardous ‘forever chemicals’ by end of 2025