Milestones
The progress we’ve made, together, toward a safer, healthier and more secure future for all Americans.
Safer products on store shelves and a fairer marketplace to do business. Cleaner air to breathe and cleaner water to drink. Fewer toxic chemicals in our communities and in our lives. Less plastic pollution, more recycling and repair. These are some of the milestones that our staff, members and supporters have helped make happen. Together we are building a safer, healthier future in which we are freer to pursue our well-being and the common good.
The Latest on Milestones
STATEMENT: FDA says PFAS completely phased out of U.S. food packaging
In Memoriam: Dave Durenberger (1934-2023) U.S. Senator (R-Minn., 1978 – 1994)
The Latest
Year in review: PIRG’s 2023 highlights
PIRG, its state groups celebrate national, state, local victories for the public interest
Looking ahead: Helping consumers, public health, the environment in 2023
Below are PIRG’s priority campaigns for 2023 and beyond. Please contact us for data, context or quotes on any of the issues listed below.
Year in review: PIRG and The Public Interest Network’s 2022 highlights
Report: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau turns 10
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 10 years old, a new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund recaps how the agency has helped consumers over the past decade and the steps under way to refocus the CFPB on its mission after three years of retrograde decisions under the Trump Administration.
How ComEd’s corruption hurt Illinois consumers, and how we can take our power back
Illinoisans who get their electricity from Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) are paying 37 percent more for their electricity delivery than they did in 2012 — when in fact declines in power supply prices over the last decade should have led to lower electric bills. Why the extra cost? The answer lies in a case of political influence enabling a powerful special interest to upend its own regulation, maximizing private profit rather than the public good.
