Trouble in the Air
People across America regularly breathe polluted air that increases their risk of premature death, and can also trigger asthma attacks and other adverse health impacts. In 2018, 108 million Americans...
View ArticleFood Recall Failure
Our research found the majority of grocery stores fail to warn the public about hazardous food recalls. While they collect significant information about Americans shopping habits to sell us more food,...
View ArticleBeyond Single-use Plastics
Every day, we use millions of plastic bags, straws and utensils, and foam cups and containers for just a few minutes before tossing them, and then they can pollute our environment for hundreds of...
View ArticleAutomatic textbooks billing: an offer students can't refuse?
New report says deals with publishers could make college textbooks more expensive
View ArticleThe Fix Is In
We rely on our smartphones. When they break, we need them fixed — fast. Unfortunately, there are numerous barriers to fixing our phones. Manufacturers might offer a dearth of repair options or...
View ArticlePutting Consumers First
U.S. PIRG Education Fund, the Student Borrower Protection Center and Consumer Action have released a report recommending that CFPB should use the full extent of its authority to take immediate action...
View ArticleAuto Loan Complaints Rise
Pandemic worsens existing consumer problems with car buying in CFPB data
View ArticleNursing home safety during COVID: PPE shortages
Seven months into COVID-19 pandemic, 226,000 nursing home residents nationwide at risk
View ArticleBreak the waste cycle
Election Day is less than a week away, and come January, returning and newly elected legislators will face a mounting plastic waste crisis. Nearly 100,000 tons of plastic -- enough to fill roughly 1.5...
View ArticleTrouble in Toyland
As holidays near, spotlight on nine toy hazards to avoid during gift-giving, sheltering-in-place
View ArticleTalking Turkey: A consumer guide to buying turkey raised without overusing...
As Americans head to the grocery store to purchase their Thanksgiving turkeys, U.S. PIRG has released its first ever “Talking Turkey” guide to purchasing turkeys raised without overusing antibiotics.
View ArticleBlueprint for America
Americans agree: Our nation’s infrastructure needs work. This report provides the blueprint that should form the basis of an infrastructure plan that will make America stronger today and lay the...
View ArticleHighway Boondoggles 6
In our sixth annual Highway Boondoggles report we profile six budget-busting highway expansion projects that are poised to go forward amid COVID-related budget shortfalls.
View ArticleNursing home safety during COVID: Staff shortages
For most of last year, more than 200,000 people at any given time were in nursing homes that themselves acknowledged they were suffering from staff shortages.
View ArticleSuperfund Underfunded
In 1980, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), informally called Superfund. The Superfund program was given the authority and funds to hold...
View ArticleConsumers in peril
U.S. PIRG Education Fund report documents that complaints to the CFPB, led by complaints about credit bureaus, set new records in 2020.
View ArticleTransform Transportation
America’s current transportation system has been designed, built and centered around the automobile, and it is a public health disaster. U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group’s latest report,...
View ArticleElectric Buildings
This new report documents the benefits of electrifying the majority of buildings in America to consumers and the environment.
View ArticleBlueprint for America
Americans agree: Our nation’s infrastructure needs work. This report provides the blueprint that should form the basis of an infrastructure plan that will make America stronger today and lay the...
View ArticleWarranties in the Void II
An updated survey of warranties from 43 companies finding all tell customers they void warranties for independent repair. The continued problem of warranties wearing thin underscores the need for...
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