Sacramento – The statewide environmental organization, Environment California, released their end-of-session watch list for top priority environmental bills and called on California’s elected officials to make 2007 a good year for the environment.

Today, MASSPIRG urged a State House committee to oppose the many anti-consumer provisions in the recently announced changes to the state’s auto insurance system.

Majority of U.S. economy now stops tax shifting between states, compared to 29 percent in 2004; “Reform closes a thousand tax loopholes at once”

Representative Lloyd Doggett of Austin voted for the environment 100 percent of the time in the 109th Congress, according to the annual Congressional Scorecard on major environmental issues released today by Environment Texas.

Today leaders of Colorado’s conservation community met at the state capitol to outline the numerous 2007 legislative victories for Colorado’s environment, highlighting Gov. Ritter and legislative champions’ roles in passing new pro-conservation laws.

With Illinoisans ready to hit the road for vacation destinations across the Midwest this Memorial Day weekend, the consumer advocacy group Illinois PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) announced tips for consumers on how best they could minimize the impact of gas prices at the pump.

Governor Ed Rendell’s office announced today that it was submitting legislation to the Pennsylvania General Assembly that would empower the Governor to privatize the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Governor Rendell’s spokesmen stated that the legislation would enable the Governor to enter into a deal without giving the General Assembly an opportunity to review the final details.

As the Schwarzenegger Administration goes into the final weekend of number-crunching before the May Revise to the budget is announced on Monday, transit advocates urge the Governor to reverse more than $1 billion in cuts to public transit.

The Smoke-Free Maryland Coalition today heralded the passage of the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (SB 91). The bill prohibits smoking in all indoor workplaces, including all restaurants and bars in Maryland.

Governor Schwarzenegger's $1.1 Billion in proposed transit cuts contradict state goals to improve transit infrastructure and cut global warming pollution.

Under the new “managed competition” auto insurance rating system in Massachusetts, many good drivers will receive rate increases and many bad drivers will receive large rate decreases, based on factors having nothing to do with their driving records, according to a new report entitled ‘How You Drive’ Takes A Backseat to ‘Who You Are’: (Mis)Managed Competition in the New Massachusetts Automobile Insurance Market, released by two consumer groups – the Center for Insurance Research and MASSPIRG.

A bill introduced in the General Assembly would change the focus of the Public Service Commission from creating competition in the retail electricity markets to ensuring safe, reliable and affordable electricity for Maryland’s consumers and small businesses.

CALPIRG applauds Assemblyman Ted Lieu for introducing “The Subprime Lending Reform Act of 2008.”

NJPIRG Citizen Lobby, the Sierra Club, the IFPTE196 (Toll workers union), and Hands Across New Jersey announced a variety of concerns with privatization of any of New Jersey’s toll roads.

According to a bulletin issued by the Office of the Attorney General, the auto insurance rates filed by the auto insurers last week are on average worse than reported.