Current News

11/9/06 - Voters Send Powerful Mandate to Congress to Deal With Corruption and Ethics Problems

11/8/06 - Energy and the 2006 Election: Signs of a New Energy Future

11/1/06 - Amid War and Scandal, Report Shows Money Still a Top Predictor of Election Outcomes

11/1/06 - Consumer Groups Call for FTC Investigation of Online Advertising and Consumer Tracking and Targeting Practices

10/26/06 - U.S. PIRG Report Shows Ten Opportunities to Build New Energy Future

9/29/06 - House Fails to Strengthen Weak Chemical Security Program

9/27/06 - U.S. PIRG Calls on Candidates to Support a New Energy Future

9/22/06 - Chemical Industry Backroom Deal Will Derail Real Chemical Security Solutions

9/21/06 - New Air Quality Standards Reject Science, Leave Millions at Risk

9/20/06 - Key National Forest Protections Reinstated

9/14/06 - New Report: U.S. Is Getting Hotter

9/7/06 - Prudhoe Bay Leaks No Surprise—Oil Drilling is Dirty Business

8/29/06 - Proposal to open major electioneering loophole fails at the FEC

8/24/06 - New Report: U.S. Can Cut Global Warming Pollution 20 Percent by 2020

7/31/06 - Senate Moves to Open America’s Shores to Drilling

7/28/06 - House Committee Passes Legislation to Secure Chemical Facilities

7/27/06 - S. 3128 Would Undercut Critical State Food Safety Measures

7/21/06 - Domenici-Martinez-Landrieu Coastal Drilling Bill is a Giveaway to the Oil Industry

7/20/06 - New Jeffords Bill Rises to the Challenge on Global Warming

7/20/06 - "Coal Rush” to Threaten Environment, Challenge America’s Energy Security

7/11/06 - New Survey Shows Uninsured Americans Pay 60% Percent More for Prescription Drugs

6/29/06 - Forty Senators Call on President Bush to Reduce Global Warming Pollution

6/29/06 - House Guts Offshore Drilling Protections

6/26/06 - U.S. PIRG Hails Supreme Court’s Decision to Consider Major Global Warming Lawsuit

6/26/06 - U.S. House Starts "Wasted Energy" Week

6/20/06 - New Report: Global Warming Pollution Doubled in 28 States Since 1960

6/19/06 - U.S. Supreme Court Issues Split Decision in Clean Water Cases

6/5/06 - U.S. PIRG Consumer Program Director Ed Mierzwinski Receives Consumer Federation of America’s Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award for 2006

6/1/06 - Campaign Contribution Limits Do Not Harm Challengers, Study Shows

5/25/06 - Protecting Arctic Refuge Picks Up Momentum In House

5/23/06 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Calls For U.S. Leadership On Global Warming

5/18/06 - House Protects Public’s Right to Know About Toxic Pollution

5/18/06 - Expanded Coastal Drilling Nixed by House of Representatives

5/18/06 - Victory for America’s Waters: House Votes to Drop EPA’s No Protection Policy

5/16/06 - U.S. PIRG Releases Annual Scorecard, Grades Congress On Public Interest Issues

5/11/06 - Shareholders Target Ford's Lobbying

5/10/06 - ConocoPhillips Shareholders Take Historic Vote For Teshekpuk Lake

For more news releases see: Environmental News, Consumer News, Democracy News, Higher Education News or use the pull down menu above on the left to find a more specific issue.