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This Earth Day, Let Us Write a Different Story

Monday, April 22, 2019
By | Alex Truelove
Director, Zero Waste Campaign

On holidays, most of us like to shop or grill or visit grandma or the in-laws. There’s nothing wrong with that. But it’s good for our souls to take a moment to remember the meaning of each holiday. Consider Earth Day.

Microsoft named as stopping "Right to Repair" in Washington

Friday, April 12, 2019
By | Nathan Proctor
Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair

In an interview on iFixit’s Repair Radio, Washington State Rep. Jeff Morris, who was the original sponsor of the state's Right to Repair bill last year, claimed that “word on the street” was that big tech companies, specifically Microsoft, “marshalled forces to keep the bill from moving out of the House Rules committee.” 

U.S. PIRG Consumer Campaign Director Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Data Security

Wednesday, March 27, 2019
By | Mike Litt
Consumer Campaigns Director, U.S. PIRG

U.S. PIRG's Consumer Campaign Director, Mike Litt, was invited to testify at a Congressional hearing yesterday about improving data security at the credit bureaus. Here are his opening remarks. 

Why is the road clear of snow, but not the sidewalk?

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
By | Matt Casale
Director, 21st Century Transportation Campaign

What do our snow plowing policies, which lead to roads being cleared faster and better than sidewalks, say about our transportation policies?

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