The Public Interest Network
@TPINNetwork
The Public Interest Network runs organizations committed to our vision of a better world, a set of core values, and a strategic approach to getting things done.
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Since the early '70s, the Public Interest Network, our national groups @EnvAm & @uspirg & state groups have rolled w/changes to serve the #publicinterest. Our @DouglasHPhelps details some legislative victories that'll improve Americans' #qualityoflife. publicinterestnetwork.org/articles/state…
The week of #IndependenceDay #July4th is always a busy one for vacations. Great story from Caresse Jackman @InvestigateTV feat. our #ConsumerWatchdog @teresamurray can help fliers #travel w/minimal drama. investigatetv.com/2025/06/25/air…
Our health care expert @PatriciaKelmar will be both teaching a workshop on hospital price transparency and on a panel about ambulance care in the U.S. Stop by our exhibition table and Patricia's panels!
The old saying says "all politics is local." As our President & Executive Director Douglas Phelps notes, city hall is a place where you can effect -- and @EnvironmentTex recently has effected in Dallas -- positive change for the public interest. publicinterestnetwork.org/articles/victo…
2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of PIRG’s National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. pirg.org/articles/we-ar…
#RewewableEnergy is on the rise. Our COO @andredelattre explains the success so far and the challenges ahead. publicinterestnetwork.org/articles/renew…
The @EPA has finalized a rule that requires full replacement of #toxic #lead pipes in most communities over the next decade. Our president @douglashphelps gives a little historical perspective: publicinterestnetwork.org/articles/getti…
Thoughts from our president @DouglasHPhelps about how letting "killer facts" speak for themselves can guide us toward a healthier, safer and less wasteful world.
The power of a killer fact pirg.org/articles/the-p…
Our colleagues at @uspirg & our state groups have been looking out for #consumers for more than 50 years. PIRG's Consumer Watchdog @teresamurray told @LorieKonish @CNBC how people affected by #HurricaneHelene can try to avoid price gouging after this horrible storm.
.@CAGovernor Gavin Newsom has until Sept. ends to sign a bill state lawmakers passed that would provide #consumers more information about #gasstove #pollution. Great story from @FoxBusiness featuring @CALPIRG's @JennEngstrom. foxbusiness.com/media/californ…
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California bill mandating health warning labels on gas stove sales passes in state legislature
A California law mandating a health warning label on gas stove for sale has passed in the state legislature and awaits Gov. Newsom's signature to be signed into law.
The Okefenokee is one of our greatest national, natural treasures. But as @EnvironmentGA Director @JennetteGayer wrote in her @LedgerEnquirer op-ed, "chirping crickets and drumming woodpeckers... could be replaced by the sounds of drilling and mining." aol.com/news/protect-g…
The Biden administration is sending states a total of $26 million to help get the #lead out of schools' #water. That should mean healthier kids in safer #schools. @EnvAm's @JohnRumpler talked to @HannahBrandt_TV from @NexstarDC. wfxrtv.com/news/washingto…
U.S. @FTC is imposing a ban on companies knowingly buying or selling #fake online #reviews -- w/potential fines of more than $50,000 per violation. @uspirg #Consumer Watchdog @teresamurray spoke to @Reuters about this new policy for the public interest. reuters.com/business/retai…
The @uscpsc has ruled that #Amazon is legally responsible for recalling dangerous products sold on its site and informing customers and the public. Check out this @npr article @byjoehernandez featuring our @uspirg #Consumer Watchdog @teresamurray: npr.org/2024/08/01/g-s…
Do we really need a "festival of consumption" like Prime Day? As @pdxceleste told @fastcompany, increasingly rapid cycle buying, using, disposing goods “costs families a lot... also growing landfills, depleting natural resources & warming our climate.” fastcompany.com/91156249/amazo…
.@washingtonpost took the @envam, @uspirg report "Return, Refill, Reimagine" &, well, reimagined it. .@_allysonchiu visited Trace the Zero Waste Store in Vienna, Va., to see how a refillable store works & how it minimizes the use of #plastic packaging. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
Recently, the #SupremeCourt affirmed the constitutionality of the funding mechanism for America's top #consumer watchdog -- the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Our President & Exec. Dir. @DouglasHPhelps explains why that's so important. publicinterestnetwork.org/articles/the-r…
Recent study shows high levels of resistant bacteria in uncooked meats, dog food. As @USPIRG COO @andredelattre told @MelissaRudy @FoxNews, "An inevitable byproduct of #antibiotic overuse is resistance to these drugs." More: foxnews.com/health/high-le…
It's important for the public interest for our #legislators in #Washington to know what's important to people back home in their states. That's why leaders from our nationwide network of state PIRGs recently went to D.C. pirg.org/articles/what-…
PFAS have become pervasive. The toxic "forever chemicals" used, among other ways, to waterproof clothing & food packaging, don't break down & end up in our water & bodies. Now, the govt. is cracking down. See @CNN article feat. @LisaKFrank1 from @EnvAm. us.cnn.com/2024/04/19/hea…
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