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网页Tell your U.S. House representative: Support the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act. The Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act will hold companies accountable for dumping millions of plastic pellets into our waterways. PIRG is an advocate for consumers, advancing solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our wellbeing.
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网页2024年10月4日 · Pipelines transport billions of barrels of oil across the U.S. each year, frequently passing over or near waterways. Since 2004, pipeline spills have released more than 750,000 barrels of oil into the environment. September 11, 2024.
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网页2024年10月1日 · General Mills shareholders call for less plastic, more truth in recycling. A noteworthy 40% of General Mills shareholders voted last week in favor of a proposal urging the food company to assess how it can increase the scale, pace and rigor of its sustainability efforts, including by reducing plastic packaging. Media Releases October 7, 2024.
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网页About. PIRG is an advocate for the public interest. We speak out for the public and stand up to special interests on problems that affect the public’s health, safety and wellbeing. PIRG President Faye Park talks to CBS news about toxic ingredients in children's makeup. All Americans want a healthier, safer, more secure future.
Rachael Guiles
网页19 小时之前 · Rachael Guiles. Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability Specialist, Oregon. Beyond plastic. October 11, 2024. “I care about sustainable fashion because it uplifts talented makers and garment workers, protects our planet, and spotlights organizations that prioritize people and the planet over profit. Having worked with conscious brands and ...
Year in review: PIRG and The Public Interest Network’s 2022 …
网页2022年12月21日 · PIRG, Environment America, their state groups celebrate national, state, local victories for the public interest. DENVER – Throughout the past year, the Public Interest Network’s advocates spurred important progress toward a healthier, safer and happier world today and a better future for generations to come. It has been a year of extraordinary positive change at the state, federal and ...
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网页Health. Americans have the means to live far longer and healthier lives — and for the most part, we are. But we still face way too many threats to our health and well-being that are preventable, treatable or capable of being mitigated and solved. PIRG is working to ensure that food is grown in ways that are healthy and also good for the ...
Transportation - PIRG
网页Transportation. Thousands of lives are cut short every year by transportation pollution, and even more are lost to traffic accidents on our roads. And vehicle emissions are now our country’s No. 1 source of climate-changing carbon pollution. For our health, our safety and our future, we need to transform our transportation systems.
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网页3 天之前 · California has taken another step toward a future free of plastic waste. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a CALPIRG-supported bill that closes a loophole in the state’s landmark 2014 plastic bag ban, which allowed grocery stores to provide customers with plastic bags so long as they are reusable or recyclable.
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网页Global warming. To give our children and grandchildren the healthier future they deserve, each of us has to do all we can to eliminate the pollution and practices that are warming the planet and changing our climate. PIRG is promoting solutions that will help our country to go fossil fuel free, electrify cars, buses and trucks, reduce power ...