Moving Off the Road
North Carolinians have cut their per-person driving miles by 7.9 percent since 2005, while the nation’s long term driving boom appears to have ended, according to a new report from the NCPIRG Education...
View ArticleNew Report: Universities Like NC State Are Transportation Trailblazers as...
How universities across America are at the forefront of finding new ways to meet the demands of Millennials for lifestyles with less driving.
View ArticleNew Study Shows Traffic Data Fails to Support Spending on I-26 Connector
A new national report calls the I-26 Connector project one of 11 examples of wasteful highway spending, based on its outdated assumptions of ever-increasing driving and lack of receptivity to community...
View ArticleNew Report Shows Mounting Evidence of Millennials’ Shift Away from Driving
The 2000s saw a marked decrease in the average number of miles traveled by young Americans, and that trend appears likely to continue even as the economy improves, due to the consistency of...
View ArticleNEW REPORT: North Carolina Receives "B+" in Annual Report on Transparency of...
North Carolina received a “B+” when it comes to government spending transparency, according to “Following the Money 2015: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data,”...
View ArticlePIRG Commends Release of Labor Dept.'s Proposed Rule To End Conflicted...
PIRG today commended the public release of the Department of Labor’s proposed rule that would strengthen the ability for Americans to save for retirement by addressing conflicts of interest that arise...
View ArticleWe Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database
Yesterday, the CFPB published the first batch (7,700) of consumer narratives or stories to the Public Consumer Complaint Database it began in 2011. We've used the database to publish five reports (so...
View ArticleNew Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer Complaints
Mortgage problems were the top source of complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a report released today by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. The report also found that...
View ArticleTop 10 List: How the CFPB Works for Consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 4 on July 21st. To celebrate and increase public awareness of the agency, U.S. PIRG Education Fund released a new webpage, “Meet the CFPB: Just Ten...
View ArticleOver 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor
Every year, over $17 billion is lost from retirement savings to fees and charges, according to the Council of Economic Advisors. Today, we submitted over 7,000 PIRG member comments urging the U.S....
View ArticleSmall donor program reshapes presidential fundraising, new report shows
Candidates in the 2016 presidential race would see a dramatic shift in fundraising success under a proposed small donor matching program, according to a new study by NC PIRG Education Fund.
View ArticleLeading Groups Send Criteria for Evaluating VW Settlement
Four leading consumer, environmental, and public health organizations wrote an open letter in advance of the April 21st deadline set by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer for a proposal that deals...
View ArticleFramework for VW Settlement Announced
Statement by Mike Litt, Consumer Program Advocate at U.S. PIRG Education Fund, on todays announced VW settlement. For more details on what a strong settlement agreement ought to look like, please see...
View ArticleGrowing List of States Push Forward with Wasteful Highway Boondoggles
In the early hours of last Thursday morning, the Hillsborough County local Metropolitan Planning Organization approved the Tampa Bay Expressway project (TBX), clearing the way for the Florida...
View ArticleConsumers Should Demand Security Freezes After Massive Yahoo Breach
In the wake of the recently-announced Yahoo data breach -- apparently the largest security breach ever, exposing the personal information of 500 million consumers -- PIRG offers consumer tips, demands...
View ArticleStatement on Procter & Gamble’s New Preservative Tracker in Personal Care...
Personal care product giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) recently unveiled a new preservative tracker, which lets consumers know which preservatives are included in various categories of P&G’s...
View ArticleStatement on Unilever’s Decision to Disclose Fragrance Ingredients in...
NCPIRG Education Fund applauds personal care product giant Unilever US, the maker of popular brands like Dove and Axe, for its announcement today that it will increase fragrance ingredient transparency...
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