Under Illinois law, this policy is changing starting January 2025. Utilities are adopting a new method of crediting customers ...

Microplastics are accumulating in just about every ecosystem on Earth, from the depths of the ocean in the Mariana Trench, to ...

We have a plastic pollution crisis on our hands. Every single year, the United States generates an unbelievable 35 million ...

High prescription drug prices hamper patients’ ability to afford their co-pays and deductibles for the medication they need.

PIRG raised the alarm in 2023 when a group of volunteers tracked the journeys of 93 bundles of Amazon packaging, and ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a report on Tuesday that found 89% of smart products surveyed failed to disclose on their websites how long the products would receive software updates.

Amazon sends an astounding number of shipments out each day. Many of the products delivered are wrapped or padded in plastic that ultimately will go to the landfill, to the ocean, or come to pollute ...

How John Deere has responded to farmers campaigning for Right to Repair - better access to the resources they need to fix ...

Every holiday season, mountains of waste are generated that harm our environment. In fact, we throw away at least 25% more trash during the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than any ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its proposed rule on Tuesday to rein in data brokers, the third party companies that collect and sell the personal information of Americans.