Or - and I know this isn't easy - we could REGULATE monopoly utilities by demanding that they do what's best for consumers instead of giving them a cut of the savings. Throwing money at them is easier. Regulation is hard: information asymmetries, lack of effective governance, etc

Patients are often caught off-guard by arbitrary #facilityfees . These bogus bills must be banned. Thx PJ Randhawa Abe Scarr U.S. PIRG Read our report nbcmiami.com/news/health/is…

Big news - CO Legislature just passed #RightToRepair bill. It covers consumer and business electronics like appliances, laptops, cell phones, IT equipment. Last step is Govs desk for his signature. People should be able to fix their stuff pirg.org/colorado/artic…

Efficient water heaters will cut pollution, save money, save lives environmentamerica.org/center/media-c…

Great to see the FTC challenge prescription drug patent abuse. Last year, we wrote a report explaining the most common forms of abuse pirg.org/resources/the-…

1. One way pharma companies block competition and inflate the cost of medicines is by filing bogus patent listings.

Today FTC challenged over 300 junk patent listings, including for blockbuster weight-loss & type 2 diabetes drugs Ozempic and Victoza.

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A new 20-year study by Alliance for the Great Lakes with data from 14,000 beach cleanups found 86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic that is ‘just getting smaller and smaller.’ It’s infiltrating the drinking water of 30 million people — and their systems.
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I finally did a deep dive into #Amazon and #Alexa 's data collection practices. It's a lot. pirg.org/edfund/resourc…

California legislature advances bill to require warning labels on gas stoves 🙌CALPIRG Jenn Engstrom pirg.org/california/art…

Packed house here at Howard University ready to hear how U.S. EPA is slashing mercury pollution, cleaning up coal ash ponds and stopping power plants from spewing toxic waste into our waterways and climate-warming pollution into our air. #cleanair #cleanwater #ActOnClimate