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STATEMENT: Senate votes heralds cleaner future, safer climate
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PIRG and partners release principles for common sense reform of major farm bill
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Tips to file your tax return while avoiding fees, scams
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New report: Money for nothing? How to make better use of our transportation dollars
Gas taxes are supposed to pay for the construction and maintenance of roads, but too often, they don’t, according to a new report from U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group. The report, Shifting Gears, suggests that to build a cleaner, safer and more affordable transportation system, it is time to shift gears.
Statement: Pittsburgh bridge collapse highlights need for focus on infrastructure repair and maintenance
A bridge collapse in Pittsburgh highlights the need to take a 'fix-it-first' approach to transportation infrastructure spending.
An easier, wiser way to pay for infrastructure
Congress is working to finalize a new infrastructure spending package. But why are they ignoring an easy way to pay for it?
An unlikely alliance once again takes out its ‘Green Scissors’
Groups spotlight nearly $300 billion of wasteful and environmentally harmful government spending
Green Scissors Coalition Launches New Database of Wasteful Federal Subsidies
Today, Friends of the Earth, R Street Institute, Taxpayers for Common Sense, U.S. PIRG and Environment America relaunched the Green Scissors Coalition database of nearly $300 billion in wasteful federal support for environmentally harmful projects.
