Hundreds of volunteers in 47 states and over 20 countries have signed up to search for plastic pellets at their local ...

New research is finding that microplastics can hamper plant growth, which could have devastating impacts on our food supply.

Deirdre Cummings, MASSPIRG’s legislative director, released the following statement on the announcement of a new campaign to stop predatory third-party electric suppliers in Massachusetts. “As a ...

Many people are already familiar with the three Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. The important thing to remember is the order. Reducing consumption is the most effective of the three steps, followed by ...

My name is Rachel Carnahan-Metzger. I am a Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Social Worker and have worked with children with serious illness and their families for fifteen years. Today, I am a ...

Amazon has yet to set a deadline for when it will eliminate plastic-padded shipping bags, or make a commitment to eliminate the remaining single-use plastic used in its shipments, including other ...

You shouldn’t be charged hospital fees at your doctor’s office. Facility fees are meant to cover the extra costs of running a hospital. But as hospital systems purchase physician practices, they ...

TexPIRG volunteer Rachel Carnahan-Metzger testifies before the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services in support of bill to ban facility fees A woman from Mineola, Texas reached out to ...

Late Monday night, the Recycling Reform Act (SB 5284) successfully passed through Washington’s House of Representatives. It took Representatives 4 hours to debate the Recycling Reform Act and various ...