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Stop Highway Boondoggles | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. More and more of us are moving off the roads. Yet we’re still spending billions to expand roads and build new highways every year, even as other needs from expanding public transportation to critical bridge repairs go unmet. Across the country there are countless proposed highway projects that are not just expensive they’re outright boondoggles. We need your help to stop them. It's time to shift our transportation priorities. That are not just expensive they’re outright...
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Public Health | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. News Release U.S. PIRG. More Than 350,000 Urge KFC to Prevent Abuse of Antibiotics in Its Chicken Supply. Read more about More Than 350,000 Urge KFC to Prevent Abuse of Antibiotics in Its Chicken Supply. News Release U.S. PIRG. Taco Bell Moves Away From Chicken Raised on Medically Important Antibiotics. From Taco Bell’s parent company Yum! Read more about Taco Bell Moves Away From Chicken Raised on Medically Important Antibiotics. Media Hit Public Health. This was a big...
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We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. We Commend CFPB For Adding Consumer Stories To Public Complaint Database. Friday, June 26, 2015. Statement of Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director. Despite enormous opposition from banks, credit bureaus and other firms, the CFPB this week announced. Over 10,000 of our members joined us in comments to the CFPB in support of this important expansion proposal. Stop the Overuse Of Antibiotics. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Democracy For The People. Get our RSS feed.
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Ed Mierzwinski | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Contact person by email. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Task Force. He has had recent articles in the. Journal of Consumer Affairs. He is a 2003 recipient of Privacy International’s Brandeis Award for privacy protection efforts and a 2006 recipient of the Consumer Federation of America’s. Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award. For his efforts on Wall Street reform, in both 2010 and 2011 The Hill newspaper selected him as a Top Lobbyist. Awardee, and in 2011.
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NJPIRG homepage 1/2011 | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Stop the Overuse Of Antibiotics. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Democracy For The People. Making Health Care Work. Reining in Wall Street. Get our RSS feed. Are you a student? You spoke up, and they listened. Subway has announced that they will stop selling meat that's been raised with antibiotics. Get Big Money Out, Voters In. Together, we can take our elections back from the Super PACs and mega-donors that are drowning out the voices of regular Americans.
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New Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer Complaints | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. New Report: Mortgage Problems Rank #1 at CFPB for Consumer Complaints. Bank of America Receives Most Mortgage Complaints. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The CFPB has published 138,086 complaints about mortgages, the most complaints received about any financial product from December 2011 until March 16, 2015. Mortgages remain the top source of complaints to the CFPB even though annual mortgage complaint volumes declined slightly in 2014 and the volume of the CFPB’s 10 other pro...
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SO YOU NEED HEALTH INSURANCE. NOW WHAT? | NJPIRG Student Chapters
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Together we can make change happen. SO YOU NEED HEALTH INSURANCE. NOW WHAT? Read the Health Insurance 101 guide below, or download the PDF here. NJPIRG Law and Policy Center. New Jersey Health Insurance 101. Having the facts can make all the difference when it comes to health insurance. To make the most of new choices, protections and financial help, you need good information. This guide can help you find quality coverage that won’t break the bank. 1 Do I Need Insurance? 3 What are my Options? But let’s ...
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Toxic Free Communities | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. PROTECTING N.J. FROM TOXIC SPILLS. NJPIRG is calling on the EPA to to phase out the most dangerous chemicals in use and require that all toxic chemicals be transported safely. Each year, enormous quantities of toxic chemicals are manufactured, stored, and transported across New Jersey from 11 high-risk facilities. NJPIRG is calling on the EPA to expand the use of safer chemical alternatives, and safer means of storage and transport for the most dangerous chemicals.
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Health Care | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. News Release NJPIRG Law and Policy Center. NJPIRG gathered outside St. Michaels’s Medical Center in Newark Thursday to call on the Obama Administration to immediately restrict the use of antibiotics on factory farms when animals are not sick. NJPIRG Law and Policy Center released a new report:. Ending the Abuse of Antibiotics in Livestock Production: The Case for Reform. Read more about Stop the Superbugs. Report NJPIRG Law and Policy Center. Having the facts can make a...
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Consumer Protection | NJPIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. News Release U.S. PIRG. The Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule for Investment Advice. US PIRG federal legislative director Jerry Slominski on The Release of the Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule for Investment Advice. Read more about The Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule for Investment Advice. News Release U.S. PIRG Education Fund. Report: Analysis of Payday Complaints Reveals Need for Stronger Federal Protections. By the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. CFPB Turns 5 Years O...