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Clean Cars Programs in 10 States To Cut Global Warming Emissions By More Than the National Emissions of 140 Countries 2/8/06

Statement by Rob Sargent of the State PIRGs, on President Bush’s State of the Union Address 2/1/06

With Energy Prices Hitting Hard, Georgia PIRG Calls for Greater State Action 1/12/06

"It's Official!" CPUC Approves $3.2 Billion Solar Program 1/12/06

Exelon Takeover of PSEG Could Cause $45 a Month Increase on Average New Jersey Electric Bill 1/10/06

Why Cutting State Gasoline Taxes Is a Bad Move 1/5/06

Low-income, Consumer, & Environmental Groups Present Energy Efficiency Solutions To Address Soaring Heating Costs This Winter 1/5/06

PIRGIM Calls for Response to Michigan’s Energy Crisis 1/3/06

U.S. PIRG Calls on Leaders to Break America’s Oil Habit in 2006 12/21/05

Statement by Rob Sargent, Senior Energy Policy Analyst for the State PIRGs, on the Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative 12/20/05

Massachusetts Adopts New Energy Efficiency Standards 11/22/05

Data Show American Electric Power Is Nation’s Worst Mercury Polluter 9/8/05

With Energy Prices Rising in the Aftermath of Katrina and Federal Government Failing to Act, Citizens and State Governments Must Step In to Reduce Oil Consumption 9/8/05

Disastrous Energy Bill Rewards Big Oil, Consumers Pay The Price 8/8/05

Energy Bill Keeps America Speeding Down The Wrong Road 7/29/05

Statement Of Anna Aurilio, U.S. PIRG Legislative Director, On House Passage Of The Energy Bill, H.R. 6 7/28/05

MTBE Deal Announced Today, Statement of Christy Leavitt, U.S. PIRG Clean Water Advocate 7/22/05

Senators Reject Nuclear Power as Solution to Global Warming 7/22/05

U.S. Senate Fails to Give Authority to State Governors on LNG Terminal Siting 7/21/05

U.S. Senate Passes More Subsidies for Dirty Power 7/21/05

Texas Legislature Boosts State's Renewable Energy Goal: Signature by Gov. Perry on Bill Will Spur Construction of New Transmission Lines To Move Wind Energy from West Texas to Cities 7/14/05

Senators Reject Nuclear Power as Solution to Global Warming 6/22/05

U.S. Senate Defeats Coastal Protection Amendment 6/21/05

Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer 6/16/05

Environmental Statement on Nuclear Energy and Global Warming 6/16/05

Letter in Support of Comprehensive Energy Legislation 6/13/05

Investing in Clean Energy Would Create More Than 154,000 Jobs Annually and Save Consumers $16 Billion in 2020 2/16/05

As Discussion of Hydrogen Escalates, Report Cautions Against Assuming the Hydrogen Economy Will Solve Energy Woes 10/7/04

Groups Urge Real Reductions in Global Warming Pollution from Power Plants; Call on Northeast Officials to Shun Loopholes in Regional Carbon Dioxide Cap 9/10/04

Anniversary of Blackout of 2003 Approaches: Public Interest Group Proposes Fixes to Flaws in Electric System 7/30/04

Clean Energy Programs Could Reduce Global Warming And Save $36 Billion Per Year 7/20/04

House Energy Bills Will Not Solve America's Energy Problems: America Deserves A New Energy Future 6/14/04

Senate Rejects Disastrous Energy Bill 4/29/04

More Than 4,500 Americans Urge the Bush Administration to Protect Consumers From Rising Gas Prices by Reducing Oil Dependence 4/26/04

The Energy Bill Won't Prevent Future Blackouts - 4/5/04

Senate Rejects Disastrous Energy Bill 11/21/03

The Energy Bill Is A Disaster For America 11/17/03

Energy Bill Dumps $6 Billion In New Tax Credits To The Nuclear Power Industry 11/17/03

Congress Should Reject The Dirty, Dangerous Bush-Cheney Energy Plan 10/21/03

House Votes To Protect America's Coastlines, Instructs Energy Conferees To Remove Destructive Provisions 10/15/03

Congress Should Reject The Dirty, Dangerous Bush-Cheney Energy Plan 10/2/03

America Doesn't Need More Deregulation, America Needs a Smarter, Cleaner Energy Future 9/4/03

America Doesn't Need More Deregulation: America Needs A Smarter, Cleaner Energy Future 9/2/03

America Needs A Smarter, Cleaner Energy Future 8/15/03

Senate Leaves America At Risk for Future Enrons, Rejects Cantwell Amendment 8/1/03

The Senate Energy Bill Fails America 7/31/03

Environmentalists Call For Smarter, Cleaner Energy Future 7/10/03

Environmentalists Reject Bush Plan For More Drilling: Call For Smarter, Cleaner Energy Future 6/26/03

America's Economy Could Profit From Renewable Energy: Congress Moving Backwards As States Move Forward On Energy Policy 4/16/03

Representatives Udall, Udall, And Leach Seize Opportunity To Increase Clean, Homegrown Energy Introduce Bill With Strong Renewable Energy Standard 3/14/03

Clean Energy Standards Will Help Lead To Energy Independence 2/6/03

Energy Bill Fails to Reduce America's Dependence on Oil: Consumers Will Pay the Price for Bill's Shortsighted Policies 10/9/02

PIRG Urges Senate Energy Conferees to Reject Arctic Drilling Language, Other Harmful Proposals 10/1/02

Energy Bill Conferees Should Increase Energy Security and Reject Unsafe Energy Bills: Statement of Anna Aurilio, Legislative Director 9/12/02

The Senate Energy Bill Fails America, Analysis of House and Senate Bills 4/25/02

Senate Protects Polluters, Jeopardizes Public Health and the Environment, Statement of Emily Figdor, Clean Air Advocate 4/25/02

Senate Fails The Grade On Energy Bill Votes: Key Tests To Come On Arctic Refuge Protection And Sound Energy Policy 3/28/02

Senate Adopts Weak Renewable Energy Amendment 3/21/02

Senate Rejects Do Nothing "Dirty Energy" Amendment 3/21/02

Senate Rejects Golden Opportunity to Increase Clean, Homegrown Energy, Rejects Jeffords Amendment 3/14/02

Senate Gives Auto Industry Free Ride on Fuel Economy: Consumers and Environment Pay the Price 3/13/02

Environmental Groups Applaud MTBE Ban With Clean Air Protections, Call On Senate To Eliminate Special Deal For Oil Companies 3/8/02

U.S. Economy Could Profit From Renewable Energy: Boosting Clean, Homegrown Energy Could Provide 403% Of Current Electricity Generation 2/21/02

Statement Of Anna Aurilio, Legislative Director, On The Daschle-Bingaman Energy Legislation 12/5/01

House Energy Legislation Forces Taxpayers to Pay for Pollution 11/8/01

"Safe" Act Unsafe For The Budget: Energy Bill Takes Big Bite Out of Already Shrinking Surplus 8/31/01
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Proponents Of Drilling In The Arctic Refuge Side With Polluting Campaign Contributors 8/3/01

House Energy Legislation Is Dirty, Dangerous And Doesn't Deliver For Consumers 8/1/01

Polluters Gave Millions To Key Members Of The House Of Representatives: House Consideration of Bush Energy Plan Will Measure Polluter Influence 7/31/01

National Academy of Sciences Study Confirms Feasibility of Raising Miles-Per-Gallon Standards 7/30/01

House Energy Legislation Is Dirty, Dangerous And Doesn't Deliver For Consumers 7/24/01

U.S. PIRG Calls For Cleaner, Smarter Energy Solutions: Group Testifies At Bush Energy Hearing 6/26/01

Union Members Oppose Drilling In Arctic Refuge: Poll Shows That Opposition to Drilling is Stronger than in Non-Union Households 6/25/01

Bush Energy Plan is Dirty, Dangerous and Doesn't Deliver for Consumers: U.S. PIRG Calls for a Cleaner, Smarter Energy Future 5/16/01

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Reports

10-State Clean Car Standards to Cut 64 Million Metric Tons of Global Warming Emissions per Year by 2020 2/8/06

Easing the Energy Crisis: Investing In a Smarter Energy Future 11/29/05

Protecting Consumers from Rising Energy Costs: Real Solutions to Help Homeowners and Businesses Reduce Their Energy Bills, This Year and Beyond 11/2/05

America Idles: How President Bush’s Inaction Will Cost Americans Billions at the Pump in 2006 12/21/05

Solutions to America’s Oil Crisis: A Federal Agenda for Reducing Oil Demand and Protecting Consumers 9/29/05

Making Sense of America's Oil Needs: A Sustainable, State-Based Response to Dwindling Oil Supplies 9/8/05

Made in the U.S.A.: Power Plants and Mercury Pollution Across the Country 9/8/05

Achieving a New Energy Future: How States Can Lead America to a Clean, Sustainable Economy 8/15/05

Redirecting America's Energy: The Economic and Consumer Benefits of Clean Energy Policies 2/16/05

Making Sense of Hydrogen: The Potential Role of Hydrogen in Achieving a Clean, Sustainable Transportation System 10/7/04

Stopping Global Warming Begins At Home: The Case Against the Use of Offsets in a Regional Power Sector Cap-and-Trade Program 9/10/04

Toward A Consumer-Oriented Electric System: Assuring Affordability, Reliability, Accountability and Balance After a Decade of Restructuring 7/30/04

A Responsible Electricity Future: An Efficient, Cleaner and Balanced Scenario for the U.S. Electricity System 7/20/04

After the Blackout: Achieving A Cleaner, More Reliable Electric System 9/4/03

Analysis of Key Provisions in the House and Senate Energy Bills 8/03

Generating Solutions: How Clean, Renewable Energy Is Boosting Local Economies And Saving Consumers Money 4/16/03

Pumping Up The Price: How The Energy Bill Moves America In The Wrong Direction 10/9/02

Senate and House Bill Analysis as of April 25, 2002, 6pm 4/25/02

Failing Grades: How The Senate Energy Bill Fails To Secure A New Energy Future 3/28/02

Generating Solutions: How States Are Putting Renewable Energy Into Action 2/21/02

Polluter Payday: How The House Energy Plan Benefits Big Oil And Other Polluters At Taxpayers' Expense 11/8/01

Special Deals For Special Interests 7/31/01

New Energy Future Options For A Smarter, Cleaner Energy Future 5/01