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Tell your U.S. senators: Stop prescription drug patent abuse https://lnkd.in/emT5wD67

Join our Designed to Last campaign as an associate in our New York City office advocating for sustainable and longer-lasting technology. https://lnkd.in/ehkeTWxW

What happens when private equity buys up our hospitals and doctors? https://lnkd.in/eJtbt-Ad

The PIRG Zero Waste team is seeking a campaign director to lead our zero waste campaigns and move us beyond plastics. https://lnkd.in/e-QgiWjk #nonprofitjobs #hiring #zerowaste

Report links chemical found in pesticide to autism, hyperactivity. https://lnkd.in/g_D8HWYe

Consumer privacy advocates plan to harness recent legislative wins in Maryland and Vermont to help other states strengthen protections for the personal information collected by companies. Nineteen states have enacted laws giving residents more control over how businesses use their data, with the Vermont measure awaiting action by the governor. Maryland and Vermont are standouts among the seven states that have passed bills this year because of provisions that “significantly changed the conversation about privacy in the states,” said R.J. Cross, director of the Don’t Sell My Data Campaign at PIRG. “This year was different,” Cross said. “We saw more pushback against weak privacy bills and industry lobbyists than we have before.” Read more from Brenna Goth: https://lnkd.in/eW9hCTgh

CALPIRG is hiring an experienced and passionate advocate to speak out for the public and stand up to special interests on problems that affect the public's health, safety and wellbeing. https://lnkd.in/gtVvr7Rt

How to find hospital prices https://lnkd.in/ez2jKvfs

New report: We don’t need deep-sea mining 🐠 Deep-sea mining risks damaging vibrant ecosystems that science is just beginning to understand. And we don’t need it to meet the critical minerals challenge. In fact, the world currently trashes more of some critical minerals in discarded electronic waste each year than would likely be supplied annually by a proposed ramp-up of deep-sea mining in the central Pacific over the next decade. This report comes as diplomats prepare to travel to Jamaica in July, where the International Seabed Authority will debate a proposal to put a moratorium on mining – or pave the way for the first commercial exploitation of the deep sea for minerals ever undertaken. Why wreak havoc on a remote ecosystem, all to mine these materials and then put them in throwaway devices such as unfixable cell phones or disposable vapes? The solution is obvious. Make long-lasting products, fix them when they break and recycle them when you can’t. #RightToRepair https://lnkd.in/eXkTSMHh

PIRG is hiring a Climate Solutions Associate to help drive our campaigns to reduce climate emissions in the energy, transportation, and buildings sectors. https://lnkd.in/eYapN6z5