Milestones: America’s streams regain protection
Environment America has worked to establish, defend and restore federal clean water protections for the country's streams and wetlands despite opposition.
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Milestones: A race to protect Mass. rivers is won
MASSPIRG joined the coalition behind the Rivers Protections Act, using grassroots advocacy to rally support for a strong and effective version of the bill.
Milestones: NJ’s ‘polluters’ playground’ exposed
After exposing water pollution permit violations by industrial and sewage treatment plants, NJPIRG staff worked to win the Clean Water Enforcement Act in 1990.
Accidents Waiting to Happen: Coal Ash
Hundreds of coal ash pits and ponds sit near the banks of American waterways, threatening toxic spills that can cause long-term damage to the environment and public health.
Milestones: Laboratories for clean air protection
PIRG has worked to achieve stronger pollution restrictions and cleaner air for the public, with big wins in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.
Milestones: Rollbacks of clean air laws thwarted
In response to political attacks on clean air protections, PIRG launched its Stop the Rollbacks campaign, taking action to defend environmental progress.
Milestone: A bipartisan victory for clean air
PIRG advocates across the country contributed to the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1990, which was a huge step for public health and environmental protection.
Milestones: A battle for hearts and minds is won
When the oil industry attempted to reverse California's Global Warming Solutions Act, Environment California and CALPIRG stepped in to defend climate action.
Milestones: New limits on power plants’ carbon
Starting in Massachusetts, PIRG led campaigns to limit carbon emissions from power plants across the country in an attempt to fight climate change.
Milestones: Trail-blazing action on auto pollution
In an effort to combat the effects of auto pollution, PIRG members across the country urged their state legislators to adopt tougher carbon emission standards.