U.S. PIRG

PIRG stands for the Public Interest Research Group. We're an advocacy group that promotes the public interest. Our team of advocates, researchers, organizers and students across the country use public education, lobbying, litigation and grassroots action to speak for the public interest on issues that affect our health, our safety, and our democracy. This approach has helped us win literally hundreds of victories over the past 45 years. Because of these laws and other policies, people are recycling more and wasting less, buying healthier and safer products, getting a better deal on credit card fees and student loans, driving cleaner and safer cars, drinking cleaner water, and living longer, healthier lives. Right now, we?re working on everything from reducing the overuse of antibiotics in the food industry to defending consumer protections on Wall Street. Mission:?Every day, someone in Washington, D.C., a state capitol, or a corporate boardroom makes a decision that will affect our health, our safety, our democracy, or another issue that shapes our lives. Meanwhile, special interest groups spend billions to influence these decisions. A chemical company hires lobbyists to block a new safety law. An industry runs ads to roll back a regulation. We speak for the public interest, and work to win concrete results for our health and our well-being.