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#EEDay2018 - States Can Lead

Friday, October 5, 2018
By | Abe Scarr
State Director

The cheapest, cleanest energy is the energy we don’t use in the first place. Whether you care about improving air quality, fending off the worst impacts of global warming, or simply saving money, energy efficiency and conservation are critical.

The Facebook Data Breach: What You Need to Know and What You Should Do

Sunday, September 30, 2018
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

This guest post from Nathan Acks of the State PIRG Internet Security team offers background on the latest Facebook breach and what you can do.

Ten Years After Lehman, Lessons of Financial Collapse Ignored, Not Forgotten

Monday, September 17, 2018
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

Ten years ago this weekend the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers marked the massive financial collapse of 2008. Millions of Americans lost homes, jobs and trillions of dollars in retirement savings. Today, the financial collapse hasn't been forgotten, it's being ignored by Congress and Wall Street.

Latest Trojan Horse Data Breach Bill (HR6743-Luetkemeyer) Could Be Called "Equifax Protection Act"

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

On Thursday, 13 September, the House Financial Services Committee is to consider the latest in a long series of data security and data breach bills that Congress takes up at the request of the banks. These Trojan Horse bills come riding in with few, if any, protections riding in the saddle, but massive elimination of stronger state laws hidden in the belly of the beasts. The proposal, HR6743, the Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act (Luetkemeyer (MO)), might also be called the “Equifax Protection Act.”

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