Georgia PIRG

03/09/2026

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03/03/2026

Georgians need a Consumer Utility Council (CUC) to represent and advocate for them at the Public Service Commission. While the Public Service Commission is supposed to weigh the interests of both utility companies and consumers, it frequently serves as a rubber stamp for utility companies. We need the CUC to serve as a dedicated advocate for individuals and small businesses, ensuring they get a say in their power bills.

03/03/2026

Last Tuesday, Georgia PIRG met with our Georgia legislators for US PIRG’s annual DC lobby day.

We advocated for legislation that would increase price transparency in healthcare and standardize food date labels to prevent food waste.

02/27/2026

Georgia Power is betting big on new data centers driving up demand for electricity. They have approval to build 10,000 MW of electricity, most of it gas powered to serve data centers. This is enough to power 5-10 million homes! But if the data centers don’t need the electricity, residential customers and small businesses will end up paying for it unless legislation passes to make it clear we can’t be forced to foot the bill.

04/22/2023

This Earth Day, help put our planet over plastic by donating to keep our work going strong.

We're doubling down on our campaigns to move Georgia beyond plastic, and to hold plastic producers accountable for the pollution their products become.

04/19/2023

As we approach Earth Day, many of us are thinking about how we can make a positive impact for our planet.

Will you take action right now for a future with less waste and pollution by calling on Costco to stop senselessly supersizing packaging waste?

Our favorite buy-in-bulk stores shouldn't send us home with a mountain of unnecessary packaging.

12/31/2022

Our country and our planet have a plastic waste problem. PIRG is working to fix that, but we can't do it without your help.

Make your year-end gift now to help keep our work going strong in the year ahead.

The United States is the world's largest plastic polluter: Every year, we produce a staggering 42 million metric tons of plastic waste. PIRG is working to fix that -- and we need your help.

12/29/2022

As the largest retailer in the world, Amazon has the power to not only stop its plastic pollution, but spur the entire industry to do the same.

Tell Amazon: Stop using wasteful single-use plastic packaging.

Our deliveries don't need to be wrapped in multiple layers of throwaway single-use plastic.

11/29/2022

Every single year, the United States generates an unbelievable 42 million metric tons of plastic waste. We’re the world’s single biggest plastic polluter.

PIRG is working to change that. This Giving Tuesday, help fuel our work to move beyond plastic, and give the gift of a plastic-free world to future generations.

Every single year, the United States generates an unbelievable 42 million metric tons of plastic waste. PIRG is working to change that.

11/28/2022

Grocery store shelves are stocked with piles of wasteful plastic, but Whole Foods can be a leader in moving the industry in a more sustainable direction.

Join us in telling Whole Foods: Get wasteful plastic off of store shelves.

If we're going to turn the tide on plastic waste, we need prominent supermarket chains such as Whole Foods to play a major role.