This is the second part of our series on open-source communities and forums that are crowd-sourcing consumer tech support for ...

5,707 pre-industrial plastic pellets collected in recent cleanup in South Carolina.

New analysis by repair advocates underscores need for enforcement, further state progress to ensure people can fix their stuff ...

Single-use plastic can cause major environmental damage, but paper substitutes also have downsides. What if there was a third way?

Allstate’s Arity sells access to millions of drivers’ data to third parties for purposes beyond saving drivers money on their ...

Skyrocketing electricity demand from data centers is slowing our nation's transition to clean energy, and putting consumers ...

Medical billing errors and improper claim denials have been redefining the financial future of millions of families. These ...

Thanks to dedicated online forums, many people have been able to use crowdsourced, publicly available software to resuscitate otherwise-bricked devices.

For the last century, humans have produced man-made “stuff” at such a rate that it now weighs more than all life on earth. When our society produces stuff that causes more harm than good, PIRG takes ...

It’s simple: when more people have the ability to fix their own stuff, everyone benefits. That’s why we’re counting on you to amplify our advocacy and spread the Right to Repair to as many communities ...

An executive order in the final days of the Biden administration could fast-track the construction of brand-new data centers for AI computing -- and the polluting power plants that fuel them.

These companies simply shouldn't be allowed to make billions of dollars every year buying and selling our personal information.