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Ten Reasons Why We Need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Now
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, July 21, 2011 tenreasonsweneedcfpb.pdf For years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse, federal bank regulators ignored numerous warnings of...
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Apples to Twinkies
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Applies to Twinkies vCO.pdf America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially hard. Childhood...
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The Other Side of the Street, Energy Cost Savings
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 TheOtherSideOfTheStreet.pdf Energy efficiency measures – from lighting systems to better insulation – reduce electricity use...
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Making the Grade
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Making-the-Grade-vUS-WEB.pdf When it comes to health care, there are few magic-bullet solutions for the many problems...
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Trouble in Toyland: 26th Annual Survey of Toy Safety
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 CoPIRG_Trouble_In_Toyland.pdf The 2011 Trouble in Toyland report is our 26th annual survey of toy safety. In this report, we...
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Representation without Taxation
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 COP RepTax Cover.pdf Marking the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United vs. FEC case – which...
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Following the Money 2012
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Colorado Receives a “C-” in Annual Report on Transparency of Government Spending Following the Money vCO.pdf Executive Summary...
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Transportation and the New Generation
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, April 5, 2012 Transportation & the New Generation From World War II until just a few years ago, the number of miles driven annually on...
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Picking Up the Tab
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 State TaxHavenRpt Apr12-COP.pdf Some U.S.-based multinational firms or individuals avoid paying U.S. taxes by transferring their...
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An Analysis of Colorado's Landmark Energy Efficiency Bill 5 Years Later
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, June 7, 2012 CO House Bill 1037 fact sheet.FINAL_.pdf The landmark energy efficiency policy, HB07-1037, passed the General Assembly in 2007 and...
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Apples to Twinkies 2012
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 New Report Demonstrates Taxpayer Subsidies for Junk Food Apples to Twinkies vCO.pdf At a time when America is facing an obesity...
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Million-Dollar Megaphones
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, August 2, 2012 New Report Details Latest Campaign Finance Numbers on Outside Spending COP_mdmreport_print_rev2.pdf Although each major party...
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WHAT AMERICA COULD DO WITH $150 BILLION LOST TO OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, December 6, 2012The $150 billion lost annually to offshore tax havens is a lot of money, especially at a time of difficult budget choices.Many...
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SUBSIDIZING BAD BEHAVIOR
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Thursday, January 3, 2013Report Exposes How Taxpayers Bear Cost of Corporate SettlementsSubsidizing Bad Behavior CoPIRG ReportBP’s recent $4.5 billion...
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Review of Anthem's Rate Increase on Individual Policies
Released by: CALPIRG Release date: Friday, January 4, 2013Review of Anthem Rate Increase Effective 3/1/13Executive SummaryNearly 340,000 Californians in individual insurance plans will see average...
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Trouble in Toyland: 26th Annual Survey of Toy Safety
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011CoPIRG_Trouble_In_Toyland.pdfThe 2011 Trouble in Toyland report is our 26th annual survey of toy safety. In this report, we...
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Billion-Dollar Democracy
Released by: CoPIRG Release date: Friday, January 18, 2013CoPIRG's Billion-Dollar Democracy ReportEXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe first presidential election since Citizens United lived up to its hype, with...
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Outsized Spending in Colorado
Released by: CoPIRG Release date: Friday, January 18, 2013Outsized Spending in ColoradoThe 2012 elections were by far the most expensive in history thanks primarily to the tidal wave of outside,...
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The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013Offshore Tax Dodging Blows a $504 Million Hole in Colorado Budget:Report - The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax HavensExecutive...
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The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens
Released by: CoPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens Executive SummaryWhen U.S. corporations and wealthy individuals use offshore tax havens to...
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