News & Events

PSI Director interviewed on WBUR radio station about phone books opt-out/opt-in issue
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PSI Executive Director quoted by Worcester Business Journal supporting MA e-waste legislation
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CNET's Green News quotes PSI Director in article: E-waste showdown unearths deeper questions
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USA Today Quotes PSI Executive Director for article on Energy Star Appliance Rebates
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PSI Executive Director talks about phone books on NPR
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Audio tapes available for PSI Networking Conference Calls
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National League of Cities adopts PSI Principles of Product Stewardship!
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PSI Releases New Report: "Battery Performance Metrics: Recommendations for Best Practice"
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Oregon Passes first-in-the-nation EPR Law on Paint
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PSI is seeking an intern for Winter/Spring 2010!

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PSI Letters of Support, Comments, and Testimony on Legislation:

Electronics
• Federal: Letter of Support for HR 1580, Electronic Waste Research and Development Act -- March 25, 2009
• NY City: PSI Joins Signatories of Amicus Brief on Consumer Electronics Association, et al v. City of New York, et al -- November 3, 3009
 
 
   
Fluorescent Lighting
• California:      Comments on AB 1173 -- March 31, 2009
 Maine: Testimony for LD 973 -- April 3, 2009
  Press Release from The Natural Resources Council of Maine "Maine Adopts First-in-the-Nation to Recycle Mercury-Containing Light Bulbs 
 Massachusetts: Letter of Support for H. 726 - May 14, 2009
 
• Oregon:
  Letter of Support for SB 742 -- April 7, 2009
• Washington: Letter of Support for SB 5543 -- February 18, 2009
• Vermont: Letter of Support for H. 94 -- February 11, 2009
   
Pharmaceuticals
• Maine: Letter of Support for LD 821 - April 13, 2009
• Oregon: Letter of Support for SB 598 -- March 9, 2009
• Federal: PSI's Board of Directors voted on March 18, 2009 to list PSI as a supporting organization for HR 1191, the Safe Drug Disposal Act of 2009. This bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act to expand cost-effective drug take-back options. It is a first step towards a national, comprehensive solution on the pharmaceutical disposal issue that will include producer funding for take-back programs. HR 1359 is another piece of federal legislation designed to amend the Controlled Substances Act and provide for pharmaceutical take-back programs.
   PSI Comparison of HR 1191 and HR 1359 - March 2009
   
Product Stewardship Framework
• California: Letter of Support for AB 283 - April 14, 2009
 
• Oregon:
  Letter of Support for HB 3060 (2009 Session) -- March 31, 2009
   
Thermostats
• Illinois: Letter of Support for SB1690 -- April 10, 2009
• Maine: Letter of Support for LD 1042 --  April 16, 2009
• Massachusetts: Letter of Support for HB 831 -- May 15, 2009
• Montana:  Letter of Support for SB 424 -- February 19, 2009
• Rhode Island:

Letter of Support for S. 668 -- March 31, 2009


Letter of Support for H. 7199 - February 8, 2010

 

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