Updates

Plastic bags pollute our ocean and beaches and kill thousands of sea turtles every year. That’s why CALPIRG helped make California the first state in the country to ban plastic grocery bags.

According to the CALPIRG Education Fund survey of more than 1,000 students last spring, most students want the college to do more to reach out to students about voter registration, where and how to vote, and what’s on their ballot.

New expert estimates indicate that turnout of young voters between the ages of 18 and 29 will likely exceed 50 percent in yesterday’s national election.  This strong showing places 2012 on par with record 2008 turnout rates and bucks predictions of a precipitous drop-off in young voter participation.