Thread by @StudentPIRGs

To celebrate the 50th year of #EarthDay- this week we are sharing our Top 50 Environmental Campaign victories over the years. We are proud of our legacy of student organizing on protecting the environment and stopping #climatechange.Help us celebrate by retweeting your favorites!

Victory Spotlight #1 goes to @UWashpirg and their campaign to ban single use plastic bags which passed through the legislature this year!

Victory Spotlight #2 goes to @NJPIRGStudents and their win this year to ban single-use plastics in all @Rutgers_Newark campus stores- including dining halls! #EarthDay

Victory Spotlight #3 goes to @CALPIRGStudent and their big win this year to get @UCLA to phase out the use of single use plastics on campus! #EarthDay

Victory Spotlight #4 goes again to @UWashpirg and their work in 2019 to build support and pass the Washington 100% Clean Electricity Bill. Look at that huge lobby day at the statehouse! #EarthDay

Victory Spotlight #5 goes to the team at @CALPIRGStudent for taking home the American Climate Leadership Award last month. This award highlighted our campaign to commit the @UofCalifornia to 100% Renewable Electricity. #EarthDay #ACLA

Victory Spotlight #6 goes to @MaryPIRG and their campaign to ban foam cups and takeout containers. The grassroots support students generated on campus helped to pass the statewide ban in 2019! #EarthDay

Victory Spotlight #7 goes to @FLOPIRGStudents and their work in 2019 to get @eckerdcollege to sign the #BreakFreeFromPlastics pledge that prohibited the purchase of most nonessential single-use plastics using College funds. #EarthDay #BFFP

Victory Spotlight #8 goes to @ospirgstudents who won their campaign in 2019 to ban foam cups and takeout containers in Eugene! #EarthDay

Victory #11 goes to @masspirgstudent @TrinityConnPIRG @UConn_PIRG and their effort in 2018 that helped convince @dunkindonuts to phase out their use of foam cups. #EarthDay #wildlifeoverwaste

Victory #12 goes to the 2018 @CALPIRGStudent team that used the momentum from getting the @UofCalifornia committed to 100% renewable electricity to pass #SB100,which committed the WHOLE STATE to 100% renewable electricity by 2045. #EarthDay #studentpower

Victory #13 goes to to @MaryPIRG. In 2017 students on campus built support and helped pass a statewide ban on fracking. #EarthDay

Victory #14 goes to @UConn_PIRG! In 2017 they convinced @UConn to become a Bee Friendly Campus with @BeeCityUSA. #EarthDay #SaveTheBees

Victory #15 goes to @ospirgstudents who in 2016 convinced @uoregon to become a Bee Friendly Campus with @BeeCityUSA. #EarthDay #SaveTheBees