Environment Oregon

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Environment Oregon is a political non-profit organization that lobbies for legislation in regard to environmental policy on local, state and national levels. It is affiliated with Environment America, a federation of environmental organizations in thirty states.[1] It has about 25,000 members spread throughout the state.


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[edit] History

Environment Oregon was created in 2007 to replace the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group(OSPIRG) environmental programs. OSPIRG was started by students at the University of Oregon, inspired by Ralph Nader, who did a speaking tour of college campuses in the early 1970s.[2]

[edit] Politics

In 2007 Environment Oregon lobbied the state legislature for renewable energy and for Measure 49, a ballot measure regarding land use planning.


[edit] Membership and Labor

Environment Oregon works with the Fund for Public Interest Research to conduct its fundraising and membership operations, employing dozens of canvassers and phone-callers who contact Oregonians door-to-door, on street corners and over the phone. The Fund is currently a defendant in a class-action lawsuit brought by current and former canvassers.[3]



[edit] References

  1. ^ Web Resources - Environment Oregon
  2. ^ Marcello, Patricia Cronin (2004). Ralph Nader: A Biography. Greenwood Press ISBN 0313330042.
  3. ^ Overtime Class Action Against the Fund for Public Interest Research.

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