Environment Oregon is a political non-profit organization in the U.S. state of Oregon, 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] Based in Portland, Oregon, it has more than 35,000 members throughout the state.[2][3]
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Environment Oregon was created in 2007 to house the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG, a local affiliate of the Public Interest Research Group) 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.[4]
In 2007 Environment Oregon lobbied the state legislature for renewable energy and for Measure 49, a ballot measure regarding land use planning.
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.[5]