- Environment Oregon
Environment Oregon is a political non-profit organization in the
U.S. state ofOregon , that lobbies for legislation in regard to environmental policy on local, state and national levels. It is affiliated withEnvironment America , a federation of environmental organizations in thirty states. [ [http://www.environmentoregon.org/about-us/web-resources About us - Environment Oregon] ] It has about 25,000 members throughout the state.Fact|date=September 2008History
Environment Oregon was created in 2007 to replace the
Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG, a local affiliate of thePublic Interest Research Group ) environmental programs. OSPIRG was started by students at theUniversity of Oregon , inspired byRalph Nader , who did a speaking tour of college campuses in the early 1970s. [Marcello, Patricia Cronin (2004). Ralph Nader: A Biography. Greenwood Press ISBN 0313330042. ]Politics
In 2007 Environment Oregon lobbied the state legislature for renewable energy and for Measure 49, a ballot measure regarding land use planning.
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.Fact|date=September 2008 The Fund is currently a defendant in a class-action lawsuit brought by current and former canvassers. [cite web |url=https://www.thefundovertimelawsuit.com |title=Overtime Class Action Against the Fund for Public Interest Research]References
External links
* [http://www.environmentoregon.org/ Environment Oregon] (official website)
* [http://www.environmentamerica.org/ Environment America]
* [http://www.ospirg.org/ OSPIRG]
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