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The PIRGs emerged in the early 1970s on U.S. college campuses. The PIRG model was proposed in the book Action for a Change by Ralph Nader and Donald Ross, in which they encourage students on campuses across a state to pool their resources to hire full-time professional lobbyists and researchers to lobby for the passage of legislation which addresses social topics of interest to students. [5]
After college, Shireman opened a lobbying office in Sacramento for the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), a Ralph Nader-inspired organization in which he had been active as a student at UC Berkeley. [6] Among the issues Shireman pursued was the problem of toxic chemicals in art supplies. [7]
Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate and graduate students; Enrollment is counted by the Integrated Post-secondary Education System within the United States Department of Education. Enrollment is the 12-month unduplicated headcount, indicating the number of unique students who attended the university during the year.
This year, CALPIRG released a report showing that the volume of plastic bag waste in California had actually increased since 2014 as a result of the loophole in that law. Read more: California's ...
Since the thinner plastic bags were prohibited, the thicker plastic bag distribution has resulted in a 46% increase in plastic bag waste discarded in California, according to a report by CALPIRG.
The students who graduated with Michael Brown had only hope and promise ahead of them. And a year after Brown's tragic death, somehow they still do. Here are their ...
Here’s CALPIRG state director Jenn Engstrom, summing up the real point of the move: “Right now, we mine the planet’s precious minerals, use them to make amazing phones and other electronics ...
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