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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]
Doug Phelps, who helped build the state PIRG network, became the group's new chair. [16] Aims and activities. Environment America works to publicize and gain ...
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According to the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), Nicor last increased rates by $228 million in December 2023. With the 2023 rate hike, Nicor’s charges for gas delivery to customers more ...
Green Corps was founded in 1992 by Leslie Samuelrich and Gina Cummings [10] with the financial backing of U.S. Public Interest Research Group [11] [12] in response to the momentum created by Earth Day 1990. Green Corps was created to channel young talent into environmental advocacy causes.
Brother Phelps' second and final album, Any Way the Wind Blows (its title track a J. J. Cale cover), was released in 1995 to critical acclaim, although it failed to produce any Top 40 singles. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The duo disbanded in 1995, with Doug returning to the Kentucky Headhunters, assuming the role of lead vocalist after Orr's departure. [ 2 ]
Maryland Public Interest Research Group (MaryPIRG) is a student activist non-profit organization and one of many State PIRGs. The organization works on a variety of local activist activities, including environmental activism , textbook trading on college campuses, democratic reforms, control of antibiotics in food products, and help for the ...
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company was founded in December 2003 by a small team of experienced organizers who specialized in grassroots-level political and public interest organizing with groups like the Public Interest Research Group However, since its founding, it has consistently faced accusations of anti-union activity at ...