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== History == |
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FFPIR runs the public fundraising and membership operations [[canvassing]] for Environment Oregon.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} The organization is part of [[Oregon State Public Interest Research Group]] (OSPIRG), one of the [[Public Interest Research Group]]s that began on college campuses but eventually branched out to the public sector.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} The PIRGSs started at the behest of [[Ralph Nader]], who did a speaking tour of college campuses in the early 1970s. Nader says he no longer has affiliations with this group. |
FFPIR runs the public fundraising and membership operations [[canvassing]] for Environment Oregon.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} The organization is part of [[Oregon State Public Interest Research Group]] (OSPIRG), one of the [[Public Interest Research Group]]s that began on college campuses but eventually branched out to the public sector.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} The PIRGSs started at the behest of [[Ralph Nader]], who did a speaking tour of college campuses in the early 1970s. Nader says he no longer has affiliations with this group.<ref>Alan Bisbort, Hartford Advocate: February 26, 2004 </ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Environment Oregon is a political non-profit organization that lobbies for legislation on local, state and national levels in regard to environmental policy. It is the Oregon branch of the non-profit fundraising group Fund for Public Interest Research (FFPIR, or "the Fund").
History
FFPIR runs the public fundraising and membership operations canvassing for Environment Oregon.[citation needed] The organization is part of Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG), one of the Public Interest Research Groups that began on college campuses but eventually branched out to the public sector.[citation needed] The PIRGSs started at the behest of Ralph Nader, who did a speaking tour of college campuses in the early 1970s. Nader says he no longer has affiliations with this group.[1]
References
- ^ Alan Bisbort, Hartford Advocate: February 26, 2004
External links
- Environment Oregon (official website)