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Citizen Update: An Report For Members Of NMPIRG
Fall 2007
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Top Stories
  Toxic Factory
SAFE CHEMICAL FACILITIES—Chemical industry lobbyists have thwarted strong bills at the federal level year after year—bills that would protect communities from chemical accidents.


 

Pushing Past The Chemical Lobby
Thanks in part to members, scientists, advocates and congressional champions, the past summer gave us a critical opportunity to loosen the chemical lobby’s stranglehold on Washington, D.C.

PIRG-Backed Bill Exposes Big Money From Lobbyists
On August 2, a PIRG-backed lobby reform bill that could shed light on the often-hidden activities of lobbyists and their interactions with legislators passed Congress.

 


 

Research Helps Defeat Private Road Schemes

States Snuff Out Secondhand Smoke

Combined Reporting Levels The Playing Field

 

 

Congress Ahead Of The Curve On Student Aid

Bake Sales Turn Heads On Transit

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NMPIRG Citizen UPDATE
fall 2007
Vol. 33, No. 3

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