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May 04, 2007
Consumer champions profiled in WP and NYT
In his story A Powerhouse for the Poor in today's Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein profiles the twenty-five years of work (so far) of "Bob Greenstein and his crew at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities." Pearlstein continues: For the past 25 years [...] Greenstein & Co. have been there for every hearing, every amendment and every budget reconciliation, ensuring that the interests of the poor and working class are considered. Their weapons in these battles are reliable data, sound analysis and an ability to deliver it when needed. And in a story From Voice of the Bottle Bill to Keeper of the Green in the New York Times, Robin Finn profiles Judith Enck, who served first as environmental advisor to New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer and is now Deputy Secretary for the Environment for Governor Spitzer.
In the interests of full disclosure, Enck is not only a former NYPIRG official, as the story explains, but also, when I worked for Connecticut PIRG, I too worked on Enck's signature issue: helping to pass the Connecticut version of returnable beverage container deposit legislation, aka, "the bottle bill." The bottle bills have cut solid waste, reduced litter and saved energy in nine states. There's no reason that the laws shouldn't be expanded nationwide. Further, doing more to encourage the use of refillables, not just returnables, would cut energy use even more.
Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at May 4, 2007 06:52 AM
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