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We couldn’t do it without you

Joe Newman — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:23:20 +0000

This is a fundraising video I edited for work. The concept here was to introduce the public and our activist network to some of our staff and the work we do. We wanted to get across the message that we do a lot of good work, which wouldn’t be possible without the public’s support.

Big Three automakers must deliver more fuel-ffficient vehicles

Joe Newman — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:26:49 +0000

Before American taxpayers once again come to the rescue of the U.S. auto industry, Congress must require the industry to make vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly and safer – products the public both wants and needs, Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook told a House committee today.

Americans expect a return on their investment, which can be achieved only by fundamentally changing the way the Big Three automakers do business, Claybrook told the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

Federal court should reject attempt to identify anonymous critics

Joe Newman — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:34:04 +0000

An attempt by two landlords to identify two dozen people who posted comments anonymously about the apartment buildings where they live is nothing more than an effort to intimidate critics and should be denied, Public Citizen and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California said in a federal court brief filed today in California.