How does Maryland PIRG spend the funding it receives?
We use it all to tackle Maryland’s biggest problems and win positive reform for the state. When you look at the things we’ve done – protecting the state’s farmland, cleaning up Maryland’s dirtiest power plants, bringing cleaner cars to the state, and making college tuition more affordable – it’s pretty clear that this is money well spent. The staff we hire and the campaigns we run do take resources, and with the challenges facing Maryland and the rest of the country over the next few years, you can be sure that our staff and students will use these resources to stand up to the special interests and win. Our clean water, our land use protections, consumer and student rights – they all rely on our ability to hire a crack team of experts and professionals to fight for students. Besides, polluting industries spend millions of dollars each year just on campaign contributions to elected officials (that doesn’t include their lobbyists, their propaganda, their campaign ads, etc.), a portion of
