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Cutting these wasteful environmentally harmful federal spending programs would save the environment and tax dollars. How much could we save by cutting these programs?

On Monday, the Green Scissors Coalition launched a new, interactive database identifying more than $259 billion in environmentally-harmful government waste On Monday, the Green Scissors Coalition launched a new, interactive database identifying more than $259 billion in environmentally-harmful government waste. The group, made up by Friends of the Earth a progressive environmental organization, Taxpayers for […]

Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental degradation simply by cutting hundreds of billions in environmentally harmful federal subsidies WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 26, 2012 — Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental […]

Check out photos from the 2011 Green Scissors event in Pittsburgh PA, held on September 16th, 2011.

In a recently published op-ed, Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica and Ryan Alexander, CEO of Taxpayers for Common Sense make the case that we can save the environment by saving money “With our country facing enormous budget deficits, it is more important than ever that Congress and President Obama take stock of our […]