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Road
to Ruin -- Road to Ruin documents 27 road projects that
will drain federal tax dollars, and harm communities, and
damage the natural environment. In total, these projects would
cost federal taxpayers at least $24 billion. (June 2004)
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Green
Scissors 2004 -- Green Scissors 2004 focuses the Green
Scissors Campaign's efforts on eliminating five of the more
than 60 program cuts advocated by the campaign. These programs
represent $4 billion of the more than $58 billion of programs
identified in previous Green Scissors reports.
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Report (pdf)
Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-222-0739. |
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Road
Wrecked: Why the $10 Billion Forest Service Road Maintenance
Backlog is Bad for Taxpayers
Taxpayers
for Common Sense documents the $10 billion road maintenance
backlog in our nation's forests. This backlog negatively effects
American taxpayers, yet the Forest Service, Congress, and
the Bush administration have failed to reduce this burden
by encouraging or implementing common sense road construction
and maintenance policies. (July 2004)
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Crossroads:
Congress, The Corps of Engineers and the Future of America's
Water Resources
In conducting
the investigative report Crossroads: Congress, the Corps of
Engineers and the Future of America's Water Resources, the
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Taxpayers for Common
Sense (TCS) read through tens of thousands of pages of Corps
documents and conducted dozens of interviews to rank the most
environmentally and fiscally wasteful water projects in the
nation. The report provides an action agenda for Congress
and the Bush Administration to redirect the Corps toward more
responsible, cost effective projects that protect the environment
and use tax dollars wisely.
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Green
Scissors 2003 -- The Green Scissors Campaign, led
by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and the U.S.
Public Interest Research Group, identifies 68 cuts which
Congress and the administration could make to protect the
environment, and save our nation more than $58 billion. (May
2003)
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Text Report (pdf)
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of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-222-0739. |
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RUNNING
ON EMPTY: How Environmentally Harmful Energy Subsidies Siphon
Billions from Taxpayers. Full
Text Report (pdf)
Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-222-0739. |
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From
the Ashes: Reducing the Rising Costs and Harmful Effects of
Western Wildfires
To fight
the severe Western wildfires of 2000, taxpayers spent more
than $1 billion and 27,000 firefighters put their lives on
the line. But too much of this labor and money was wasted
because Congress and the Forest Service failed to carry out
many reforms promised after the wildfires of 1994. From the
Ashes calls on the new Administration and the 107th Congress
to act in their first 100 days to finally follow through on
long-promised reforms to save money, protect homes and natural
resources, and reduce unecessary risks to firefighters. (Dec.
2000)
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The
Golden Fleece Report
A celebration
of former Senator William Proxmire (D-WI), the legendary budget
watchdog, and his famous Golden Fleece Award. (Dec. 1999)
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Troubled
Waters: Congress, the Corps of Engineers, and Wasteful Water
Projects -- A report by Taxpayers for Common Sense and the
National Wildlife Federation that highlights the need drastic
for drastic reform to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and names
the 25 most wasteful water projects in the nation. (March 2000)
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Road
to Ruin 1999
A report
by Taxpayers for Common Sense and Friends of the Earth that
examines how wasteful highway spending squanders taxpayer
dollars, harm our communities and damage the environment.
(April 1999)
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Text Report (html)
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a hard copy of this report for $12 by calling 202-546-8500
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Green
Scissors 2002 -- The Green Scissors Campaign, led
by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and the U.S.
Public Interest Research Group, identifies 78 cuts which
Congress and the administration could make to protect the
environment, and save our nation more than $54 billion. (April
2002)
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Text Report (pdf)
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copies of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Green
Scissors 2001
-- The Green Scissors 2001 report, endorsed by more than 24
organizations, highlights programs that taxpayer, environmental
and consumer organizations agree should be cut. Green Scissors
2001 targets ten "Choice Cuts" which are particularly vulnerable
to congressional actions as well as nine new programs that
hurt the environment and waste taxpayer dollars. (Feb. 2001)
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Text Report (html)
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of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Green
Scissors 2000 -- The Green Scissors Campaign, led by
Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and the U.S.
Public Interest Research Group, has helped eliminate more
than $24 billion in wasteful and environmentally harmful spending
programs since 1995. Recommendations in the report could save
taxpayers $50 billion. (January 2000)
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Text Report (html)
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Text Report (pdf)
Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Paying
for Pollution, How Taxpayers Subsidize Dangerous and Polluting
Energy Programs
A report
by the Green Scissors Campaign, led by
Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers
for Common Sense and the
U.S. Public Interest Research Group, calls for the elimination
of big tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, special programs
to assist nuclear power utilities, and research programs for
coal consumption. (March 2000)
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Text Report (html)
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of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Green
Scissors Tally '99 -- Friends
of the Earth Action, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action,
and the U.S.
Public Interest Research Group ranks Members of Congress
on votes on wasteful and environmentally harmful projects, programs,
and subsidies. (January 2000)
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Text Report (html)
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Text Report (pdf)
Copies
of this report can be obtained from Erich Pica at Friends
of the Earth at 202-783-7400. |
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Welfare
for Waste -- A report by The Grassroots Recycling
Network, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Friends of the Earth
that examines subsidies that undermine recycling efforts.
(April 1999)
The report
is available from the Grassroots
Recycling Network. |
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