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TCS Endorses New Bipartisan Roadless Legislation

June 04, 2003 | Natural Resources

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Shannon Collier, Policy Analyst at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the... Read More

GAO: “Little Progress” Made on Fixing Forest Service Financial Management Problems

June 01, 2003 | Natural Resources

Washington, D.C. - The Forest Service has consistently failed to provide American taxpayers and Congress with a clear accounting of what... Read More

Taxpayers and Public Health to Benefit from Mining Law Reforms

May 14, 2003 | Natural Resources

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2003-An outdated federal law that wastes taxpayer funds, permits massive toxic pollution and endangers public... Read More

Mineral Exploration and Development Act of 2003

April 10, 2003 | Natural Resources

Dear Representative Rahall,   On behalf of the millions of members from across the country that the undersigned organizations represent, we... Read More

TCS Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Grazing Administration Regulations Anticipated Notice of Public Rulemaki

March 13, 2003 | Natural Resources

Taxpayers for Common Sense opposes any alterations that would limit public access to federal grazing lands or reduce the opportunity for... Read More

Audit Finds Federal Fire Dollars Wasted

January 09, 2003 | Natural Resources

Washington, D.C. - Firefighting crews have “totally ignored” federal rules by spending taxpayer money with the “the perception that... Read More

WILDFIRE: JUST THE FACTS

December 31, 2002 | Natural Resources

1. During the 2002 wildfire season: 2.4 million acres of Forest Service and burned, in addition to 4.8 million acres of other... Read More

Forest Service Misplaced $215 Million in Firefighting Funds

August 21, 2002 | Natural Resources

Washington, D.C. - In a memo obtained from the Forest Service by Taxpayers for Common Sense, Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth disclosed... Read More

End Forest Service Political Demagoguery

July 10, 2002 | Natural Resources

Washington, D.C. - Despite Forest Service efforts to blame everyone but themselves for the western wildfire crisis, the leading fire... Read More

Let’s End the Century of Subsidies

June 16, 2002 | Natural Resources

The following statement was released today by Steve Ellis, Senior Director of Water Resources at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the 100th anniversary of the United States Bureau of Reclamation:... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More