Snip, Snip: Cutting Planet-Plundering Government Programs with Green Scissors

Beginning of article

When environmentalists talk about forming coalitions, they're usually thinking about working with other greens, not budget-cutting conservatives. But, as the highly effective Green Scissors Campaign demonstrates, when big-ticket government projects and subsidies are also environmentally destructive, there's considerable common ground between the two camps.

Working together to wield Green Scissors are the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG), Friends of the Earth (FOE) and Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS). All three operate Washington-based lobbying efforts, but the comparison ends there. FOE is a mainstream environmental group, and USPIRG a citizens' lobby, while TCS works …