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Paying for Pollution recommends eliminating more than $26 billion in subsidies for polluting and dangerous sources of energy. These subsidies encourage energy sources that pollute our air and water, create nuclear waste and waste taxpayer dollars. Industry groups have made millions of dollars of campaign contributions to preserve these subsidies at the expense of taxpayers and the environment. Paying for Pollution is the product of the Green Scissors Campaign, a coalition of environmental, taxpayer and consumer groups. Press Release: Polluting Energy Industries to Receive Over $26 Billion from Taxpayers --March 23, 2000 View Paying for Pollution on the World Wide Web. Download the report in pdf format. See the Green Scissors 2000 report on the World Wide Web.