Greening the Budget 2005: 6 Ways to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Protect the Environment in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Greening the Budget 2005 is a Green Scissors report sponsored by a consortium of Virginia NGOs led by the Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. The report examines fiscal and environmental policies of the Commonwealth of Virginia and identifies six practices that both cost taxpayers money and harm the environment. Based on these practices, the report makes six recommendations designed to help frame public policy debates in Virginia and push state budget cuts that simultaneously save taxpayer dollars and protect the environment. Topics covered in the report include economic development incentives, transportation policy, landfill disposal fees, and waste and water permitting programs.