OTHER NEWS - Jan. 31, 1995

Coalition Wants $33 Billion in Federal Cuts: Terming itself the Green Scissors Campaign, a coalition of consumer and environmental organizations is expected to release a report today that calls on Congress to cut federal spending differently than proposed under the current Republican agenda. These range from ending a $2.7-billion research project into clean-coal technology, to increasing government royalties through reform of the 1872 mining law, to ending a $2.6-billion nuclear-power research program in San Diego. “These programs are prime examples of polluter pork,” said Jon Golinger, Los Angeles campaign director with the California Public Interest Research Group. Other members include the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation.