TPA Releases New Report: The Environmental Shakedown of American Taxpayers

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FOR IMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                     Contact: David Williams
October 3, 2012                                                                                                                       (202) 258-6527

TPA Report: More than $470 Million Tax Dollars Spent on Environmental NGOs

Organizations plagued with fraud charges and often prevent much-needed economic development

Alexandria, Va. – Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) today released “The Environmental Shakedown of American Taxpayers,” a report highlighting the misuse of tax dollars by environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

“This report exposes more than $470 million in taxpayer money from across the globe used to subsidize questionable and controversial environmental NGOs,” said Taxpayers Protection Alliance president David Williams. “These organizations are not only receiving tax dollars despite their ‘non-governmental’ status but are spending these funds to advance radical agendas, often at the expense of developing economies in some of the world’s poorest regions.”

The report focuses on three concerning aspects of environmental NGOs:

1. Fraud and malfeasance plaguing the World Wildlife Fund;

2. The prevention by the orangutan lobby of much-needed development in two of the world’s poorest areas; and

3. The convoluted funding structure that forces taxpayers to fund controversial NGOs.

“We urge Congress to stop all federal funding of environmental NGOs,” said Williams. “No matter how well-intentioned, many of these organizations are restricting much needed opportunities for economic growth and are doing so with taxpayer dollars.”

To read “The Environmental Shakedown of American Taxpayers,” click here.

About Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis and dissemination of information on the government’s effects on the economy. For more information, please visit www.protectingtaxpayers.org.