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PG&E admits it may have started another wildfire
Pacific Gas and Electric told state utility regulators a damaged fuse box from a power line might be responsible for starting the large Dixie Fire currently ablaze in the Sierra Nevada mountains...
As Duke Energy-backed bill seeking rate hikes advances, utility hands out dividend increases for shareholders
Duke Energy’s board of directors has approved a 2.1 percent hike in its quarterly cash dividend for shareholders, even as the investor-owned utility and Republican lawmakers in North Carolina push to...
Johnson & Johnson detects cancer-causing benzene in some spray sunscreens
On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson announced it is voluntarily recalling 14 sunscreen products from five different products lines after finding benzene, a known carcinogen, in some popular sunscreen...
Twelvefold increase in suspected industrial dischargers of ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Working Group today released new analysis that dramatically increases an earlier estimate of the number of manufacturers and users of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that...
Amazon highlights EWG VERIFIED® products in Climate Pledge Friendly
The Environmental Working Group today is joining Amazon’s effort to fight the climate crisis by highlighting more sustainable products. The retailer is teaming up with EWG to feature cosmetics and...
Op-ed: EWG calls on California regulators to protect rooftop solar from attack by PG&E, other utilities
In an op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday, July 3, Environmental Working Group President and long-time Bay Area resident Ken Cook urged state regulators to save California’s...
PG&E wants customers to pay $3.6 billion more a year for wildfire safety
Pacific Gas and Electric, or PG&E, on Wednesday asked state regulators to approve a $3.6 billion rate hike on its roughly 16 million customers to fund measures aimed at reducing deadly wildfires like...
EWG applauds House for advancing bill to limit PFAS discharges into water
The Environmental Working Group today applauds the House for advancing bipartisan legislation to limit industrial discharges of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS into drinking water.
Cover crops, touted as a climate crisis solution, planted on only 1 in 20 acres of Corn Belt cropland
Cover crops, which help control water pollution from farm runoff, remain a little-used tool on Midwestern farmland, despite almost 100 years of science showing its value, according to a new...
Duke Energy seeks license renewal for its oldest nuclear power plant, vulnerable to damage from nearby dam
Duke Energy has asked federal regulators to renew a 20-year operating license for the utility’s oldest nuclear power plant, which is uniquely vulnerable to potentially catastrophic damage because of...
In response to EWG complaint, USDA investigation confirms glyphosate contamination of organic chickpeas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, responding to a complaint by the Environmental Working Group, is confirming that a popular brand of organic chickpeas was contaminated with the cancer-causing...
EWG applauds House bill to set deadlines for military facilities to clean up ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Working Group today applauded Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) for introducing legislation to set cleanup deadlines for Defense Department facilities contaminated with the toxic...
EWG applauds House panel’s approval of healthcare bill for veterans exposed to toxics
The Environmental Working Group today applauds the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for advancing legislation to significantly expand healthcare relating to veterans’ exposures to toxic substances...
EWG launches major expansion of cosmetics science and certification programs
The pioneering nonprofit at the forefront of the clean beauty movement for more than two decades aims to dramatically extend its influence across the personal care market with a new initiative that...
PFAS Action Act clears Key House committee
Today, the House Energy and Commerce advanced the PFAS Action Act, which directs the Environmental Protection Agency to quickly reduce and remediate the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
GAO: ‘Forever chemicals’ cleanup costs for Defense Department sites will increase ‘significantly’
A new Government Accountability Office report finds the expected cost of cleaning up the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from Defense Department installations will “likely increase...
EWG enters fight for rooftop solar in California, calling for monopoly utilities to serve ratepayers, not Wall St. investors
The monopoly business model of California’s electric utilities should be scrapped for a new model that would provide affordable access to rooftop solar for all residents, the Environmental Working...
Duke Energy-backed energy bill in N.C. would increase fossil fuels, punish ratepayers
An environmentally and economically damaging power bill crafted behind closed doors by Duke Energy and North Carolina state lawmakers is now public, drawing swift condemnation from environmentalists...
Bipartisan Senate bill would help protect consumers from toxic chemicals in personal care products
A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to ensure that the chemicals used in cosmetics and...
EWG applauds bill to ban 'forever chemicals' from cosmetics
The Environmental Working Group is today applauding Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) for introducing legislation to ban the use of toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in cosmetics.
