Articles by Scott Faber, Thomas Cluderay
1,000 Chemicals
Last month, the EPA official responsible for reviewing the safety of chemicals used in thousands of every-day products was asked how many chemicals in use are so dangerous they should get a harder...
Pompeo’s DARK Act Will Keep Consumers in the Dark
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kans.) has introduced the Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act to keep consumers, well, in the dark about whether or not their food contains GE ingredients. The bill would...
Top Six Reasons EWG Opposes the Farm Bill
The farm bill that passed the House this week and will likely pass the Senate next week has some positive features, including new conservation requirements for farm businesses that collect crop...
EWG's Scott Faber Testifies Before Congress about Renewable Fuel Standard
Testimony of Scott Faber, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group before the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety and the Senate Committee on Environment and...
Crop Insurance Subsidies Could Provide Bumper Crop of Budget Savings
Reducing subsidies to large farm businesses, crop insurance companies and their agents, and trimming their windfall profits could generate enormous savings, EWG has found.
Bipartisan Coalition Would Link Land Conservation to Farm Subsidies
Lose Your Lunch: Congressional Food Fight Imperils Food Safety
The Food and Drug Administration's food inspectors have also been deemed non-essential – meaning that America's food manufacturing plants will not be inspected until Congress decides to pass...
Robin Hood in Reverse
City Slickers Harvest Cash Crop
Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Stakeholder Perspectives
Testimony of Scott Fabe, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Environmental Working Groupb before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on...
Renewable Fuels Policy “Untethered from Reality”
It's time to face facts: the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) created by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007 is producing too many “bad biofuels” that increase greenhouse gas emissions, drive up food...
Worst. Farm Bill. Ever
Farm income has never been higher. The federal deficit has never been deeper. So why are House Republicans celebrating passage of a “farm-only” farm bill that includes the most generous farm subsidies...
Top Ten Reasons to Reject a "Farm Only" Farm Bill
The House should overwhelmingly reject the terrible “farm-only” farm bill being considered this morning.
The Path to a Better Farm Bill
House leaders got a lot of grief for the failure of the farm bill. And, now they are getting a lot of grief for proposing to divide the bill into two bills.
Reform is Path to Farm Bill Passage
Fact Checking Fincher
Top Ten Reasons the Farm Bill Failed
No one should be surprised that the full House of Representatives thoroughly rejected the bloated and divisive farm bill (H.R. 1947) produced by the Agriculture Committee. Here's why:
Fincher’s Farm Bill
There's only one name that suits the farm bill that will be debated on the floor of the House today: Fincher's Farm Bill.
What to Expect when Expecting – A Farm Bill
No one expected the House Agriculture Committee to produce a farm bill that protects taxpayers, supports family farmers, rewards stewards of the land and feeds the hungry.
Direct Payments Not Dead Yet – For Cotton Farmers like Fincher
The bill Rep. Fincher voted to support as a member of the House Agriculture Committee does indeed end direct payments – except for cotton farmers like… Fincher.
