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Conservation

Limbaugh Falsely Claims Feds Spend As Much on Environment as on Defense and Homeland Security

In his April 22 broadcast, conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh claimed that the federal government spends as much on environmental protections as it does on defense and homeland security. Said Limbaugh...
Food

'Wild' Salmon in Stores May Be Farmed

Fresh wild salmon is gaining popularity over its farmed cousins for its leaner, tastier, less chemically-laden qualities, but recent studies from the New York Times reveal that even if stores say it's...
Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos

Australian asbestos exporter lobbies Congress for "no fault" legislation before American victims can be compensated

In the wake of the W.R. Grace indictment for asbestos poisoning in Libby, Mont., Australian building products company James Hardie Industries is working hard to make sure it escapes responsibility for...
Chemical Policy
Farm Subsidies

Tobacco Companies to Pay for Buyout, But FDA Authority Still Lacking

Yesterday House and Senate committee members agreed on a bill that would have the tobacco industry, rather than taxpayers, spend $9.6 billion to buy out tobacco quotas. While the bill rightly ends an...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Flame Retardants
Food

Flame Retardants found in Supermarket Food

A new study finds chemical flame retardants known as PBDEs contaminate common foods available on supermarket shelves. The study appears in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Science &...
Federal & State Energy Policy

Dept. of Interior Grants EWG Access to Oil/Gas Leasing Data

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) will permit EWG access to detailed, well-by-well, lease-by-lease information regarding oil and gas wells on Federal lands in western states. In a remarkable...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Cosmetics

Concern Grows Over Chemicals in Cosmetics

There's increasing concern about the risks of chemicals in personal care products. The Independent reports that the growing use of cosmetics and toiletries, which contain many known toxic or untested...
Farming & Agriculture
Food

Warning Issued on Salmon, Trout From Federal Hatcheries

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) says tests on salmon and trout raised in federal hatcheries in the Northeast found enough PCBs and other toxic chemicals that consumers should severely limit...
Asbestos

Labor Group Disappointed as Asbestos Talks Fail

The AFL-CIO expressed its dissatisfaction with the end of negotiations seeking an agreement between asbestos companies, insurers and those sick or dying from the harmful material.
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

White House Undermined Chemical Tests

EWG has investigated scores of harmful industrial chemicals, the companies that produce them and the government policies that permit Americans to be exposed to them in their food, water and the air...
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water

Increasing Pollution, Dwindling Options

The Food and Environmental Reporting Network released a striking report this week (Sept. 18) describing how industrial agriculture and climate change are fueling massive blooms of toxic algae: Blooms...
Energy
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water

New Study Paints Corn Ethanol As Eco-Unfriendly

In May 2009, Steve Ruh, who was then chair of the National Corn Growers Association's Ethanol Committee, called corn ethanol the “most environmentally friendly fuel available today.”

Food & Water
Food

The Guide: Good Food on a Tight Budget

Environmental Working Group's researchers have created Good Food on a Tight Budget, a science-based shopping guide of the top 100 foods that are healthy, cheap, clean and green. Here are the files for...

Food & Water
Food

Food for Thought? Not With the Farm Bill

Sarah (not her real name), was usually one of the best students I met while teaching 8th grade math in a New Orleans public school. When I asked a question, her hand darted into the air as she...
Energy
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture

An Earful: Corn Congress and the Cash Crop

“You learn something every day if you pay attention.” ~Ray LeBlond And that happened this morning, when in an online dialogue, a farming friend popped in, talking about his trip to DC for the “Corn...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Food & Water

Amendment Votes Show the Way Forward for the Farm Bill

Almost as soon as the gavel came down last week on an historic defeat for the farm bill in the House of Representatives, people started asking: What happens now?

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies

Reform is Path to Farm Bill Passage

Subsidy reform could provide the path to passage of the farm bill.
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation

Real Reform is Hard to Find

The House of Representatives faced a clear choice on Thursday afternoon when it came time to vote on the farm bill – formally known as the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Food & Water

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.

Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water
Food

Worth Protecting

Today, on the eve of farm bill consideration by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, EWG is launching an unprecedented campaign to remind Congress that our land, our food, our families, and our farms...

Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Factory Farms
Farm Subsidies

Farm Bill Reform Can Help Defeat Superbug Surge

EWG argues for reform of farm programs to reduce the misuse of antibiotics in livestock production after analysis of recent government tests reveal more and more supermarket meat harbors antibiotic...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation

The Questions That Won’t Be Asked

Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Agriculture will hold a hearing titled “Drought, Fire and Freeze: The Economic Disasters for America's Agricultural Producers.”
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies

Speaker Boehner Right to Reject Extravagant Farm Bill

House Speaker John Boehner made the right choice when he refused to include a trillion-dollar farm bill in legislation designed to avert the “fiscal cliff.”

Research

Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Likely Discharged Near Schools in 18 States

Suspected industrial dischargers of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS are located less than a mile of 27 schools or childcare facilities that maintain their own water systems, an EWG analysis finds.
Drinking Fountain