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Senate Passes Bill To Expand PFAS Monitoring, Eliminate Major Source of Contamination
The Senate today passed a defense spending bill including a bipartisan amendment to dramatically expand efforts to monitor the scope of the PFAS contamination crisis and eliminate a major source of...
Siding with Monsanto, California Judge Blocks Cancer Warning Label on Weedkiller Glyphosate
A federal judge in California has blocked efforts by the state to require cancer warning labels on Bayer-Monsanto's signature weedkiller, Roundup.
EWG Investigation: Across Farm Country, Nitrate Pollution of Drinking Water for More Than 20 Million Americans Is Getting Worse
In much of America's farm country, nitrate contamination of drinking water, largely caused by polluted runoff from crop fields, poses a serious health risk – and the problem is getting worse...
PFAS Reform Provisions Included in Defense Spending Bill
More than a dozen reforms to reduce and remediate pollution from the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS were included in the annual Department of Defense spending bill that passed the House...
After the Pipeline’s Death, Will Duke Energy Shift From Gas to Renewables?
Last month, the soaring costs and dim future of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline forced Duke Energy and Dominion Energy to cancel the $8 billion project.
Report: Duke Energy Has Squandered Billions in Failed Natural Gas and Nuclear Projects
Since 2013, Duke Energy and its partners have scrapped natural gas pipelines and nuclear power plants totaling $11.6 billion, according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group.
California Bill To Ban Toxic PFAS From Firefighting Foam Heads to Governor
The California legislature approved a measure to address the growing contamination crisis of toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS. The bill would ban the chemicals in PFAS-based firefighting...
Tragic Accidental Death from Mixture of Cleaning Products a Cautionary Warning
The tragic death of a restaurant worker who was overcome from fumes after two cleaning agents were accidentally mixed together is a cautionary example of the serious risks to people when certain...
Bumper Crop
Congress is now considering giving a handful of the largest farms in the country an enormous “bumper crop” in farm subsidies right before the election. The only farms that will be eligible for the extra subsidies are a few thousand of the very largest farms and agribusinesses in the nation.
Key PFAS Reform Provisions in Jeopardy
Manufacturers of the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS may have scored a big win if key provisions to reduce releases and clean up these contaminants from drinking water sources were...
Try, Try Again: Trump Mulling Taxpayer Bailout of Nuclear Industry
Although previous schemes to bail out the dying nuclear industry fizzled, the Trump administration is at it again. Bloomberg reports that the administration is considering using an obscure Cold War...
California Fails To Test Millions of Children for Lead Exposure
Today, the Auditor for the State of California found that efforts by the California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Public Health to prevent lead poisoning have failed...
Biomass energy: The dangerous carbon shell game putting forests and climate at risk
The Cash Croppers: Farm Subsidies 1985-1994
Weed Killers By The Glass
Medical monitoring bill will provide justice for victims of ‘forever chemicals’
How states and the EPA acted to ban the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos
Chlorpyrifos is the most widely used organophosphate pesticide in the U.S., with millions of pounds sprayed every year. Scientists have definitively linked it to severe brain damage in children and...
Only 25 percent of sunscreens offer adequate protection, no worrisome ingredients
EWG News Roundup (3/19): 2021 Shopper’s Guide, EPA Seeks To Monitor Industrial PFAS Discharges, EWG’s ‘None of the Above’ Energy Platform and More
EWG News Roundup (3/19): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Swamped With Cash
EWG Comments to EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council on Water Quality Concerns
The promise of the clean energy economy for American workers
Heavy Methyl Bromide Use Near California Schools
Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Bills Should Tackle Failing U.S. Tap Water System