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State by State EQIP Conservation Cuts
Congress's proposed "increase" in Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding is really a cut of $285 million from what was promised in the 2008 farm bill. Without proper conservation funding...
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Democrats' Bitter Harvest
House Democrats' devastating losses in Tuesday's mid-term election swept away a number of members from hotly contested rural districts whose full-throated support for keeping the taxpayer-funded farm...
Farm Income Data Debunks Subsidy Myths
Environmental Working Group's updated Farm Subsidy Database, released May 5, chronicles where federal farm subsidy dollars have gone from 1995 through 2009, revealing the true impact of farm programs...
EWG Donor Exclusive
EWG couldn't do all of our great work without your support. As a small show of appreciation, we're sharing with you this special recipe and photo album from our San Francisco Earth Dinner.
EPA Must Abide by the Law and Assess the Full Climate Impacts of Biofuels
Letter sent by a coalition of environmental groups, including EWG, to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging that EPA not delay or significantly constrain consideration of indirect land use in the RFS...
NIH Cracks Down on Scientists' Conflicts of Interest
As of March 7, 2005, National Institute of Health (NIH) employees are no longer allowed to accept consulting fees and stock options from pharmaceutical companies. A group of scientists have formed an...
According to Big Ag, Organic Farming Means More Jobs
First, the heavily subsidized commodity crop growers complained when the Department of Agriculture dared to send out encouraging messages about local and organic farming. Next, a coalition of Big Ag...
Despite the food industry's scare tactics, there is ample evidence that requiring genetically engineered food to be labeled would come at little or no cost to consumers.
Health Reform Should Begin at USDA
“The less we spend on food, the more we spend on health care,” author and food activist Michael Pollan said on Oprah. Today, Americans spend almost 20 cents of every dollar managing disease --...
We Subsidize Corporate Farms, Why Not Baseball?
The Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics blog interviewed Minnesota Twins' President Jerry Bell (subscription required) and asked him about the Twins' new taxpayer-funded stadium.
Farm Bureau, the Most Ideologically Contorted Organization in America
The American Farm Bureau convention irresponsibly passed a resolution opposing climate change legislation on January 12th. Laughably, at the same time they threw down the gauntlet on climate...
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More Churchill, Less Chamberlain
Reliable Big Ag accomplice Collin Peterson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, made clear last week that he plans to vote NO on the pending climate bill, after signaling as much this spring...
Gold-Plated Back Scratchers
The Center For America Progress's Eric Alterman and Mickey Ehrlich have written an interesting piece on recent legislation and the impact that campaign contributions from well-funded special interests...
Scientists Want a Word with Farm Bureau's Stallman
It's tough to rattle a scientist's cage. But Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau, has found a way by scoffing repeatedly at the biblical calamities that climate change is predicted to...
Now a Free Agent, Will Dorgan Sign With Growth Energy?
Could Byron Dorgan, the U.S. senator from North Dakota who just announced that he won't run again, be the next target for Growth Energy's New York Yankees-style spending spree for top DC talent?
Agriculture and Carbon: "The More We Mimic Mother Nature the Better"
Veteran reporter Dan Morgan has taken a hard, clear-eyed look at carbon markets for agriculture and the validity of various conservation practices aimed at fighting climate change (h/t farmpolicy.com)...
If You Follow the Science, It's Senseless to Boost the Corn Ethanol Blend
Last week saw the launch of a new web property by a coalition of environmental and business groups who take a dim view of plans to raise the ethanol content of gasoline to 15%. The site, Follow the...
PBS' To The Contrary and EWG will host an interactive online screening and live chat on the dangers of toxic fire retardants in your home and why it's important to reduce your exposure to these chemicals.
New Study Warns Pregnant Women Millions Drink Contaminated Water
Women's Health Weekly Published January 31, 2002 Millions of Americans have been drinking tap water contaminated with chemical chlorine byproducts that are far more than what studies suggest may be...
Report: Fertilizer is killing Gulf fish
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Nancy Cole Published April 10, 2006 Farmers in 15 northeast Arkansas counties are among the top contributors of fertilizer pollution that creates a "dead zone" of more than...
Envirohealth in Blogs: Warm and toasty
A little light reading for your mid-week enjoyment. Make sure to scroll to the bottom for a call to action, and when you're done with that, be our friend on MySpace! Cold feet? Allie says get a bed...
Contaminated fake fish show danger for real ones
Specially designed pseudo-fish constructed by U.S. Geological Survey scientists and suspended in the Potomac absorb chemicals including pesticides, herbicides, and artificial fragrances that...