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What Would Grover Norquist say?
The Western Farm Press, in a June 29 editorial by Harry Cline, its editor, labeled the Environmental Working Group “tax dodgers.” The headline, “Environmental Working Group dodges taxes on $90 million...
The Corn Ethanol Subsidy Wagon Loses a Wheel
Something remarkable happened in Washington last week. In a historic, game-changing vote, the Senate voted to put America's taxpayers and its soil and water ahead of special interests and the corn...
Arkansas Activist Fights Fluoridation
The Lovely County Citizen reports on one woman's winning effort to prevent the state of Arkansas from mandating fluoride in drinking water statewide, and on how one state official publicly mocked her...
Energy Bill Ensures Dependence on Foreign Oil and Gas
As the Senate considers the energy bill, the major issue is energy independence. Industry and administration sources have long argued that the key to breaking our addiction to foreign oil and gas is...
Toxic Chemicals Found in British Celebrities' Bodies
In the latest study of toxic chemicals in people, the BBC reports that seven British TV personalities were tested for 104 industrial compounds in their blood. All were contaminated with toxins, and...
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...
'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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.”
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 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...
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...
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?
Reform is Path to Farm Bill Passage
Subsidy reform could provide the path to passage of the farm bill.
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...
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.
