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Spring Storms Battered Poorly Protected Soil and Streams
More than 1.2 million acres of farmland in Iowa lost more precious topsoil in five days of heavy rain this spring than what is considered tolerable for an entire year, largely because of inadequate...
GOP Passes the “Most Fiscally Irresponsible Farm Legislation in History”
“House Republicans voted today for a ‘farm only' farm bill that expands crop insurance subsidies for the most successful farm businesses and fails to renew programs that help feed the nation's...
EWG’s Cook Scores Industry-Backed Chemicals Bill
Environmental Working Group president Ken Cook told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today that toxic chemicals “are polluting people's bodies – our blood, our fatty tissue and even...
Michelle Obama Calls on Americans to Drink More Water; EWG’s Filter Guide Can Help
Environmental Working Group applauds First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to get Americans to drink more water instead of soft drinks. Consuming plenty of water daily has a number of positive effects...
House Votes To Limit Crop Insurance Subsidies to Largest Farm Operations
Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the following statement in response to the sense of the House resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representative to instruct the farm bill conference...
Thyroid Threat
EWG Seeks Records on White House, EPA Retreat on Chemical Safety Initiatives
he Environmental Working Group has submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to the White House to learn whether industry improperly influenced the government's decision to drop two proposals to...
Top Grocery Lobby to Reveal Companies Financing Anti-Labeling Campaign
The Grocery Manufacturers Association did the right thing in deciding to disclose which of its member companies are financing the campaign against the genetically engineered (GE) labeling ballot...
Opposition via the Internet
Budget Amendment Threatens New Farm Supports
Clinton Clean Air Proposal An Important Step Forward
Bush Handed DuPont Goodbye Gift Over Toxic Teflon Chemical
Independent Science Panel to EPA: Teflon Chemical is 'Likely' Human Carcinogen
Chlorine Pollutants High in DC Tap Water
Court Ruling Overturning Biofuels Mandate Is Impetus for Reform
A U.S. Appeals Court decision to throw out the 2012 federal mandate requiring refiners to blend cellulosic ethanol into the domestic gasoline supply should be wake-up call to Congress that the nation...
EWG lauds Reid, Stabenow for advancing American Family Economic Protection Act
Environmental Working Group vice president for government affairs Scott Faber released the following statement on the American Family Economic Protection Act.
Groups Urge Probe of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case
More than 80 organizations from 12 states and a New York state senator today called on the inspector general of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate a decision to drop legal action...
Drinking Water Threatened by Toxic Natural Gas and Oil Drilling Chemicals
California Tightens Smog Standards
Gas Tax Spending Steers Commuters' Taxes Away from Congested Areas
EPA Tilts Risk Document on Teflon Chemical in DuPont's Favor
Senate Disappoints on Keystone XL Vote
The U.S. Senate today advanced a Keystone XL pipeline bill that puts corporate oil interests before the health of the public and the environment, EWG said in a statement.
EWG Welcomes Bill to Cap Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate today would limit the amount of federal crop insurance premium subsidies a grower can receive, saving billions of dollars while affecting very few...
New Report Shows Iowans Could Have Cleaner Water With One Simple Rule
Requiring farmers to plant 50-foot wide grass strips, or buffers, between cropland and streams would jumpstart progress toward cleaning Iowa's dirty water while affecting only a handful of growers and...