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Key Senate Panel Approves Andrew Wheeler, Former Coal Lobbyist, To Be EPA Chief
The Senate committee with oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency today narrowly approved President Trump's nominee, Andrew Wheeler, to be the next EPA administrator.
EPA's Wheeler: Climate Change 'Not the Greatest Crisis'
Andrew Wheeler, acting chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that he doesn't consider climate change “the greatest crisis” facing the nation but...
Trump’s EPA Plans to Gut Rules That Have Sharply Cut Mercury Pollution
In yet another rollback of public health protections, the Trump administration is preparing to gut a rule that has dramatically cut emissions of mercury, a toxic chemical known to harm the nervous...
Is EPA’s Climate Change Website Gone for Good?
The section of the Environmental Protection Agency's website that linked human activity, fossil fuels and carbon dioxide to climate change seems to have disappeared for good.
Alarming New Study Could Be First of Many Signs That Fracking Threatens Drinking Water
A new study published today that found a chemical used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Pennsylvania drinking water is more evidence this this type of oil and gas drilling could continue to...
Billions of Gallons Used to Frack “Monster Wells,” Even in Drought Areas
The oil and gas industry insists that hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells does not threaten America's water supplies. But a new report by Environmental Working Group finds that hundreds...
N.C. Bill to Shield CAFOs’ Liability Would Curb Rights for Hundreds of Thousands
North Carolina legislators are rushing to pass a bill that would severely restrict the traditional property rights of hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians suffering from the pollution and stench...
Brain-Damaging Pesticide No Longer Sold in California
Farms in California can no longer buy a neurotoxic pesticide that can damage children's brains and nervous systems. As of today, chlorpyrifos is banned for sale in the state that grows most of the...
California Bills Would Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Firefighting Foam, Expand Testing of Water for All PFAS Chemicals
On Tuesday the California Senate introduced two bills to address the growing contamination crisis of toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS. One bill would ban the chemicals in firefighting foam –...
EPA Conducting Criminal Investigations Into Industries’ Handling of PFAS Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency is pursuing multiple criminal inquiries into corporations that manufacture the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to a report by Bloomberg...
Key House Committee Approves Landmark Cosmetics Safety Legislation
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health today approved landmark cosmetics safety legislation, a significant step toward finally protecting consumers from...
Nationally Recognized Leader in Clean Beauty Joins EWG Board
Barbara Paldus, a leading entrepreneur and innovator in the clean beauty sector, has joined the Environmental Working Group board of directors.
Erica Reid, Noted Healthy Lifestyle Leader, Joins EWG Board
Erica Reid, a nationally recognized leader in the healthy lifestyle sector, has joined EWG's board of directors.
EWG’s Nationwide Tap Water Transparency Report is Here: New Database Details Pollutants in Virtually All U.S. Public Water Systems
Pruitt Scrubs Climate, Renewable Energy Data for State and Local Governments From EPA Website
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has wiped much of the information that helps state and local governments fight climate change and invest in renewable energy sources from the agency...
OUT NOW: EWG’s 2020 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
Nearly 70 percent of the fresh produce sold in the U.S. contains residues of potentially harmful chemical pesticides, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2020 Dirty Dozen™. Yet the dirtiest...
EWG and American Oversight Demand Release of Energy Department-Industry Communications on Trump Bailout for Coal, Nuclear
In a Milestone, California Lists Monsanto’s Glyphosate as a Carcinogen
In an action with national and global implications, today California officially listed glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, as a chemical known to cause cancer under the...
Trump EPA Sides With Bayer/Monsanto Over Science, Claims Cancer-Causing Weedkiller ‘Safe’
The Environmental Protection Agency said today the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto's carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup is safe, ignoring a growing body of independent research showing a strong...
Government Tests Find Roundup Widespread in Water, Air
Glyphosate, one of the most heavily used weed-killers in the world, has been found in air, rain and rivers in two states examined by government scientists.
Toxic Weed Killer Found in Breast Milk, Infant Formula
The widely-used herbicide glyphosate, now classified as a probably carcinogenic to humans by the World Health Organization, has been found in a number of items, including honey, breast milk and infant...
French Government Takes Steps to Protect its Citizens From Monsanto's Weed Killer
By restricting the sale of glyphosate in garden centers, the French government is taking steps to protect its citizens from a weed killer that the World Health Organization categorizes as "probably...
Study Finds Surge in Exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup Over Past Two Decades
More Than 100,000 Americans Urge EPA To Restrict Unnecessary Use of Monsanto’s Weedkiller on Oats
This week, more than 100,000 Americans officially joined EWG and 20 companies calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to significantly restrict the use of Monsanto's weedkiller glyphosate on...
