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Why Environmentalists (and Every American) Should Reject the House Farm Bill
The budget-busting farm bill approved Wednesday night (May 15) by the House Agriculture Committee and its leaders – Reps. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) – is nothing but bad news...
Reject Farm Bill Bait and Switch
Here's the bottom line: Both farm bills proposed this week (May 13) by the House and Senate Agriculture committees would cut funding for the hungry and the environment to help boost subsidies for the...
Duke Energy’s Epic Fails: $11.6 Billion in Scrapped Projects Since 2013
Where is the Scrutiny of Crop Insurance Fraud?
Minnesota Congressman Colin Peterson (D-Minn.) struck a nerve this month when he said that “there is five times as much fraud” in the federal crop insurance program as there is the Supplemental...
Lawmakers Could Look to Farm Bill for $100 Billion in Additional Budget Savings
EWG's Scott Faber joined representatives of several fiscally conservative organizations in calling on Congress not to slip a full farm bill reauthorization into any legislative package they cobble...
"Natural" Extracts Can Trigger Allergies
Allergies are an increasingly serious health issue for millions of Americans, especially children. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the number of American children...
Setting a Place at the Table
If you've ever wondered how hunger and obesity manage to exist side by side, go see A Place at the Table, a powerful new documentary that unwinds the knotty problem of hunger in America. It opens...
Where Does All That Corn Ethanol Come From?
In recent years, millions of acres of America's native grasslands have been plowed under to grow corn for ethanol to blend into gasoline. And new research is clearly pointing to the federal ethanol...
Finding a Water Filter that Works for You
No matter where you live, the tap water is sure to contain some chemicals you don't want to drink. For instance, we at Environmental Working Group recently reviewed the water quality tests of 201 big...
Does Frac Sand Harm Public Health?
As drilling operations for natural gas and oil in the U.S. have expanded into shale and other unconventional underground formations, so has the list of public health threats associated with hydraulic...
Greener School Cleaning Supplies
You clicked an old link. EWG has updated resources on green cleaners you can use to choose healthy cleaning products for your family.
EWG Tests of Hummus Find High Levels of Glyphosate Weedkiller
US Group: Ethanol Gets Unfair Share Of Energy Subsidies
State by State EQIP Conservation Cuts
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Democrats' Bitter Harvest
Farm Income Data Debunks Subsidy Myths
EWG Donor Exclusive
EPA Must Abide by the Law and Assess the Full Climate Impacts of Biofuels
NIH Cracks Down on Scientists' Conflicts of Interest
According to Big Ag, Organic Farming Means More Jobs
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
