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Trump’s Top Regulatory Adviser Juggles Myriad Energy Industry Conflicts of Interest
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed billionaire investor Carl Icahn as his special adviser on regulatory reform.
Trump, Allies in Congress Promise Dirty Water for Mining States
A new rule by the Obama administration will require coal mining corporations to take additional steps to protect drinking water sources and nearby forests from being polluted and damaged during...
News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Dec. 16)
In Reversal, EPA Confirms That Fracking Pollutes Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency has just confirmed what communities near many oil and gas production fields have known for years: fracking – the injection of a chemical slurry into drilling sites...
EWG News Roundup (Dec. 9): Black Women’s Cosmetics and Climate Denier to Head EPA
This week was another busy one for folks at EWG. We released a report documenting some troubling facts about cosmetics products marketed to Black women. And we weighed in on President-elect Donald...
News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Dec. 9)
Big Ag Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Protect Pesticide that Lowers Kids’ IQs
With its back up against the wall, U.S. agribusiness is making a last-ditch effort to keep its grip on a pesticide used on fruits and veggies, which is so nasty even the smallest amounts lower kids'...
Pruitt’s Home State Leads Nation in Pesticide Illnesses and Deaths
Six Reasons to be Concerned About a Pruitt EPA
Real Reform Needed for Outdated Cosmetics Laws
Every day, people apply cosmetics and other personal care products to their skin and hair. The average American woman uses 12 personal care products a day, exposing herself to 168 different chemicals...
Mercury in Tuna Plummets As Coal-Fired Power Drops
A bit of good news for seafood lovers: Scientists at Stony Brook University recently reported a notable drop in mercury concentrations in bluefin tuna caught in the Gulf of Maine over the past decade.
EWG News Roundup (Dec. 2): EPA Action, the Farm Bill, Food and Toxic Detergents
Heading into the holiday season, there was some good news out of the EPA. The agency listed the first batch of toxic chemicals it will tackle, which includes asbestos. Also this week, EWG took part in...
A Pro-Industry EPA Could Undermine New Chemical Safety Law
By releasing the first 10 chemicals to be reviewed under the new federal chemical safety law, the Environmental Protection Agency reminds us of what's at stake – and how decisions made by the incoming...
Will We Modernize Farm Policy?
In recent years, important bipartisan progress has been made to food policy, including new food safety laws, new rules and incentives for healthier packaged foods, increased access to healthier foods...
Rising Seas Could Inundate Trump's Fla. Resorts
President-elect Donald Trump is skeptical about climate change. But if he's wrong and scientists are right, his Mar-a-Lago mansion and golf resort in Palm Beach, Fla., and other properties bearing his...
Ask an Expert: Your Questions Answered by Curt DellaValle, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
Could Farm Policy Support Healthy Diets?
Can we reform farm policies to support healthier diets? The Washington Post's food writer Tamar Haspel discounts the role that subsidies can play in the choices farmers make, noting that subsidies...
Will the New Administration Bring ‘Freedom Fries’ Back to Our Schools?
One of the leading candidates for Secretary of Agriculture says bringing deep-fat fryers back to our schools isn't about french fries. It's about freedom.
President-Elect Says ‘Crystal Clear Water’ Crucial
During a sit-down Tuesday with top brass from The New York Times, President-elect Donald Trump told the assembled journalists, columnists and editors that “clean air and ‘crystal clear water' were...