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Absent Federal Action, Communities and Corporations Commit to Renewables
While the Trump administration is promoting coal, a dirty and dangerous fossil fuel headed for the scrap heap of history, a growing number of communities and companies across the nation are embracing...
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Clean Air Regulations Protect Health and Benefit the Economy
The Trump administration is waging war on the laws meant to protect Americans from air pollution, arguing that rolling back regulations on coal-fired power plants, cars and trucks, and other sources...
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6 Strikes Against the House Farm Bill
Every federal farm bill is a chance to feed hungry Americans, build healthier diets, support family farmers and reduce farm pollution
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EWG News Roundup (4/27): Kourtney Kardashian Lobbies for Cosmetics Safety, Pruitt Losing White House’s Confidence and More
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Kourtney Kardashian’s Appeal For Cosmetics Safety Reaches 590 Million People
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New Research Links BPA to Breast Cancer in Lab Animals, FDA Downplays Concerns
New federally funded research links low doses of bisphenol A with a sharp increase in breast tumors in laboratory animals.
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As House Weighs GOP Farm Bill, Subsidy Spending Keeps Soaring
Federal farm subsidies are now likely to cost almost $12.6 billion more than originally anticipated when lawmakers passed the 2014 Farm Bill.
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Senate Bill Would Improve Water Quality in Critical Watersheds Nationwide
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Monsanto Bullies EPA on Glyphosate Ruling
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Renewables, Not Natural Gas, Should Replace Shuttered Nuclear Plants
Across the nation, utilities continue to announce the planned shutdown of nuclear power plants. Early retirement of these crumbling, outrageously expensive and dangerous plants is long overdue. But...
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EWG News Roundup (4/20): Nonstick Chemicals in Drinking Water, Farm Pollution Throughout Midwest and More
EWG News Roundup (4/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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House Committee’s Farm Bill Would Make It Easier for Millionaires to Get Subsidies
The majority of federal farm subsidies already go to the wealthiest farmers: The top 10 percent of recipients received 77 percent of subsidies between 1995 and 2016. But a provision in the House...
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5 Ways House Farm Bill Would Roll Back Protections from Pesticides
The negative health and environmental impacts of pesticide use and exposure are well established: They range from increased cancer risk, to damage to children's brains and nervous systems, to lower...
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Top 8 Farm Subsidy Loopholes
Our farm safety net is already so filled with loopholes that the top 3 percent of farms – or about 60,000 farms – receive roughly 40 percent of all farm subsidies.
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House Bill Would Expand Farm Subsidy Loopholes for City Slickers
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EWG News Roundup (4/13): Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables, Pruitt’s Scandal List and More
EWG News Roundup (4/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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Report: Boosting Energy Efficiency Would Bring Vast Health Benefits
A new report estimated the sweeping public health benefits that a 15 percent reduction in energy demand would yield in one year.
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Like Coal, Natural Gas Losing Ground to Renewables
As expensive, dirty coal power staggers toward its inevitable demise, natural gas has come to dominate the electricity market.
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EWG News Roundup (4/6): Pruitt Keeps Creating Scandals, Coal and Nuclear Plants Seek Bailout and More
Roundup 4/06: Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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Scott Pruitt Has Literally Made Washington – and America – More Toxic
Mired in multiple scandals of his own making, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt attempted to shift the blame to “toxic” Washington yesterday. Photo courtesy of AP Photos
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