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EWG: House Farm Bill Will Resurrect Farm Subsidies for Millionaires, Billionaires and Distant Family Members
WASHINGTON – The House will vote on its version of the 2018 Farm Bill Friday. The bill would balloon the already bloated federal farm subsidy program to hand subsidy checks to individuals worth...
EPA May Ban Deadly Paint Stripper Chemical
WASHINGTON – Today the Environmental Protection Agency signaled it would move forward with a proposed ban of the highly toxic paint stripping chemical methylene chloride, which was initially proposed...
Statement from EWG on USDA’s Proposed Rule for Nationwide GMO Disclosures
Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a proposed rule to implement the mandatory GMO disclosure law passed in 2016. Below is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President for Government...
House Farm Bill Misses Mark
WASHINGTON - The following is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources Craig Cox on the House farm bill: Every farm bill is an opportunity to meet some of...
EWG Applauds Rep. Pallone’s Call for FDA Inquiry into Cosmetics Giant’s Deception
WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., urged the Food and Drug Administration to investigate whether cosmetics giant Rodan + Fields used deceptive marketing to downplay the risks of a possibly...
EWG: Stop Rodan + Fields’ Misleading Claims
EWG urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and California's attorney general today to stop Rodan + Fields from making misleading claims about benzophenone, a chemical that has been linked to...
Senate Bill a Boon for Organic Agriculture and Consumers
The Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 introduced today by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., would expand market opportunities for America's farmers and ranchers, generate more jobs in the fastest growing segment of...
Nominee for White House Environment Czar, a Notorious Science Skeptic, Clears Committee
North Carolina Senators Won’t Vote to Confirm Trump’s Nominee for EPA’s Top Chemical Safety Post
North Carolina's two Republican senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, will not support President Trump's nomination of Michael Dourson to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection...
White House Peddles Fossil Fuels at U.N. Climate Meeting, Despite Looming Closure of Dozens of U.S. Coal Plants
U.S. utilities plan to close 75 coal and nuclear power units in the next three years, according to federal data compiled by the Environmental Working Group. But the Trump administration is telling...
Hatch Cosmetics Legislation Fails to Protect Consumers From Toxic Ingredients
Yesterday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced legislation that fails to protect families from dangerous chemical ingredients in personal care products.
Senate Committee Narrowly Approves Notorious Industry Apologist to Run EPA Chemical Safety Office
WASHINGTON – In a vote along party lines, President Trump’s nominee Michael Dourson was approved by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to be the head of the Office of Chemical Safety...
For Top White House Environment Job, Trump Taps Carbon Dioxide Fan
WASHINGTON – President Trump’s nomination of Kathleen Hartnett-White to chair the Council on Environmental Quality is his latest move to give polluters unfettered, unprecedented power inside the White...
EWG: EPA’s Pruitt Moves to Block Funding Prosecution of Polluters
WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt plans to stop funding federal prosecutors who hold corporations responsible for polluting communities across the country...
EWG: Pruitt’s $25,000 Sound Proof Phone Booth Raises Serious Concerns
WASHINGTON – The reports today that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has spent $25,000 in taxpayer’s money to install a soundproof, secure phone booth in his office is an...
White House War on Transparency Continues with CDC Media Blackout
EWG: Another Sign of Trump's Contempt for Democratic Values WASHINGTON – The Trump administration's ongoing war on freedom of information has opened on a new front: barring employees of the nation's...
Trump, Pruitt Slash EPA Staff to 30-Year Lows as Drinking Water, Climate Change Crises Mount
WASHINGTON – By October of this year, the staff at the Environmental Protection Agency will be reduced to levels not seen since the Reagan administration, 30 years ago, according to a report by Brady...
Inspector General Launches Probe Into Pruitt's Frequent Trips Home to Oklahoma
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general is looking into Administrator Scott Pruitt's frequent trips home to Oklahoma – an investigation that could show he's neglecting his...
‘Homegrown Organic’ Bill Would Expand Market Opportunities for U.S. Producers, Increase Domestic Production
WASHINGTON – The Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 – H.R. 3637, by Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H. – is a pro-jobs, pro-consumer and pro-environment proposal that would give farmers who want to transition to...
Trump’s Pick to Head EPA Toxics Office Bad News for Children’s Environmental Health
WASHINGTON – In choosing Michael Dourson to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemicals and pesticides division, President Trump has continued his fox-in-the-henhouse approach to...