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EWG Comments on the California Air Resources Board Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan

Environmental Working Group is a research and advocacy nonprofit with considerable expertise in U.S. agriculture. We are perhaps best known in agriculture policy circles for our Farm Subsidy Database...
Food & Water
Water

Consider the Source

The first ever nationwide assessment of chlorination byproducts in drinking water, released by the Environmental Working Group and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, shows that more than one hundred...

Greening Santa's Workshop: Eco gifts in the blogosphere

Now that it's December, I feel safe discussing gifts. Just because my neighbors turn on their life-size candy canes before Thanksgiving doesn't mean I have to think about holiday gifts before the...
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water
Food

Much Ado about Giving Consumers What they Want

Over the past year, industrial produce growers and pesticide makers have made much ado about EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which assembles federal testing data on many fruits and...
Energy
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Conservation
Food & Water
Food
Food
Food & Water

Top 10 Things You Should Know About The Farm Bill

The Environmental Working Group knows that you care about the affordability and availability of healthy food and clean drinking water. So we wanted to make sure you know as much as you can about the...
Energy
Midwest

Did They Really Say That? See for Yourself.

Life would be so much easier for biomass industry executives if they didn't have to worry about their own words.
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Michael Pollan Talks Subsidies on the Daily Show

Michael Pollan made an appearance on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart Monday night to promote his latest book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual. He came out swinging at Big Ag and the subsidies doled out...
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

For Farmers, Expected Costs of Climate Bill Are Still Minimal

In October, EWG released a report that questioned the misguided claims made by farm lobby organizations and their patrons in Congress who are arguing that climate change legislation would cause...
Energy
Midwest
Farm Subsidies

Biofuels, Agriculture and the Environment

Remarks by EWG Midwest Vice-president Craig Cox to the 2009 Kansas Natural Resources Conference. Read the Remarks
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

OSHA Outsources Worker Safety to Chemical Industry

In the latest example of industry riding roughshod over the government, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has entered into a so-called Voluntary Protection Program with the...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation

The Farm Bureau Bogeyman

When the farm bill fight gets rolling again in Congress, one question will be at the heart of the debate: Is it fair to ask farmers to take a few basic steps to protect soil and clean up waterways in...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation

Move Along, Nothing to See Here

With deliberations on the 2012 farm bill due to begin in January, EWG looks at how the industrial agriculture lobby dominates the hearing process, leaving little room for good food reformers.
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation

Not For Ag Eyes Only: 5 Lessons from the Secret Farm Bill Fight

The secret farm bill thankfully is dead for the time being. Here's 5 lessons to keep in mind for the 2012 farm bill debate.
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation
Food & Water
Food
Food

Help Stop the Secret Farm Bill

Industrial agriculture's lobbyists and a handful of their powerful Congressional allies have been working overtime to skirt the usual democratic process and write a new five-year farm bill behind...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation

Top Ten Reasons to Reject a "Farm Only" Farm Bill

The House should overwhelmingly reject the terrible “farm-only” farm bill being considered this morning.

Food & Water
Food

Asparagus Ribbon Salad

Delicious dishes don't have to be complicated – just a few ingredients and a few minutes is often all you need. One of my go-to resources for healthy and simple recipe inspiration is Catherine McCord...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

What’s in a Name? Safe for Kids, Not Just Chemicals

Everybody – environmentalists and chemical industry executives alike – wants to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act. “Outdated” doesn't begin to describe a law that was cumbersome and weak on the...

Energy
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

More Corn Ethanol in 2013 Means Environment, Consumers Lose Out

The harm done to consumers and the environment by the federal biofuels mandate is destined to grow worse as a result of the recent decision to once again increase the amount of corn ethanol that must...

Energy
California

Fracking Waste Water Triggered 109 Quakes in Ohio

Still skeptical that underground disposal of gas drilling-related waste water in so-called “injection wells” can trigger earthquakes?

Toxic Chemicals
Energy
California
Federal & State Energy Policy

Fracking Fluids Spill Caused Kentucky Fish Kill

Toxic “fracking” fluids that spilled into a Kentucky creek after they were used to drill four natural gas wells were the cause of a major fish kill that included a threatened species, a new federal...

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Cookware & Food Containers

McDonald’s Makes the Switch from Foam to Paper Hot Cups

McDonald's restaurants finish the job of eliminating polystyrene containers as they switch to paper cups for hot beverages.

Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water

The Dead Zone

Aberdeen American, Larry Gabriel Published August 24, 2006 If you have not heard of it, you will. The mass media is blaming "agriculture" for a predicted increase in the size of the so-called "dead...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Disaster Aid Fund for Farmers to Get Push

Farm state senators, confronting an increasing struggle to win special disaster assistance for farmers, today will push for creation of a permanent disaster aid trust fund. The Senate Finance...
Midwest

Revamp policy: Stress sustainability

Des Moines Register, Craig Cox Published November 3, 2008 Two recent reports in the Register make it clear that we need to overhaul our biofuels policy.