New Tool for Measuring Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
In the three months since assuming the chairmanship of the Chesapeake Executive Council, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson has directed several encouraging new initiatives.
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Faulty Science in Ethanol Tailpipe Study
On several counts, a recent Rochester Institute of Technology study ( March 29) hailed by the corn ethanol lobby falls short of bringing reliable science to the ethanol blend debate. With a glut of...
US Digs a Hole with Cotton Subsidies, Then Jumps In
This week (April 6), US officials struck a deal aimed at staving off Brazilian trade retaliation for subsidies paid to American cotton growers. Brazil had won the right to impose tariffs and lift...
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Sen. Lincoln’s Nutrition Plan Pits Kids Against Clean Water -- Needlessly
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) plans to mark up her Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 this week (March 24). The legislation would reauthorize child nutrition...
Westland's Water Subsidies More Corporate Welfare
Bakersfield Californian, Bill Walker Published October 29, 2005 In his recent Community Voices column, the president of Westlands Water District blasted Environmental Working Group's investigation of...
Cotton and Accountability
With first compliance deadline in WTO cotton decision looming, Brazil explores a novel trade retaliation: suspension of intellectual property rights for U.S. products.
Building a Balanced Meal
A few staple recipes, along with our tips on putting healthy meals together, will give you the tools to create a long-lasting, nutritious lifestyle in line with EWG's Cancer Defense Diet.
Conservation Cuts in Spending Bills Grab Attention of Environmental Groups
Hoosier Ag Today, Gary Truitt Published September 12, 2008 Environmental groups are not happy to see the Senate is already trying to cut spending levels for some of the conservation programs included...
EWG and Allies Urge Defeat of Biofuels Green House Gas Analysis Exemption
On behalf of our millions of members and activists, we strongly urge you to oppose the Emerson Amendment (#019) and any other attempts to sidestep the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) process...
Time's running out to comment on water contract negotiations
Federal regulators are negotiating an agricultural water contract in the Central Valley, the latest of several dozen deals that could tie up water resources for the next 50 years. Thursday is the...
Session will look at water contracts
Feds reopen talks after criticism from environmentalists. Fresno Bee, Staff Published January 14, 2006 Federal officials are reopening negotiations on the renewal of some farm water contracts after...
Cities and farmers fight over water rights
United Press International, Staff Published January 15, 2006 BIG SKY, Mont. -- Environmentalists, fishermen and city officials are challenging the farmers and ranchers who have long controlled water...
Ag Groups Want Water Allocation Change
Capital Press Agricultural Weekly, Chip Power A handful of the Central Valley's influential agricultural interests pleaded with a congressional panel to roll back portions of a 14-year-old federal law...
Ethanol Positions Affected Rural Vote
Corn grower Tim Recker says Barack Obama's relatively strong showing in rural Iowa should provide a warning to both parties: Attack ethanol subsidies at your peril.
Group Calls for 'Greener' Gas
Ft. Collins Coloradoan, David Young Published March 11, 2009 A group of America's ethanol producers dedicated to furthering the nation's economy through cleaner, "greener" energy has called upon the U...
EWG attends its first wedding
Thanks to newlyweds Molly Amirault and Dave Higgins of Westbrook, Maine, EWG made its first appearance (as far we know) at a wedding last weekend. Not only did the couple give each of their guests two...
Growing Organics in the blogosphere
You may have heard a thing or two about a little bill that the House is scheduled to vote on at the end of July. Of $76 billion in subsidies in the current Farm Bill, organic farmers would receive...
Want to shop green? Buy less.
We are all used to coming up with solutions to problems. And new business opportunities are so often the solution for crisis situations here in America. But, buying green is not always the solution...
Research
EWG's Guide to Perfluorochemicals
EWG's guide to perfluorochemicals gives a quick overview of the issue and the health concerns. Tips are provided on how to avoid these chemicals.
Subsidizing High Income Farms
The current focus on deficit reduction has government leaders scrambling to find places to make significant cuts. Congress and the President are currently grappling with what to do about farm...
In the Bay, It’s Millions for Subsidies, Pennies for Conservation
Everyone agrees: Chesapeake Bay is heavily polluted. Thirty years of promises, compromises, plans, schemes and a whole lot of taxpayer dollars have done little to clean up one of America's most...
More Attention for USDA's Lack of Transparency
There is increasing attention on the restriction of access to government records on taxpayer funded farm subsidies reported by the Environmental Working Group. 74 percent of payments administered by...
