'Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.'
Thanks to Jack Nicholson's Oscar-winning performance in Chinatown, the story of how Los Angeles stole the water from the Owens River may be the best-known environmental crime in U.S. history. (OK, I'm...
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Saturday Morning Multimedia: H520 off the hook
This week, in what many would term an unfortunate setback, Vermont's House of Representatives was unable to override the Governor's veto on an energy bill that would have provided incentives for...
Two days left to Grow Organics!
We're almost there! In the past week, more than ten thousand people have signed the petition to Grow Organics. We only need a couple thousand more to meet our goal, and we've got just over two days to...
Another one bites the dust
Glen Martin, one of the best environmental reporters in California, has written his last story for the San Francisco Chronicle. Glen was one of EWG's favorite journalists. He dug deep into our Farm...
EPA proposes new smog standards; environmentalists wheeze their disapproval
Update: Okay, I may have been a little hard on the EPA yesterday. At least they're making an effort. Also, check out Angry Toxicologist's post, The Asthmatic Elephant in the Ozone Room.
Sunscreen woes? We've got a solution.
Yesterday EWG launched a database containing the safety and effectiveness ratings of over 700 sunscreen products — just in time for summer. The site helps consumers select the best possible sunscreen...
Chlorine in water may imperil pregnancies
Los Angeles Daily News, Lisa Mascaro Published January 9, 2002 Drinking tap water could put pregnant women at higher risk for miscarriage and birth defects in some parts of Southern California, says a...
Tap water chemical risky for the pregnant
Reuters Published January 9, 2002 High levels of chlorination byproducts (CPBs) in drinking water put pregnant women at a higher risk for miscarriages or having children with birth defects, according...
Farmers charged up by electric study
Capital Press, Bob Krauter Published May 29, 2007 Central Valley farmers are amped up by a study that says they are getting cut-rate electricity from the federal government.
Who gets all that farm aid?
Pioneer Press Published June 11, 2007 Downtown Minneapolis is a little low on farmland. But it turns out to be full of farmers.
Pay Dirt
Dan Rather Reports Aired on November 20, 2007 Episode Title: Pay Dirt: Subsidies and the American Farmer Description: Some farmers are worried that huge subsides are a waste. A visit to the backwaters...
Bioavailability
Just because you're eating a food doesn't necessarily mean you're taking full advantage of its nutritional properties.
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...
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...
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.
The California Water Wars: Water Flowing to Farms, Not Fish
After 50 years of legal infighting, a victor has emerged in California's water wars -- agriculture. A decade after environmentalists prevailed in getting more fresh water down the north state's rivers...
The Most Politically Powerful Welfare Recipients in the World
He was immortalized in Grant Wood's 1930 painting "American Gothic": a grim, hardscrabble stoic in overalls, grasping a pitchfork. Guess what? It wasn't really a farmer. It was Wood's dentist posing...
Tide of Sentiment Shifts in Water War
Traditional Favoritism to Agricultural Interests Is Challenged as Demand Increases Washington Post, Juliet Eilperin BIG SKY, Mont. -- A hundred years after the city of Los Angeles and San Fernando...
Senate Budget Spares Crop Subsidies, Cuts Conservation Payments
E and E News/Greenwire, Allison Winter Published March 26, 2009 Farmland conservation programs could take a hit in the spending blueprint under discussion in the Senate Budget Committee.
Links Between Foods and Cancer Hallmarks
Maintaining a variety of healthy foods in our diets is likely more important for reducing cancer risks than focusing on any individual nutrient or food.
Environmental group: Target U.S. aid at most polluted waters in Iowa
Des Moines Register, Philip Brasher Published May 29, 2009 Government conservation money in Iowa should be targeted to farms in areas that pollute the Mississippi River basin and cause a dead zone in...
California Plan Scares Supporters of Ethanol
A California environmental agency this week will consider a controversial new way to evaluate the carbon footprint of biofuels. At stake for the ethanol industry is continued unencumbered access to...
Climate Bill Costs Doubted
The Hill, Jim Snyder Published June 26, 2009 Excerpt: The subject of offsets and which federal agency has the responsibility of determining what qualifies has emerged as a problem for some...