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California Environment, Law Enforcement Officials Warn Senators About Federal Chemicals Bill
Over the last several weeks, officials of the three state agencies charged with protecting California residents from toxic chemical exposures have issued stark warnings about legislation recently...
Poison in the Pipeline: The Toxic Risk of Keystone XL
Independent lab tests of a sample taken from a tar sands oil spill earlier this year in Arkansas detected several highly toxic chemicals, according to a new report by Environmental Working Group...
House Fails to Pass Federal Farm Bill
House Narrowly Defeats Farm Bill Amendment to Strengthen Crop Insurance, Reduce Taxpayer Costs
More Than 630 Editorials Call for Farm Bill Reform
An interactive map developed by the Environmental Working Group shows where more than 630 U.S. newspapers have published editorials since 2007 demanding meaningful reform of the federal farm bill...
Income Support Proposal in House Farm Bill is Far More Generous Than Current Law
A new price guarantee program in the House farm bill could cost nearly $20 billion more than the discredited programs it is designed to replace, a new analysis shows.
EWG Establishes Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Technology and Digital Mobilization
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Environmental Working Group, the nation's leading environmental health research and advocacy organization, has established its own “genius” award to honor...
Wave of Opposition to Senate Chemicals Bill Swells from Public Interest Groups, Legal Scholars
Dozens of public interest organizations and legal scholars today sent letters to Congressional leaders expressing their unified opposition to the industry-backed Chemical Safety Improvement Act...
California Official Says Senate Chemical Safety Bill Would ‘Cripple’ State’s Toxics Controls
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has warned Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, that the Chemical Safety Improvement Act...
Consumers and Family Farmers Deserve a Better and More Transparent Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. – The Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 considered today by the U.S. Senate includes some important and historic reforms that will improve federal food and farm policy...
Senate Misses Chance for Real Reform of Federal Crop Insurance Program
Washington, D.C. – The Senate missed an opportunity today to make real reforms to the federal crop insurance program when it voted to end debate on the farm bill and move the legislation to final...
Thompson-Fortenberry Bill Would Restore Federal Conservation Compact
A bipartisan measure introduced by Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., would restore the agreement between farmers and taxpayers that has protected soil, water and wetlands...
EWG President Ken Cook Remembers the Life and Work of Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Environmental Working Group President and co-founder Ken Cook issued the following statement on the passing of Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) whose long and distinguished career protecting the...
Members of Congress Received $238K in Farm Subsidies
Environmental Working Group¹s 2013 update of its Farm Subsidy Database shows that 15 members of Congress or their spouses benefitted from a total of $237,921 in taxpayer-funded farm subsidy payments.
GE Wheat on Oregon Farm Raises New Concerns
The unapproved genetically engineered wheat that has turned up on an Oregon farm is yet another reason why consumers need clear labeling of GE foods, Scott Faber, EWG's Senior Vice President of...
Clean Energy Advocates Hail Call for “Road Map” for Water Implications of U.S. Energy Policy
Today, leaders of the Committee for the American Clean Energy Agenda praised Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and 22 of her House colleagues for publicly urging U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to...
Canada plans strong sunscreen warnings
The Canadian government has proposed sunscreen rules much stronger than those governing U.S. sunscreens. Because numerous companies are major players in both the Canadian and United States markets, if...
EWG President Ken Cook Weighs In On Senate Chemical Policy Reform Bill
The Chemical Safety Improvement Act introduced by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., is an “unacceptably weak response to the chemical exposure problems American families face...
Farm Bill Amendment Limits Crop Insurance Subsidies for Big Farmers
Washington, D.C. – Environmental Working Group applauds the Senate for passing a farm bill reform amendment offered by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that would limit crop...
New Analysis Finds Bloated Crop Insurance Subsidies
WASHINGTON -- EWG’s 2013 Farm Subsidy Database, launched today, documents that free-spending federal crop insurance subsidies are badly in need of reform. The new data detail $292.5 billion in...
