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Renewables, Not Natural Gas, Should Replace Shuttered Nuclear Plants

Monday, April 23, 2018

Across the nation, utilities continue to announce the planned shutdown of nuclear power plants. Early retirement of these crumbling, outrageously expensive and dangerous plants is long overdue. But will they be replaced by polluting natural gas plants, or can clean, renewable energy be brought on line quickly enough to fill the gap?

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Renewable Energy

EWG News Roundup (4/20): Nonstick Chemicals in Drinking Water, Farm Pollution Throughout Midwest and More

Friday, April 20, 2018

EWG News Roundup (4/20): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Report: Boosting Energy Efficiency Would Bring Vast Health Benefits

Friday, April 13, 2018

A new report estimated the sweeping public health benefits that a 15 percent reduction in energy demand would yield in one year.

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Renewable Energy

EWG News Roundup (4/13): Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables, Pruitt’s Scandal List and More

Friday, April 13, 2018

EWG News Roundup (4/13): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Children's Health

Like Coal, Natural Gas Losing Ground to Renewables

Monday, April 9, 2018

As expensive, dirty coal power staggers toward its inevitable demise, natural gas has come to dominate the electricity market.

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Renewable Energy

Oil & Gas Drilling

EWG News Roundup (4/6): Pruitt Keeps Creating Scandals, Coal and Nuclear Plants Seek Bailout and More

Friday, April 6, 2018

Roundup 4/06: Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Half of Coal Plants Lose Too Much Money to Stay Open on the Free Market

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Despite efforts by the Trump administration and some states to prop up the coal industry, its future remains bleak.

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Scott Pruitt Has Literally Made Washington – and America – More Toxic

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Mired in multiple scandals of his own making, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt attempted to shift the blame to “toxic” Washington yesterday.

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Dying Coal- and Nuclear-Powered Utility Asks Again for Government Bailout

Monday, April 2, 2018

FirstEnergy, a utility struggling to stay alive in the dying coal and nuclear industries, is once again looking for a bailout from government regulators.

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EWG News Roundup (3/30): Pruitt’s Pesticide Anniversary and $50 Condo, Chemicals Causing Weight Gain and More

Friday, March 30, 2018

Roundup 3/30: Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Key Issues:

Consumer Products

Thanks to Scott Pruitt, 30 Million Pounds of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Will Be Sprayed on Crops in Next 5 Years

Thursday, March 29, 2018

One year ago today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt sided with the pesticide lobby over EPA scientists in an eleventh-hour decision to abort the agency's proposal to ban chlorpyrifos from use on food crops. Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide that can harm children's brains and nervous systems at small doses.

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Children's Health

Toxic Chemicals May Increase Chances of Regaining Weight After Dieting

Monday, March 26, 2018

Exposure to fluorinated industrial chemicals, known as PFAS or PFC chemicals, may increase the amount of weight that people, especially women, regain after dieting, according to a new study by Harvard University researchers, published in PLOS Medicine. It found that women with higher levels of PFAS chemicals in their blood at the start of the study regained an average of 3.7 to 4.8 pounds more than women with lower levels of the chemicals in their blood.

Key Issues:

Children's Health

Nonstick Chemicals

EWG News Roundup (3/23): Washington State Bans PFCs in Food Packaging, Pruitt’s Pricey ‘Pasta’, Congress Targets Food Stamps and More

Friday, March 23, 2018

Roundup 3/23: Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Consumer Products

Washington Is First State to Ban Fluorinated Chemicals in Food Packaging

Thursday, March 22, 2018

On Wednesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed the first state law to ban toxic fluorinated chemicals in food packaging, such as microwave popcorn bags, pizza boxes and fast-food wrappers.

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Nonstick Chemicals

Consumer Products

Food Containers

Wind Power, Not Oil Drilling, Is Future of Offshore Energy

Monday, March 19, 2018

In an era of bitterly divisive politics, there’s one thing that unites Democrats and Republicans across the nation: They oppose Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s proposal to allow offshore drilling for oil and gas.

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Renewable Energy

Health Professionals: Fracking Can’t Be Done Without Threatening Public Health

Friday, March 16, 2018

Fracking for oil and gas poses an impending health crisis in the U.S., two leading groups of health professionals warn in a new report.

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Oil & Gas Drilling

EWG’s News Roundup (3/16): Scrutinizing Stain-Resistant Carpets, Mining the Grand Canyon and More

Friday, March 16, 2018

Roundup 3/16: Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Study: Lead Exposure Can Be Deadly For Adults

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The danger of children's exposure to even the lowest level of lead is well known. Now, a new study finds that adults who are exposed to lead face major risks of death from heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases.

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In a First, California Moves to Protect People from Toxic PFAS Chemicals in Carpets

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

In a groundbreaking move, California has proposed that carpets and rugs containing the stain-resistant fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS should be considered a priority product under the state’s Safer Consumer Products program.

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Children's Health

Nonstick Chemicals

Consumer Products

Study: Eating Highly Processed Foods Linked to Increased Cancer Risk

Monday, March 12, 2018

The more highly processed foods you eat, the higher your risk of cancer.

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Children's Health

Chemicals in Food

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