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Lawmakers “Representing” Most of the Hungriest Counties Voted to Cut SNAP
12 Chemical Facilities Putting the Most Americans at Risk
There are more than 12,000 chemical plants that put Americans at risk with large amounts of chemicals, and 89 of those endanger more than 1 million people. Unfortunately, those most at risk in the...
California Needs Corn Ethanol Reform
The federal requirement to blend nearly 14 billion gallons of corn ethanol into gasoline – more than the system can physically absorb – is slowing the nation's transition to low carbon fuels, harming...
Robin Hood in Reverse
A Senate Plan to Protect Cancer
Mesothelioma is an aggressive and incurable form of cancer. It is almost always caused by inhaling tiny asbestos fibers, which pass through the lungs and become embedded in the mesothelium, a thin...
Major Corporations Take Key Steps to Put Consumer Health First
Yesterday marked a major victory for American consumers as mega-retailer Walmart announced a Sustainable Chemistry initiative that takes an important step toward protecting the health and wellness its...
Shoppers Want to Know – Even if Labels Rarely Change Their Minds
Studies show that labeling genetically engineered foods won't result in big changes in consumers' buying choices at the store, but they say overwhelmingly that they want the information.
Subsidizing the Wealthiest Farmers in the Hungriest Counties
Did you know that many counties with the highest rates of food stamp users are also home to recipients of huge farm subsidies?
New “Chemical Safety” Bill Would Put People at Greater Risk
There's a growing consensus – except in the chemical industry and among its lobbyists and allies in Congress – that when it comes to protecting people and the environment from dangerous chemicals, the...
So-called 'Clean Energy Standard' Protects Polluters
Putting “clean coal,” gas, nuclear, and unsustainable biomass under the “clean” umbrella is a triumph of rhetoric over reality. Nowhere does the "Clean Energy Standard" under discussion in Washington...
City Slickers Harvest Cash Crop
Fight Back Against Dirty Energy’s PR Machine
The energy industry spends millions of dollars on lobbying and public relations to fend off pressure for necessary changes to their core businesses. The way to fight back is for local groups...
New Research Explores How a Widely Used Fire Retardant Could Trigger Cancer
Earlier this year a disturbing study showed that the brominated fire retardant TBBPA, which is widely used in consumer products, triggers cancer in lab animals. Now a new study suggests that the...
Back-to-School Shouldn’t Mean Back-to-Toxics
I spend lots of time thinking about toxic chemicals, so when I shop I get pretty annoyed. It's flame retardants again. They're in everything – kids' pajamas, nap mats, nursing pillows, even some of...
A Clean Energy Future Starts at the Grassroots
Crop Insurance Creates "Destructive Incentives" for Farmers: NRDC Study Confirms Fundamental Reform is Needed
A report released today (Aug. 27) by the Natural Resources Defense Council supplies the latest evidence that the federal crop insurance program desperately needs fundamental reform.
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?
Back-to-School with Weelicious Lunches – for You and Your Children
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...
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...