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Record-Breaking Number of Algae Outbreaks in 2019
EWG News Roundup (8/9): Mapping Harmful Algae Toxins, Back-to-School Cellphone Tips and More
EWG News Roundup (8/9): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (7/26): EWG’s Two Decades of PFAS Research and Advocacy, Ohio Bails Out Nukes and More
Coal States’ Futile Bids To Prop Up a Dying Industry
The U.S. coal industry is dying, and the Trump administration's schemes to keep it alive through taxpayer subsidies have likewise hit a dead end. But that's not stopping coal states' increasingly...
State Renewables Standards Propel the Clean Energy Revolution
Duke Energy Refuses to Acknowledge the New Realities of the Electricity Market
Duke Energy's new 20-year plan for generating power for its 840,000 Indiana customers shows why the nation's largest electric utility is Public Energy Enemy No. 1. It continues the utility's outdated...
How Cover Crops Can Help Farmers, Protect Drinking Water and Fight Climate Change
As farmers struggle with a plummeting farm economy in the wake of President Trump's trade war, the administration is rushing to send a second round of cash payments – reportedly totaling $15 billion...
EWG News Roundup (5/17): Cover Crops Expand Across the Corn Belt, Billion Dollar Monsanto Ruling and More
EWG News Roundup (5/17): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Rural Iowans Feel the Brunt of Unregulated Ag Pollution
EWG News Roundup (4/12): The First EWG VERIFIED® Fragrance, Unregulated Factory Farms in Ohio and More
EWG News Roundup (4/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Out-of-Season Algae Outbreaks on the Rise
Outbreaks of toxic algae in U.S. waterways usually happen in warmer months. But in a sign that the problem is growing worse, algae blooms were reported in December in Michigan and Washington state...
Farm Crisis? What Crisis? Ag Interests Cry Wolf on Economy
In the wake of President Trump's tariffs, agriculture interests are claiming that the farm economy is crashing. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said recently that farm debt is rising to levels not...
EWG’s Most Popular Stories of 2018 – and Some You May Have Missed
Wind and Solar Are Revitalizing Rural America
In 2016, Illinois passed the Future Energy Jobs Act to spur renewable energy investments. It seems to be working: The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports that solar companies are streaming into Illinois...
EWG Applauds Farm Bill Drinking Water Reforms
Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today following final passage of the farm bill by Congress.
Let’s Drink to the Farm Bill!
Farm pollution poses a serious threat to drinking water supplies, and too much federal conservation spending has been squandered. Fortunately, the 2018 Farm Bill includes important reforms that will...
Nearly 20,000 ‘City Slickers’ Received Farm Subsidies in 2017
Clean Energy Jobs in Great Lakes Outnumber Jobs in Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy by More Than 4 to 1
The new clean energy economy provides over four times more jobs in the Great Lakes region than the fossil fuel and nuclear power industries, according to EWG's analysis of recent reports.
Why is Sonny Perdue Lobbying for a Farm Bill That Snubs President Trump?
Here are six ways the bill snubs President Trump's February budget request.
6 Strikes Against the House Farm Bill
Every federal farm bill is a chance to feed hungry Americans, build healthier diets, support family farmers and reduce farm pollution