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Overriding Veto of CAFO Bill Would Dump On Rights of 270,000 North Carolinians
The long-held property rights of hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are at stake in the latest round of the ongoing battle between state lawmakers and Gov. Roy Cooper.
Putting People Before Big Pork, N.C. Governor Vetoes Hog Farm Bailout Bill
In a victory for property rights and public health, today North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation that would have shielded big hog farms from liability for the pollution and stench that...
"The Height of Idiocy": Americans Tell Trump's EPA What They Think About Easing Drinking Water Safeguards
Almost 40,000 Americans have let the Environmental Protection Agency know what they think about the Trump administration's agenda to eliminate "burdensome" environmental regulations, including those...
Here Are the 270,000 North Carolina Property Owners Whose Rights Are Threatened by Pork Industry Bill
A bill rushed through the North Carolina legislature and now on Gov. Roy Cooper's desk would severely restrict the traditional property rights of hundreds of thousands of property owners from the...
Award-Winning Chefs Come to D.C., Urge Congress to Create Smarter Food Policy
Plate of the Union, a campaign to shift federal food policy to better serve all Americans, kicked off this week with more than 30 top U.S. chefs convening on Capitol Hill to promote nutrition programs...
Trump’s EPA Solicits Ideas on How Polluters Can Attack Water Protections
The Trump administration is holding a meeting next week to look for ways to let polluters dump more toxic contaminants into the nation's drinking water. Americans who want clean water can also try to...
EWG Surveys Personal Care Product Companies About 1,4-Dioxane
The Environmental Working Group is surveying U.S. makers of personal care products to ask if they are working to remove 1,4-dioxane, a likely human carcinogen, from their products. According to EWG's...
N.C. Bill to Shield CAFOs’ Liability Would Curb Rights for Hundreds of Thousands
North Carolina legislators are rushing to pass a bill that would severely restrict the traditional property rights of hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians suffering from the pollution and stench...
EWG Applauds Schumer and Gillibrand Petition to Ban Carcinogen in Personal Care Products
The Environmental Working Group commends Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for protecting Americans from exposure to a potentially toxic contaminant in personal care products.
American Oversight and EWG Demand Release of Pruitt Communications with Pesticide Industry
American Oversight and the Environmental Working Group today launched a joint investigation into the March 29 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency not to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Report: Shell and Dow Hid Cancer-Causing 'Garbage' in Pesticide, Contaminating Drinking Water for Millions in California
Calif. Bill Would Be First to Ban Teflon-Like Chemicals from Fast Food Wrappers
Legislation introduced today would make California the first state to ban perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, from fast food wrappers and takeout containers.
Trump Wants to Ax Programs To Protect Children From Lead Poisoning That Cost Taxpayers Less Than His Trips to Florida, Kids’ Business Travel
President Trump's plan to cut funding that helps states protect children from lead poisoning would save less money than the cost of his trips to Florida. It's a callous proposal that again shows the...
Bill to Disclose Ingredients in Cleaning Products Gets Hearing
On Wednesday, March 29 at 9:30 a.m., the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee will consider the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (SB-258).
EPA Chief Scraps Scheduled Ban of Pesticide That Harms Kids’ Brains
In one of his first major decisions as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt sided with the pesticide lobby over scientists in an eleventh-hour decision to abort the agency's...
Trump Rollback of Clean Power Plan Means More Childhood Asthma, Premature Deaths
President Trump's rollback of the Clean Power Plan is not just a foolish failure of leadership on climate change, but another attack on public health that will trigger more asthma attacks among...
EWG Report: Is Federal Crop Insurance Policy Leading to a New Dust Bowl?
Federal crop insurance policy is rewarding Southern Great Plains farmers' failure to adapt to drought and hotter weather, and encouraging practices that could lead to another Dust Bowl, according to a...
EWG Report: How Congress Can Help Farmers Meet Soaring Demand for Organic Food
Despite the rapid growth of the organic food industry, U.S. production lags significantly behind consumer demand. A new report from EWG shows that with modest reforms to existing programs, Congress...
From Satellite Imagery, EWG's First-Ever Analysis of Cover Crops in U.S. Corn Belt
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving farmers millions of taxpayer dollars a year to support the planting of cover crops, which reduce polluted runoff from farm fields. To see how this...
The 2017 Dirty Dozen: Strawberries, Spinach Top EWG's List of Pesticides in Produce
Strawberries remain at the top of the Dirty Dozen™ list of the EWG Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, with spinach jumping to second place in the annual ranking of conventionally grown produce...