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EWG: Rollback of Clean Power Plan Shows Trump’s Contempt for Public Health

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

President Trump’s executive order gutting the Clean Power Plan shows his disregard for protecting public health and the environment, said EWG President Ken Cook.

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Children's Health

Black Farmers and EWG Urge Congress to Increase Farm Subsidy Transparency

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

The National Black Farmers Association and the Environmental Working Group called on leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees today to increase transparency in federal farm subsidy programs.

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Farming

Subsidies

Trump Plan to Slash EPA Budget Endangers Public Health

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

President Trump's plan to slash the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by almost a third will cripple an already underfunded agency, endangering public health and the quality of Americans' drinking water and air, said EWG President Ken Cook.

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Children's Health

EWG: EPA Chief's Shrug at Carbon Dioxide’s Role in Climate Change an 'Ominous Signal'

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Scott Pruitt's downplaying of carbon dioxide as the driver of global warming is an ominous first signal of how the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator will address climate change, EWG President Ken Cook said.

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Press Reports Cite White House’s Deep Divisions Over Climate Change Policy

Friday, March 3, 2017

The New York Times’ Coral Davenport reports today that President Trump is being pulled in opposite directions over whether to pull the country out of the landmark Paris climate change treaty. The U.S. entered into the accord under former President Obama and it was ratified in 2016.

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Trump’s EPA Budget Cuts Will Hit Lower-Income Communities of Color Hardest

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The Trump administration’s plan to eliminate funding for environmental justice programs will increase the already outsized burden of toxic pollution borne by lower-income communities of color, EWG President Ken Cook said.

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It Didn't Take Long: Trump’s First Environmental Assault Endangers Drinking Water of 100 Million Americans

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

WASHINGTON – With Scott Pruitt now installed as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, President Trump has moved quickly to strike a vital safeguard aimed at protecting the drinking water of 100 million Americans.

Trump is expected to sign an executive order today requiring the Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA to eviscerate the Clean Water Rule – which President Obama signed in 2015 to protect the drinking water sources of roughly 100 million Americans from industrial and agriculture pollution.

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Farming

EWG: Trump’s EPA Budget Cuts Will Be Disaster for Clean Water, Air

Monday, February 27, 2017

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s massive cuts to the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency will cripple the agency’s ability to protect drinking water and air from polluters, and safeguard Americans from exposure to toxic chemicals and pesticides, said Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs.

The following is a statement from Faber:

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