Statements

Trump to Pull Out of Climate Accord as Early as Tomorrow, Adviser Says

Monday, January 30, 2017

President Trump will pull out of the historic Paris climate agreement as early as Tuesday, according to the adviser who led the Environmental Protection Agency transition. The Hill newspaper reports that the adviser, Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, said Monday that Trump could pull out of the agreement "by executive order tomorrow or he could do it as part of a larger package” at a later date. Either way, Ebell made it clear Trump plans to pull the US out of the landmark international climate change agreement very soon.

Key Issues:

Energy

Farming

Water

Target’s Push for Full Ingredient Disclosure Echoes Consumer Demand

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Today’s decision by Target to require full ingredient disclosure from its suppliers by 2020 is great news for consumers, said EWG President Ken Cook.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Consumer Products

Taking a Page From Putin Regime, Trump Administration Silences EPA

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Today’s unprecedented action by the White House forbidding the Environmental Protection Agency to share any information with the press or public is a chilling move that mocks democratic principles, said EWG President Ken Cook.

Key Issues:

Children's Health

Toxics

Water

Leaked Memo Details Trump's Plans for War on Public Health, Environment and Science

Monday, January 23, 2017

An internal memo by President Donald Trump’s top environmental policy adviser reveals the new administration's plans to dismantle key air and water protection programs, and slash the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Energy

Water

EWG Statement on Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture Nominee

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Media reports indicate President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as his nominee for Secretary of Agriculture.

Key Issues:

Farming

Food

Water

Senate Should Reject Scott Pruitt, Polluters’ Choice for EPA

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

WASHINGTON – Scott Pruitt, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the most hostile Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the history of the agency, and would almost certainly push policies that would imperil public health and the environment, said EWG co-founder and president Ken Cook, urging the Senate to reject his nomination.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Food

Water

Using New Authority, EPA Proposes First Toxic Chemical Ban in More Than 25 Years

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Using its strengthened powers under the recently modernized chemical safety law, the Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to ban a chemical’s use as an aerosol spray degreaser and spot remover in dry cleaning, after the agency concluded the substance causes cancer, among other serious health effects.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Chemical Policy (TSCA)

EWG Statement on EPA’s Top 10 Chemicals

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Today the Environmental Protection Agency released its list of 10 priority chemicals.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Chemical Policy (TSCA)

EWG's Statement on EPA’s Fast Track Action on PBT Chemicals

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Environmental Working Group released the following statement today in response to EPA’s decision to fast track review of five persistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals, or PBTs. This action is required by the agency after passage earlier this year of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21^st Century Act.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Chemical Policy (TSCA)

House Bill to Strengthen Federal Personal Care Products Law

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

EWG Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber said that draft cosmetics legislation released today by Reps. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J., will help make regulation of cosmetics and personal care products a Congressional priority.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Consumer Products