The latest from EWG’s staff of experts

The Defense Department has for the first time disclosed the locations of military installations where tap water or groundwater on or off base is contaminated with highly toxic fluorinated chemicals.

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Nonstick Chemicals

Water

While the Trump administration is promoting coal, a dirty and dangerous fossil fuel headed for the scrap heap of history, a growing number of communities and companies across the nation are embracing a future powered by clean, safe, renewable energy.

Key Issues: 

Energy

Renewable Energy

On Tuesday, Kourtney Kardashian joined EWG President Ken Cook on Capitol Hill to brief reporters and congressional staffers about EWG’s #BeautyMadeBetter campaign.

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Consumer Products

Cosmetics

New federally funded research links low doses of bisphenol A with a sharp increase in breast tumors in laboratory animals.

Key Issues: 

Toxics

BPA

Consumer Products

Across the nation, utilities continue to announce the planned shutdown of nuclear power plants. Early retirement of these crumbling, outrageously expensive and dangerous plants is long overdue. But will they be replaced by polluting natural gas plants, or can clean, renewable energy be brought on line quickly enough to fill the gap?

Key Issues: 

Energy

Renewable Energy

Fossil Fuels

A new report estimated the sweeping public health benefits that a 15 percent reduction in energy demand would yield in one year.

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Energy

Renewable Energy

Fossil Fuels

As expensive, dirty coal power staggers toward its inevitable demise, natural gas has come to dominate the electricity market. 

Key Issues: 

Energy

Renewable Energy

Fossil Fuels

Oil & Gas Drilling

Despite efforts by the Trump administration and some states to prop up the coal industry, its future remains bleak.

Key Issues: 

Energy

Fossil Fuels

FirstEnergy, a utility struggling to stay alive in the dying coal and nuclear industries, is once again looking for a bailout from government regulators.

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Energy

Fossil Fuels