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Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill’s Passage
Behind the thin green gloss Congressional leaders spread across the subsidy-laden 2008 farm bill, the Democratic Congress is now hacking away at pledges to expand conservation and other environmental...
EPA Offers “Inaction” Plan to Solve ‘Dead Zone’ Disaster
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released today an action plan that will do little to slow the growth of the oxygen-starved ocean ‘Dead Zone' in the Gulf of Mexico, says three members of the...
Congress Continues Scrutiny of Discriminatory USDA Practices
WASHINGTON, DC - Today a subcommittee for Congress’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform convened a hearing on “Management of Civil Rights at the United States Department of Agriculture”. The...
As Congress Finalizes Farm Bill Deal EWG Lists Recipients of Controversial Direct Payment Subsidies for 2007
By any measure, 2007 was a banner year for farmers of grain, soybeans and cotton, as high prices for their crops earned them record net income, even after they paid skyrocketing costs for fuel...
In Recession, Big Bucks for Big Farms
Over the next few weeks, some American couples will get $1,200 of their own money back from Washington. This is the maximum, one-time tax rebate Congress provided last February in their desperate...
Government Report Focuses on Agriculture as 'Dead Zone' Culprit
Today the USGS released findings that show agricultural practices in 9 states contribute 75% of the nitrogen and phosphorous pollution to the “Dead Zone” in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Currently, the...
Ken Cook Statement on National Black Farmers Association President’s Congressional Subcommittee Testimony
Today, Dr. John Boyd, President of the National Black Farmer's Association, testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
EWG President Ken Cook Testifies Before Congressional Committee
Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook testified today before the US House of Representatives Agricultural Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Using previously...
New Legislation to Right the Wrongs of USDA Racial Discrimination
EWG and the National Black Farmers Association are pleased with the introduction of the Pigford Claims Remedy Act today. Introduced by Representatives Scott (D-VA) and Chabot (R-OH) and Senators...
Environmental groups petition EPA to retract fluoride pesticide tolerances on food
EWG, Beyond Pesticides and Fluoride Action Network challenge the safety of new food tolerances issued by the EPA for the fluoride-based pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride.
Feds Set to Give 400 Farms More Water Than L.A., S.F., San Diego Combined
The federal government is about to make a deal to give a few hundred California farmers control of more water than Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego combined use in a year — at pennies on the...
U.S. Reps. Solis and Bishop Propose Ban on EPA Support for Pesticide Experiments on People
As Congress prepares to vote on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget for the next year, U.S. Representatives Hilda Solis of California and Tim Bishop of New York will introduce an...
Congressional Subcommittee Criticizes USDA Civil Rights Settlement
At a Subcommittee hearing September 28, Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH 1st) and other members supported the main findings in Environmental Working Group's (EWG) July 2004 investigation, which reported...
Review of USDA-Black Farmers Civil Rights Settlement Shows Program Almost a Complete Failure
A new investigation by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the National Black Farmers Association reveals that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) withheld nearly three out of every four...
Press Release
This week, Monsanto and Solutia defend themselves in a lawsuit by 3,500 plaintiffs seeking compensation for health and environmental damage left behind by the company's production of PCBs in Anniston...
Toxic Waste Widespread in Calif. Farm & Home Fertilizers
Californians are unknowingly spreading fertilizers made from toxic waste to farm fields and home gardens, according to state and independent tests. Even though these products may exceed state...
Toxic Wastes 'Recycled' as Fertilizer Threaten U.S. Farms and Food Supply
Under the guise of 'recycling,' millions of pounds of toxic waste are shipped each year from polluting industries to fertilizer manufacturers and farmers, who used toxic waste laden with dioxin, lead...
Scare Tactics, not Science
Rural areas are largely unaffected by toxic airborne particle pollution that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to reduce in order to save thousands of lives in major urban areas...