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Minnesota appeals court ignores threat to Pineland Sands communities’ water and health
EWG calls on produce industry to support federal court ban of brain-damaging pesticide
EWG analysis: More testing needed to keep people safe from algae toxins in Upper Midwest
EWG and Center for Biological Diversity hail Florida’s decision to ban highly toxic pesticide on citrus crops
Wisconsin’s Big Ag lobby threatens clean water rule
EWG applauds Booker-Spanberger bill to reward climate stewardship on farms and forest lands and expand rural renewable energy production
OUT NOW: EWG’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
Collard and mustard greens join kale among the most pesticide-contaminated fresh produce on the Environmental Working Group's 2021 Dirty Dozen™ list. For the first time, bell peppers and hot peppers...
EWG Applauds Senate Confirmation of Michael Regan as EPA Administrator
EWG Report: Under Trump, Farm Subsidies Soared, Making the Rich Richer
Federal farm policy has long favored the wealthiest landowners with taxpayer-funded largesse. But under the Trump administration, even more money went to the largest and wealthiest farms, further...
Lawmakers Threaten To Derail Proposal To Eliminate Black Farmers’ Debt
Two members of the House Agriculture Committee are trying to derail a provision in the budget reconciliation bill that would eliminate all federal farm debt held by Black farmers.
EWG Calls on EPA To Ban Use of Brain-Damaging Pesticide
The neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos should be banned for use immediately by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Environmental Working Group wrote in a public comment letter [link to letter] to...
EWG Applauds Senate Environmental Committee’s Vote To Approve Michael Regan as EPA Administrator
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today voted 14-6 to confirm Michael Regan to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The full Senate will vote in the coming...
National Black Farmers Association and EWG Applaud the Justice for Black Farmers Act
The following is the statement of John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs, on the reintroduction...
Will Land O’Lakes/Microsoft ‘Carbon Bank’ Actually Cut Emissions?
Land O'Lakes touts its new agricultural carbon credits market as a “transformational” program rewarding farmers for adopting conservation practices while “incentivizing” corporations to reduce...
Biden’s Pick To Head USDA Recognizes New Food and Farm Challenges
Today President Biden's nominee for secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, who held the same post in the Obama administration, testified in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture...
Biden Moves Aggressively on Climate Change, Environmental Justice With Sweeping Executive Orders
In a sharp break from the policies of the Trump administration, President Biden today issued an ambitious series of executive orders to combat the climate crisis, embrace science and foster...
Another Last-Minute Poison Pill: Trump Administration Kneecaps EPA’s Use of Sound Science To Protect Public Health
With two weeks left in President Trump's term, his Environmental Protection Agency has once again issued an 11th-hour rule that will hamper the incoming Biden administration's efforts to protect...
EWG Applauds Farm and Food Worker Protection Funds in Covid-19 Relief Package
EWG applauds the inclusion of funds for Covid-19 protections for farm and food workers in the pandemic relief package congressional leaders agreed to on Sunday. The package, which awaits a final vote...
Nomination of Michael Regan Shows Biden’s Commitment To Rebuild EPA, Protect Public Health and Advance Environmental Justice
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Michael Regan as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, The New York Times reports. Regan, 44, currently North Carolina's top environmental...
Next Agriculture Secretary Must Confront New Food and Farm Challenges
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of Agriculture, according to news reports. Here is a statement from Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs