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Who Will Say No to Obama’s 4 Million Acres in Conservation Cuts?

February 9, 2010
By Craig Cox, Environmental Working Group Senior Vice-president and manager of EWG’s Ames, Iowa, office. The debilitating cuts to US Department of Agriculture conservation programs proposed in President Obama’s budget will do permanent damage...
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Health Reform Should Begin at USDA

February 5, 2010
Guest blog posted by EWG Action Fund board member Robyn O’Brien “The less we spend on food, the more we spend on health care,” author and food activist Michael Pollan said on Oprah. Today, Americans spend almost 20 cents of every dollar...
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Sound Science and Obama’s Biofuels Working Group

February 3, 2010
By Craig Cox, Environmental Working Group Senior Vice President and manager of EWG’s Ames, Iowa, branch. On Wednesday (Feb. 3), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Rule, known as RFS 2, refusing to...
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