Connect with Us:

The Power of Information

Facebook Page Twitter @enviroblog Youtube Channel Our RSS Feeds

At EWG,
our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know.

Privacy Policy
(Updated Sept. 19, 2011)
Terms & Conditions
Reprint Permission Information

Charity Navigator 4 Star

Farm Subsidies

Expert Testimony and Communications Content

House Farm Bill: A Missed Opportunity for Leadership and Real Reform

Statement of Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group
» Read more... | Published July 26, 2007

Cotton and Accountability

With First Compliance Deadline In WTO Cotton Decision Looming Brazil Explores A Novel Trade Retaliation: Suspension of Intellectual Property Rights for U.S. Products
» Read more... | Published June 8, 2005

EWG Analysis of Step2 Data for 2004

U.S. Taxpayers Spent $264 Million in 2004 On Cotton Export Subsidies Ruled Illegal By WTO
» Read more... | Published June 4, 2005

Farm Policy for the Rest of Us

Speech to The American Bankers Association Agricultural Bankers Annual Meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota
» Read more... | Published November 19, 2004

Disaster-Prone: For Many Farms Disaster Aid From Taxpayers Is A Staple Crop

Congress Plots Conservation Cuts To Funnel Funds To "Disaster Dependent"
A new farm-by-farm review of $11.3 billion in federal disaster payments over a nine-year period (1995 through 2003) finds that annual emergency measures approved by Congress have funneled checks from taxpayers to hundreds of thousands of "chronically dependent" farms that collect emergency aid on a regular basis.
» Read more... | Published October 5, 2004