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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.

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Drilling Around the Law

EWG Warns of Drilling Threat to NYC Drinking Water

EWG Testifies Before NYC Council

Coming Up Dry

Drilling on Western lands has gone up 75% a year since 2000, but gas prices have not gone down.

Colorado's Chemical Injection

Oil and gas companies in Colorado are injecting wells with millions of gallons of unknown fluids that contain dozens of dangerous chemicals linked to respiratory, neurological, cardiovascular, immune, and other disorders, including cancer.

Colorado’s Pristine Roan Plateau Threatened by Drilling Surge

As Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter prepares to take a stand on plans to allow thousands of oil and gas wells on Colorado’s Roan Plateau, EWG finds that drilling permits there have already more than doubled since 2004.

Rigged Game

How Reckless Oil & Gas Drilling on Public Lands Threatens Wildlife Habitat--and Hunting
Drill rigs are invading Western wildlife habitat and hunters are being squeezed out.

Who Owns the West: Oil & Gas Leases

Interactive maps, state reports, and a database of companies show that though the oil and gas industry has enjoyed decades of access to an enormous amount of Western lands, U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources has continually increased.

Gas Tax Losers

Metropolitan Areas Get Short End of Federal Gas Tax Funds