Successes

EWG assembled a coalition of more than 100 grassroots consumer, religious, public health and environmental organizations from 20 states to call on the Obama administration to stop deceptive oil and gas leasing practices that undermine property values and mortgages. EWG sent a letter signed by each organization to the federal Financial Consumer Protection Bureau, Federal Housing Finance Agency and...

In August , EWG released Good Food on a Tight Budget , the only guide of its kind that lists the most nutritious, most economical and least polluted fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains and dairy items so that low-income families can make healthier food choices. We hosted a webinar to introduce the guide to more than 850 people active in local anti-hunger and nutrition efforts across 46 states...

On July 25. the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved the Safe Chemicals Act, the subject of a 19-year EWG campaign to reform American toxic chemicals controls. On June 18, California Gov. Jerry Brown directed state agencies to revise outdated and unsupportable flammability standards. Brown's press release cited EWG's 2008 groundbreaking study that found California toddlers...

Our hard-hitting, much-quoted report, "Inside Track," revealed that New York regulators gave the drilling industry exclusive access to draft drilling regulations weeks before they were made public, according to records obtained through New York's Freedom of Information Law. Thomas Cluderay, EWG Assistant General Counsel, spoke at a rally at New York City Hall and forum hosted by 7 members of the...