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2012

Renewing America's historic committment to conservation

February, 2012
In February, we launched an ad campaign in Field & Stream and Grist called What Would Aldo do? It asked whether famous conservationists Aldo Leopold and Teddy Roosevelt would support the House agriculture committee’s proposed $6 billion in conservation cuts and provided sound policy arguments that lay the groundwork for the successful Chambliss amendment.
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Key Issues, Toxics, Health Concerns: 
Farm Policy
Environment

Exposing unregulated fracking in California

February, 2012
We put hydraulic fracturing on the map as an important environmental issue in California. In February, we published an exposé documenting how California regulators had turned a blind eye to fracking for decades. Until we released this report, state regulators had denied that fracking was taking place in California. There were no regulations governing the practice and no state plans to issue any...
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Key Issues, Toxics, Health Concerns: 
Energy

Protecting the Grand Canyon

January, 2012
In January, we helped convince Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to protect 1 million acres near Grand Canyon National Park from new uranium mining claims for the next 20 years. Salazar’s action marked a decisive victory for the national park and for 26 million Americans who depend on drinking water from the Colorado River that flows through the canyon. EWG had campaigned for this decision for four...
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Key Issues, Toxics, Health Concerns: 
Energy