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EWG News Roundup (1/18): EPA Sides with Monsanto’s ‘Science,’ Congress Introduces Bipartisan PFAS Legislation and More

Friday, January 18, 2019

EWG News Roundup (1/18): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Farming
Water

The Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Electric utilities often tout natural gas as a clean fuel – an essential weapon in the fight against global warming. Even if they admit the need to replace fossil fuels with solar and wind power eventually, they insist that natural gas is a bridge to the renewable energy future.

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Key Issues: 
Energy
Fossil Fuels

EWG News Roundup (1/11): Trump EPA Walks Back Youth Pesticide Proposal, Coal Miners Turn Their Back on the President and More

Friday, January 11, 2019

EWG News Roundup (1/11): Here’s some more news you can use going into the weekend

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Energy
Farming

The Economic Viability of Nuclear Power Is Only Going Down

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Last year the Trump administration’s Energy Department announced the launch of a media campaign to counter what an official called “misinformation” about nuclear power. We haven’t noticed an upsurge in pro-nuclear news – because there is none to report.

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Key Issues: 
Energy
Fossil Fuels

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Trump EPA’s Meddling with Toxic Chemicals Law Sparks Bipartisan Calls for Oversight Hearing

Friday, January 18, 2019
Concern among members of Congress over the Trump administration’s implementation of the updated federal chemicals law burst across the aisle this week, with both the top Republican and Democrat on a key House environment subcommittee calling for oversight hearings.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Chemical Policy (TSCA)
Consumer Products

Analysis: EPA Ignored Scientific Research Showing Monsanto’s Glyphosate Causes Cancer

Thursday, January 17, 2019
A new analysis from the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Sciences Europe documents the diametrically different approaches the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization took when determining the cancer risk from exposure to Monsanto’s weedkiller, glyphosate.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Pesticides
Consumer Products
Farming

EPA's Wheeler: Climate Change 'Not the Greatest Crisis'

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Andrew Wheeler, acting chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that he doesn’t consider climate change “the greatest crisis” facing the nation but rather “a huge issue that has to be addressed globally.”
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Energy
Water

EPA’s Wheeler Faces Confirmation Hearing Before Senate Environment Panel

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Andrew Wheeler faces a Senate panel confirmation hearing Wednesday for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, after a six-month tenure as acting administrator that was marked by the rollback of environmental and public health protections.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Farming
Water