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EWG News Roundup (2/26): Trump’s USDA Sent Farm Subsidies to Richest Farmers, Environmental Racism in America and More

Friday, February 26, 2021

EWG News Roundup (2/26): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

Environmental Racism: A Public Health Crisis

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Last month, after a year-long investigation, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and eight other officials were charged for their roles in the Flint water crisis – the environmental disaster that shocked the nation seven years ago. All nine defendants pleaded not guilty to 42 charges, including willful neglect of duty, manslaughter, extortion, perjury and obstruction of justice.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Factory Farms
Water
Tap Water

EWG News Roundup (2/19): Protecting Infants From Heavy Metals in Food, USDA Data Shows Nearly All Covid-19 Bailout Money Went to White Farmers and More

Friday, February 19, 2021

EWG News Roundup (2/19): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

USDA Data: Nearly All Pandemic Bailout Funds Went to White Farmers

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Nearly all of the billions of dollars in federal farm bailouts to offset the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic went to white farmers, newly revealed Department of Agriculture data show.

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Key Issues: 
Farming
Subsidies
Trump’s Farmer Bailout

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Clean Energy Jobs: Senate Bill Would Help Coal Country and Automakers Transition to the Green Economy

Thursday, March 4, 2021
Two senators from states where workers face tectonic shifts in employment prospects as their industries rapidly transition to clean energy are teaming up on legislation to help create well-paid jobs for imperiled coal miners, and workers at coal-burning power plants and in the auto industry.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

FDA Asks Women To Protect Themselves From Products The Agency Refused To Ban

Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Today, the Food and Drug Administration sent a special women’s health alert and unveiled a new webpage urging caution for anyone using formaldehyde in hair-smoothing treatments, sometimes referred to as Brazilian blowouts.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Senate Confirms Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Energy Secretary

Thursday, February 25, 2021
The Senate voted today to confirm Jennifer Granholm, who is a stalwart supporter of renewable energy and electric cars, to be energy secretary.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Clean Energy and You
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

EWG Report: Under Trump, Farm Subsidies Soared, Making the Rich Richer

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Federal farm policy has long favored the wealthiest landowners with taxpayer-funded largesse. But under the Trump administration, even more money went to the largest and wealthiest farms, further shortchanging smaller, struggling family farms, according to a new Environmental Working Group report.
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Key Issues: 
Farming
Subsidies