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EWG News Roundup (8/6): National Pesticide Law Reform, Attacks on Children’s Health and More

Thursday, August 6, 2020

EWG News Roundup (8/6): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Pesticides
Energy
COVID-19 & Food
Subsidies

Smaller Farms Hit Hard by COVID-19 but Get Little Help From USDA

Thursday, August 6, 2020

The vast majority of U.S. farms earn less than $1 million in annual revenue, and they have suffered a large share of all reported COVID-19 outbreaks on farms. These smaller farms, which supply nearly 60 percent of the nation’s agricultural production, need help the most – yet most pandemic relief funds from the Department of Agriculture will go to the largest farms.

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Even More Billions in U.S. Farm Bailouts Risk Violating Trade Agreements

Thursday, August 6, 2020

If Congress provides another $20 billion in aid to farmers in the next COVID-19 spending bill, total federal farm spending this year could top $50 billion, setting a new record – and once again violating U.S. commitments to international trading partners.

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EWG News Roundup (7/30): CAFOs Run Amok in North Carolina, Senate Republican COVID-19 Stimulus Lets Down Farm Workers and More

Thursday, July 30, 2020

EWG News Roundup (7/30): 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

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After the Pipeline’s Death, Will Duke Energy Shift From Gas to Renewables?

Thursday, August 6, 2020
Last month, the soaring costs and dim future of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline forced Duke Energy and Dominion Energy to cancel the $8 billion project.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy

Sweeping Proposal Would Protect Kids, Farmworkers – and Everyone – From Toxic Pesticides

Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Legislation introduced today would ban or restrict scores of the most toxic pesticides, introduce health-protective restrictions on pesticide use and registration, and create new safety protections for farmworkers – the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s pesticide law in nearly 25 years.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming

EWG and Waterkeeper Alliance: Poultry Factory Farms Disproportionately Threaten Black, Native American and Latino People in North Carolina

Thursday, July 30, 2020
The predominantly Black, Native American and Latino residents of three eastern North Carolina counties now live with 30 million more chickens and turkeys than they did eight years ago, according to a new investigation by the Environmental Working Group and Waterkeeper Alliance.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Farming
Farming & Tap Water
Factory Farms
Water

McConnell COVID-19 Relief Package Fails Hungry Families, Food and Farm Workers

Monday, July 27, 2020
The following is a statement from Scott Faber, EWG’s senior vice president of government affairs, on the COVID-19 relief package released today by Senate Republicans.
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Key Issues: 
Farming
COVID-19 & Food
Subsidies