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Biden should urge ‘windfall profit tax’ on big oil companies fleecing Americans at the gas pump
President Joe Biden in remarks today attacked oil industry giants for reaping record profits but not lowering prices that are battering U.S. consumers’ pocketbooks – and he should go a step further...
Unilever spray shampoo tainted with cancer-causing benzene
Unilever is the latest company to issue a voluntary recall of aerosol personal care products because of elevated levels of benzene. Benzene contamination has led to similar product recalls by other...
Industry once again shirking EPA reporting requirements on ‘forever chemicals’
Just 44 facilities reported discharges of the toxic “forever chemicals’ known as PFAS, despite the existence of almost 30,000 potential dischargers, according to new reporting from the Environmental...
North Carolina must reject Duke’s misguided carbon plan relying on non-existent nuclear
North Carolina regulators must reject Duke Energy’s ill-conceived carbon reduction plan, a coalition of advocacy groups argued this week. The plan will fail to achieve emissions cuts, because it...
It’s time to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances ‘expeditiously,’ 150 groups say
A letter sent today to the Environmental Protection Agency by 150 environmental, health and justice organizations, including the Environmental Working Group, is pressing for final designation of two...
As ratepayers struggle to pay PG&E energy bills, CEO rakes in over 190 times the typical employee salary
Pacific Gas & Electric’s CEO Patricia Poppe received $51.2 million in compensation last year, more than 190 times what the utility’s average employee earns and a tone deaf windfall amid soaring energy...
EPA draft review finds ‘Erin Brockovich’ chemical likely carcinogenic in drinking water
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency published a draft toxicology assessment of hexavalent chromium – the cancer-causing chemical made notorious by the film “Erin Brockovich” – finding it...
EWG applauds Maine lawmakers in Congress for helping farmers tackle ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Working Group applauds Maine’s congressional delegation for introducing bipartisan bills that would support American farmers whose crops and livestock have been contaminated by the...
EWG report: As climate crisis worsens, a wetter Midwest is linked to climbing crop insurance costs
As precipitation increased in recent years across the Midwest, so did crop insurance costs for wetter weather linked to the rapidly accelerating climate catastrophe, finds a new Environmental Working...
EWG updates report card tracking federal agencies’ deadlines for ‘forever chemicals’ actions
The Environmental Working Group today released an update to a comprehensive report card tracking whether federal agencies are meeting deadlines for addressing the health and environmental threats of...
Safety investigation faults PG&E’s failure to maintain aging infrastructure against wildfire risks
Pacific Gas & Electric’s aging and unmaintained infrastructure is a driving factor in the threat of California wildfires, an independent investigator found.
New study finds over 57,000 additional suspected dischargers of toxic ‘forever chemicals’
A new study published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters identifies at least 57,000 sites potentially contaminated with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
Poll: Nearly all Americans say government must ensure chemicals are safe before use in consumer products
Almost all Americans believe the federal government has a duty to ensure chemicals used in making consumer products are safe, and even more say companies aren’t doing enough to keep toxic substances...
Duke’s ‘clean energy plan’ for North Carolina wastes billions on dangerous, dirty and non-existent power sources
Duke Energy’s “clean energy transition” plan released this week for North Carolina doubles down on the utility’s billion-dollar addiction to costly, flawed nuclear and fossil fuel power and ignores...
California Children’s Environmental Health Month shows risks of pesticides, lead
California’s proclamation of October as Children’s Environmental Health Month highlights the need to protect children from exposure to pesticides and hazardous chemicals like lead, which can result in...
Are California regulators waiting to crush rooftop solar until after the election?
Fearing voter backlash, California regulators may hold off issuing their proposed decision on a utility proposal to stifle the state’s rooftop solar program until after the November election...
Newsom signs law banning toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics in California
On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that bans intentionally added toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from cosmetics sold in California.
PG&E plot to sell roughly 50 percent of non-nuclear power generation to Wall Street investors reveals business model’s flaws
Pacific Gas & Electric executives are looking to sell to Wall Street investors about half the utility’s non-nuclear electricity generation capacity. The sale would take place via a new subsidiary in a...
EWG investigation: Of $7.4B spent on two major USDA conservation programs, very little has flowed to ‘climate-smart’ farming
Two of the Department of Agriculture’s principal conservation programs paid out almost $7.4 billion to farmers between 2017 and 2020, but only a small part went to practices the USDA itself has...
Dangerous déjà vu: PG&E faces federal criminal probe for California’s largest wildfire of 2022
The U.S. Forest Service has launched a criminal investigation into whether a transmission pole and power line owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric sparked the massive Mosquito Fire, California...
