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EWG Report: Small Rural Communities Bear Costly Burden of Nitrate Pollution of Tap Water
Tap water across the nation is contaminated with an agricultural pollutant linked to cancer, and the problem is worst in small communities that can least afford to fix it, according to a new EWG...
House Farm Bill Fails
House leaders failed to garner enough support to pass their version of the 2018 farm bill. The following is a statement from Environmental Working Group Senior Vice President for Government Affairs...
High Levels of Nitrate Foul Tap Water in Illinois Corn Belt
Northwest Illinois is one of the nation's most productive corn-growing regions. But the heavy use of fertilizer and manure on corn fields leads to nitrate pollution in many communities' tap water...
Des Moines Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Iowa’s Nitrate-Contaminated Tap Water
In 2015, Des Moines Water Works sued upstream counties to reduce manure and fertilizer runoff into the city's drinking water supply, drawing attention to nitrate pollution. But nitrate contaminates...
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: USDA Conservation Program for Sensitive Cropland Wastes Billions of Tax Dollars
New EWG Database Details $30 Billion Spent on U.S. Farm Conservation Programs
In the last decade, U.S. taxpayers have sent $30 billion to farmers and landowners to fund federal conservation programs to protect public health and the environment, according to data obtained...
Voluntary Conservation Practices Are a Fool’s Errand
A new EWG report reveals the fatal flaw in the voluntary approach to cutting pollution from farm fields: Farmers who voluntarily start pollution control practices can just as easily stop.
House Committee Gives Handouts to Wealthiest Farmers, Delays Critical Environmental Program
The House Appropriations Committee today passed an agriculture appropriations bill that destroys critical environmental protections while leaving the lavish and wasteful federal crop insurance program...
USDA Takes Important Step Towards Protecting Environment, Wildlife
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to pay for more than 100 conservation projects nationwide is an important step toward restoring water quality and protecting wildlife habitat, EWG said in...
Growing Crops Too Close to Stream Banks Pollutes Minnesota Waterways
Nearly 170 waterways in southern Minnesota get a grade of D or F because they lack the required protective strips of vegetation that prevent farm runoff from polluting nearby rivers and streams...
New Farm Law is Bad for Taxpayers and the Environment
President Obama signed into law today a farm bill that is bad for taxpayers and bad for the environment, the Environmental Working Group said in a statement.
Farm Bill Takes Food and Farm Policy Down the Wrong Path
Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the following statement in response to the passage of the farm bill in the Senate.
Farm Bill Falls Far Short Of Vital Reform
The bill produced by the farm bill conference committee falls far short of the reforms needed to create a federal food and agricultural policy that can meet the challenges of the 21st century, the...
GAO: After Decades and Billions Spent On Voluntary Measures Agriculture Pollution Remains Unchecked
A new Government Accountability Office report recommends that Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency should toughen the federal Clean Water Act's approach to curbing pollution from...
Forbes Billionaires Reaped Millions in Farm Subsidies
At least 50 billionaires or farm businesses in which they had a financial interest benefited from $11.3 million in traditional farm subsidies between 1995 and 2012, according to a new analysis...
Farm Bill Conservation Programs Must Do More to Protect California Water
Hundreds of millions of conservation dollars in the federal farm bill should be used far more effectively to address widespread water pollution problems in California, according to a new analysis...
EWG Demands Crop Insurance Reform and Stronger Environmental Protections in Farm Bill
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) sent a letter to members of the 2013 Farm Bill conference committee today demanding a farm bill that reforms crop insurance and strengthens environmental...
7.2 Million Acres of Wetlands and Fragile Land Go Under the Plow
A new analysis released by Environmental Working Group shows that 1.9 million acres, or near 3,000 square miles of wetlands and nearby habitat, went under the plow in the United States between 2008...
Spring Storms Battered Poorly Protected Soil and Streams
More than 1.2 million acres of farmland in Iowa lost more precious topsoil in five days of heavy rain this spring than what is considered tolerable for an entire year, largely because of inadequate...
House Should Reject "Farm Only" Farm Bill
It is unconscionable that House leaders have put forward a farm bill that provides unlimited subsidies to the largest and most successful farm businesses and guts programs to help the environment.
