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Obama’s Debt Reduction Plan Would Eliminate Wasteful Farm Subsidies
Kenneth A. Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, has applauded President Obama's plan to reform the nation's wasteful agriculture policy in his drive to reduce the nation's...
Despite Claims of Reform, Subsidy Band Marches On
As the Senate Agriculture Committee meets today to discuss accountability and spending on farm programs, new data washes away the gloss of reform used by the subsidy lobby and its champions in...
House Votes to Cut Off Subsidies for Brazilian Cotton Farmers
A majority of the House of Representatives today approved an amendment that would end U.S. taxpayer-funded subsidies for Brazilian cotton farmers in one of a series of votes on an appropriations bill...
GOP Proposes To Cut Farm Payments
In a time of robust farm income and tight budgets, the House Republican budget resolution takes a small but welcome step toward a more equitable and sensible support structure for American farmers.
New Map Reveals Hot Spots in Emerging Global Food Crisis
Volatile food markets and food insecurity contributed to the civic unrest that recently brought down Egypt's president. To better understand the unfolding reality of global food price volatility...
Obama Would Cut Subsidies to Wealthy Farms
The Obama administration's proposed 2012 federal budget released today targets several wasteful agriculture programs, including cutting $4.25 billion over 10 years from subsidies to large farm...
In Farm Country, Democrats’ Bitter Harvest
Just two years ago, Democratic political strategists defended passage of a status-quo farm subsidy bill by claiming it was essential to the survival of freshmen members from farm districts and to the...
Throwing Good Money at Bad Land
A new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis has found that a federal Bureau of Reclamation proposal to continue farming on a vast swath of selenium-tainted acreage in the Central Valley's giant...
Louisiana Agribusiness Poised to Reap Millions Under White House-Backed Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Large agriculture interests across Louisiana are projected to receive more than $98 million in taxpayer dollars under a controversial disaster aid program conceived by Senate...
Arkansas Agribusiness Poised to Reap Millions Under White House-Backed Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Large agriculture interests across Arkansas are projected to receive more than $210 million in taxpayer dollars under a controversial disaster aid program conceived by Senate...
More Potential Giveaways to Ethanol in Energy Bill
WASHINGTON – July 14. In an bid to garner support for legislation to address the looming danger of climate change, Midwest senators are reportedly pressing to attach a long-term extension of biofuel...
Despite Record Deficits and Anger Over Government Spending, Federal Commodity Crop Spending Continues Unabated
In a time of ballooning federal budget deficits, robust farm income and increasing populist anger over government spending and intervention in the private sector, it would seem prudent to trim...
EWG Taps David DeGennaro To Lead Farm Bill Advocacy in Washington DC
David DeGennaro, previously Senior Legislative Assistant to Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI), is joining the Environmental Working Group (EWG) as a legislative and policy analyst in the organization's...
Sen. Lincoln’s Nutrition Plan Pits Kids Against Clean Water -- Needlessly
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) plans to mark up her Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 on Wednesday, March 24th. The legislation would reauthorize child nutrition...
Obama Stands Firm on Push for Farm Program Reform
Making good on his promise to find savings in the federal budget, president Obama announced several proposed cuts today that could help reform a broken farm subsidy system. The most promising proposal...
For Senator Conrad, Millionaire Subsidy Recipients Trump the Environment
Senate Budget committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) announced yesterday he would reject President Obama's plan to cut billions in crop subsidy payments that flow mostly to large profitable farm...
EWG Lauds Obama Pick for USDA’s No. 2 Job
Statement of Ken Cook President, Environmental Working Group Feburary 24, 2009 "President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack have done the public a great service by nominating Kathleen Merrigan...
California Air Resources Board Must Consider Impact of Agriculture
The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) West Coast office has written the California Air Resources Board pointing out deficiencies in its Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan with respect to...
Millionaire Farmers Still Receiving Subsides Despite Attempts at Reform
In times of tight budgets and empty federal coffers, millionaires, large profitable farm operations and wealthy absentee landlords are still receiving federal farm subsidies, despite repeated attempts...
Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill’s Passage
Behind the thin green gloss Congressional leaders spread across the subsidy-laden 2008 farm bill, the Democratic Congress is now hacking away at pledges to expand conservation and other environmental...