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Trump Budget Slashes Funds to Help Rural America Keep Farm Pollution Out of Drinking Water
EWG: Trump’s Proposed Cuts to EPA, USDA Are ‘Nothing But Bad News’ For Farmers and Other Rural Americans
President Trump's proposed budget would slash vital programs at the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture that help farmers and rural communities reduce their exposure to farm...
EWG Report: Is Federal Crop Insurance Policy Leading to a New Dust Bowl?
Federal crop insurance policy is rewarding Southern Great Plains farmers' failure to adapt to drought and hotter weather, and encouraging practices that could lead to another Dust Bowl, according to a...
From Satellite Imagery, EWG's First-Ever Analysis of Cover Crops in U.S. Corn Belt
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving farmers millions of taxpayer dollars a year to support the planting of cover crops, which reduce polluted runoff from farm fields. To see how this...
Okla. Leaders Refute Pruitt’s Claims of Environmental Enforcement, Senators Demand Truth from EPA Nominee
Oklahoma environmental advocates and attorneys met yesterday with members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to strongly refute Scott Pruitt's claims that he advanced pollution...
Think U.S. Agriculture Will End World Hunger? Think Again, Says New Report
U.S. agribusiness spokesmen routinely defend practices that pollute air and water, and destroy soil by claiming that American farmers are doing what it takes to “feed the world.”
Boost in Corn Ethanol is Wrong Choice for Clean Air and Land Use
The Obama Administration's proposal to increase the mandate for dirty corn ethanol in gasoline will make air pollution worse and push farmers to grow corn for fuel instead of food, EWG said.
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.
Obama Administration Ethanol Proposal A “Missed Opportunity” for Climate
The Obama Administration's unprecedented decision today, lowering the amount of corn ethanol that refiners must add to gasoline, misses an opportunity to go even further and pave the way for second...
EWG’s Heather White Wins Sustainability Prize
EWG Executive Director Heather White has been named one of Green Building & Design Magazine's Top 20 Women in Sustainability Leadership.
EWG Lauds Rep. Welch as Champion of Green Biofuels
The corn ethanol industry's attacks on Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) over his efforts to reform federal biofuels policies are “completely outrageous and smack of desperation,” says Scott Faber, EWG's...
Cleaner Biofuels: Alternatives to Corn Ethanol Would Cut Carbon Emissions
Compared to dirty corn ethanol, biofuels from next-generation feedstocks could greatly reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change, according to a new report by EWG and University of...
Minnesota Stream Buffer Law Sets an Example for States with Poor Water Quality
A new law requiring grass “buffers” to be planted between cropland and Minnesota's rivers and streams is an innovative and important step toward cutting pollution from farm operations, EWG said today.
Congress Needs to Reform the Broken Renewable Fuel Standard
The Obama administration today released proposals for the amount of biofuels required to be blended into gasoline for 2014, 2015, and 2016 under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Boondoggle: “Prevented Planting” Crop Insurance Plows Up Wetlands, Wastes Billions
A new EWG report reveals that from 2000 to 2013 a total of $4.4 billion in federal “prevented planting” crop insurance payouts went to farmers in 94 counties in the iconic Prairie Pothole Region of...
Corn Ethanol Mandate Must Go: Senate Bill Gets It Right
Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate today would drastically curtail the serious environmental damage inflicted by corn ethanol production, the Environmental Working Group said in a statement.
Bill Would Pave Way For Greener Biofuels
Bipartisan legislation introduced today to eliminate the federal requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline would help pave the way for greener biofuels and lessen the burden on the environment...
New Report Shows Iowans Could Have Cleaner Water With One Simple Rule
Requiring farmers to plant 50-foot wide grass strips, or buffers, between cropland and streams would jumpstart progress toward cleaning Iowa's dirty water while affecting only a handful of growers and...
EWG Applauds Senators’ Move to Eliminate Federal Support for Corn Ethanol
An amendment filed today by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) to repeal the federal corn ethanol mandate would make room to develop greener advanced fuels for American cars...
Obama Administration Punts On Ethanol Mandate Until 2015
The Obama administration today delayed its decision to finalize the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard until next year.