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California Green Chemistry rules should be withdrawn
California is supposed to be a leader on all things green. That was certainly Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's message back in September 2008, when he signed two bills (AB 1879 and SB 509) that he said...
Don't Let Toxic Toys Grinch Your Holiday!
There may be 12 days of Christmas and eight days of Hannukah, but EWG has boiled the shopping hullabaloo down to the number five: five ways to detox your holiday shopping. And, no, our list does not...
Coyote Ugly
Indications are that the wasteful corn ethanol tax credit may be included in a legislative deal negotiated by the Obama White House to extend tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush. Last week...
A Good Day for Black Farmers
The $1.15 billion settlement awarded to black farmers to compensate for decades of discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) become a reality yesterday (Dec. 8) as President Obama...
Ag Pollution Knocks the Chesapeake Bay out of Balance
For more than thirty years, contamination from high-intensity farming has been adding to the pollution that fouls Chesapeake Bay, one of America's most storied waterways. A new report from the...
Your Green Holiday Kitchen in 3 Easy Steps
Whether you're entertaining 20 of your nearest and dearest, baking cookies with the kids, or just filling up a bowl of chips, chances are you're going to spend a lot of time in the kitchen this...
Top 10 Reasons Why Congress Should Say NO to the Ethanol Tax Credit
Rumors are flying that the lame duck Congress will attach an extension of the so-called ethanol “blender's tax credit” to a bill to extend the Bush-era income tax cuts as part of a broader deal. Here...
California Regulators Pull a Bait-and-Switch on Green Chemistry
In September 2008, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated the signing of two bills (AB 1879 and SB 509) that, he said, would propel "California to the forefront of the nation and the world...
Drillers May Be Told to Disclose Fracking Chemicals
By Dusty Horwitt, EWG Senior Counsel Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said this week that his department is weighing a plan to require energy companies to disclose what chemicals they use when...
Another Ethanol Earmark: Bringing Home the Bacon
On Wednesday (Dec 1), 15 senators from Corn Belt states sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell asking them to extend the ethanol tax credits and tariff protection...
A cookbook for everyone on EWG's list
My favorite gifts are recently released cookbooks. I love to give and get them. I know picking the right cookbook can be a challenge - especially when there are so many great ones these days to help...
Honoring Environmentalist and Philanthropist Richard Goldman
Richard Goldman, who died in San Francisco Monday (Nov. 29) at the age of 90, was a pioneer environmentalist and philanthropist who believed passionately in the power of the individual.
Food Safety Bill will Save the Lives of Thousands
At least 5,000 Americans - most of them young children, the elderly and the sick - die every year from eating contaminated food, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Food Safety Bill will Save the Lives of Thousands
At least 5,000 Americans - most of them young children, the elderly and the sick - die every year from eating contaminated food, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Tell Congress: Pass the Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act
With the aftershocks from this month's midterm election still reverberating around the nation, the "lame-duck" Congress returning to Washington for one last week's work is largely ready to punt most...
Obstructionists Stand in the Way of Justice
DTN Progressive Farmer political correspondent Jerry Hagstrom is reporting that black farmers' claims against the US Department of Agriculture "could be settled today if the House, as expected, takes...
Tepid Tea for Corn Ethanol Subsidy Backers
Tea party backers, environmental groups, faith-based organizations, and the bulk of the U.S. meat and dairy industry joined forces today, calling on Congressional leaders to eliminate a wasteful...
European Union Stands Up for Infants
Just a week after a few members of Congress buckled to chemical industry interests and blocked language that would have banned BPA from baby bottles and sippy cups, the European Union is showing the...
Polluting babies? It just takes a phone call
Raw political power was on display last week in the U.S. Senate. The "world's greatest deliberative body" had just completed two years of negotiations over legislation to safeguard the nation's food...
On Turkeys: Arsenic In, Arsenic Out
By Lisa Frack, with Sonya Lunder and Rebecca Sutton, PhD There's a lot to think about when you're buying that Thanksgiving turkey: how many pounds for the number of guests, how far in advance you need...
