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Trump EPA To Repeal Rules Curbing Methane Pollution, a Potent Global-Warming Gas

Thursday, August 29, 2019
In a move to increase the already soaring domestic production of oil and gas, the Trump administration plans to roll back Obama-era rules to curb methane leaks, which are even worse for the climate than carbon dioxide pollution
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Utilities
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

Monsanto Emails: ‘Let’s Beat the S*** Out of’ Moms Worried About Cancer-Linked Weedkiller

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
A Monsanto executive said he wanted to “beat the shit out of’ a mothers’ group that urged the company to stop selling its Roundup weedkiller, according to internal emails obtained by lawyers for victims who say the pesticide caused their cancer.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Glyphosate
Farming
Food

Trump Skips G-7 Climate Meeting, Slams Renewable Energy, but Insists ‘I’m an Environmentalist’

Monday, August 26, 2019
President Trump insisted today he’s an environmentalist – but he had a peculiar way of showing it. After skipping a key meeting of world leaders at the G-7 summit on climate change, Trump said he would not jeopardize the profits of the oil, coal and natural gas industries by promoting clean, renewable energy.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Clean Energy and You
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

Study: Newer PFAS Chemicals ‘May Pose More Risks’ Than Those They Replaced

Thursday, August 22, 2019
A new peer-reviewed study refutes claims by the chemical industry that the next generation of toxic fluorinated compounds, or PFAS, is safer than two notorious PFAS chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases that were pulled off the market in the U.S.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

White House Aides Evacuate Over Asbestos Risks as Administration Moves To Keep Deadly Carcinogen Legal

Thursday, August 22, 2019
Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway and other senior White House aides have vacated their West Wing offices while asbestos is removed – even as the Trump administration is manipulating a federal chemical safety law to keep asbestos legal.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Asbestos

Duke Energy Blames Renewables for Increased Air Pollution in North Carolina

Tuesday, August 20, 2019
At a time when forward-looking utilities are rapidly transitioning to renewable energy, the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utility is pushing an outlandish claim that the growth of solar power will increase air pollution.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Utilities
Clean Energy and You
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Booker Legislation Would Reward Climate Stewardship on Farms and Forest Lands

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today announced legislation to support voluntary conservation practices on more than 100 million acres of U.S. farmland. The bill would also fund the planting of 10 billion trees.
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Key Issues: 
Farming
Conservation

Report: Toxins From Algae Outbreaks Plague Hundreds of Lakes in 48 States

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Federal and state tests have found dangerous toxins, common in outbreaks of blue-green algae, in hundreds of lakes, rivers and other bodies of water nationwide – yet authorities are doing little to notify and protect Americans, according to a new analysis and map from the Environmental Working Group.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Water
Toxic Algae
Tap Water

Europe Says ‘No Safe Level’ of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Trump EPA Refused To Ban

Friday, August 2, 2019
European food safety regulators have found there is no safe level of exposure for a brain-damaging pesticide President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency recently refused to ban.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming
Food

Pentagon Announces PFAS Task Force to Address Contamination at Military Bases

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
The Defense Department will establish a new task force to address drinking water contamination from the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS at military facilities and in nearby communities, according to a news release by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

Ohio Passes Nuclear Bailout Bill, Bringing State-Level Nuke Subsidies to $15.5 Billion

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Ohio legislators today passed by a one-vote margin a bill giving a $1.1 billion bailout to two nuclear power plants.
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Key Issues: 
Energy

EPA Data: Under Trump, a Sharp Increase in Unhealthy Air in Big Cities

Thursday, July 18, 2019
The number of unhealthy air days in nearly three dozen cities soared in the first two years of the Trump administration, according to an annual air pollution report released Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics

EPA’s Wheeler Keeps Brain-Damaging Pesticide Legal for Use on Foods Kids Eat

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Farmers can keep spraying fruits and vegetables with a pesticide shown to harm a child’s brain even at low levels of exposure, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency said today.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Farming
Food
Chemicals in Food

House Passes Major PFAS Cleanup Legislation

Friday, July 12, 2019
The House passed a major defense spending bill today that includes important amendments requiring the Defense Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor and clean up the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

EWG Applauds Passage of Amendment to Designate PFAS as “Hazardous Substances”

Friday, July 12, 2019
The House of Representatives today approved an amendment to designate PFAS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA, the Superfund law.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

Retired Marine Jerry Ensminger Calls on House To Designate PFAS as “Hazardous Substances”

Friday, July 12, 2019
Retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, who was stationed for many years at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in North Carolina, lost his daughter Janey, in 1985, at the age of nine from leukemia after she was exposed to toxic chemicals while living on base.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

30 Years Ago Today, EPA Tried – and Failed – To Ban Asbestos

Friday, July 12, 2019
Thirty years ago today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to ban asbestos. It failed, and despite more than 1 million deaths of Americans since then, now the Trump EPA is working to keep the deadly carcinogen legal.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Asbestos
Consumer Products

EWG Applauds Passage of House Amendments to End Military Uses of PFAS

Thursday, July 11, 2019
The House of Representatives tonight approved amendments to quickly end the military’s use of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in firefighting foam and food packaging and to expand efforts to monitor for PFAS pollution.
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Key Issues: 
Water

EWG Applauds Passage of Amendment to Restrict PFAS Pollution into Drinking Water Supplies

Thursday, July 11, 2019
EWG applauds the House passage of an amendment authored by Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) to limit industrial discharges of fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS into drinking water supplies.
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Key Issues: 
Water

PFAS Map Update: New Data Show Scope of Known Contamination Still Growing

Thursday, July 11, 2019
The Environmental Working Group has confirmed the presence of the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS at almost 100 new sites.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals

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