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FERC Nominee Who Slammed Renewable Energy, Pushed Coal Bailout Narrowly Passes Senate

Thursday, December 6, 2018

The Senate today narrowly approved President Trump’s nominee for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission who has openly criticized renewable energy and played a key role in the administration’s efforts to bail out the failing coal and nuclear industries.

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Energy

Renewable Energy

Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Federal and State Policy

Tests Find PFAS Chemicals in Cosmetics at ‘Elevated Levels’

Thursday, December 6, 2018

A new study from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency found toxic fluorinated, or PFAS, chemicals at high levels in nearly one-third of the cosmetics products it tested.

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Less Expensive K-Beauty Skincare Products Score Green

Thursday, December 6, 2018

A new EWG analysis of serums and essences, popularized by Korean beauty, or K-Beauty, finds that about 40 percent of the products were formulated with less hazardous ingredients. U.S. sales of K-beauty products have increased by almost 300 percent in the past two years alone.

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Consumer Products

Cosmetics

Trump EPA To Scale Back Climate Rule To Pave Way for More Coal Plants

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The Environmental Protection Agency will repeal an Obama-era climate change regulation requiring coal-fired power plants to install technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions, according to reporting by The New York Times and Axios.

Key Issues:

Energy

Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

U.S. Coal Consumption Plummets to 40 Year Low

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Total U.S. coal consumption is expected to fall to its lowest level in nearly 40 years, according to a report by the federal Energy Information Agency.

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Energy

Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Coal Boss Who Pushed for Industry Bailout Doubts Trump Will Deliver

Friday, November 30, 2018

A top coal executive who pushed the Trump administration for a bailout that would cost consumers billions of dollars a year admitted the president probably won’t be able to keep his campaign pledge to save the dying industry.

Key Issues:

Energy

Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Hurricane Florence Flooded Poultry Operations Housing 1.8 Million Birds, Investigation Finds

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The heavy rains and high waters after Hurricane Florence flooded 35 industrial poultry operations in North Carolina housing an estimated 1.8 million birds, according to a new investigation by Waterkeeper Alliance and the Environmental Working Group.

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Toxics

Farming

Water

White House Doubles Down on Dismissal of Climate Report: ‘Not Based on Facts’

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Now we know why President Trump doesn’t believe the dire climate change report issued by his own administration last week. Trump’s press secretary says the report is “not based on facts.”

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Energy

Trump on Federal Climate Report: ‘I Don’t Believe It’

Monday, November 26, 2018

President Trump doesn’t believe the alarming climate change report by more than 300 scientists in 13 agencies in his own administration.

Key Issues:

Energy

Farming

Water

Cosmetics Reform Featured in Latest Episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Monday, November 26, 2018

Last night, the reality television show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” featured Kourtney Kardashian describing her routine use of EWG’s Healthy Living app and our consumer databases like Skin Deep® to score the personal care products and the food she chooses for her family.

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Trump Elevates Coal Lobbyist To Lead EPA

Friday, November 16, 2018

After a career as a coal lobbyist and five months as acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler has been tapped by President Trump to be the agency’s next administrator.

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EPA: GenX Nearly as Toxic as Notorious Non-Stick Chemicals It Replaced

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

GenX, introduced a decade ago as a “safer” alternative for the notorious non-stick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, is nearly as toxic to people as what it replaced, says an Environmental Protection Agency study released today.

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Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer Taints Tap Water for Millions in Corn Belt

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Seasonal spikes of atrazine – a weed killer that can disrupt hormones and harm developing fetuses – contaminate drinking water in corn-growing areas of the Midwest and beyond, according to an analysis of federal records by the Environmental Working Group.

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In Rebuke of Trump Administration, Voters Deliver Strong Backing for Public Health and Environmental Protection

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

The results of the mid-term elections are a repudiation of President Trump’s pro-polluter agenda that could not have come at a more critical time for the health and well-being of every American, said Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook.

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Is EPA’s Climate Change Website Gone for Good?

Friday, November 2, 2018

The section of the Environmental Protection Agency’s website that linked human activity, fossil fuels and carbon dioxide to climate change seems to have disappeared for good.

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Toxics

Energy

Renewable Energy

Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Landmark Federal Study: ‘Clear Evidence’ Linking Cellphone Radiation to Cancer

Thursday, November 1, 2018

The largest-ever animal study of cellphone radiation effects, released today by the National Toxicology Program, or NTP, confirms earlier evidence from human studies that cellphone radiation increases the risk of cancer

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Toxics

Consumer Products

Cell Phones

Tests Reveal More Weed Killer Than Some Vitamins in Kids’ Cereals

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Tests found more of the weed killer glyphosate than of some vitamins in samples of oat-based breakfast cereals marketed to children, an Environmental Working Group analysis shows.

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California Baby® Creates New Plant-Based Preservative

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

California Baby ® , a global skincare leader, is advancing the marketplace with a plant-based solution for preservatives in personal care products.

Key Issues:

Consumer Products

Cosmetics

Children’s Products

FDA Bans Lead-Based Neurotoxin from Consumer Hair Dyes

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

The Food and Drug Administration will ban the use of toxic lead acetate in consumer hair dyes such as Grecian Formula, the agency announced today. Lead acetate is the active ingredient that slowly darkens gray hair when used every few days, and can increase the level of lead in users’ bodies.

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Roundup for Breakfast, Part 2: In New Tests, Weed Killer Found in All Kids’ Cereals Sampled

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

A second round of tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer in every sample of popular oat-based cereal and other oat-based food marketed to children.

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