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PG&E plot to sell roughly 50 percent of non-nuclear power generation to Wall Street investors reveals business model’s flaws

Pacific Gas & Electric executives are looking to sell to Wall Street investors about half the utility’s non-nuclear electricity generation capacity. The sale would take place via a new subsidiary in a...

Another Delay from FDA

Late Thursday EWG found out the Food and Drug Administration was going to delay their sunscreen regulations by six months, at the request of the cosmetics industry. EWG replied with a statement that...

Serve up healthy mornings at home with EWG’s top organic cereal choices

Breakfast is, for many people, their most important meal. What you choose to eat first thing can set the tone for the rest of the day. Often we don’t have to time cook a big breakfast, let alone sit...

EWG news roundup (8/12): NAS urges EPA to look into risks of sunscreen UV filters, 'Erin Brockovich’ chemical spill in Michigan and more

EWG news roundup (8/12): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Scorching heat and historic drought threaten California’s electric grid, showing need for more rooftop solar

Temperatures are soaring in much of central California – above 100 degrees in places – and the resulting higher demand on the electricity grid could cause blackouts.

EWG news roundup (8/19): Newly signed IRA includes $20B for climate conservation spending, chemists develop new method for destroying PFAS and more

EWG news roundup (8/19): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

New study finds over 57,000 additional suspected dischargers of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

A new study published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters identifies at least 57,000 sites potentially contaminated with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

EWG report: As climate crisis worsens, a wetter Midwest is linked to climbing crop insurance costs

As precipitation increased in recent years across the Midwest, so did crop insurance costs for wetter weather linked to the rapidly accelerating climate catastrophe, finds a new Environmental Working...

It’s time to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances ‘expeditiously,’ 150 groups say

A letter sent today to the Environmental Protection Agency by 150 environmental, health and justice organizations, including the Environmental Working Group, is pressing for final designation of two...

As ratepayers struggle to pay PG&E energy bills, CEO rakes in over 190 times the typical employee salary

Pacific Gas & Electric’s CEO Patricia Poppe received $51.2 million in compensation last year, more than 190 times what the utility’s average employee earns and a tone deaf windfall amid soaring energy...
Research

The health benefits of a whole foods, plant-forward diet

A plant-forward diet – loosely defined as a diet that is rich in plant foods but that can also include eggs, dairy foods, and occasionally lean meat, poultry and seafood ­– is becoming more widely accepted as a way of eating that promotes optimal health.

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Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Diets

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

2016

 

Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant Based Diets

The

Unilever spray shampoo tainted with cancer-causing benzene

Unilever is the latest company to issue a voluntary recall of aerosol personal care products because of elevated levels of benzene. Benzene contamination has led to similar product recalls by other...

Internal papers show Syngenta hid risks of widely used pesticide from public, regulators for decades

A trove of internal documents obtained and published by The New Lede show Swiss chemical giant Syngenta knew in the 1960s and 1970s that the widely used weedkiller paraquat could build up in human...

EWG applauds Gov. Newsom’s plan to make big oil pay for gouging Californians at the pump

The Environmental Working Group applauds California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Legislature members for making good on their promise to penalize big oil companies for rampant price gouging at the pump...

Change the market. Advocate for safety. Lead with science. Protect our health.

We combine peer-reviewed research, data analysis and groundbreaking consumer tools with expert communications and advocacy to bring about changes in policy, consumer demand and market behavior. These...

Ryan Gosling and Dirty Cleaners

The "Hall of Shame" of the dirtiest cleaners from our upcoming EWG Cleaners Database was released Monday evening to our email list and selective media outlets. EWG supporter feedback was impressive -...

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Leading California clean energy, environmental justice advocates to discuss state’s proposal to gut rooftop solar program

Prominent clean energy and environmental justice organization leaders will hold a live virtual event on November 17 to discuss how California utility regulators are proposing to hobble the state’s...

EWG applauds future leaders of environmental and public health advocacy

The Environmental Working Group just completed its latest summer as a partner in the Stanback Fellowship Program through Duke University, which provides undergraduate students for internships in...

California ban on gas cars will require far more rooftop solar for EV charging

The Golden State on Thursday is expected to announce it will ban all new gasoline-powered automobiles by 2035, according to press reports.

EWG analysis: In the Mississippi River region, the climate crisis helped run up a $39.5B taxpayer bill for crop insurance premiums

Crop insurance premium subsidies in the Mississippi River region cost taxpayers almost $39.5 billion between 2001 and 2020, a new EWG analysis of Department of Agriculture data finds.