Environmental Working Group (EWG)
The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Trump EPA Sides With Bayer/Monsanto Over Science, Claims Cancer-Causing Weedkiller 'Safe' The Environmental Protection Agency said today the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto's carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup is safe, ignoring a growing body of independent research showing a strong connection between glyphosate and cancer in humans. "Today's decision by Administrator Wheeler, like... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Former EPA Head Scott Pruitt Hired as Lobbyist to Save Coal in Indiana. (He Can’t) A major coal mining company in Indiana has hired former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to lobby against plans to close several coal-fired power plants in the state. Hallador Energy Company issued a news release heralding its decision to hire Pruitt “to attempt to protect the... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, April 19, 2019 U.S. Court Orders Trump EPA to Decide Fate of Brain-Damaging Pesticide The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today gave Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler 90 days to decide whether his agency will ban the use of the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos on foods. “We’ll find out in three months if the Trump EPA remains under the tight... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, April 04, 2019 Trump Wants to Let Hog Farmers Decide if Pork is Safe The Trump administration plans to let the pork industry take over inspections of meat from industrial-scale hog farms, including all tests for deadly pathogens that sicken half a million Americans a year, according to The Washington Post. As Esquire columnist Charles P. Pierce asks, “What could go... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, April 03, 2019 Trump Wants to Let Hog Farmers Decide if Pork is Safe The Trump administration plans to let the pork industry take over inspections of meat from industrial-scale hog farms, including all tests for deadly pathogens that sicken half a million Americans a year, according to The Washington Post. As Esquire columnist Charles P. Pierce asks, “What could go... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 28, 2019 Jury Slams Monsanto for Corporate Malfeasance in Roundup Cancer Trial, Awards $80 Million in Damages Today, a second jury in less that 8 months found Bayer-Monsanto’s signature weedkiller Roundup responsible for causing cancer. The verdict in the case Hardeman v. Monsanto before a federal district court in San Francisco found exposure to glyphosate, the signature ingredient in Roundup, caused... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Saving $2 Billion in Polluter Profits Tops Trump EPA’s 2018 ‘Accomplishments’ The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2018 list of accomplishments touts policies that make it easier and cheaper for polluters to pollute, while painting a wildly distorted record of protecting children’s health. In acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler’s Year in Review, topping the list is pushing... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, January 25, 2019 EWG Joins More Than 280 Public Interest Groups Calling for End to Government Shutdown The prolonged partial shutdown of the federal government over President Trump’s insistence for a southern border wall is inflicting enormous public health, environmental and economic damage to millions of Americans, a coalition of more than 280 public interest groups warned in a letter to the... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 16, 2019 EPA’s Wheeler: Climate Change ‘Not a Crisis’ Andrew Wheeler, acting chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that he doesn’t consider climate change “the greatest crisis” facing the nation but rather “a huge issue that has to be addressed globally.” Testifying before the Senate Environment and... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 16, 2019 EPA’s Wheeler Faces Confirmation Hearing Before Senate Environment Panel Andrew Wheeler faces a Senate panel confirmation hearing Wednesday for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, after a six-month tenure as acting administrator that was marked by the rollback of environmental and public health protections. Wheeler, a former top lobbyist for the chemical and... Read more |