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, November 07, 2017 We're Number 1: U.S. Only Remaining Nation to Reject Climate Change Accord Under President Trump's leadership, the U.S. has attained a unique – and shameful – distinction: the only nation on Earth to reject the Paris agreement on climate change. At the opening of the latest round of United Nations climate talks in Bonn, Germany, a delegate from Syria announced that the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Report: Suspected Carcinogen from Farm Runoff Fouls Drinking Water Across Rural America Drinking water supplies for millions of Americans in farm country are contaminated with a suspected cancer-causing chemical from fertilizer, according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group. The contaminant is nitrate, which gets into drinking water sources when chemical fertilizer or... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Pruitt’s War on Kids’ Health Continues With Repeal of Clean Power Plan Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s decision to scrap the Clean Power Plan is not only a complete collapse of U.S. leadership on climate change, but a direct attack on public health that will trigger tens of thousands more asthma attacks among American children, said EWG President... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Report: One-Third of California’s High-Risk Kids Not Tested for Lead Poisoning Lead is a major threat to children’s health, and an EWG analysis of California’s most recent lead testing data shows the state has fallen far short of its responsibility to test children at the highest risk of exposure. The new EWG report, based on U.S. Census data and Department of Public Health... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, July 25, 2017 To Save $10 Billion, Cut Subsidies for Big Ag, Not Nutrition for Kids and Seniors Want to save the taxpayers $10 billion? Last week, the House Budget Committee approved its fiscal year 2018 budget resolution , which directs the House Agriculture Committee to identify at least $10 billion in cuts over 10 years. Most of these cuts would come from the Supplemental Nutrition... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, May 31, 2017 By Pulling Out of Paris Climate Pact, Trump Ignores 'Moral Responsibility' By pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, President Trump will abdicate his responsibility as leader of the most powerful country in the world, to help fight the looming catastrophe of climate change, said EWG President Ken Cook. Multiple press reports cite White House officials who... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, May 02, 2017 "The Height of Idiocy": Americans Tell Trump's EPA What They Think About Easing Drinking Water Safeguards Almost 40,000 Americans have let the Environmental Protection Agency know what they think about the Trump administration’s agenda to eliminate "burdensome" environmental regulations, including those protecting drinking water from big polluters. As the president might ask, who knew so many of them... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, April 28, 2017 Trump’s EPA Solicits Ideas on How Polluters Can Attack Water Protections The Trump administration is holding a meeting next week to look for ways to let polluters dump more toxic contaminants into the nation’s drinking water. Americans who want clean water can also try to speak up, but the opportunity for public input is severely restricted. An Environmental Protection... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, April 12, 2017 American Oversight and EWG Demand Release of Pruitt Communications with Pesticide Industry American Oversight and the Environmental Working Group today launched a joint investigation into the March 29 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency not to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt rejected the findings of the agency's own experts as well as the... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, February 17, 2017 Near-Partisan Vote Confirms Pruitt for EPA, Imperiling Public Health Protections The nation’s drinking water and air, safeguards against pesticides, and oversight of big polluters are at risk with the Senate's approval today of Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, despite unanswered questions about his relationship with the fossil fuel industry... Read more |