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Power and profit: How PG&E fails California ratepayers and what to do about it

EWG’s utility business model would create a more balanced policy and regulatory regime for PG&E customers. It is designed to hold the company responsible for its investment patterns and shift...

June 16, 2022

Pesticides

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Farming & Agriculture

Report: 32 million pounds of toxic pesticides sprayed on Ventura County fields from 2015 to 2020

Today, from Oxnard to Ojai, people in Ventura County live, work and go to school next to farm fields sprayed with some of the most toxic pesticides used in agriculture.

February 3, 2022

For decades, the FDA knew toxic 'forever chemicals' were dangerous but continued to allow their use

As far back as the 1960s, animal studies showed the chemicals caused harm even months after exposure ended and industry studies showed they could migrate from paper and paperboard food packaging into...

February 10, 2022

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Energy

Federal & State Energy Policy

Power and profit: How PG&E fails California ratepayers and what to do about it

June 16, 2022

EWG’s utility business model would create a more balanced policy and regulatory regime for PG&E customers. It is designed to hold the company responsible for its investment patterns and shift...

Energy

Renewable Energy

Fossil & Nuclear

Federal & State Energy Policy

The promise of the clean energy economy for American workers

April 6, 2021

One week after taking office, President Biden signed sweeping executive orders outlining ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis and speed the transition to a clean energy economy, and promised...

Federal & State Energy Policy

Regional Issues

North Carolina

Duke Energy’s Epic Fails: $11.6 Billion in Scrapped Projects Since 2013

August 31, 2020

In July, Duke Energy and Dominion Energy canceled the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Six months earlier, Duke and three partners canceled the $1 billion Constitution Pipeline. These surprising...

Energy

Federal & State Energy Policy

Regional Issues

North Carolina

Tone Deaf: The Facts Behind Duke Energy’s Low-Income Programs

June 3, 2020

In a November 2017 interview, Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy, said: “Affordability is really important, whether you are a consumer with low discretionary income or you’re an industrial company that’s...

Energy

Utilities

Fossil & Nuclear

Federal & State Energy Policy

Picking Losers: Why Coal and Nuclear Interests Are Desperate for a Ratepayer Bailout

November 10, 2017

FERC data compiled by EWG show why the Trump administration's friends in the coal and nuclear industries are desperate for a ratepayer bailout: Their plants are losing billions of dollars, and without...

Toxic Chemicals

Energy

California

Federal & State Energy Policy

Food & Water

Regional Issues

Toxic Chemicals May Contaminate Oil Field Wastewater Used to Grow Calif. Crops

October 26, 2016

In the last three years, farmers have irrigated 95,000 acres of food crops with billions of gallons of oil field wastewater possibly tainted with toxic chemicals.

Energy

Midwest

Federal & State Energy Policy

Farming & Agriculture

Better Biofuels Ahead

November 3, 2015

Biofuels produced from switchgrass and post-harvest corn waste could significantly reduce the emissions that contribute to climate change, according to an analysis by EWG and University of California...

Energy

California

Federal & State Energy Policy

California’s Fracking Fluids

August 12, 2015

The fluids used in hydraulic fracturing of oil wells in California contain dozens of chemicals that are hazardous to human health, including substances linked to cancer, reproductive harm and hormone...

Energy

California

Federal & State Energy Policy

Toxic Stew

March 10, 2015

Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells in California is heavily contaminated with a toxic stew of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, an analysis by Environmental...

Midwest

Energy

Fossil & Nuclear

Federal & State Energy Policy

Monster Wells

November 18, 2014

Despite Drought, Hundreds of Fracking Sites Used More Than 10 Million Gallons of Water

Energy

California

Federal & State Energy Policy

Vitter Pressures EPA Inspector General

August 6, 2014

For Sen. David L. Vitter (R-La.), there's no more appealing target than the Environmental Protection Agency.

June 30, 2011

Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades. But now, natural gas producers are deploying a new gas drilling method called high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing to release gas locked in...

Energy

Federal & State Energy Policy

Free Pass for Oil and Gas

March 26, 2009

Oil and natural gas companies have drilled almost 120,000 wells in the West since 2000, mostly for natural gas, and nearly 270,000 since 1980, according to industry records analyzed by Environmental...

Energy

Federal & State Energy Policy

November 8, 2005

A little-known provision in the current House budget reconciliation could precipitate one of the largest land giveaways in American history. The provision, spearheaded by Rep. Richard Pombo of...

Expert Spotlight

Chemical companies provide quarterly reports on production and sales figures to shareholders. Why shouldn’t the public and EPA receive similar reports every year about commonly used chemicals, some of which could pose a serious health risk?”

David Andrews, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

News & Insights

Quibble with Kibbles: ‘Forever chemicals’ in pet food packaging add to perils at home

November 3, 2022

The toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS create health hazards at home, since they’re used in everyday items like cookware and cosmetics – and new EWG research finds some popular pet food packaging...

New baby textile product tests show concerning levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

November 3, 2022

You may have noticed an uptick in media reports detailing new discoveries in various consumer products of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. They’re highly toxic and pervasive – and found in...

Personal Care Products

Sunscreen

Toxic Chemicals

Lacking safety data, the FDA should act to ban oxybenzone in sunscreens

October 27, 2022

Time’s up, sunscreen industry. Last month, the clock ran out on the sunscreen industry to prove to the Food and Drug Administration that oxybenzone, a common ingredient in sunscreen, is both safe and...

Personal Care Products

Frightful ingredients hiding in Halloween face paint

October 27, 2022

With Halloween around the corner, many kids will use face paint as the perfect finishing touch for their costumes. It’s a popular alternative to costume masks, which can obscure children’s vision on...

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