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Groups push agencies to buy only products free from ‘forever chemicals’
A year after President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to steer their purchasing contracts away from products that contain the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, a coalition of advocacy groups is...
Global polluter 3M pledges to stop manufacturing toxic ‘forever chemicals’
Today 3M announced that by the end of 2025 it will stop manufacturing the toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS and work to discontinue their uses, But it’s too little, too late, because 3M has...
PG&E asks California regulators to ‘recover’ $1.36B from ratepayers for cost of utility’s wildfires
Just days after Pacific Gas & Electric persuaded California regulators to back a calamitous plan that will tank the state’s popular rooftop solar program, the reviled utility is asking the same...
Clean energy advocates urge N.C. regulators to reject Duke’s proposed rooftop solar policy changes
North Carolina regulators must reject a Duke Energy plan to impose new fees and onerous requirements on residential solar customers, says a coalition of advocacy groups. They say the plan ignores a...
More than 600,000 service members given ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
More than 600,000 service members at 116 military installations were annually served water with potentially unsafe levels of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to an Environmental...
California regulators’ vote to quash rooftop solar undermines Gov. Newsom’s climate goals
Golden State regulators have released their final proposed decision, the state’s monopoly utilities which will quash its wildly successful rooftop solar program. The plan will hobble solar’s growth by...
PG&E lays off scores of fire safety workers, despite horrendous wildfire record
Pacific Gas & Electric has laid off at least 800 contract employees over the past few weeks, including many responsible for helping prevent wildfires. The layoffs come despite PG&E’s long history of...
NRC would 'violate federal law' by fast-tracking PG&E bid to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, groups say
On December 6, in their second letter to the Commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) within the space of three weeks, four environmental organizations once again put the NRC on...
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EWG applauds Congress for tackling ‘forever chemicals’ in National Defense Authorization Act
he Environmental Working Group applauds Congress for including several provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, for fiscal year 2023 to tackle the toxic “forever chemicals” known...
EWG applauds bicameral legislation to address crypto mining’s climate and energy impacts
The Environmental Working Group today applauded Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) for introducing legislation to require more reporting and analysis of the climate and energy...
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EWG urges California to drop half-baked attack on future of home solar program
The Environmental Working Group filed comments urging California regulators to drop a harebrained proposal to wreck the state’s popular rooftop solar policy. The program gives working- and middle...
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...
‘Forever chemicals’ polluters could soon face new limits
Thousands of polluters dumping the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS into our waterways could soon face new limits on their releases.
EPA proposal will expand polluter reporting of ‘forever chemical’ discharges
Today the Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed rule removing a loophole that has allowed companies to shirk their obligation to report the toxic forever chemicals known as PFAS under...
House passes bill to protect firefighters from ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Working Group applauds the House for passing a bill to help protect firefighters from exposure to the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS widely used in their tools and equipment...
New EWG research finds many North Carolina factory farms are at risk of flooding
A new Environmental Working Group geospatial analysis finds over 2 percent of North Carolina’s 7,352 swine and poultry factory farms are in or just outside floodplains. When these farms flood, they...
Thousands of sippy cups and bottles recalled due to lead poisoning hazard
On November 23, the baby product company Green Sprouts issued a voluntary recall of more than 10,000 stainless steel bottles and sippy cups because of lead poisoning concerns.
EWG applauds Hochul for enacting first-in-U.S. freeze on cryptocurrency mining
The Environmental Working Group today applauds New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, for signing into law a bill that places a two-year pause on cryptocurrency mining in the state. It’s the first...
California sues manufacturers like 3M and DuPont over toxic ‘forever chemicals’
On November 10, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against chemical companies like 3M and DuPont for endangering public health and harming and destroying the state’s natural...
California’s latest rooftop solar proposal favors monopoly utilities over the competition – their customers
California regulators today proposed changing the state’s popular rooftop solar program largely to benefit monopoly utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric, making it more expensive for working- and...
