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EWG applauds Carper-Braun bill to prioritize climate-smart farming
The following is a statement from Scott Faber, Environmental Working Group senior vice president for government affairs, on the CROP for Farming Act introduced today by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and...

EWG analysis: As the climate emergency heats up the Southwest, crop insurance payouts for heat surge

EWG statement on the debt ceiling agreement: It will hurt hungry people

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

EWG investigation: Of $7.4B spent on two major USDA conservation programs, very little has flowed to ‘climate-smart’ farming

For farmers, historic $20 billion climate spending could save more than the planet
Historic $20 billion spending, in the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, to reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture could not only save the planet, it might also help preserve the good will most...

Senate bill to make historic climate-focused conservation investments

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

EWG speech at AEI on climate and agriculture
EWG Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Scott Faber delivered the following remarks before the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

House passes Build Back Better bill to make historic climate-focused conservation investments

EWG promotes two staff members to lead Midwest office, geospatial team

Build Back Better bill includes $27 billion for historic climate-focused conservation efforts

Budget bill includes $28 billion for historic climate-focused conservation efforts

EWG water atlas links water pollution to heavy fertilizer use in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin

Cover crops, touted as a climate crisis solution, planted on only 1 in 20 acres of Corn Belt cropland

EWG analysis: More testing needed to keep people safe from algae toxins in Upper Midwest

EWG applauds Booker-Spanberger bill to reward climate stewardship on farms and forest lands and expand rural renewable energy production

Will Land O’Lakes/Microsoft ‘Carbon Bank’ Actually Cut Emissions?
Land O'Lakes touts its new agricultural carbon credits market as a “transformational” program rewarding farmers for adopting conservation practices while “incentivizing” corporations to reduce...

Booker Legislation Would Reward Climate Stewardship on Farms and Forest Lands
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today announced legislation to support voluntary conservation practices on more than 100 million acres of U.S. farmland. The bill would also fund the planting of 10 billion...

EWG Report: Small Rural Communities Bear Costly Burden of Nitrate Pollution of Tap Water
Tap water across the nation is contaminated with an agricultural pollutant linked to cancer, and the problem is worst in small communities that can least afford to fix it, according to a new EWG...
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