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Farm Subsidies Contradict Food Pyramid Recommendations
USDA's new food pyramid encourages Americans to make fruits and vegetables the lion's share of their diets, but this policy, the Chicago Tribune points out, doesn't stack up with the crops the agency...
Limbaugh Falsely Claims Feds Spend As Much on Environment as on Defense and Homeland Security
In his April 22 broadcast, conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh claimed that the federal government spends as much on environmental protections as it does on defense and homeland security. Said Limbaugh...
World Oil Production Could Peak Earlier Than Expected
A retired oil-industry geologist told a group of conservative Swiss bankers last week that while the world's supply of oil won't run out for many years, peak production may come as early as next year...
CA City Protects Infants from Rocket Fuel Contamination
One California city is taking no chances on a toxic rocket fuel in its drinking water. Although neither the EPA nor the state has made a final decision on safe levels of perchlorate, the Associated...
Critic of "Bottom Feeders" Got $1 Million in Farm Subsidies
An Iowa state senator who called public workers requesting better retirement benefits “bottom feeders with their hand out” has been caught with his own hand in the cookie jar. Sen. Mark Zieman was...
Bush Admits Energy Bill Won't Lower Gas Prices
Despite his continuing demands that Congress send him an energy bill by the summer, President Bush has finally admitted it would take magic to make his drill-happy legislation ease gas prices.
Energy Bill Debate Highlights Phantom Restrictions on Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration
During debate over the energy bill in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Tuesday, Representatives Hall, Green, Murphy, Rogers, Pickering, and Committee Chair Barton, among others, voiced...
Conservatives for Conservation
Defense and intelligence officials under former presidents Reagan and Bush are joining environmentalists in urging the White House to produce an energy bill that focuses on decreasing American oil...
'Wild' Salmon in Stores May Be Farmed
Fresh wild salmon is gaining popularity over its farmed cousins for its leaner, tastier, less chemically-laden qualities, but recent studies from the New York Times reveal that even if stores say it's...
DeLay Targeted Asbestos Firms for Donations
According to The Associated Press, documents show that fundraisers for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) routinely identified legislative actions that would interest possible donors.
NIH Cracks Down on Scientists' Conflicts of Interest
As of March 7, 2005, National Institute of Health (NIH) employees are no longer allowed to accept consulting fees and stock options from pharmaceutical companies. A group of scientists have formed an...
California Affirms Low Limit of Rocket Fuel in Water Supplies
California will keep its recommendation for the legal limit of the toxic rocket fuel chemical perchlorate in drinking water at 6 parts per billion (ppb), despite EPA levels set over four times higher...
EPA Suppresses Inconvenient Study in Critical Mercury Decision
In the wake of weak mercury pollution standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency last week, The Washington Post reported that the EPA failed to include findings from their own study...
New Study Finds Chemical Cocktail in Household Dust
Tests on household dust in seven states show that we're breathing in a hodgepodge of chemicals from consumer products, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. On the shortlist of 35 toxic industrial...
Bush administration, ACC battle EU cosmetic safety laws
Not content to pander to the cosmetics industry by requiring no safety testing on American personal care products, the Bush administration is now working to thwart Europe's attempts at improving...
Virtual Flood: Virtual Water, Real Profits
The federal government has promised Central Valley agribusinesses that it will increase the amount of taxpayer-subsidized irrigation water by 44 percent over the next 25 years, well beyond what the...
Lax Enforcement on Mercury Pollution Controls Linked to Economic Losses
The Bush Administration says it will allow coal-burning power plans and other mercury polluters to trade emissions allowances, rather than requiring each facility to meet stricter standards. The cap...
Will Congress cut food programs instead of wasteful farm subsidies?
The Associated Press reports that Congress is considering cutting food programs for the poor instead of reforming wasteful farm subsidies to huge agribusinesses. The farm programs cost taxpayers...
EWG Congratulates Sen. Grassley on Payment Limits Amendment
Congressional Quarterly reports that Senator Grassley (R-IA) won support on his amendment to reasonably limit wasteful farm payments.
California Paper Looks at One Family's Body Burden
The Oakland Tribune devoted three days and thousands of words to telling the story of one local family's exposure to toxic chemicals. The paper's superb series presents a new and updated take on the...