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At EWG, our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know.

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The Unintended Environmental Impacts of the Renewable Fuels Standard

Time to Change Direction in Biofuel Policy
» Read more... | Published August 29, 2008

Coming Up Dry

Drilling on Western lands has gone up 75% a year since 2000, but gas prices have not gone down.
» Read more... | Published July 17, 2008

Biofuels and Bad Weather

America’s Food-to-Fuel Gamble
Record Flooding and Possible Summer Drought Could Send Food and Fuel Prices Higher
» Read more... | Published June 16, 2008

Colorado's Chemical Injection

Oil and gas companies in Colorado are injecting wells with millions of gallons of unknown fluids that contain dozens of dangerous chemicals linked to respiratory, neurological, cardiovascular, immune, and other disorders, including cancer.
» Read more... | Published June 10, 2008

Sundown on the Sagebrush Rebellion

Western Newspapers Join Nationwide Calls for Mining Reform
» Read more... | Published April 14, 2008

Mining Claims Threaten Western Cities and Towns

Soaring prices for gold, copper, uranium and other metals have produced an explosion of mining claims across the West, encroaching on hundreds of sprawling cities, destination resorts, retirement communities and remote recreation retreats.
» Read more... | Published March 11, 2008
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