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Almost 49M tons of manure pose health risk for Minnesota’s water

USDA reverses course, commits to restore purged climate webpages in response to farmers’ lawsuit

Using AI, EWG maps 357M poultry on North Carolina’s factory farms

EWG: In California, source of much U.S. produce, almost 1,000 factory farms are near crop fields and their irrigation sources
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In drought-addled Colorado River region, USDA programs give farmers billions for business as usual

New USDA ‘climate-smart’ list includes many conservation practices with likely no climate benefits

Advocates urge House Farm Bill leaders to protect and strengthen anti-hunger and climate spending programs, include worker protections
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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: USDA should prohibit ‘climate-friendly’ claims on beef products

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

Farm subsidies, not anti-hunger programs, should be focus of budget cuts

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 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.

EWG analysis: As climate crisis accelerated, 10 Mississippi River basin counties raked in $3 billion in crop insurance payouts

EWG applauds USDA climate pilot projects, calls for Senate to pass Build Back Better Act

EWG analysis: Climate crisis has already cost taxpayers billions in crop insurance payouts to farmers

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