Lobbying

Environmental Working Group's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $390K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $809.8K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Agriculture and Environmental/Superfund.

Environmental Working Group

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$809.8K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Environmental Working Group lobbying by quarter
Environmental Working Group lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$131.4K2
Q1 2023$143.8K2
Q2 2023$214.2K2
Q3 2023$212K3
Q4 2023$267.4K4
Q1 2024$264.8K3
Q2 2024$345.3K3
Q3 2024$190.4K3
Q4 2024$162.1K3
Q1 2025$146.6K2
Q2 2025$216.1K3
Q3 2025$183.3K2
Q4 2025$161.5K2
Q1 2026$258.2K2
Q2 2026$390K2
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Agriculture$308.3K · 14 reports
  • Environment and Superfund$276.7K · 13 reports
  • Food industry$263.3K · 8 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$73.3K · 7 reports
  • Clean air and water$63.3K · 7 reports
  • Government issues$63.3K · 7 reports
  • Consumer protection and safety$48.3K · 5 reports
  • Defense$35K · 3 reports
  • Aviation and airlines$18.3K · 2 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES24 reports
  • SENATE24 reports
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)2 reports
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)2 reports
  • White House Office2 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseEnvironmental Working Group$2.5M15 quarters
NVG$280K7 quarters
Acg Advocacy$250K5 quarters
Capitol South$150K6 quarters
Thorn Run Partners$130K5 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
JULIE PHILPLD, Rep. John Campbell; LA/Senior LA, Rep. Gil Gutknecht; LA and Scheduler, Rep. Michael Burgess; LA, Scheduler, Rep. Connie Morella; LA, Ileana Ros-LehtinenQ2 2026
MICHAEL BARBERAChief of Staff, Rep. Curt WeldonQ2 2026
SHAWN H SMEALLIESpecial Assistant to President Bush for Legislative Affairs; Special Assistant to Director for Legislative Affairs at OMBQ2 2026
WILLIAM IRBY jrPress Secretary, Communications Director, and Legislative Aide to Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-KYQ4 2024
JOSHUA F. HURVITZLegislative Director, Rep. Anthony WeinerQ2 2024
BG WRIGHTProfessional Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; Professional Staff, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on AppropriationsQ4 2023
GARY PALMQUISTLegislative Director: Rep. Dennis Cardoza, Rep. Bob Clement, Rep. Ken BentsenQ4 2023
STUART CHAPMANChief of Staff, Representative Carolyn McCarthy; Chief of Staff, Representative Zack Space; Press Secretary, Senator Jay Rockefeller; Press Secretary, Representative Barbara LeeQ4 2023

Lobbying reports

Filed by
08/07for Q2In-house$340K
07/20for Q2Acg Advocacy$50K
05/04for Q1In-house$208.2K
04/20for Q1Acg Advocacy$50K
01/27for Q4 2025In-house$111.5K
01/27for Q3 2025In-house$133.3K
01/27for Q2 2025In-house$146.1K
01/27for Q1 2025In-house$116.6K
01/19for Q4 2025Acg Advocacy$50K
25/11/07for Q3 2025In-house$66.8K
25/10/17for Q3 2025Acg Advocacy$50K
25/07/28for Q2 2025In-house$56.9K
25/07/10for Q2 2025Acg Advocacy$50K
25/07/08for Q2 2025Acg AdvocacyUnder $5,000
25/05/16for Q2 2025NVG$20K
25/04/28for Q1 2025In-house$35.4K
25/04/19for Q1 2025NVG$30K
25/01/24for Q4 2024In-house$102.1K
25/01/20for Q4 2024NVG$50K
24/11/12for Q4 2024Capitol South$10K