Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Thursday, February 20, 2020 Over 570 Groups Endorse Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Fracking Ban Bills Over 570 national, regional, and local grassroots groups from across the country have signed a letter supporting the Fracking Ban Act , the first-ever federal legislation that would ban fracking and all related infrastructure projects. The legislation was introduced this year by Senators Bernie... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Washington State Senate Passes Ban on Bottled Water Extraction Last night, the Washington State Senate voted to approve legislation to ban water withdrawals for commercial bottled water production. SB 6278 , sponsored by State Senator Reuven Carlyle, would ban new water rights permits for withdrawals for bottled water extraction. The legislation declares that... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Broad Coalition Releases Letter Demanding 'No' Vote on Weak CAFO Bill in Oregon A coalition of local, state, and national organizations has submitted written testimony in a letter to the Oregon Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee in opposition to Senate Bill 1513 which has a hearing today . The bill would make minor revisions to the approval process for new mega... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Clean Economy Act Fails to Fully Confront the Climate Crisis Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) today introduced the Clean Economy Act, legislation that fails to fully confront the scope of our climate crisis. As the world's largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States has a moral obligation to move more quickly to fully phase out the use of... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, February 10, 2020 Trump’s Budget Is Comically Bad for Food and Water Justice Today, President Trump will release his proposal for the fiscal-year 2021 budget. Included in the projected proposal is a drastic 26.5% cut for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an 8% cut for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and overall a strong priority for defense while... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, February 03, 2020 New Research Shows Fracking’s Grave Toll on Climate As the country makes little progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, new research calls into question the supposed climate benefits of the switch from coal to fracked gas-fired power generation. That finding comes in Fracking’s Bridge to Climate Chaos: Exposing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Sanders Unveils Bill to Combat Corporate Polluters and Protect Drinking Water Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the Prevent Future American Sickness (PFAS) Act to require the cleanup of a class of toxic, so-called “forever chemicals”—known by their acronym PFAS—from America’s drinking water. New laboratory... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 29, 2020 USMCA Is a Cheap Shot at Food Safety and Environmental Standards Today, President Trump is set to sign the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). As leaders like the majority of the Democratic presidential candidates celebrate the deal as a win, Food & Water Action adamantly opposes it. Food & Water Action Executive Director Wenonah Hauter said, “... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, January 28, 2020 House Democrats' Climate Plan is Wholly Inadequate Response to Climate Crisis Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the content of the CLEAN Future Act , a climate plan that purports to achieve a goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by the year 2050. In response, Food & Water Action Policy Director Mitch Jones issued the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 23, 2020 Trump’s Scrapping of Critical Water Protection Rule is an Egregious Corporate Handout Today the Trump administration announced the replacement of the Obama-ear Waters of the United States regulations with new rules that drastically reduce the federal government’s ability to monitor and regulate high volumes of pollution into much of the nation’s waterways. In response, Food &... Read more |