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 Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Group Calls on Presidential Candidates to Pledge Administrations Free of Fossil Fuel-Promoting Appointees Today the political advocacy organization Food & Water Action issued a pledge to the Democratic presidential candidates, calling on them to commit, if elected, to only appoint relevant staff that oppose all fracking and new fossil fuel development. The issuance of this pledge comes on the heels... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, September 04, 2019 Senator Warren's Climate Platform Ignores Fossil Fuels Statement of Mitch Jones, Climate & Energy Program Director, Food & Water Watch: "Senator Warren's latest addition to her climate proposals is welcome, but it still fails to meet the most important issue for combating the worsening effects of climate change: the growing supply of fossil... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 29, 2019 EPA Rollback of Methane Rules Shows Disdain for Our Future Today the Trump administration will announce its intention to roll back regulations on methane emissions from oil and gas extraction operations. In response, Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter issued the following statement: “This administration’s disdain for science and the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 22, 2019 Flint’s Water Crisis Shows State Takeover is Not a Solution for Newark Yesterday, Assemblyman Jamel Holley sent a letter to Governor Phil Murphy and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka calling for a formal declaration of a state of emergency over the lead crisis in the city’s water supply, and a full state takeover of the water system. Such steps could lead to a push to privatize... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 22, 2019 Bernie’s Climate Plan is a Benchmark and a Game-Changer This morning, U.S Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released a campaign climate and energy plan that would, among other things: ban fracking; halt new fossil fuel extraction on federal lands; ban fossil fuel imports and exports; rebuild water infrastructure through the WATER Act;... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 15, 2019 Federal Relief Essential for Newark and Other Communities Facing Water Crises After years of combatting lead contamination in cities like Newark, New Jersey’s water crisis came to a crux on Wednesday when tens of thousands of Newark residents were directed to drink only bottled water. Today, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine McCabe... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, August 13, 2019 As Trump Tours Petrochemical Plant, Activist Groups Push Back As Donald Trump visits a Shell petrochemical plant in Beaver County to promote his support for the fracking and plastics industries, a coalition of groups working to stop the environmentally dangerous fossil fuel buildout in the region are highlighting a dubious plan to use a clean energy program... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, August 09, 2019 EPA’s Attempt to Weaken Clean Water Act is an Egregious Handout to Polluting Fossil Fuel Corporations Yesterday EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a new regulatory rollback of Clean Water Act protections in an attempt to implement a new approach to permitting dangerous new fossil fuel infrastructure projects that would weaken the ability of states to protect their waters. In response, Food... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 08, 2019 IPCC: Factory Farms are Contributing to the Climate Crisis The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report today indicating that global climate change is being driven, in part, by corporate factory-farming and industrial meat production. In response, Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter issued the following... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, July 18, 2019 Reps. Khanna, Pocan Introduce Bill To Finally Force Ag Companies to Take Responsibility for Their Own Waste On Thursday, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) introduced the Farmer Fairness Act to extend “environmental liability that Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) contract farmers are already subject to under the Clean Water Act” to vertically integrated meat and poultry... Read more |