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    Farmworker Adrian Gonzalez irrigates a field of newly planted alfalfa on December 29, 2022 in Calipatria, California.

    Tackle 'Abuse of Water' by Big Ag and Big Oil, Advocates Say Amid Colorado River Fight

    One campaigner implored governors and the Biden administration to "muster the political will to stop the expansion of water-intensive crops like tree nuts and alfalfa, factory farms, fracking, and fossil fuel extraction."

    Kenny Stancil
    Feb 03, 2023

    Since the seven Colorado River Basin states failed again this week to reach a consensus on a plan to conserve the region's dwindling water resources, environmental justice campaigners have implored officials to prioritize combating the "overuse and abuse" of water by agribusiness and fossil fuel corporations.

    Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed Monday on a proposed framework to collectively slash water use by roughly 15%. But California refused to approve the plan and submitted its own on Tuesday, causing the states to miss a federal deadline to finalize an interstate water conservation pact for the second time in six months. This sets the stage for what CNN describes as a "high-stakes legal battle" and increases the likelihood that the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation will impose its own solution later this year.

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    Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), left, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), right, talk during an elevator ride at the U.S. Capitol on September 22, 2021.

    Manchin Joins With Cruz on 'Absurd' Bill to Protect Toxic Gas Stoves

    One critic said the right-wing Democrat intends "to inhibit climate action and undermine agencies charged with protecting public health and safety—all in the interest of propping up his fossil fuel funders."

    Kenny Stancil
    Feb 02, 2023

    Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Thursday introduced legislation that would prevent a federal agency from banning gas stoves.

    Cruz and Manchin's bill to preempt the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from banning gas stoves—titled the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and described by progressive advocacy group Food & Water Watch as "absurd"—comes even though the agency says it has no plans to implement such a prohibition.

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    A factory farm is seen in Ione, Oregon.

    How US Policy Devastated Small Dairy Farms and Boosted Corporate Monopolies

    "Corporate consolidation is at the heart of our food system's dysfunction," said one policy analyst.

    Julia Conley
    Jan 31, 2023

    Food & Water Watch on Tuesday released an analysis of the U.S. dairy farming industry—the climate and food justice group's third in-depth report on the economic costs of food monopolies—revealing how corporate consolidation has helped push small family farms out of business over the past two decades, while worsening the climate emergency.

    In The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies: Dirty Dairy Racket, Food & Water Watch (FWW) explains how factors including the gutting of farm supply management policies and higher production costs have helped cause rapid consolidation in the dairy sector, with 70% of family-scale dairy farms shutting down between 1997 and 2007.

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