Stories

Ersel Hickey was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather known around his small town of Hoosick Falls, NY as a neighborly, kind man. Just months into his retirement, he was told he had cancer. This is the story of how his grieving son looked into where that cancer could have come from and found out way more about his town’s water than he bargained for.

When Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners came to Chester and Delaware counties just outside of Philadelphia to push their plans to drill, they didn't dream that Ginny and her community would put up the fight that they have. Now that these neighbors have had some success in tangling Sunoco's plans, they're planning to fight even harder to get the company's pipelines out of their yards.   

When banned drugs are found in random samples of meat, you would hope it would trigger an investigation of how the drugs are getting there. Instead, the USDA has been refusing to act. Why?

A team of Duke University researchers are delivering a truth that’s hard to swallow — fracking is resulting in the disappearance of usable water. Will the people listen and do something in time?

The plastics industry sees fracking as a huge opportunity for their profit margins. But plastic has already entered our food and water supply and our bodies—one more reason we need to move off fossil fuels before the problem gets even worse.

Jerry Brown may not deny climate change the way Donald Trump does, but that by no means makes him a climate champion. 

In all our campaigns, you make change possible! Read more below about campaigns around the country you make possible that impact real people in a real way, every day.

A Sempra Energy VP tells an audience of energy execs and journalists that the technology is available now to power California entirely by renewable energy. He walks back his comments after they are reported in the media.

“If you’re driving a movement forward that will be long-term and sustainable, you can’t just talk to the people you agree with.”

At the launch of the Off Fossil Fuels campaign, Florida activist Brenda Probasco shared how she's made a difference in the fight for a statewide fracking ban. 

Colorado Organizer Lisa Trope is surprised to connect with a local barista over news of a recent ban on fracking across the country in Maryland.

This is how we'll build on our successes as a movement and bring about a true clean energy future. 

An organizer from New Jersey gets a first-hand look at what effective action for climate justice looks like.

A young activist fought fracking by selling cookies—and helped keep it out of Alameda County. 

Momentum Grows for a Ban on Fracking in California’s Monterey County

The question of Nestlé taking Oregon’s water should have been settled by a ballot measure back in May. But as Senior Northwest Organizer Julia DeGraw learned at the Capitol, we still have work to do.

Public lands and national parks are precious to us. Here’s why we need to protect them so urgently.

How activist Lani Miller has been building community to protect California’s water.

In Colorado, we fought together for a safer and healthier state, and will continue fighting for a better world for all -- one free of fracking.

Food & Water Watch researcher Tim Schwab exposes the empty rhetoric and unexplained discrepancies in the Nobel laureate attack on GMO activists.

Food & Water Watch Organizer Ella Teevan learned some homegrown lessons about activism while helping clinch a landslide fracking win at the ballot.

Michiganders found a quick and powerful way to fight for GMO labeling—with selfies. 

Food & Water Watch and 200 of our closest friends gathered recently on a sunny morning in Santa Fe, New Mexico to protest an auction to lease public lands for energy exploration and fracking. 

At her home in Oklahoma, Jamie Glazier experiences fracking-related earthquakes almost daily. She explains what that means for her family, and how she's fighting back.

Michigan native Darcey O’Callaghan explains who’s responsible for the state of Flint’s now-undrinkable drinking water.

Community activist Susan Van Dolsen works in her community to stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion.

For Colorado photographer John Fielder, public lands are his muse – and they need our protection.

I’m standing with Food & Water Watch and the other organizations working to fight the “Dirty Fossil Fuel Plan.”

Food & Water Watch supporter Ann’s family was able to get away from fracking, but the fact is that not all families have the means to leave.

Eleanor Guerin, a former National Park Ranger, knows first-hand why Glacier is too precious to damage with fracking.

The misuse of antibiotics on factory farms impacts everyone. Learn how Nicole had to battle an antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA – right after giving birth.

Staff member Jo Miles remembers her hometown’s old-fashioned candy store. The Halloween candy aisle doesn’t measure up – and offers less variety than you think.

Ken Ward, a retired USDA poultry inspector, tells us what he learned from his 30 years of experience on packing house floors.