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  • Press Release

    Social Justice, Environmental Organizations Applaud Governor Cuomo’s Proposal to Ban Water Shutoffs During States of Emergency

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Beyond Keystone and Paris: Biden Must Make Much Bigger Climate Moves

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    600+ Groups Urge Biden to Halt Water, Electricity, and Broadband Shutoffs through Emergency Executive Order on Day 1

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    NJ Transit Withdraws Permit for Fracked Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Governor Cuomo Commits to Fossil Fuel Phaseout

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    New York Environmental, Political and Faith-Based Organizations Urge Governor Cuomo and the Siting Board to Reject Danskammer

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    The Williams Pipeline Example: Four Governors Can Stop These Climate-Killing Gas Projects
  • Press Release

    Omnibus Creates New Water Assistance Program but Fails to Stop Shutoffs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    South Brunswick Passes Bold Clean Energy Ordinance

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    OIG Report Finds Gross Mismanagement of Baltimore DPW Funds

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    New Analysis Finds Oil and Gas Waste Continues to be Used on Roads Despite Closure of Hazardous Waste Loophole

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    TCI: Cap and Trade for Cars Would Be Ineffective Climate Policy

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Haaland Nomination Promising Sign for Federal Lands Drilling Ban

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Gina McCarthy’s Fracking History at Odds With New Climate Position

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
  • Press Release

    Over 300 Groups Urge Dems to Block Dirty Energy Subsidies in Lame Duck Spending Deal

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    DEP Suspends Review of Troubled Edgar Thomson Fracking Well

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    DRBC Votes to Approve Fracking Terminal

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Tom Vilsack, a Friend of Big Ag, is the Wrong Choice for USDA

  • Statement

    PFAS Discovered in Common Pesticide Sprayed on Millions of Acres

  • Statement

    Biden’s Appointment of John Kerry as Climate Czar is Alarming Red Flag

  • Press Release

    Woodstock Votes to Oppose Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    The Williams Pipeline Example: Four Governors Can Stop These Climate-Killing Gas Projects
  • Press Release

    Dozens of Groups Back Fudge as Next Secretary of Agriculture

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Baltimore City Council Passes Renewed Commitment to the Water Accountability and Equity Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Irish Court Delivers Huge Blow to South Jersey Fracked Gas Terminal

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    President-Elect Biden Must Bring Real Climate Action, Beginning with Fracking Ban on Federal Lands

  • Press Release

    East Brunswick Voters Back Bold Clean Energy Ballot Question

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Solar Panels
  • Press Release

    120+ Organizations Call on CDC to Issue Nationwide Water Shutoff Moratorium During Pandemic

  • Press Release

    Edgar Thomson Fracking Well Appeal Rejected by East Pittsburgh Board

  • Press Release

    NJ Transit Shelves Fracked Gas Power Plant Proposal

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Over 200 Organizations Reject 'Growing Climate Solutions Act'

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Murphy’s Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs Will Protect Public Health During Pandemic

  • Statement

    FERC Carbon Pricing Policy Rewards Natural Gas Companies

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Red Bank Adopts Bold New Clean Energy Ordinance

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Solar Panels
  • Press Release

    Organizations Demand Attorney General Herring Stop Mountain Valley Pipeline, Citing Critical Water Polluting Risk

  • Press Release

    As Utility Shutoffs Loom Next Week, New Data Show Hundreds of Thousands of Families and Small Businesses at Risk of Losing Electric, Heat and Water During Pandemic

  • Press Release

    Collingswood Approves Clean Energy Ordinance

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    solar power
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Right to Water Coalition Denounces 10% Rate Hike During Pandemic

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Court Filing: Shutting Off Detroit Residents’ Water is Unconstitutional

  • Statement

    Gov. Newsom Fails on Real Climate Action, Once Again

    Oil & Agriculture: Just Ban It
  • Statement

    Gov. Newsom Fails on Real Climate Action, Once Again

    Oil & Agriculture: Just Ban It
  • Press Release

    New Research Shows Fracking and Petrochemicals Create Fewer Pennsylvania Jobs than Clean Energy

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Mamaroneck Becomes Latest Town to Oppose Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    The Williams Pipeline Example: Four Governors Can Stop These Climate-Killing Gas Projects
  • Press Release

    300 Diverse Advocacy Groups Endorse the Farm System Reform Act and Urge Quick Passage in Congress

    Factory Farm Poultry Chickens
  • Press Release

    New Maryland Coalition Calls on Governor Hogan To Protect Food and Farm Workers

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Hogan Fails to Protect Marylanders from Utility Shutoffs as Evictions Fully Resume

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    UPDATE: 57 Million People Have Lost Protections from Water Shutoffs as Pandemic Still Rages

  • Statement

    BREAKING: Dangerous Gas Leak at Valley Generating Station Covered Up By LADWP

  • Statement

    New Analysis: Half of America Suddenly Vulnerable to Water Shutoffs

  • Press Release

    March and Kayak Action in Secaucus to Stop New Fracked Gas Power Plant

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Public health and safety advocates protest pipeline easement after Marsh Creek Lake spill, call for cancellation of Mariner East permits

    By Sam Rubin
    Protesters pour water on a Mariner East easement.

    Photo by Rachael Warriner.

  • Press Release

    Norristown Action Takes Aim at Energy Transfer’s Permit Violations

    By Jorja Rose
    A child's blue wagon sits just feet away from the Mariner East 2 pipeline next to their yard.
  • Press Release

    Larchmont Passes Resolution Opposing Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant

    By Santosh Nandabalan
    The Williams Pipeline Example: Four Governors Can Stop These Climate-Killing Gas Projects
  • Press Release

    EXPOSED: State Senator Obstructs Iowans’ First Amendment Rights for Personal Gain

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Edison Council Votes to Adopt Clean Energy Ordinance

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Mariner East Spill in Marsh Creek One More Sign of Sunoco’s Negligence

  • Press Release

    Energy Dept. Sued Over Hiding Details of Loan Guarantee for Appalachian Gas Liquids Project

  • Press Release

    Hillsborough County Commission Candidates Support 100% Renewable Energy

    By Jorja Rose
    hurricane
  • Statement

    Cuomo Signs Landmark Legislation to Keep Fracking Waste Out of New York

    A rally at City Hall in support of the fracking waste ban.
  • Press Release

    Virginia State Delegates Slam Destructive Mountain Valley Pipeline at Unity Banner Signing

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Advocates hold the Unity Banner outside the Fairfax Building.
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Groups Demand FTC Investigate Tyson for False Labor Claims

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    150 Elected Officials From Across New York Sign Letter Urging Governor Cuomo to Stop Danskammer Power Plant 

    The Williams Pipeline Example: Four Governors Can Stop These Climate-Killing Gas Projects
  • Press Release

    Over 500 Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Issue National Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    With Evictions Resuming and Water Justice Measures Still Unimplemented, Mayor Young Has Set Baltimoreans Up to Fail

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Power Plant Opponents March in Newburgh to Urge Gov. Cuomo to Stop Danskammer

    The Williams Pipeline Example: Four Governors Can Stop These Climate-Killing Gas Projects
  • Press Release

    Trump NEPA Rollback Exempts Factory Farm Financing from Environmental Review

  • Statement

    Senator Booker Introduces Line Speed Bill to Protect Meatpacking Workers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New Senate Data Underscores Urgent Need for Federal Moratorium on Utility Shut-Offs

    Water-For-All ordinance would protect Chicago families from skyrocketing water bills.
  • Statement

    Food & Water Action Lauds Passage of Fracking Waste Bill

    By Alex Beauchamp
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Food & Water Action asks, "Are you ready to fight like you live here?'
  • Press Release

    As Heat Wave Strikes, New Yorkers Rally for Climate Action

    By Laura Shindell
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Fracking's Bridge To Climate Chaos
  • Statement

    FSIS: Avian Leukosis Now Fit for Human Consumption

    Factory Farm Poultry Chickens
  • Statement

    With Chevron’s Purchase of Noble Energy, the “Frackopoly” Continues its March

    Fracking Rig
  • Press Release

    Maryland Organizations Call on Hogan to Issue Stronger Protections for Eastern Shore Workers

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Jersey City Council Passes Resolution Opposing NJ Transit Fracked Gas Power Plant

  • Press Release

    Nearly 300 Organizations Oppose Nefarious “Voluntary Water Partnership” Bill, Which Would Coerce Struggling Communities to Sell Off Public Water Systems

    Water-For-All ordinance would protect Chicago families from skyrocketing water bills.
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Department of Public Works Fails to Implement Crucial Water Justice Law

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Federal Reserve Fails to Disclose Information about Oil and Gas Industry Bailouts

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Mayor Lightfoot Takes Step Towards Guaranteeing Equitable Water Access, but Chicagoans Need More

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    As Dominion Cancels ACP and Sells off Fracked Gas Holdings, Virginia Must Turn to a Clean Energy Future by Rejecting Larger Fracked Gas Plan

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    pipeline
  • Statement

    Dakota Access Shutdown, Dominion Pipeline Decision Show Failures of Trump’s Fossil Fuel Agenda

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    pipeline
  • Statement

    Dems’ Climate Crisis Committee Fails to Treat Climate as a Crisis

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Virginia State Water Control Board Grants Chickahominy Plant Permit in Failure to Protect Water and Community Health

    By Jorja Rose
    Methane Gas Flare
  • Press Release

    Victory: SCC Withholds Key Permit for Header Fracked Gas Pipelines and Compressor Stations

    pipeline
  • Press Release

    Environmental Groups File Legal Action Against EPA and Army Corps for Unlawful Interpretation of Clean Water Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Fracking Grand Jury Investigation: Drillers Given “Free Pass” from Pennsylvania Regulators

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Advocates Demand Improved Protections for Poultry Workers At Virginia Worker Safety Rules Meeting

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Twenty Cities and Towns in New York Unite to Oppose Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant

  • Press Release

    Mayor Young’s Administration Seeks Unacceptable Last-Minute Delay of Crucial Water Justice Legislation 

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Renewed Call for Governor Brown to Enact an Immediate Mega-Dairy Moratorium Comes as State Attempts to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    New Fracking Criminal Cases Demand Action from Governor Wolf

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Republican National Convention to Happen Just as Thousands in Jacksonville Face Risk of Losing Access to Water

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    To Protect Public Health and Deliver Economic Justice, COVID Water Utility Relief Bill Must Be Strengthened 

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Exposed: 3,000% Increase in Aliso Canyon Use Under Gov. Newsom - Despite His Promises for “Expedited” Shut Down

    Porter Ranch residents rally to protect their community afer a noxious gas blowout at Aliso Canyon Storage Facility.
  • Statement

    Group Warns USDA May Be Quietly Trying to Outsource Chicken Processing to China

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
    Poultry on a factory farm
  • Statement

    Food & Water Action Applauds VA Del. Carroll Foy’s Opposition to Header Improvement Project

    By Jorja Rose
    pipeline
  • Press Release

    Iowa Senate Passes Ag-Gag Bill to Stifle First Amendment Rights

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Groups Sue EPA For Unlawfully Using Clean Water Act To Let Factory Farms Pollute Secretly

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
    Coronavirus Is Big Ag's Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card, Thanks To EPA
  • Statement

    Trump's Executive Order Ignoring Core Environmental Laws is an Egregious Authoritarian Act

  • Press Release

    Court Rejects Meatpacker Efforts to Kill Lawsuit Over Slaughterhouse Pollution in South Platte River

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Mega-Mergers Are As Guilty As The Pandemic for Our Broken Food Supply Chain
  • Press Release

    Department of Public Works Proposed Regulations for New Dispute Resolution Process Just More of the Same

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Residents File Petitions to Create New Clean Energy Programs for Edison and East Brunswick

  • Statement

    Attack on States’ Right to Reject Fossil Fuel Projects is Targeted Strike Against Environmental Justice

    pipeline
  • Press Release

    Over 70 Organizations Call on Gov. Pritzker to Guarantee Universal Water Access During Coronavirus Pandemic

    By Zhenya Polozova
  • Statement

    Outbreak in Storm Lake: Tyson Continues to Fail Iowa Meat Workers and Consumers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Over 20 Maryland Groups Demand Hogan Release Eastern Shore Poultry Plant Coronavirus Data

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Poultry on a factory farm
  • Press Release

    USDA Spent Memorial Day Weekend Distorting Meat Production

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Interior Department Extends Comment Period on Chaco Fracking Plan

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Chaco Canyon Ruins
  • Press Release

    Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Fails to Address Mega-Dairy Emissions in New Climate Plan

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Governor Hogan Must Release Data on COVID-19 Outbreak Among Eastern Shore Poultry Workers

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Atlantic City Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Anti-Democratic Ballot Question

  • Statement

    BREAKING: New York Rejects Williams Fracked Gas Pipeline

  • Press Release

    Murphy Must Follow New York’s Lead and Reject New Fracked Gas Pipeline

  • Statement

    House of Representatives Endorses National Water Shutoff Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch released a first of its kind water shutoff survey
  • Statement

    HEROES Act Leaves Heroes Working in Meat Plants Unprotected

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Groups Demand Louisiana Leaders Take Statewide Action On Water Access During Pandemic

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Chicago's Water-For-All ordinance would protect low income consumers
  • Statement

    Baltimoreans Applaud 3-Month Delay on Water Rate Increases

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Oregon Department of Agriculture Considers Permitting New Mega-Dairy, Easterday Farms, While Small Dairy Farmers Dump Milk

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    New Research Shows Alarming Impacts of Corporate Agriculture Industry in America

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New Research Shows Alarming Impacts of the Corporate Poultry Industry in Maryland

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    How many broiler chicken factory farms are in America?
  • Press Release

    New Research Shows Alarming Impacts of the Corporate Dairy Industry in Michigan

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    House Congressional Leaders Deliver On Universal Water Protection During Pandemic

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch released a first of its kind water shutoff survey
  • Press Release

    New Data Shows Iowa Factory Farms Increasing in Density and Generating Olympic-sized Pool Amounts of Excess Manure

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New Research Shows Alarming Impacts of the Corporate Dairy Industry in Oregon

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Majority Leader Hoyer Endorses Gift to the Oil Industry as Dems’ New COVID Package Fails to Block Fossil Fuel Bailout

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Smithfield Merger Seven Years Ago To Blame for High Meat Prices Not Slaughterhouse Closures

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
    Food & Water Watch received FOIA documents showing concerning number of tasks remaining incomplete by USDA under Trump's government shutdown.
  • Press Release

    New York Groups Urge Schumer to Push Progressive Priorities in COVID Relief Package

  • Press Release

    Virginia Legislator Sign-On Letter Calls on Northam, SCC to Deny Permits to Header Pipeline Project

    pipeline
  • Press Release

    Virginia's Virtual Mother’s Day Climate Rally Features National Climate Leaders Wenonah Hauter, Bill McKibben and Alexandria Villaseñor

    By Jorja Rose
    We must make sure everyone can wash their hands to fight coronavirus and that means stopping water shutoffs.
  • Press Release

    Transformational Farm System Reform Act Officially in Both Congressional Chambers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Moratorium on Water Shutoffs Must Be Part of Gov. Wolf’s Next Executive Order

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Suffern Passes Resolution Opposing Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Groups Representing Millions Demand Moratorium on Higher-speed Meat Slaughter

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Construction Stopped on Major New Gas Pipeline in Burlington County

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    With Florida Utilities Resuming Shutoffs, DeSantis Must Act Quickly on Moratorium

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Baltimore DPW Asks to Extend Implementation Deadline on Water Affordability Legislation Despite Greater Need

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    residential water access
  • Statement

    Baltimore Committee to Hold Online Hearing On Water Accountability & Equity Act Implementation

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch first of its kind water shutoffs survey
  • Press Release

    As Virginians Face Water Shutoffs, Coalition Calls for Governor Northam to Issue a Moratorium

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    Trump Sacrifices America’s Meat Workers to COVID-19 and Sets Up Our Food Supply for Catastrophe

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Care If Kentucky Residents Can’t Wash Their Hands

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Virginia Groups Highlight Insufficiency of VCEA, Call for Stronger Climate Legislation Next Session

    By Jorja Rose
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's power grab
  • Press Release

    Rep. Ted Deutch Joins Grassroots Florida Groups to Call for Statewide Moratorium on Water Shutoffs Amid Pandemic

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Coalition of Farmer, Environmental, and Antitrust Groups Urges Mnuchin to Ban Large Agribusinesses from CARES Act Aid

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Broad Coalition Calls on Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to Address Mega-dairy Emissions 

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Too Little Too Late in Iowa: Food Industry Failed to Protect Workers From Coronavirus In the Name of Profit

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory farms pollute the air and water and adversely affect the health of those who live nearby.
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Mayor Young’s Emergency COVID-19 Water Discount Is A Great First Step But Still Falls Short

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Groundbreaking Climate Lawsuit Challenges Commission’s Failure to Factor Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fossil Fuel Approvals

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    With Plummeting Oil Prices, Federal Control of Fossil Fuels Becomes More Necessary and Attainable

  • Press Release

    Ahead of Earth Day, Groups Call on Legislature to Protect New York from Fracking Waste

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Toxic Barrels Water Waste
  • Statement

    Gov Inslee Orders Utilities to Suspend Water Shutoffs and Restore Service During COVID Crisis

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Slaughter Companies Are Fear Mongering About Food Scarcity to Avoid Protecting Workers in the Name of Profit

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    26 Baltimore Groups Urge Mayor Young to Support 180 Day Water Billing Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    830 Groups Urge Congress to Halt Electricity, Water, and Broadband Shutoffs in Next Coronavirus Rescue Bill

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    USDA Continues to Increase Poultry Line Speeds Through Hidden Process

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Building on New IRP, Northam Administration Must Ensure Dominion Shuts Down Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Projects and Rejects Fracked Gas

    By Jorja Rose
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's decades-long power grab and fracking investments
  • Press Release

    80 Members of Congress and 200+ Organizations Demand Federal Action On Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Gov. Wolf Must Issue Executive Order Stopping Water Shutoffs, Restoring Service for Duration of Outbreak

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    With a Return to Fracking, Gov. Gavin Newsom Shows His True Oily Colors

  • Statement

    Group Slams Washington Governor Inslee for Inaction on Water Access During Health Crisis

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    New Data Shows New Swine Inspection System So Dangerous It Could Spur Another Zoonotic Pandemic

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Michigan’s New Factory Farm Pollution Permit Improved, but Still Flawed

    By Rebecca Wolf
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    USDA Using COVID-19 Crisis as Cover to Increase Chicken Slaughter Line Speeds

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    43 Groups Urge Additional Water Affordability Measures in Baltimore Amidst COVID-19

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Water is a human right signs
  • Statement

    Congress Must Include Water in Infrastructure Package

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    USDA Prioritizes Privatizing Beef Slaughter Inspection Over Food Safety Even In The Face of Pandemic

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    USDA Is Shrugging Its Shoulders About Deceptive “Product of USA” Labels

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Food & Water Watch obtained data showing that the USDA isn't completing all of its meat inspection tasks.
  • Statement

    Rescue Package Must Not Bail Out Fossil Fuel Billionaires

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Coalition Calls for Halt to All Virginia Pipeline Construction During Coronavirus Shutdown in Order to Protect Workers

    By Jorja Rose
    pipeline in the mountains
  • Statement

    In Pennsylvania, Sunoco Requests Waiver So Construction on Polluting, Unnecessary Mariner East 2 Pipeline Can Continue Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

    By Jorja Rose
    pipeline
  • Statement

    Governor Murphy Moves to Stop Water Shutoffs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf Orders Shutdown of all Non Life-Sustaining Businesses, including Shell Cracker Plant

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Fracking Industry’s Phony Jobs Numbers

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Despite Wolf Emergency Order, Mariner East Construction is Still Ongoing

    By Sam Rubin
    worker-welding
  • Statement

    Trump’s Proposed $20 Billion Fossil Fuel Bailout Via the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a Gross Abdication of Duty

  • Press Release

    Governor Murphy Must Strengthen Policy Prohibiting Water Shutoffs

  • Press Release

    Maryland Community Choice Energy Bill Passes House with Amendments to Jumpstart Transition through Montgomery County Pilot Program

    By Jorja Rose
    Maryland Capitol
  • Statement

    Stopping Water Shutoffs Locally Not Enough: We Need a National Ban and Service Restoration Plan

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    USDA Must Halt Implementation of Privatized Swine Inspection System During Coronavirus Crisis

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Maryland House Environment & Transportation Committee Fails to Safeguard Public Health, Kills Factory Farm Moratorium Legislation

    By Jorja Rose
    Factory Farms Make Me Sick Web Image
  • Statement

    Maryland Community Choice Energy Advocates Thrilled to See Passage of Bill Allowing Local Control Over Electricity Options In Key House Committee

    By Jorja Rose

    Logos of groups that are actively supporting Maryland's Community Choice Energy legislation.

  • Statement

    House Democrats’ Push to Stop Water Shutoffs During Coronavirus Is the Right Call

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Fracking Should Be Banned, Not Bailed Out

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Passage of Loophole-riddled Virginia Clean Economy Act Misses Opportunity to Truly Address Climate Change

    By Jorja Rose
    Food & Water Watch exposé on Dominion Energy's political contributions and fracking investments
  • Press Release

    Delegate Stewart and Senator Lam Stand with Impacted Eastern Shore Community Members and Policy Experts to Call for a Moratorium on Factory Farms in Maryland

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety

    Del. Vaughn Stewart stands with policy experts and community advocates to call for a moratorium on factory farms in Maryland.

  • Press Release

    Statewide Leap Day Action Urges Florida Governor DeSantis to Use “Extra Day” to Ban Fracking, Presenting Him with Giant Checks to “Buy” His Time

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking

    A Leap Day event in Tallahassee. 

  • Statement

    Washington State Committee Fails to Protect Public Water from Bottled Water Extraction

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Big Agriculture Just Lost On Big Bills In States Across The Country

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Broad-Reaching Coalition Testifies in Support of Maryland’s Community Choice Energy Legislation at Senate Finance Committee Hearing

    By Jorja Rose
    Maryland Capitol
  • Press Release

    New Research Details Risks and Hazards of Including Nuclear Power in Virginia's Clean Energy Future

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    New Research on Perils of Nuclear Energy Adds Urgency to Defeating Bad Maryland Nuke Bills

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Over 570 Groups Endorse Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Fracking Ban Bills

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    100 Groups Push Iowa General Assembly to Move Factory Farm Moratorium Bill Before Funnel

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    USDA’s New Agriculture Innovation Agenda is a Swing and a Miss

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Sonny Perdue
  • Statement

    Congressman Soto Co-Introduces National Fracking Ban Bill, Emphasizing Dire Need for Similar Action in Florida

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Diverse Coalition Expressed Overwhelming Support for Maryland’s Community Choice Energy Legislation at Today’s Hearing

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    Clean Economy Act Fails to Fully Confront the Climate Crisis

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    In Key Clean Economy Act Vote, Virginia House Moves Forward Industry-Friendly Policies Inadequate for Addressing Climate Crisis

    By Jorja Rose
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's power grab
  • Press Release

    Baltimore City Council, Led by President Brandon Scott, Unanimously Passes Resolution in Support of Community Choice Energy State Legislation

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Iowa Residents, Experts, and Legislators to Gather at Capitol for Factory Farm Moratorium Briefing

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Maryland State Senator Clarence Lam and Delegate Vaughn Stewart Unveil Factory Farm Moratorium Bill to Protect the Environment and Communities

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Rianna Eckel, Senior Maryland Organizer for Food & Water Action, and Delegate Vaughn Stewart celebrate the announcement of CAFO moratorium legislation.

    Rianna Eckel, Senior Maryland Organizer for Food & Water Action, and Delegate Vaughn Stewart, one of the bill's sponsors, celebrate the announcement of factory farm moratorium legislation. 

  • Statement

    Mayor’s Bold Moves to Get New York Off Fossil Fuels

  • Statement

    Food & Water Action Decries Move By Virginia’s Delegate Sullivan To Rush Problematic Climate Legislation in House Committee

    By Jorja Rose
    Food & Water Watch exposé on Dominion Energy's political contributions and fracking investments
  • Statement

    In Grassroots Victory, Virginia Green New Deal Act Passes Labor & Commerce Subcommittee

    By Jorja Rose
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's power grab
  • Press Release

    Maryland State Senator Pam Beidle and Delegate Lorig Charkoudian Joined by MACo, County Executive Marc Elrich, NAACP, and Advocates for Announcement of Community Choice Energy Legislation

    By Jorja Rose

    Maryland State Senator Pam Beidle urges other elected officials to support Community Choice Energy.

  • Statement

    Key Omission Leads Virginia Waters & Wetlands to Call for Suspension of Transco Pipeline Permit

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    Virginia Food & Water Action Files Petition Against Planned Northern Virginia Transco Pipeline Expansion

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    pipelineTransco Petition, Page 1/2

    Transco Petition, Page 1 of 2

    Transco Petition, Page 2/2

    Transco Petition, Page 2 of 2

  • Statement

    Resolutions to Ban Fracking, Offshore Drilling Pass Virginia Senate Panel

    By Jorja Rose
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's power grab
  • Press Release

    Hundreds Gather In Des Moines to Demand Iowa Moratorium on Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Maryland Governor Hogan’s CARES Bills Embrace Climate-Destroying Nuclear Energy, Fracked Gas as “Clean and Renewable”

    By Jorja Rose
    Maryland Capitol
  • Statement

    Iowans Enact Large Billboard to Demand Rep. Fisher Protect Iowa’s Water

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Florida Governor Desantis Should Follow Land Buy to Prevent Everglades Oil Drilling With A Ban On All Fracking

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    fracking-wastewater-pond
  • Press Release

    Jan 23: 150+ Iowans to Gather in Des Moines to Lobby for Factory Farm Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Action Joins Sunrise Movement to Demand Virginia Legislators Support Green New Deal

    Advocates from Sunrise and Food & Water Action pose with Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler.

  • Press Release

    New Consumer Lawsuit Challenges USDA’s Dirty and Dangerous New Swine Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    U.S. House Passes Long-Fought-For Forever Chemical Action Bill

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Statewide Rallies Urge Governor DeSantis to Keep His Word, Make Florida Fracking Ban Reality

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Fracking ban rally on the steps of the Florida state capitol.
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Action Joins Virginia Green New Deal Coalition in Calling for 100% Clean & Renewable Energy by 2036

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    House Dems Climate Plan: Insufficient Response to Climate Crisis

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Dozens of Groups Call on Gov. Newsom to Declare Climate Emergency, Halt New Fossil Fuel Drilling

  • Statement

    Maryland Community Choice Energy and Accountability for Poultry Industry Top 2020 Environmental Goals

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    Revocation of Virginia Union Hill Compressor Station Permit A Major Victory in Fight to Protect Communities from Atlantic Coast Pipeline

    By Jorja Rose
    pipeline
  • Statement

    Food & Water Action Slams Regulators for Declaring Cleanup of Troubled Mega-Dairy Site Complete

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
    cows packed together
  • Press Release

    Virginia’s Underwhelming Clean Economy Act Fails to Tackle the Urgent Climate Crisis

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's power grabA graphic stating the goals of the Virginia Clean Economy Act
  • Statement

    FERC Order Props Up Fossil Fuels, Dooms Climate Efforts

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Banning Fracking, Five Years Later: New York, Maryland and the Nation?

  • Statement

    House Spending Package Includes Clear Intent to Keep Fossil Fuels Out of Clean Energy Program

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Nuclear in Maryland is a False Clean Energy Solution and Can’t Have Any Part in Hogan’s Climate Plan

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    Democrats' Drilling Bill Insufficient to Meeting Climate Challenge

  • Press Release

    Florida’s Festive Fracktivists Carol in Capitol, Urge DeSantis to Protect Water by Passing Ban

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Carolers gather in Governor DeSantis' office to urge him to push for a fracking ban.
  • Press Release

    Local Officials, Environmentalists Come to Albany to Press Cuomo to Stop Danskammer Fracked Gas Power Plant

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Expert Panel Warns Against Maryland Nuclear Subsidies, Says They Pull Funding from Real Clean Energy Efforts

    By Jorja Rose
  • Press Release

    Comprehensive “Green New Deal Act” Puts Virginia on the Path to Environmental Excellence

    By Jorja Rose
    Wind Clean Energy
  • Statement

    Angelenos Demand Coal Plant be Replaced with Clean Energy, Not Gas

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Florida Fracktivists Get Festive At Galvano’s Bradenton Office, Urge Him to Pass Ban

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    National Grid Solution Must Not Include Fossil Fuels

  • Statement

    With Health Effects Already Well-Documented, Wolf Must Stop Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Report Highlights How RGGI Cap-and-Trade Scheme Could Harm Virginia’s Disadvantaged Communities

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    New Study: Cap and Trade Program Drives Pollution Increases in Vulnerable Communities

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Action and Allies Flood VA Governor Northam’s Office with Calls, Emails, and Petition Signatures Protesting Pipelines

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    pipeline
  • Statement

    Governor Newsom Issues Directive on Aliso Canyon, We Need Action Now

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Community prepares for hearing on Aliso Canyon
  • Press Release

    Fauquier County Board Unanimously Denounces Transco Pipeline, Promises to Defend Community Health & Safety

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    pipeline in the mountains
  • Press Release

    50 Organizations Send Letter to Gov. Newsom Calling for PG&E Public Takeover

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    The north San Fernando Valley is on fire
  • Statement

    Cuomo Should Use National Grid’s Malfeasance to Get Off Fossil Fuels

  • Statement

    We're Suing the USDA Again, This Time For Obstructing Information About New Pork Inspection Rules

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Agriculture Secretary Purdue looking down on a pork processing plant
  • Statement

    Historic Clean Energy Venture Passes L.A. City Council with Unanimous Vote

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Ventura County One-Year Moratorium is An Important Step Towards Protecting Families from Risky Oil Development

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    oil_oxnard
  • Press Release

    Huge Victory for Clean Energy in Piscataway

  • Statement

    Michigan's Step to Crack Down on Winter Manure Spreading Falls Short of Full Ban

    By Jorja Rose
    cows packed together
  • Statement

    Fracking Banned in the United Kingdom

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    It’s time for a publicly-owned utility to replace PG&E

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
    Wildfire with California state flag in foreground
  • Statement

    Trump Administration Decision to Open More than One Million Acres of California Public Lands to Fracking and Drilling is Irresponsible

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
    A girl plays hopscotch in front of a looming fracking rig.
  • Statement

    Floridians Wait with Bated Breath to See If Governor DeSantis Will Keep His Promise to Protect Clean Water and Ban Fracking

    By Jorja Rose
  • Statement

    Mayor’s Water Affordability Proposal A Good Start, But Chicago Can do More

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch's latest brief on lead in water.
  • Statement

    Trump’s Fracking Boosterism is a Climate Calamity 

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Increased Costs on Mountain Valley Pipeline Make It An Even Worse Idea

    By Jorja Rose
    worker-welding
  • Press Release

    On Fourth Anniversary of Aliso Canyon Blowout, Fed Up Community, Elected Officials Demand Shutdown

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Governor Gavin Newsom promises Aliso Canyon community members he'll shut down Aliso Canyon
  • Statement

    Gov. Newsom: Stand Up to Big Ag and Protect California’s Water

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    The State of Iowa Continues to Hamper Efforts for Clean Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Agricultural run off in Iowa
  • Statement

    The Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility is a Ticking Time Bomb

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Community prepares for hearing on Aliso Canyon
  • Statement

    Energy Committee Takes Step Towards Holding SoCalGas Accountable for Dangers at Playa del Rey Facility

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Methane Gas Flare
  • Press Release

    Maryland Delegate Lorig Charkoudian Urges Support of Local Control Energy Bill

    By Jorja Rose
    Want more jobs? Switching to renewable energy could be the key.
  • Statement

    As Wildfire Rages, Governor Newsom Must Shut Aliso Canyon Gas Facility to Protect Families

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    The north San Fernando Valley is on fire
  • Statement

    As Wildfire Rages, Governor Newsom Must Shut Aliso Canyon Gas Facility to Protect Families

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Governor Gavin Newsom promises Aliso Canyon community members he'll shut down Aliso Canyon
  • Statement

    Natonal Grid’s Pipeline Extortion Tactics Thwarted by Cuomo Administration

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Governor Murphy Opposes Meadowlands Fracked Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Delegate Lee Carter and 7 Other Virginia Officials Release Dear Colleague Letter Opposing Pipeline Expansion Projects

    By Jorja Rose
    pipeline in the mountains
  • Statement

    Wheeler is Double-Crossing America’s Water With Weak Lead Rule

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch's latest brief on lead in water.
  • Statement

    The Solution to Risky Powerlines is More Wind, Solar and Distributed Battery Storage

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Wildfire with California state flag in foreground
  • Statement

    RGGI is Feckless Climate Policy: Pennsylvania Must Do Better

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    oil-refinery
  • Press Release

    Groups Alert Colorado Slaughterhouse of Intent to Sue for Clean Air Act Violations

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    cows packed together
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Asks USDA for Real Solutions to Chronic Meat Inspector Staffing

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Food & Water Watch received FOIA documents showing concerning number of tasks remaining incomplete by USDA under Trump's government shutdown.
  • Statement

    IPCC Report on Oceans is “Final Warning” to End Fossil Fuel Use Rapidly

  • Press Release

    50+ Groups and Delegates Demand Northam Stop Two New Pipelines & Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    pipeline in the mountains
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Ventura County Supervisors' Decision to End Drilling Expansion Near Oxnard

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Cuomo Opposes Williams Pipeline, Denounces National Grid Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Governor Newsom’s Climate Action Woefully Inadequate

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    New Hog Slaughter Rule Damages Consumers and Workers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory farms pollute the air and water and adversely affect the health of those who live nearby.
  • Statement

    Northam’s Renewable Energy Plan is a Dud

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    The USDA’s New Industry Friendly Hog Slaughter Inspection Is Hogwash

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New Report Shows that California Seeks to Expand Oil and Gas Operations, Threatening Climate and Renewable Energy Goals

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    New Report: CA Leads
  • Press Release

    Court Will Hear Case Seeking Raccoon River Restoration and Factory Farm Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Agricultural run off in Iowa
  • Statement

    Trump Is Handing Over Our Water to Corporate Polluters

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Coalition Condemns Reappointment of Mega-Dairy Exec to State Agriculture Board

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Testimony is not enough: DuPont and 3M must clean up 'forever chemical' Pollution

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    L.A. Public Utility Approves Historic Clean Energy Project that Provides Record Cheap Solar Energy and Good Union Jobs

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Adams County Fracking Setback Is a Start, More Action Needed

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    New Promise for Fracking Ban as Legislation Makes First 100 Senate Bills Filed

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    TUESDAY: Large group of Impacted Virginians to provide public comments on dangerous MVP Southgate extension

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Federal Relief Essential for Newark and Other Communities Facing Water Crises

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Small water drop from household faucet
  • Statement

    Maryland Governor Hogan’s Renewable Energy Announcement is a Bait and Switch

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
    oil and gas air pollution
  • Press Release

    We've Had Enough With Factory Farm Injustice in Indiana - So It's Time to Take It to the State Supreme Court

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory farms pollute the air and water and adversely affect the health of those who live nearby.
  • Statement

    EPA’s Attempt to Weaken Clean Water Act is an Egregious Handout to Polluting Fossil Fuel Corporations

    pipeline
  • Press Release

    Beacon City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Danskammer Fracked Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Environmental Groups Urge New York to Reject Dangerous Propane Fracking Proposal

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    FERC’s recommended approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Project is foolish & destructive

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    pipeline in the mountains
  • Statement

    Baltimore's Water Accountability and Equity Act Is the Only Answer to Baltimore's Water Woes

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Reps. Khanna, Pocan Introduce Bill To Finally Force Ag Companies to Take Responsibility for Their Own Waste

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
    Exterior of the White House in Washington, DC.
  • Press Release

    Local and National Groups Respond to Sen. Manchin’s Foolish Assertion of Fossil Fuel Buildout as “National Security Priority”

  • Statement

    Governor Newsom Should Rethink the PG&E Bailout Bill

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Gov. Lamont Signs Statewide Fracking Waste Ban, Protecting Public Health and Our Environment

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    The California Assembly Should Hit the Brakes on the PG&E Bailout Bill

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    As Climate Alarm Bells Ring, Trump Cheers on Polluters

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Governor Newsom and Legislature Should Delay Utility Bailout Vote

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Food & Water Europe Activists Arrested at Tour de France in Violation of Basic Civil Rights

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    People Power Kicks Rick Snyder Out of Harvard

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Public Interest Groups Launch Legal Action to Protect Waterways from Slaughterhouse Pollution

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Pollution runoff from a factory farm in Iowa
  • Statement

    Advocacy Group Calls on Harvard to Fire Governor Responsible for Flint Crisis "Before the End of His First Day"

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Flint protest
  • Press Release

    Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Decision to Exempt Factory Farms From Reporting Hazardous Air Pollution

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory farms pollute the air and water and adversely affect the health of those who live nearby.
  • Statement

    In Florida, Even Trump-aligned Republicans Support a Fracking Ban. Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Follow Suit.

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    In Baltimore: Union Members, Homeless Persons Representatives, Faith and Water Advocates to Speak Out Against Inequitable Water Rate Hikes

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    glass of tap water
  • Statement

    U.S. Senate Takes First Step on PFAS Health Crisis But Fails to Hold Polluters Accountable

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Iowa's New DNR Director Under Fire for Close Ties to Ag Industry

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Canadians and Americans Praise Attorney General’s Lawsuit Against Enbridge’s Line 5

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    PES Refinery Has No Place in a World That Must of Get Off Fossil Fuels

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    U.S. House Takes Important Step to Block Hog Slaughter Inspection Privatization

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory farms pollute the air and water and adversely affect the health of those who live nearby.
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Urges Oregon Legislature to Draft Better Climate Solutions Than Failed Cap-and-Trade Bill

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Presidential Candidates Called Upon to Increase Fairness for Family Farmers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    House Amendment Blocks Clean Energy Program from Supporting Fossil Fuel Projects

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch, Iowa CCI Resist State's Effort to Sweep Raccoon River Water Pollution Under the Rug

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Letter to Wolf Demands Fracking Permit Pause, Investigation of Cancer Crisis

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Oregon Governor Brown Signs Five-Year Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Flint Residents Should Not Have to Wait Any Longer for Justice

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Baltimore’s Water Crisis Is a Race Issue and Possibly Unconstitutional

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Confirmed: USDA Now Pursuing Privatized Beef Inspections

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Food & Water Watch received FOIA documents showing concerning number of tasks remaining incomplete by USDA under Trump's government shutdown.
  • Statement

    Single-Use Plastic Bans: Good for Our Food, Water and Planet

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Council President Scott, Councilwoman Middleton, Author, Advocates, to Unveil New Report Proving Water Affordability is a Race Issue

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    “Fracking Endgame” Report Spells Out Planetary Catastrophe, Reinforces Need for Action Against Fracked Gas Infrastructure in Virginia

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Food & Water Watch's new report Fracking Endgame: Locked Into Plastics, Pollution, and Climate Chaos
  • Press Release

    “Fracking Endgame” Report Spells Out Planetary Catastrophe for Florida, Reinforces Need for Fracking Ban

    By Jorja Rose
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Food & Water Watch's new report Fracking Endgame: Locked Into Plastics, Pollution, and Climate Chaos
  • Press Release

    Connecticut State House Votes to Ban Fracking Waste

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Pipeline Permits Denied by the Murphy Administration in New Jersey

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Applauds House Appropriations Committee Swine Slaughter Inspection Amendment

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Ventura County Six-Month Moratorium is a Step in the Right Direction, But More Action Needed to Protect Families from Risky Oil Development

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    New Development in Flint: Justice Demands Accountability

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Flint protest
  • Press Release

    Edison Residents File Petitions on Ordinance to Retain Public Control of Water and Sewer Systems

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Connecticut Senate Votes to Ban Fracking Waste

  • Statement

    Senate Democrats Question USDA Over "Big Ag Bailout" Money

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Calls for Congressional Inquiry Over USDA's Handling of JBS Scandal

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    DOE Release Touts Exports of "U.S. Molecules of Freedom" in Orwellian News Release

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Oregon Senate Passes Five-Year Moratorium on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Lawsuit Seeks to Protect South Platte River From Colorado Slaughterhouse Pollution

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Over 200 Farm, Food and Rural Groups Support Merger Moratorium Bills

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
    supermarket
  • Press Release

    New Chicago Mayor Pledges Groundbreaking Moratorium on Water Shutoffs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    New Chicago Mayor Pledges Groundbreaking Moratorium on Water Shutoffs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Oregon Senate Committee Passes Five-Year Moratorium on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    New York Activists Demand Bolder Approach on Climate Legislation

  • Statement

    Aliso Canyon 'Root Cause Analysis' Shows Gross Negligence

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Dozens of Baltimoreans Give Impassioned Testimonies at Hearing for Water Accountability & Equity Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Cuomo’s DEC Denies Williams Gas Pipeline Water Quality Permit

  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Applauds UC President and Regents for Temporary Halt on Use of Toxic Herbicide Glyphosate

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    MuckRock and Food & Water Watch Join Together on Water Privatization FOIAs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Pork Plant Operating Under Privatized Inspection Model Receives Second Bailout from USDA

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Baltimore City Council to Take Up New Mayor Young's Water Accountability and Equity Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Trump Joins European Official to Tout Dangerous Fossil Fuel Export Scheme

  • Statement

    Couple Awarded $2 Billion in Damages in Roundup Cancer Case

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Statement

    Like Oil Companies, 3M Must Be Held Accountable for Its PFAS Cover Up

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    200+ Groups Urge Senate to Oppose European Fossil Fuel Promotion Bill

  • Press Release

    100+ Groups Call on House Committee to Deny Funding for Dangerous Appalachian Petrochemical Storage Hub

  • Statement

    Alarming New Report: Factory Farming and Fossil Fuels Are A Double Whammy for Ecosystems

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Beef Cattle Lots Aerial
  • Statement

    With Legislature's Failure to Act, DeSantis Must Keep His Word and Ban Fracking

  • Statement

    House Vote for Paris Climate Agreement is Little More Than Nothing at All

  • Statement

    Governor Hogan Signs the Water Taxpayer Protection Act, Making it Law 

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Any Infrastructure Deal Must Prioritize Affordable, Clean Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    After Pipeline Construction Wreaks Havoc, Sunoco Buys Out Affected Homeowners

  • Statement

    Bureau of Land Management Continues to Promote Drilling on Federal Lands

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    On Eve of EU-U.S. Energy Forum, 200 Groups on Both Sides of the Atlantic Unite in Opposition To Climate-hostile LNG Trade

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Mayor Garcetti’s ‘Green New Deal’ Is Not New, Not Bold Enough

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Mayor Garcetti announces decision to scrap rebuilding gas plants
  • Statement

    On Flint Anniversary, Trump's EPA Doubles Down on Gutting Water Protections

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Activists Stage Massive Art Installation in the Capitol Courtyard to Urge Governor DeSantis to Push Through a Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Healthy Air Advocates Stage Witty Visual Likening DPI’s Plan for “Monitoring Itself” to a Fox Guarding a Henhouse

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Ventura County's 45-Day Oil Drilling Moratorium is a Step in the Right Direction

  • Press Release

    Clean Water Activists To Drop Huge Art Installation Calling Out Governor For Inaction On Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Anti-Factory Farm Advocates to Stage Large, Witty Visual Prior to DPI Town Hall

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Elected Officials and Business Leaders Unveil Anti-Fracking Art Installation in Hialeah

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    The Only Reasonable Regulation on Oil and Gas is to Ban Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Iowa DNR Uses Rain as Scapegoat for Horrific Manure Runoffs; Factory Farms Let Off the Hook

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Pollution runoff from a factory farm in Iowa
  • Press Release

    Oficiales Electos y Líderes Empresariales Develan Instalación De Arte Anti-Fracking En Hialeah

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Anti-Fracking Advocates Gather To Call Attention to Governor’s Silence On Link Between Oil & Gas Operations and Earthquakes In Panhandle   

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Hundreds Rally Across Florida to tell Governor DeSantis: Ban Fracking Now

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    Faith Leaders, Youth Advocates and Sarasota Elected Officials Call on Governor DeSantis to Speak Out On Flawed Ban Fracking Bills

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    On Gov. Newsom’s 100th Day in Office, Environmental Group Demands Action on Campaign Pledges

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Former Sarasota Mayor Fredd Atkins, Rev Neddy Astudillo, and Clean Water Advocates Call on Governor DeSantis to Speak Out on Flawed Ban Fracking Bills

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Brooksville Vice Mayor Joins Clean Water Advocates at Senator Simpson’s District Office to Speak Out on Flawed Ban Fracking Bills

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Funcionarios Electos y Líderes Empresariales de Hialeah FL Develan Instalación De Arte Anti-Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    Hialeah FL Elected Officials and Business Leaders Unveil Anti-Fracking Art Installation

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sweeps Iowa’s water crisis under the rug

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    On Thursday, Florida Elected Officials and Business Leaders to Unveil Anti-Fracking Art Installation

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Funcionarios Electos y Líderes Empresariales Develan Instalación De Arte Anti-Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    UN Recognizes Access to Clean, Affordable Water and Climate Justice as Civil Rights Under International Law

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Trump to Add Insult to Injury with Visit to Explosion Site for Fossil Fuel Order Signing

  • Press Release

    Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Act Passes Containing Dangerous Nuclear Study

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Environmental Groups Call for Strict Regulation of Greenhouse Gases as Hazardous Air Pollutants

  • Statement

    Flint Deserves Justice and Snyder Must be Held Accountable

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Flint protest
  • Press Release

    BREAKING: Maryland General Assembly Gives Unanimous Final Approval For Water Taxpayer Protection Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Fracking Water Contamination Case in Plum Borough

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    A Dozen Manatee County Elected Officials and 50+ Local Businesses Sign Letter in Support of Statewide Ban on All Forms of Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Governor Murphy Announces Opposition to Meadowlands Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Governor Whitmer: Take Urgent Action to Shut Down Line 5

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Public Interest Groups File Lawsuit for Clean Water, Gather at Capitol Building to Demand Accountability

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Major Problems With Edgar Thomson Fracking Well Revealed Ahead of DEP Hearing

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    More Than 120 Statewide and National Groups Call on Governor Newsom to Shut Down Aliso Canyon, Stop New Fossil Fuel Projects

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Michigan Environmental and Social Justice Groups Call for a Ban on Industrial Agriculture Polluting Practices

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Adams County, CO Approves Six-Month Fracking Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Exxon's Climate Denial Comes Under Scrutiny in EU Parliament on Thursday

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Oregon House Passes Ten Year Moratorium on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    U.N. Committee Urges UK Government to Consider “Comprehensive and Complete Ban” on Fracking

  • Statement

    Attorney General’s Pipeline Investigation Means Governor Wolf Must Act

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Iowa's Water is the Loser this Legislative Session

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Trump's Budget Serves Industry Profits at the Expense of Our Health

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Food, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Senate Committee Passes Fracking Bill but Leaves In Major Loophole

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Citing Sunoco’s Refusal to Disclose Emergency Information, State Lawmakers Press Wolf for Mariner Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    It's "Way Past Time" Gov. Bevin Took Action on Martin County

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Chester County Empanels Sunoco Grand Jury

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Climate Movement Demands New York Move Off Fossil Fuels

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting 21 Young Climate Fighters in Juliana v. U.S.

  • Statement

    Senate Committee Tables Sister Fracking Ban Still With Major Loophole

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Representative Dean Fisher Single-Handedly Holding Up Clean Water Legislation

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Colorado's Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations Bill: A Step Forward, but Not Far Enough

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    BREAKING: Maryland House Unanimously Passes Legislation To Permanently Protect Homeowners, Renters and Places of Worship From Tax Sale Over Water Bills

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Power Plant Decision a Stunning Victory for Pinelands Pipeline Opponents

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Reps. Lawrence and Khanna, Senator Sanders Introduce the WATER Act to Address Water Justice in America

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Reps. Lawrence and Khanna Introduce the WATER Act to Address Water Justice in America

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Reps. Lawrence and Khanna Introduce the WATER Act to Address Water Justice in America

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Trump’s Nomination of Kelly Craft for UN Ambassador is a Slap in the Face of Climate Science and Human Rights

  • Press Release

    USDA Quietly Approves New Line Speed Waivers for Chicken Plants

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Florida Elected Officials, Scientists, and Clean Water Advocates Hold Panel on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Community Groups, Councilmember Bonin Call for 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2030

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Boston Market Recall Latest Example of Toll Taken by Meat Inspection Rollbacks

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Elected Officials, Scientists, and Clean Water Advocates to Host Panel on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Advocates Ask UN To Consider Fracking Affront To Women's Rights In The UK

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    FERC LNG Approval is Exporting Climate Chaos

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Gov. Inslee: Climate Leaders Don’t Frack

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Gov. Inslee: Climate Leaders Don’t Frack

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Angelenos call for 100% Renewable Energy by 2030

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Hundreds of Iowans gathered to urge legislators to pass a statewide moratorium on new and expanded factory farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory Farms Make Me Sick Web Image
  • Press Release

    Iowans to Gather with Legislators to Support Statewide Factory Farm Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Oakmont Passes Strong Drilling Ordinance

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Oxnard City Council Votes to Oppose Offshore Drilling and Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Residents, Elected Officials Call on Governor Murphy to Stop Fracked Gas Power Plant

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    EPA's "Non-action" Plan on PFAS

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Small water drop from household faucet
  • Press Release

    70 Organizations Call on Iowa’s General Assembly to Support Sweeping Proposal for a Moratorium on Iowa Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory Farms Make Me Sick Web Image
  • Statement

    House Committee Approves Limited Fracking Ban Bill With Major Loophole

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Defending the California Dream: Clear Air and a Livable Planet—What Was Missing from the CA State of the State

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    New York Environmental & Community Groups Call for Faster Action

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Expected to Announce Commitment to Scrap Plans to Rebuild Coastal Gas Plants

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Wolf Stops Mariner East 2, Other Energy Transfer Projects

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Watchdog Groups Sue Pilgrim's Pride for Deceptive Advertising

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Legislation Introduced to Allow Communities Local Control Over Electricity Purchases

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Maryland Capitol
  • Press Release

    Floridians Against Fracking Deliver 50 Group Sign On Letter To Governor DeSantis  Requesting All Forms of Fracking Are Banned

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Fracking Rig
  • Press Release

    Any Green New Deal Must Directly Address Fossil Fuels: National and Grassroots Groups

  • Statement

    Dunlap’s Oversight of PFAS Research “Truly the Fox Guarding the Henhouse"

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Environmental and Social Justice Groups in Iowa Call For Moratorium on Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Factory Farms Make Me Sick Web Image
  • Press Release

    Industrial Agriculture Air Monitoring Legislation (CHAA) Introduced in 2019 With New Legislative Support

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Groups Urge Cuomo to Support for Full Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    ​Floridians Against Fracking to Deliver Letter to Governor DeSantis

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Statement

    State of the Union: A Fake Emergency Obscures a Real One

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Health Professional Advocacy Group Sends Letter Thanking Lt Governor Nuñez on Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Senate President Bill Galvano and House Speaker José Oliva On Board With Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Virginia House Rejects Ambitious Renewable Energy Plan to Create Jobs In Advanced Energy Sector

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Notice of Intent Filed to Sue Over Chronic Water Pollution From Colorado Slaughterhouses

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    SATURDAY EVENT: 50 + People to Rally on Groundhog Day to Demand Senate President Stop the Shadow Looming over Florida’s Water from Fracking and Algae Threats

    By Brooke Errett
    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    New Pipeline Explosion Shows Why Lines 3 and 5 Should Be Shut down Immediately

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Trump Failing to Protect Drinking Water by Ignoring Dangerous Chemicals PFOA and PFOS

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    EPA’s Chemical Negligence Shows Need for Cuomo to Act on Clean Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    MDE Air Quality Monitor Plan is Industry Ploy to Block Truly Protective Measures

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Pressure Builds on Governor Murphy to Stop Transco Pipeline Project

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Cuomo Must Stand Up to Trump by Rejecting Williams Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    "Inspected and Passed"? No, Despite What Labels Say

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
    Food & Water Watch received FOIA documents showing concerning number of tasks remaining incomplete by USDA under Trump's government shutdown.
  • Statement

    BREAKING: After Momentous Green Focused Lobby Day, Most Ambitious Clean Energy Legislation to Date Passes to Floor Vote in VA

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Cuomo Can Take Immediate Clean Energy Action

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Ambitious Plan to Fund Solar Panels Paid For By Virginia Utilities Announced by Social Justice, Faith, and Renewable Energy Groups

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's power grab
  • Statement

    Local Opposition Stymies Franklin Park Fracking Plan

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Water Advocates Seek Lead Line Commitment from Governor Cuomo

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Climate Movement Rallies Outside Cuomo’s State of the State

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Advocates Raise U.S. Water Quality, Access and Pollution as a Civil Rights Issue with the UN

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Baltimore City Council Passes State Water Taxpayer Protection Act Unanimously

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Governor Ron DeSantis Moves to Ban Fracking in Florida

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Florida Government Publicly Takes Step to Ban Fracking in Florida

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    Baltimore City Approves Drastic Water Rate Hikes Despite Water Affordability Crisis

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Wolf’s Climate Plan Falls Short

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Floridians Against Fracking Unleash Giant ‘To Do Lists’ Reminding New Governor of First Campaign Promise

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Legislators, Key Community Faith Leaders, and Impacted Residents, Announce 2018 Water-Related City Tax Lien Sales and Property Foreclosure Bill

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Anti-Fracking Advocates to Stage Large Visual at Gubernatorial Inauguration Events

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    Senator Mary Washington, Delegate Nick Mosby, Councilwoman Shannon Sneed to Join Faith Leaders for Announcement of 2018 Water Related City Tax Lien Sales and Property Foreclosure Bill

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Community Opposition Forces Delay of Franklin Park Fracking Proposal

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    USDA’s GMO Labeling Rule Keeps Consumers in the Dark for the Sake of Big Ag Profits

  • Statement

    Sunoco Criminal Investigation Should Prompt Wolf to Shut Down Mariner East Pipelines

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    USDA Won’t Disclose Latest Meat Inspector Vacancy Rates as Shortages Threaten Food Safety

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Zinke Out at Interior, But Fossil Fuels Still In

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Cuomo's Energy Plan Fails to Meet Climate Challenge

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Wolf’s Weak Methane Rules No Fix for Climate Crisis

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Farm Bill Fails to Address Critical Problems with Food System

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Trump Steamrolls WOTUS to the Benefit of Agrochemical and Fossil Fuel Industries

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Thousands of New Yorkers Urge Cuomo to Support a Full Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    NJ American Water Should Stop Hiding Shutoff Data

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Coalition Files Suit Against USDA on Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Governors Must Enact Fossil Fuel Moratoria Now, Since Trump Won’t Act

  • Press Release

    City Council President Jack Young Announces Groundbreaking Water Accountability and Equity Act

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    City Council President Jack Young To Join Baltimore Residents To Announce Groundbreaking Water Accountability and Equity Act

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
    Small water drop from household faucet
  • Statement

    NJNG Announces Plan to Begin Construction on SRL Pipeline in South Jersey

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Another Friday News Dump: USDA Posts Alarming Data About Privatized Inspection at Poultry Plants

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Response to National Climate Assessment Release

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Comprehensive Exposé of Dominion Energy’s History of Clean Energy Obstruction in Virginia

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
    Food & Water Watch exposes Dominion Energy's decades-long power grab and fracking investments
  • Press Release

    245 Farming, Farmworker, Public Health, Labor, Food Safety, and Environmental Organizations Urge Senate to Reject Hutchins for USDA Science Chief

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    With a Green New Deal, a New Chapter in Climate Activism is Emerging, and a Legislative Climate Solution Already Exists

  • Statement

    Kentucky's Martin County Water District Granted Rate Increase, Ordered to Seek Outside Management

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Becomes First Major City to Ban Water Privatization

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Small water drop from household faucet
  • Press Release

    Over 200 Farm, Food and Rural Groups Endorse Agribusiness Merger Moratorium Bills

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Senate Passes Fracking Waste Ban Bill

  • Press Release

    Smithfield Manure-to-Energy Plan is a False Solution for the Environment

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Campaign to Stop Meadowlands Power Plant Heats Up

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Opposes California Proposition 3

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Shocking Study: 15 Million U.S. Residents Had Water Shut Off in 2016

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    American Water and Suez Hiding Water Shut Off Data

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    National Water Shutoff Report: Pennsylvania

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    New National Survey Reveals Jacksonville Had the Fifth Highest Water Shutoff Rate in the Country in 2016

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch first of its kind water shutoffs survey
  • Press Release

    National Water Shutoff Survey: Baltimore Should Pass Ballot Question E to Ban Water Privatization

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch first of its kind water shutoffs survey
  • Press Release

    West Virginia American Water Hiding Water Shut Off Information

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Food & Water Watch first of its kind water shutoffs survey
  • Press Release

    New National Survey Reveals One Out of Six Homes in New Orleans Had Water Shut Off In 2016

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    New National Survey Reveals Detroit Had the Ninth Highest Water Shutoff Rate in the Country in 2016

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Mega Water and Gas Merger Would Spell Disaster for Pittsburgh

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Sunoco Mariner Pipeline Completion Stalled Until 2020

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Fracking Waste Ban Moves Forward with Senate Committee Vote

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Carbon Tax Schemes Will Not Save Us from Climate Chaos

  • Press Release

    Hurricane-Impacted Communities, Allies Challenge Factory Farm Pollution Exemption from Federal Emergency Preparedness Law

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    NAFTA Reboot Threatens Food Safety, Promotes Fracking and GMOs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Fracking
  • Statement

    USDA To Allow Line Speed Increase from 140 to 175 Birds Per Minute Under Privatized Inspection Model

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Certified Organic Farmer Suffers Contamination, Likely De-Certification from Mountain Valley Pipeline Pellet Drop

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Victory! Court Shuts Down Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Gov. Bevin: Declare State of Emergency in Martin County, Ky.

  • Press Release

    Making a Petrochemical Sacrifice Zone in Appalachia

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Privatized Inspection Plants Still Turning Out More Contaminated Chicken

  • Statement

    Trump's Hurricane of Lies

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Cheers House Introduction of Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium Bill

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Mike Bloomberg’s Comparison of Environmental Activists to Border Wall Supporters is Totally Absurd

  • Press Release

    In Advance of Climate Summit, Advocates Call on Gov. Brown’s Sister to Resign from Sempra Board

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Watchdogs Sue Metropolitan Water District Over Delta Tunnel Financing

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Governor Scott Dismisses Concerns About Toxic Algae

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
    Toxic Barrels Water Waste
  • Press Release

    Federal District Court Decision Allows Food & Water Watch Case Against USDA to Proceed

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Scott Stringer: NY Harbor Fracked Gas Pipeline a “Monumental Step Backwards”

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Groups Press Discovery Fight with White House, Allege Administration Shielding Potential Self-Dealing by Trump, Kushner Cronies on Infrastructure

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    CCM Promotes Weak, Inadequate Fracking Waste Ordinance

  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Sen. Booker's Groundbreaking Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium Bill

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    NAFTA-Lite Trade Announcement Likely to Conceal Deregulatory Corporate Giveaways

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Over 100 Florida local elected officials sign on in support of statewide fracking ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Leads the Country in Water Advocacy, Mayor Signs First Water Privatization Ban In a Major City

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    UK Fracking Billionaire Reportedly Leaves for Tax Haven in Monaco

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    FDA Investigating Possible Link Between Factory Farms and Tainted Lettuce

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    USDA Inspectors Pressured to Keep Line Speeds Up Under Privatized Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Baltimore City Council Votes to Ban Water Privatization

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Three-Year Old Report on Fracking Risks Quietly Published This Week After Cuadrilla Permit Awarded

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    CPV Power Plant Start-Up In Doubt as Air Quality Permit is Denied

  • Press Release

    New Brunswick Could Create 100 Percent Renewable Electricity Program

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Puerto Rico Debt Cancelation Bill "First Step Towards a Just and Equitable Recovery"

  • Statement

    Statement from Campaign for Family Farms & the Environment (CFFE) on President Trump's 7.26.18 visit to Iowa

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Proposes Giveaway to Fossil Fuel Industry

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    New Carbon Tax Bill Shields Polluters, Pours Gasoline on Climate "Fire"

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Governor Rick Scott Not the Environmental Hero He Claims to Be

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Federal Government Must Ensure School Districts Urgently Test For, Eliminate Lead

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Opposes Scott Hutchins Nomination at USDA

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Receives FOIA Revealing Cahoots Between Suez and Mayor Pugh’s Office

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Victory in Lawsuit Against Camden for Shut-Off Information

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    USDA Approves Three New Poultry Plants on Assurances of Chinese Government Alone

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Good Riddance, Scott Pruitt

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    New Brunswick Residents Go to City Council With 100% Renewable Energy Plan

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Council Members, Faith Leaders, Advocates To Draw Attention to Large Water Rate Hike In the Midst of Code Red Extreme Heat Alert and Call For Water Affordability Program

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    glass of tap water
  • Statement

    FERC Commissioner Heads to Private Water Lobby

  • Press Release

    La privatización del agua echa sal a la herida en Puerto Rico

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Water Privatization Adds Insult to Injury in Puerto Rico

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Files FOIA Suit Against the EPA

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Unprecedented New Report Details Sweeping Environmental Injustice of Pennsylvania’s Ongoing Fossil Fuel Buildout

  • Statement

    In Fracking Case, Scottish Court Rules Against Ineos

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Families Belong Together

    By Wenonah Hauter
  • Statement

    Joint Statement: Advocacy Groups Call on Governor Cooper to Veto SB 711

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Lawsuit Filed Against Privatized Water System Serves As Cautionary Tale for Baltimore

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Camden’s Privatized Water Hides Data on Shut-Offs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Groups Fight Back Against Trump Administration Attempt to Avoid Scrutiny of Kushner-Led Office of American Innovation

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
    Jared Kusher at a meeting with top military officials
  • Statement

    Gusciora Victory in Trenton is a Win for Public Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Mayor Pugh’s Charter Proposals Would Open Baltimore Up to Water Privatization

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Pennsylvanians Rally to Stop Sunoco Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Fourth Circuit Reinstates N.C. 'Anti-Sunshine' Law Constitutional Challenge

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Advocates and Community Members Request AG Investigate Martin County Water District

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Bayer-Monsanto Mega-Merger Approved

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    BREAKING: Mariner East Construction Halted in West Whiteland Township by PUC

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Mark Ruffalo and Fracking-Harmed Residents Demand Help from Gov. Wolf with New Health Impacts Campaign

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Pruitt's EPA a "Nightmare" for Water, Public Health, Press Freedom & Democracy

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Coalition: New York Must Reject Williams Fracked Gas Pipeline

  • Press Release

    Calling for a Ban on Factory Farming in the United States

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Endorses the Poor People's Campaign

  • Press Release

    On Video, Cuomo Pledges to Reject All New Gas Plants

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    House Vote to Advance Yucca Mountain Is a Step Toward Nuclear Disaster

  • Press Release

    A Beloved Neighborhood Church Escapes Eviction, No Thanks to Legislation

    close-up photo of running tap water
  • Press Release

    House Farm Bill Should be Rejected, 34 groups say

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Chemical Companies Go to Court to Challenge Scotland Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Groups Slam Rep. Polis for Undermining Bill to Stem Climate Change

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    House Appropriations Committee’s New Energy/Water Funding Bill is a Recipe for Disaster

  • Statement

    Proposed USDA Rule on GMO Labeling Deceptive and Filled with Loopholes

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Rep. Pompeo Confirmed to Lead State Department

  • Press Release

    Illinois Senate Passes Vital Right-To-Know Fracking Bill

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Legislation Would Provide Urgent Protections to Prevent Another Flint Water Crisis Amid Trump's Attack on Public Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Suspension of New Poultry Inspection System Plant Shows that Privatized Inspection is a Failure

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Cuomo Denies Water Quality Certificate for New York Harbor Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    FDA Finds Rodent Infestation at Facility Affected by Massive Egg Recall

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Governor Wolf Uses Sunoco Dollars to Silence Local Communities

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    After Community Opposition, Nestlé Drops Plan for Spring Creek Plant

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    100% Renewable Energy is the Goal - Halfway is Not Enough

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Over 180 Groups Call for New York to Move Off Fossil Fuels

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Enbridge Blunder Proves Line 5 Solutions a Sham: Time to Shut It Down

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Weak Renewable Energy Bill Should Be Rejected Along With Nuke Industry Bailout

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Maryland Legislators Fail to Pass the Community Healthy Air Act

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    200+ Environmental Groups Call on Senate to Reject Pompeo for Secretary of State

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    More than 40,000 Comments Support a Complete Fracking Ban in the Delaware River Watershed

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Approval of Bayer-Monsanto Deal Paves Way for Price Hikes, Reduced Choices

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    As Pruitt Ethics Concerns Mount, EPA Quietly Announces Half a Trillion Dollar Need for Drinking Water

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Baltimore City Politics Run Common Sense Water Legislation to the Ground, Advocates Warn of Impending Privatization

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
    Water is a human right signs
  • Press Release

    Five Questions USDA Secretary Perdue Should Ask Before Lunch at the Clemens Hog Slaughter Plant in Coldwater, Michigan

  • Press Release

    Imminent Legal Action Planned Over Water Contamination Near Mountaire Chicken Processing Facility in Delaware

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Residents Impacted by Sunoco Pipeline Issue Summons to Governor Wolf

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Kentucky Public Service Commission Raises Water Rates in Martin County

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Broad Coalition Backs National Trust in UK Fracking Fight

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Rex Tillerson Out at State Department

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Fifth Fracking Health Compendium Outlines Unacceptable Risks to our Food, Water and Climate

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    BREAKING: Florida Senate Refuses to Support Ban on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Delegate Mary Washington, Faith Leaders, Advocates to Demand Elimination of City Tax Lien Sales and Property Foreclosure

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    At Offshore Drilling Event, Groups Call on Governor Cuomo to Protect New York by Stopping Planned Gas Pipeline for New York Harbor

  • Press Release

    Groups Push New Jersey Fracking Waste Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Senate Democrats Release Strong Infrastructure Package, Contrasting Pitfalls of Trump Administration’s Shameful Wall Street Giveaways

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    PUC Files Emergency Order to Halt Sunoco's Mariner East 1 Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Research Shows Los Angeles Can Lead the Way to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    BREAKING: Maryland House Unanimously Passes Groundbreaking Legislation as Response to Water Crisis Distressing Baltimore and Cities Across the Nation

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Advocates in Maryland Rally Ahead of Committee Hearing for 100% Clean Energy by 2035

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Washington, Oregon Bills Falter; Chaco Canyon Lease Canceled

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Over 100 U.S. & International Groups Tell Wolf: Shut Down Mariner East Pipeline

  • Press Release

    Florida Clean Water Advocates Rally to Call on Senate to Pass Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    Maryland Advocates to Rally for 100% Clean Energy by 2035 Ahead of Committee Hearing

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Legislators, Advocates Launch Bill to Move New York Off Fossil Fuels

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    New Analysis Reveals Martin County Water Crisis a Perfect Storm of Coal Industry Power, Mismanagement and Disinvestment

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Representatives Drury and Guzzardi Introduce Legislation to Protect Landowners Rights and Ban Fracking in Illinois

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Florida Senate Fracking Ban Bill Deserves Senate Vote

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Anti-Fracking Advocates to Stage Large Fire Visual at Clay County Utility Faucet Calling for Fracking Ban Leadership from Senator Bradley

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Documents Show Privatized Hog Inspection Scheme Rife with Food Safety Violations

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Nestlé and Others Cashing in On U.S. Water Infrastructure Crisis

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    The price of a gallon of milk, a gallon of gasoline, and a gallon of bottled water: bottled water is by far the most expensive.
  • Press Release

    Groups Sue To Force Kushner-led Innovation Office To Follow Federal Transparency Rules And Reveal Role In Shaping Infrastructure Policy

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Baltimore Faith Leaders, Environmental Organizations, Advocacy Groups and City Council Members "Flush" Trump's Infrastructure Scam

  • Press Release

    Baltimore “Flushes” Trump’s Infrastructure Scam & Water Privatization Plans

  • Press Release

    Uwchlan Township Supervisors Vote to Enforce Safety Ordinance, Protect Residents from Mariner East 2

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Trump's Infrastructure Plan Sends Our Tax Dollars to Wall Street

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Delegate Mary Washington Introduces Important Economic Justice Legislation with Water Taxpayer Protection Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    50+ Organizations Call on Iowa’s General Assembly to Support Sweeping Proposal for a Moratorium on Iowa Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Frightening New Carbon Emissions Projections Require Bold Policy Solutions

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Grassroots Pressure Forces New York to Reconsider Albany Microgrid Gas Plan

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    BREAKING: Florida Senate Committee Unanimously Votes to Ban Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Press Release

    Fracking Ban Bill SB 462 Passes First Senate Committee Unanimously: Groups Applaud Passage of Bill

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    NJ OFF Fossil Fuels Coalition Launches Clean Energy Push

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Murphy Supports Fracking Ban in DRBC; Now New Jersey and Others Must Enact Legislation to Move Off Fossil Fuels

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    State of the Union Response: Disaster Capitalism Cloaked as Progress

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    ‘Big Chicken’ Donates False Giant Check to Governor Hogan Prior to Maryland State of the State Address

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    ACTION: ‘Big Chicken’ to Donate Giant Check to Governor Hogan Prior to Maryland State of the State Address

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Privatized Inspection System Produces More Contaminated Chicken

  • Press Release

    Lawmakers to Introduce Bill to Move Maryland to 100% Clean Energy by 2035

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Democracy Forward Launches Infrastructure Accountability Initiative, Releases New Report Highlighting Trump's "Blueprint for Cronyism"

  • Press Release

    Groundbreaking Bill Requiring 100% Clean Energy by 2035 Introduced In Virginia

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
    OFF Fossil Fuels
  • Statement

     Murphy Must Go Much Further than Rejoining RGGI

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Statement

    Response to "Healthy Climate and Family Security Act" Introduction into Congress

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Response to Leaked Washington Post Infrastructure Memo

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Martin County Could See Huge Rate Increase Despite Failing System

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Toxic Oilfield Wastewater Used to Grow California Food, Including Organics

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Nestlé Has No Place on Maine's Board of Environmental Protection

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Puerto Rico’s Decision to Privatize Power Coupled with Trump’s Alarming Infrastructure Plan Spells Out Devastation for Vulnerable Communities

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Renowned Biologist Sandra Steingraber, Miami Elected Officials, Health Professionals Release Major Scientific Studies Citing Fracking and Water Contamination Cases

  • Press Release

    Trump Releases Proposed Rule for Privatized Inspection Scheme in Hog Plants

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.: Analysis Reveals Maryland Ratepayers Spend Millions on Dirty Renewables, Groups Urge Swift Shift to 100% Clean Energy

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Trump Unveils Plan to Open Nearly All of U.S. Offshore Waters to Drilling

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Inaction By Florida Legislators On Oil Drilling After Trump Announcement Could Lead To Catastrophe in Sunshine State

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Gov. Wolf Bows to Public Pressure, Suspends Mariner Pipeline Construction

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    After Grassroots Campaign, Atlantic City Water System Stays Public

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    New Study Should Move Governor Wolf to Act on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Explosion at Austrian Baumgarten Gas Hub and Shutdown of Forties Pipeline System Shows Europe's Vulnerability

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Group Mounts Legal Challenge to Pollution Trading Permit in Pennsylvania

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Press Release

    Plum Fracking Controversy Deepens

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Group Calls for Ban on Brazilian Beef Imports, Citing Countless Health and Safety Deficiencies Over Fifteen Years

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    DRBC Fracking Rules Don’t Go Far Enough to Protect Clean Water

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Decision To Deny Everglades Oil Drilling Permit, Pushes for Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Declares Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s Line 5 Solution a Sham, Calls for Immediate and Permanent Shut Down of Line 5

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Ineos‘s Court Injunction Won’t Stop UK Anti-Fracking Movement

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    The Awful Environmental Record of Ineos Disqualifies Fracking Ambitions

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Shows Shameful Disregard for Public Health and Climate Stability

  • Press Release

    Twelve Years and Not Much Has Changed

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Advocates Across Miami-Dade County Enact ‘Mock Oil Rig Spills’ in Opposition to Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Report Details Racial, Economic Injustice of Pollution Trading Programs

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Rick Perry’s Absurd Remark About Fossil Fuels and Sexual Assault

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Rick Perry’s Absurd Remark About Fossil Fuels and Sexual Assault

  • Statement

    Rick Perry’s Absurd Remark About Fossil Fuels and Sexual Assault

  • Press Release

    Woolsey Operating Company Pulls Fracking Permit - Food & Water Watch Celebrates and Pushes For Fracking Ban

    Activist holds "Ban Fracking Now" sign
  • Statement

    Oregon Governor Finally Sides with Hood River County Over Nestlé

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Groups Denounce Energy Department’s Sneak Attack on Solar

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Disaster Capitalism Hits Puerto Rico with Whitefish Sweetheart Deal

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Manhattan Rally Tells Cuomo: Get Off Fossil Fuels

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    One Month After Hurricane Maria, Federal Government Must Answer for Recent Decline in Access to Safe Drinking Water in Puerto Rico

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Trump Trumpets Meatpacker Power at Expense of Family Farmers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Lawmakers, Impacted Families Go to Harrisburg to Rally Against Sunoco Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Report Illustrates Why USDA Must Not Allow Chinese Poultry or Brazilian Fresh Meat Imports

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Standing Up for Environmental Justice, Senator Chuck Schumer Speaks Out Against Republican Plan to Slash EPA Budget

  • Press Release

    Florida State Republicans Introduce Statewide Fracking Ban Bills

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Ban Fracking protestors
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Disappointed by Vote to Approve $4 Billion for Delta Tunnels Plan

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Trump's Scrapping of the Clean Power Plan is a Shameful Giveaway to Profit-Driven Polluters

  • Press Release

    Over 200 Groups Urge Congress to Level the Playing Field for Farmers, Workers and Consumers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Scotland Bans Fracking. The UK and U.S. Should as Well.

  • Statement

    Fracking Ban Implementation Just the Beginning, Clean Renewables Is Real Goal Says Food & Water Watch

    Topics: 
    Fracking
    Fracking Rally Maryland
  • Press Release

    Groups Move Lawsuit Forward Against Industrial Fish Farming Regulations

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Are Oil and Gas CEOs Getting Paid to Pollute?

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Warns: Flint Water Crisis Not Over, No Amount of Lead Is Safe

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
    Dirty water in a sink
  • Press Release

    In Wake of Climate-Fueled Disasters, 300+ Groups Endorse Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Off Fossil Fuels Act

  • Press Release

    New Yorkers Rally to Tell Schumer: Save the EPA!

  • Press Release

    Monroeville Council Passes Seismic Testing Ordinance

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Opposes National Chicken Council Petition To Increase Poultry Slaughter Line Speeds

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Finally, FERC is Told To Stand Down

  • Statement

    Banning Fracking in the Delaware River Basin

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Rep. Gabbard’s Off Fossil Fuels Act Responds to Acute Climate Crisis

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Sues U.S. Department of Agriculture over Factory Farm Lending

  • Press Release

    Dozens of Marylanders and Elected Officials Gather For Introduction of Urgent 100% Renewable Energy State Bill

  • Statement

    National Park Service Bows to Corporate Pressure on Bottled Water in National Parks

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Coalition Urges Vote Against 'Demolish the DEP' Budget Bills

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Legislative Report Card Aims To Hold Maryland Lawmakers Accountable On 2017 Legislative Session Votes

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Violence by White Supremacists and Neo-Nazi Factions in Charlottesville

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Governor Wolf Shrugs Off Sunoco’s Pipeline Disasters

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Farm and Food Groups Say Bayer-Monsanto Merger Will Create Vegetable Seed Monopoly

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    UK Court Injunction Won’t Stop Anti-Fracking Movement

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    U.S. Congress Must Act on Climate, Not Incentivize Dirty Energy

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    American Antitrust Institute, Food & Water Watch, and National Farmers Union Say Monsanto-Bayer Merger Puts Competition, Farmers, and Consumers at Risk

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Water Safety Advocate Files Suit Over President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    With Victory Over Christie’s Takeover, People Power Prevails in Atlantic City

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Advocates Praise Sen. Sanders and Call on Senate Dems to Follow His Lead in Opposing Dirty Energy Bill

  • Statement

    State Regulators Endanger Families by Allowing Aliso Canyon Storage Facility to Reopen

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Disappointed by Passage of AB 398, Cap-and-Trade Bill

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Groups Petition State to Fix Broken Factory Farm Approval Process

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Chinese Chicken Shipments Already Endangering Public Health

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Activists Speak Out on Charges Against Bolivian Leaders Critical of Big Dam Projects

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Activistas denuncian cargos contra líderes bolivianos críticos de grandes proyectos de represas

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    350+ Groups Oppose Dirty Senate Energy Bill that Would Promote Fossil Fuels, Pollute Air and Water, and Hasten Climate Chaos

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Activists to Call On Attorney General Bill Schuette and Governor Rick Snyder to Immediately Decommission Line 5 Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Governor Roy Cooper Must Veto Attempt to Undermine Clean Energy in North Carolina

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Trump Takes Advantage of Europe's Fossil Fuel Dependence

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Trump’s “Energy Dominance” Speech in Two Words: More Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Urges USDA to Reverse Rule Allowing Chicken Imports from China

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    Trump Administration to Rescind Clean Water Rule

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Millions of People Threatened By Proposed Fracking Project in Southern Illinois: Group Will Unite to Say NO

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    With Ambitious Renewable Energy Goal, Mayors Take the Lead

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    100+ Anti-Fracking Advocates Unite to Oppose First Fracking Well In Illinois; Call for a Statewide Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Brazilian Meat Scandal Proves that System is Not Fit to Export to the U.S.

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    In Light of Stalled Risk Analysis Study, Food & Water Watch Condemns Interim Use of Line 5

  • Statement

    Carbon Taxes Won’t Reduce Fossil Fuel Consumption or Fix Climate Change – That’s Why Exxon Mobil Supports Them

  • Statement

    Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods: Higher prices, Fewer Choices for Consumers and More Profits for Billionaires

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Food Safety Advocates Denounce Proposed Rule to Permit China to Export Poultry Products to the U.S.

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Dow-Dupont Merger Bad for Farmers, Consumers and the Environment

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Petrochemical Expansion in Europe Means More Fracking in the United States

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food Safety Advocates File Lawsuit to Shed Light on Privatized Poultry Inspection

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Trump’s Water Infrastructure Plans in Two Words: Higher Rates

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Trump’s Withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord Makes U.S. a Rogue Nation

  • Press Release

    Fracking in Allegheny County: Who Calls the Shots?

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Multi-State Coalition Challenges Spectra/Enbridge’s Fracked Gas Expansion Project

  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Infrastructure Package

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    NAFTA Renegotiation Cannot Become Another Corporate Giveaway

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Food Safety Advocates Denounce Expanding Trade with China

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    The Senate Must Reject Trump's FERC Appointments, for the Sake of Public Health and Climate Stability

  • Press Release

    5,000 Illinoisans Brave Rain, March in Chicago for Climate Justice on Trump’s 100th Day in Office

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Pro-Fracking Bill in Florida Passes Through Second Reader in Senate

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food Safety Advocates Denounce Confirmation of Sonny Perdue to Lead USDA

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Detroit Needs Affordable Water Service, Not More Shutoffs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    USDA Audit Shows Canadian Slaughter Plants “Not Equivalent”

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Governor Hogan Signs Fracking Ban Bill, Making it Law

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Maryland Bans Fracking with Support of Republican Governor

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Dimock Decision: Corporate Profits Over Public Health 

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Settlement Ends Litigation Over EPA Release of Factory Farm Information

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Maryland Set to Ban Fracking with Support of Republican Governor

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Maryland Senate Passes Statewide Fracking Ban 35-10

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    With Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline, Trump Moves America Backwards

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    SEPTA Board’s Oil & Gas Ties

  • Press Release

    Advocates Applaud Bill to Make Water Service Safer and More Affordable

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Advocates Call on USDA to Protect U.S. Consumers from Potentially Tainted Brazilian Meat Imports

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Maryland House Passes Moratorium on Tax Lien Sales for Unpaid Water Service Bills

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Governor Larry Hogan Comes Out in Support of Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Guns Trump Butter in White House Budget

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Groups Tell Pennsylvania Attorney General: Investigate DEP’s Fracking Negligence

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    100+ Activists Gathered Ahead of the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board Meeting to Call on State Officials to Shut Down Line 5

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Councilwoman Bass Speaks Out Against SEPTA Fracked Gas Plant

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Dozens of Advocacy Groups Challenge EPA on Factory Farm Pollution

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Senate Confirmation of Perry to DOE a Grave Mistake

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    'Resistance Address' Rally Outside White House Sends Trump off Before Speech with Message that Americans Oppose His Harmful Agenda

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Pinelands Pipeline Decision Serves to Embolden Trump Energy Agenda

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Pruitt Confirmation Begins Fight of a Lifetime for Public Health, Our Environment and the EPA Itself

  • Statement

    Fast Food CEO Steps Down as Labor Nominee

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Group Mounts Legal Challenge to Nutrient Trading Permit in Pennsylvania

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Press Release

    Sen. Madaleno Introduces Bill to Protect Air Quality and Communities

  • Statement

    Democratic Boycott of Scott Pruitt Committee Vote is Necessary and Commendable

  • Statement

    Trump Declares War on Environment in First Week on Job

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Advocates Applaud Senate Water Blueprint

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Sonny Perdue Nomination Another Feather in Cap of Big Business

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Denounces Nomination of Tom Price to Head Health and Human Services

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    500+ Wide-Ranging Organizations Call for Rejection of Scott Pruitt as EPA Head

  • Press Release

    New Analysis Highlights Alarming Anti-Consumer Impacts of Proposed Enbridge/Spectra Energy Mega-Merger

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Long Overdue Livestock Rules Provide Important, Modest Protections for Farmers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Final EPA Study Confirms That Fracking Contaminates Drinking Water

  • Statement

    Congress Passes Long Overdue Relief Package for Flint

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Trump-Tillerson State Department Would Likely Undermine Renewables Around the World

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Trump’s Expected Pick for Interior Secretary is Another Slap in the Face of Science

  • Statement

    Fast Food CEO Helming Labor Department Will Undermine Food and Worker Safety

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Scott Pruitt Will Lead Trump’s Disastrous Deregulatory Agenda at EPA

  • Statement

    Administration Must Acknowledge Political Meddling in Fracking Contamination Report, Clarify and Finalize Findings of Harm

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Philadelphia Port Plan Rejects Fossil Fuels

  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Demise of Trans-Pacific Partnership

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Statement

    We Cannot Be Discouraged; Let’s Keep Building Our Movement

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    As Johns Hopkins Researchers Highlight Flaws in Wicomico Co. Health Review, Advocates Call for Moratorium on New Poultry Operations in County

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New Study Highlights the Hazards of Imported Seafood, Demonstrates Risks from the TPP


    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Washington State Shouldn’t Replicate British Columbia’s Failed Carbon Tax Experiment

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Why is Detroit Hiding Its Dealings with Veolia?

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    In Unanimous Vote, Andover Bans Fracking Waste

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Critics: NJDEP Permit Changes Give Green Light to Pipeline Construction

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Advocates Criticize Changes to Safety Measures for Catfish Imports 

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    200+ Groups Call on EPA to Correct Unsupported Claims in Major Fracking Study

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    330,000+ Urge Congress to Pass Legislation to Ensure Affordable, Safe Water Service for All

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Over 700,000 People Tell Government to Block Seed Mergers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Broad Coalition Demands Thorough Review of Pilgrim Pipelines

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Better Aid Package for Flint

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Bayer-Monstanto Merger Moves One Step Closer

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Pennsylvanians: No Tax Dollars for Dakota Access Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Today's Huge Earthquake Could Have Been Prevented: It Was The Result of Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Advocates Urge Feds to Ban Triclosan in All Consumer Products

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Advocates Urge Baltimore to Adopt Income-Based Water Service Affordability Plan

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    New Study Underscores Health Dangers of Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Denounces Approval of ChemChina-Syngenta Mega-Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Tweet Calls into Question Objectivity of Secretary of State’s Office in Ballot Initiative Signature Count

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    FSIS Catfish Inspection Program Stops Another Unsafe Shipment from Vietnam 

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Advocates Call for Meaningful Public Participation in Federal Regulation of Biotech

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Rising Imports Lead to Millions of Pounds of Meat Rejected at U.S. Border

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Advocates, Landowners File Brief in Opposition to Spectra Pipeline Project

  • Statement

    President Obama Capitulates to Big Food, Signs DARK Act Into Law

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    10,000+ March on Eve of Democratic National Convention, Demanding Fracking Ban and Huge Investment in Renewables

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    FWW, NFU Appeal to Foreign Investment Oversight Committee to Block ChemChina/Syngenta Acquisition

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Standing in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

  • Statement

    Advocates Urge President Obama to Veto DARK Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Statement

    Democrats Ignore Science, Will of Most Americans by Rejecting Fracking and TPP Bans in Party Platform

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Advocates Urge Feds to Reject Danone-White Wave Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Senate Advances GMO Bill Stripping Away Transparency in Labels

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Statement

    As Historic Vermont Legislation Goes into Effect, Congress May Pull GMO Labels Off of Grocery Shelves

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Letter Urges President Obama to Meet with Fracking-Affected Communities “Abandoned By” Government Officials

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Scientists, Groups Urge National Academy to Reverse Decades of One-Sided GMO Science

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Appeals Court Urged to Strike Down Idaho Law That Hides Ag Operations from Public View, Imperils Public Health

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    DARK Act “Compromise" Greatly Undermines Consumer Choice

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Statement

    Veolia to be Held Accountable for Role in Flint Water Crisis

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Ruling on Fracking Rules Shows Congress Must Act Now

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Welcomes Scientist Robert Howarth to its Board

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
    Robert Howarth
  • Press Release

    Groups Question USDA and Cornell University Over Lack of Transparency in Genetically Engineered Moth Experiments

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Five Reasons GMO Labeling Bill Deserves a Vote

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Advocates: Time to Vote on New York GMO Labeling

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Office of Inspector General Highlights Inadequacies of FDA Food Recall System

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Activists Deliver 90,000+ Petitions Calling on DNC to Add Fracking Ban to Party Platform

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Voters Celebrate Landslide Passage of Fracking Ban in Butte County, California

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    EPA Proposes Shocking Thousand-Fold Increase in Radioactivity Allowed in Drinking Water

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    450 + Organizations to Congress: Pending Trade Deals Threaten Efforts to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground, Oppose Trans-Pacific Partnership

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    AAI, FWW and NFU Urge the U.S. Department of Justice to Challenge the Dow-DuPont Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Obama Administration Reportedly Lifting Moratorium on California Offshore Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Top Chicken Brands Now Inspected by Own Employees

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Food Safety Advocates Denounce Weakening of Catfish Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    370+ Groups Oppose Federal Energy Bill That Would Increase Fracking, Harm Climate

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Rep. John Conyers' Introduction of Bill to Address Nation's Looming Water Infrastructure Crisis

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Fracked Gas is Not Clean: National Advocacy Groups Deliver Message to Gov. Gina Raimondo

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    National Research Council GMO Study Compromised by Industry Ties


    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Groups Slam Feds for Weak Review of GMO Mosquito Risks

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Rumored Monsanto-Bayer Merger Would Harm Family Farmers and Consumers 

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Colorado Supreme Court Strips the Constitutional Right To Enact Local Fracking Bans

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Dole Knew About Listeria Contamination; Kept Operating for 18 Months During Outbreak

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    160+ Farm and Food Groups Ask Congress to Reject TPP, Stand Up for Independent Farmers and Ranchers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Statement

    Two Years On, Flint Lessons Unlearned

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Lawsuit Challenges FDA's Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Advocates Call on Governor Rick Snyder to Take Responsibility for Flint Water Crisis


    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Defeat of DARK Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Senate Must Stand Up for Consumers and Reject the DARK Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Denounces Move to Push Ahead With Food Imports From China 


    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Advocates Urge Senate to Reject DARK Act

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Florida Legislature Rejects Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Fearing Environmental Terrorism, Advocates Call on Nigerian Government to Help Return Abducted Wife of International Environmental Activist to Safety

  • Statement

    Advocates Urge Senate to Reject Anti-GMO Labeling Bill

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    State Sale of Atlantic City Water System Could Spell Disaster for Families

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    
New Rate Survey of 500 U.S. Water Systems Finds Private Water Providers Charge 58% More

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Fishing and Public Interest Groups File Challenge to Feds’ Unprecedented Decision to Establish Aquaculture in Offshore U.S. Waters

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Advocates Aim to Protect Maryland Farmers from Unfair Treatment by Big Chicken Companies

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    New Maryland Legislation to Promote Clean, Renewable Energy

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    In Wake of Flint Water Crisis, Federal Slashes to Community Water Funding are Unacceptable

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Syngenta Merger Must Be Blocked

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Calls on USDA to Fix Safety Problems in Food Import System

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    ‘Democracy Awakening’ Comes to the Nation’s Capital in April

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    House Members Denounce Bill That Would Allow Fracking in Florida, Keep Toxic Fracking Chemicals a ‘Trade Secret’ and Prohibit Localities from Banning Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Calls for Moratorium on Shutoffs and Poisoned Water Bills in Flint, Mich.

    By Kate Fried
    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    More Than 27,000 Call on Department of Health and Human Services to 
 Provide Relief to Flint Residents

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    As The President Overhauls Coal Leases on Federal Land, His Administration Ignores the Threat of Natural Gas

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Top Chesapeake Bay Legislation In 2016 Would Make Chicken Companies Responsible for Manure

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Is Flint Water Also Causing Legionnaire’s Disease?


    By Kate Fried
    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Coalition Sues North Carolina over Constitutionality of ‘Anti-Sunshine’ Law

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    EPA Advisory Board Finds Serious Discrepancies in Agency's Recent Draft Study on Fracking and Water Contamination

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Omnibus Policy Rider Mischief Creates a Mixed Bag for Food and Agriculture

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Congress to bottled water industry: Butt out of our national parks

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Lifting Decades Old Crude Oil Export Ban Helps Lock in Fossil Fuel Dependency

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Mention of Fossil Fuels Absent from COP Agreement

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Dow-DuPont Merger Must Be Blocked

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Precedent-setting Campaign to Block Nestlé and Others from Bottling Water in Oregon County Submits Three Times the Number of Signatures Needed to Qualify for Ballot

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Calls for Replacing Burning Fossil Fuels with Clean Energy and Efficiency by 2035

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    Senate Should Reject Effort to Repeal Country of Origin Labeling

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    New Poll: Nearly Nine in 10 Americans Want Labels on GMO Food

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Coalition Kicks Off Campaign to Label GMO Food In New York

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Ahead of Paris Talks, Huge Gas Leak in California Puts Spotlight on Gov. Brown’s Climate Rhetoric

  • Press Release

    Costco, Red Lobster Will Not Sell GMO Salmon

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Statement on UN Climate Negotiations

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    New Documents Reveal Major Flaws in Nation’s Food Safety Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    FDA Approves Unlabeled GMO Salmon Despite Widespread Opposition from Scientists, Consumers and Members of Congress

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Water Quality Trading Schemes Quietly Upending Clean Water Act in More Than 20 U.S. States

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Groups Call for Halt to Open Air Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Moths

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    TPP Text Reveals Broad New Powers to Attack Food Safety, Food Labeling Laws

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Global Movement to Ban Fracking Urges President Obama to Reject Extreme Energy Extraction as a Climate Solution Ahead of COP21 Climate Talks

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Fracking-Harmed Residents Travel to Washington, D.C. to Call On EPA to Stop Ignoring Its Own Science on Water Pollution

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Nuevo reporte: "Por qué es urgente prohibir el fracking" muestra evidencia contundente

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Calls on DOJ to Block Monopoly Beer Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    New Jersey Natural Gas Invents Fictional Military "Need" for SRL Pipeline

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Concerned Flint Citizens Win Urgent Water Reprieve

  • Press Release

    Threat of Legal Action Spurs State Efforts to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations by Mountaire Farms, Inc.

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    China Cap-and-Trade Program Not What The Climate Needs

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Pollution Trading
  • Press Release

    Climate Coalition Calls on President Obama to Halt Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands, Oceans

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Statement

    USDA and EPA Should Cancel Next Week's Water Pollution Trading Workshop in Nebraska

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Statement

    USDA Office of Inspector General Faults FSIS for Poor Implementation of Public Health Information System

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Has USDA Approved Chinese Poultry Imports? Advocates Demand Answers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Obama Administration's Plan to Regulate Methane Offers Yet Another False Solution

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Finds Severe Permit Violations at Mountaire Farms, Inc.

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Ignominious 10th Anniversary of Fracking's "Halliburton Loophole" This Weekend

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Fracking
  • Statement

    New Information on WTO COOL Case Demonstrates Folly of Rash Congressional Action

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    Obama's Clean Power Plan Misses the Mark

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Farm, Consumer and Competition Groups Oppose JBS-Cargill Pork Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Coalition Urges Senate to Reject COOL Repeal

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Calls on SEC to Reject GMO Salmon Stock Filings

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    House Passage of DARK Act Hinders Public's Right to Know

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, GMOs
  • Statement

    New Infrastructure Bill Could Exacerbate Weaknesses of WIFIA

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Fracking-Harmed Pa. Residents Demand Action from Gov.Wolf

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    With No Indication of Investigation of Pa. DOH Negligence on Fracking Health Complaints, Group Demands Records from Attorney General

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Final Regulations Promote More Fracking in California

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Advocates Applaud Detroit City Council’s Rejection of Water Rate Increases

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    New Tests Find Toxic Cocktail in Santa Barbara Spill

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Decries Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling Proposal

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Ocean Acidification Threatens Marine Life, Food Security, Ecosystems and Coastal Livelihoods

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Niagara Recall Highlights Safety Problems With Bottled Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Free-Trade Senate Democrats Provide Narrow Margin to Pass Fast Track

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Statement

    Pope Francis Takes "Bold and Honest" Stand on Pollution Trading In Encyclical Letter

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Slams House Passage of Fast Track

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Groups Urge WHO to Set Safety Standards for Herbicide Glyphosate it Classified as Carcinogenic

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Stalled Fast Track is a Victory for Consumers, Workers and the Environment

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Statement

    Cardin Introduces FRESHER in Senate: A Step in the Right Direction

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Condemns COOL Capitulation by U.S. House

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Groups Urge New York State Government, Cornell University to Notify Public About Genetically Engineered Diamondback Moth Field Trial

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    280+ Groups Urge Congress to Reject Effort to Repeal COOL

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    California Falls Behind East Coast States in Protecting Residents from Fracking, Extreme Extraction

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Lawsuit Demands Accountability for Factory Farm Pollution on the Eastern Shore

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Gov. Hogan Quietly Passes Fracking Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Canadian Risk Assessment Finds GMO Salmon Susceptible to Disease

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Gov. Hogan's Multi-Year Fracking Moratorium for Maryland is Prudent

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Factory Farms Continue to Dominate U.S. Livestock Industry

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch and Water Defense Call For Halt to Irrigating Food Crops with Oil Field Wastewater in Nation’s Produce Basket

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Corporate Trade Agenda Attacks Americans' Right to Know

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    What is USDA Hiding About Its Privatized Poultry Inspection System?

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Applauds Congressional Call to Release TPP Food Safety Provisions

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Over 300 Groups Urge Congress to Label GMOs

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Advocates for Public Health and Environment Chide Rep. Blumenauer for Trade Vote

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    WHO Findings on Glyphosate's Carcinogenicity Should Be Enough To Halt Colombia's Controversial U.S.-Backed Coca-Spraying Program

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Gov. Jerry Brown’s Tunnels Plan Remains Scheme to Subsidize Water for Big Agriculture

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Two Fracking Bills Defeated in Florida

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Denounces USDA Approval of Apples from China

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    One-Third of Baltimore Residents Can't Afford Ever-Increasing Water Rates

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Fracking Legislation Moves in the Maryland Senate

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    President Obama’s Earth Day Climate Message Inconsistent With His Support for Fracking

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Same Old Fast Track Would Unravel Consumer Protections

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Maryland Fracking Moratorium Headed to Governor Hogan's Desk

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Controversial Animal Drugs Backed by Corporate Science

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Groups Challenge Major USDA Change to Organic Rule

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Baltimore Water Shut-Offs Violate Human Right to Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Maryland Senate Passes Legislation to Stall Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Broad Alliance Critiques EPA’s Announcement on Bee-harming Pesticides, Urges Agency to Go Further to Protect Pollinators

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    California Gov. Brown’s drought mandate lets Big Ag & Big Oil off the hook

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Two-Year Fracking Moratorium Progresses in Maryland Legislature

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    End to Arsenic in Animal Drugs Long Overdue

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Obama’s Antibiotic Plan Fails to Address Overuse on Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    News Report Points to Chaos in Australian Meat Inspections

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Obama Admin. Releases Toothless Fracking Rules; Give-Away to Oil and Gas Industry

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Governor Brown and Drought Package Miss the Mark by Leaving Out Restrictions on Agriculture, Oil Industries

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Hundreds of National, State and Local Groups Urge Govs. Christie and Cuomo to Veto Port Ambrose LNG Plan

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    USGS Points to Big Ag as Cause of Eastern Shore Nutrient Pollution

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Western Maryland Business Owners Join Growing Call for Statewide Fracking Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Without Affordability Plan, Proposed Water Rate Hikes a Bad Deal for Detroit Residents

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Over 4 Million People Press Obama to Protect Bees

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    McDonald’s Realizes Consumers Don’t Want Meat Raised With Antibiotics, But Voluntary Measures Aren’t Enough

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Maryland Legislators, Businesses and Health Professionals Call for Fracking Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    USDA Records Reveal Staffing Shortages Undermining Food Safety

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    "Coloradans Against Fracking" Urges Statewide Ban on the Dangerous Gas and Oil Extraction Method

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    On Earth Day Pocan and Schakowsky Introduce Strongest Federal Fracking Ban in the U.S.

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Commends FTC Action to Block Sysco-US Foods Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Advocates Urge FTC to Reject Post-MOM Brands Cereal Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Freedom of Information? Not Where Food Safety is Concerned

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Two New Bills Will Bring Equity to Farmers and Bay Restoration Efforts

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    USDA Approves GMO Apples Despite Opposition from Apple Industry and Consumers

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Seeks Overturn of Court Decision Allowing Implementation of New Poultry Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Advocates Urge FDA to Halt Risky GMO Mosquito Release

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    “Don’t Frack Denver” Calls on Mayor, Council to Protect Mile High City

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Ranchers, Consumers Applaud Dismissal of COOL Lawsuit

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Maryland Legislators Introduce Fracking Moratorium Bill

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Food and Water Protections Weakened Under President’s 2016 Budget

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Corporate Control of Water, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Farm Bureau Case Challenging EPA's Right to Share Factory Farm Data Dismissed

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Blasts Approval of Biggest Supermarket Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Rigorous Economic Study Demonstrates COOL Labels Have Not Harmed Trade Partner

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Obama's New Infrastructure Plan Would Worsen Our Water System Woes

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Brazilian Buyout of Chiquita Brands is Completely Bananas

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    USDA Says “Yes” to Pesticide Drift, Approves Dicamba-Tolerant Crops


    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Obama Administration's Plan to Regulate Methane Offers Yet Another False Solution

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Citing Growing Science, a Broad Coalition of 61 Health, Environment, Faith and Advocacy Groups Unite to Call on the State Legislature to Pass a Long-Term Moratorium on Fracking in Maryland

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Rep. Jenne Introduces Fracking Ban Bill in Florida House

  • Press Release

    114th Congress Could Be Worst Ever for the Environment

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Public Health and Advocacy Organizations Urge Legislature to Keep Fracking Out of Maryland

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Gov. Cuomo’s Decision to Prohibit Fracking in New York Makes Him a National Leader

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    EPA, USDA, and the White House Team Up to Promote Bad Nutrient Trading Program in VA

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Press Release

    Governor O’Malley Opens Maryland to Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    GM Crops: Science Is About Questions, not “Consensus”

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Governor O'Malley Caves to Oil and Gas Interests, Opens up Maryland to Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    FSIS Officials Supported Immigration Reform for Chinese Poultry in 2006

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Newly Released Documents Reveal Collusion Between FDA and Pfizer on Arsenic-Based Animal Feed

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Documents Reveal AquaBounty’s Irresponsible Management Prior to Fines for Environmental Violations on GE Salmon

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Nanotechnology in Food: Critical EU Vote 24 November

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Lawsuit Filed Against Governor Kasich and ODNR Over Radioactive Fracking Waste

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Advocates Urge Congressional Appropriations Leaders to Protect Child Nutrition Programs from Chinese Poultry Imports

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    McDonald's Rejects GMO Potatoes, Other Fast Food Chains Should Follow Suit

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    EU GM Crop Bans: Commission and Council Must Heed Parliament

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Report Casts Serious Doubts on Federal Investigation Into BP Atlantis Facility

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Building on Regional Trend, Reading, Pa. Passes Anti-Privatization Measure

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    GM Salmon Company Fined Heavily for Repeated Violations in Panama

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    AquaBounty Fined for Repeated Environmental Violations on Genetically Engineered Salmon

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Privatized Food Inspection Raises More Safety Concerns

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    World Trade Organization Attacks Commonsense Country of Origin Labels

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    United Nations Officials Visit Detroit to Investigate Violations Human Right to Safe Drinking Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Global Movement to Ban Fracking Urges Ban Ki-moon to Reject Controversial Process

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Exelon-Pepco Merger Would Increase Energy Giant’s Unchecked Political Buying Power

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    After Six Years of Inaction, Consumer Organizations Urge Feds to Implement Catfish Inspection Program

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Don’t Play Geopolitics with Shale Gas

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Urges USDA to Protect U.S. Consumers from Australian Meat, Re-Evaluate Equivalency of Meat Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    FERC’s Approval of Dominion Cove Point Sacrifices Communities and Public Health

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Denounces Decision to Uphold Detroit Water Shutoffs

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Groups Vow to Appeal Ruling on Longmont Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch to SEC and FDA: Stop AquaBounty’s Campaign of Misinformation on GMO Salmon

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    President Obama’s Address at Climate Summit Promises More of the Same

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    To Address Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance, We Must Curb Overuse in Industrial Agriculture

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Approval of 2,4-D Tolerant Crops Speeds up Agrichemical Treadmill

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    BP Atlantis: Newly Released Documents Raise Safety Concerns

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Fracking Equals Climate Change

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    San Francisco and Berkeley Take a Stand to Protect Antibiotics

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Sues USDA to Stop the New Poultry Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Senate Chooses Corporate Interests Over People

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Celebrities Call for Action to Stop Abuse of Antibiotics on Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    The Senate Has a Chance to Even the Political Playing Field for Citizens by Supporting the Udall Amendment

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Federal Approval of Tyson-Hillshire Merger Harms Consumers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Pushing Forward in BP Atlantis Case

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Following Prolonged Water Shut-Offs, Food & Water Watch and Allies Urge Obama Administration to Declare Public Health Emergency in Detroit

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Longtime Food & Water Watch Senior Representative Brother Dave Andrews Retires

  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Again Raises Questions with USDA Regarding Australian Meat Imports

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Amplifies Pressure on the Federal Government to Ban Fracking on Federal Lands

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    New Jersey Groups Denounce Frack Waste Ban Veto

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Secret Deal to Pull Ballot Measures Won't Protect Colorado from Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Congressional Representatives and 157,975 Concerned Americans Demand that President Obama and the Department of Health and Human Services Intervene in Detroit Water Crisis

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    U.S. Court of Appeals Decision on COOL a Victory for Consumers and Farmers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Meat Plant Previously Passing USDA Audits Now Implicated in Chinese Food Safety Scandal

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    More Than 80 Farm, Consumer, Rural and Faith-Based Organizations Call on Justice Department to Extend Review of Proposed Tyson-Hillshire Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    52 Organizations and Calvert County Residents to Governor O’Malley: Safety Assessment for Cove Point LNG Export Facility Needed

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    In Last Ditch Effort to Stop Filthy Chicken Rule, Consumer Group Representatives Meet with the Office of Management and Budget

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Detroit Suspends Water Shutoffs

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    On Eve of Cove Point Rally, O’Malley Administration Moves Forward on Fracking in State

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Exposes FSIS Mismanagement

  • Press Release

    USDA Moves Forward with Flawed Privatized Inspection Rule In Poultry Slaughter

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Advocates to Sec. Kerry: Don’t Jeopardize Successful Food Security Program in El Salvador

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    EPA Drops the Ball on 2,4-D for GMO Crops

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Groups Pressure United Nations to Restore Water Service in Detroit

    By Kate Fried
    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    National Organic Standards Board Threatened by USDA Maneuvering

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Petitions USDA to Stop Allowing Imports of Beef Produced Under Privatized Inspection

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Consumer Group Files SEC Complaint About GE Salmon Company's Misrepresentations

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    EPA's Carbon Rule Falls Short of Real Emissions Reduction

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Pollution Trading
  • Press Release

    Communities Speak Out Against Antibiotic Abuse on Factory Farms

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Decries Flour Milling Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    FDA’s Latest Report on Imported Pet Treats from China Shows Weakness of our Trade Policies

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    German Environment Ministers Institute De Facto Moratorium on Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    FDA Decision to Expand Food Irradiation Masks Weak Import Inspections

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    Taking a Stand Against the Corporate Water Grab in Portland, Oregon

    By Julia DeGraw, Alley Blom
    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Consumer Group Calls on Federal Trade Commission to Block Albertsons-Safeway Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    For Food Safety’s Sake, Setting the Record Straight on Inspector Shortages

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Cleveland Leads the Way, Passes Resolution Against Antibiotic Misuse on Factory Farms

    By Alison Auciello
    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Ads Target President Obama and Secretary Vilsack on Filthy Chicken Rule

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    USDA’s New Food Safety Measure Ruffles Advocates’ Feathers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Food & Water Watch Calls for Investigation Into Import Inspection Program at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Angelenos Celebrate City Council Vote to Write Fracking Moratorium

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Antitrust Experts, Consumer Group Dismiss Flour Milling Merger Divestiture Proposal as Inadequate

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    California Farmers Band Together to Fight Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Congressional Leaders, Poultry Workers Outraged at Harmful USDA Proposal, Urge the Administration to Take Action

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    22,000 Americans Tell FDA to Protect Consumers From Risky Pet Treats from China

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Exposes USDA Inspection Staffing Shortages

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Humorous New Video Tells the Real Story Behind Most Chicken Produced in the U.S.

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    It's the Poultry Industry's Turn to Pay Its Fair Share

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Slams Sysco-US Foods Merger

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Congressional Push for Fast Track Authority Threatens Basic Consumer Rights, Food Safety, Local Sovereignty

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Statement

    Organizations Denounce Nestlé's New Human Rights Impact Assessment as a Public Relations Stunt

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Organizations Denounce Nestlé's New Human Rghts Impact Assessment as a Public Relations Stunt

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    FDA Rule on Triclosan Promising, But Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Consumers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Yet Again, Chinese Chicken Proves Unfit, But USDA Remains Committed to Its Importation

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Dallas Fracking Ordinance a Huge Step Forward in Oil Country

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    USDA Bans Food & Water Watch from Building for Two CFC Events

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy
  • Press Release

    Choice at the Supermarket is a Mirage, New Analysis Finds

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Missing Permits Raise Stakes for Escape of AquaBounty’s Genetically Engineered Salmon

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, GMOs
  • Press Release

    100,000 Americans tell McDonald's to Pass on Biotech Fries

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Celebrities Ask Governor Brown, "What the Frack?"

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Celebrities Ask President Obama & Government Officials "What the Frack?"

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Celebrities Ask Governor Hickenlooper, "What the Frack?"

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Fort Worth City Council Votes to Keep Water Utility Public

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    European Union Officially Rejects Australian Privatized Meat Inspection System

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Against the Odds, Three Colorado Communities Protect Themselves from Fracking (Updated)

  • Statement

    USDA Relaxes Regulations for Beef Imports from Countries With History of Mad Cow Cases

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    Foster Farms’ Remarkable Recovery

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Non-Native Strains of Genetically Modified Insects Risk Spread of Pesticide Resistance

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Americans Against Fracking Commends Maryland Legislators for Introducing Statewide Fracking Ban

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Outsourcing Our Meat to China

    Topics: 
    Global Trade
  • Press Release

    National Groups Join Illinois Consumers to Rally For GMO Labels at Senate Hearing

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    U.S. Department of Agriculture Guts National Organic Law; Circumvents Public Process

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Deregulated Foreign Meat Inspection Leaves U.S. Consumers Unprotected, USDA Records Reveal

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Gillibrand’s Bill Would Make Meat and Poultry Safer for Consumers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Citizens Move to Intervene in Farm Bureau Case that Seeks to Keep Polluting Factory Farm Data Secret

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Justification for Privatized Poultry Inspection Flawed, GAO Study Reveals

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Next Labor Day, You Could be Serving Chicken from China at Your Holiday Picnic

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Ojai takes Major Step Towards Reclaiming Public Control of Water System

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Nearly 650,000 Comments Call on Obama Administration to Ban Fracking on Public Lands

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Californians Against Fracking Applauds Marin Supervisors' Resolution Against Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Fracking-Harmed Residents Demand Reopening of EPA Poisoned Water Investigations

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Local and National Groups Defend Clean Water Act against Agricultural Pollution

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Imported Chilean Chicken Contaminated with Dioxin Reveals Threat of Increased Imports

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    FDA Decision to Set Stricter Limits on Apple Juice a Victory for Consumers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Superweeds and Herbicide Use On the Rise

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Not Lovin’ It: Consumer Group Asks McDonald’s to Pass on Biotech Fries

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Statement

    What Little Difference a Year Makes: Senate-Passed Farm Bill Nibbles Around Edges of Broken Food System

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Coalition of Farm, Consumer and Rural Organizations Urge Rejection of Smithfield Takeover

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Birth of a Cross-Border Bacon Behemoth with Chinese Company's Purchase of Smithfield

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    USDA COOL Rule Stands up for U.S. Consumers and Producers

  • Press Release

    Electric Utilities Top List of U.S. Toxic Water Polluters


  • Press Release

    USDA Inspector General Reveals Food Safety Breakdowns At Hog Plants Using Privatized Inspection Model

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Biotech Ambassadors: Diplomacy or Marketing?

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    USDA’s Proposed Country of Origin Labeling Rule Will Benefit Consumers

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    GE Salmon Falls Short on Growth Promise; FDA Falls Short on Sound Science

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Three Fracking Moratorium Bills Win Key Vote in California Legislature

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Dartmouth College Wins First Ever Tap-a-Palooza Contest

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Nearly 1.5 Million Objections to Genetically Engineered Salmon Filed with FDA

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    National Organic Standards Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    More than 35,000 Consumers and Farmers Urge USDA to Protect Country-of-Origin Labels

  • Press Release

    Consumers Unions, Food & Water Watch, The Center for Food Safety Urge National Organic Standards Board to Discontinue Use of Apple, Pear Production

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    From Saccharin to GE Seed, Report Profiles Monsanto’s History Peddling Chemicals for Food, Agriculture, War

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Baltimore City Council Passes Fracking Wastewater Bill

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Survey: Organic Farmers Pay the Price for GMO Contamination

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    FSIS Announces Major Cut in Import Inspections Four Years After It Took Effect

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Voluntary Recalls of Pet Food From China Are Not Enough to Protect Nation’s Pets

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Despite Food Safety Problems, Australia’s Privatized Meat Inspection Deemed “Equivalent” to U.S. by USDA

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    FDA Moves towards Approval of First Genetically Engineered Food Animal Despite Strong Opposition and Questionable Research

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Groups Stand Up for Clean Water Act in West Virginia Factory Farm Suit

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Americans Against Fracking Calls for a Ban on Fracking in the United States

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Who’s Your Nanny? Voluntary Regulations Not Enough to Reign In Rampant Junk Food Marketing Aimed at Children

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Cincinnati Takes a Stand for Genetically Engineered Food Labeling

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Longmont Makes History as First Colorado City to Ban Fracking

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Corporate Millions, Deceptive Ads Only Narrowly Shut Down Prop 37

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Rising Concentration in Milk Processing, Dairy Industry Undermines New York’s Rural Economies

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Eastern Shore Farms Could Earn More With Fruits and Vegetables

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Farmers Pay the Price for Consolidation in Organic Food Industry

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Rural Communities Pay Price for Consolidation, Globalization in California's Processed Fruit & Vegetable Sector

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Consolidation of Hog Industry Drains Iowa’s Rural Economies

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    The Word from Pennsylvania: Fracking Isn't Worth It

    By Seth Gladstone
    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Groups Say Perdue Hiding Behind Farmers as Court Case Begins

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Advocacy Groups Challenge National Water Pollution Trading Model

    Topics: 
    Pollution Trading
  • Press Release

    Superbugs on the Factory Farm

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Where’s the Recall? Tainted Canadian Beef Presently In the U.S.; Deregulation Plans Underway Would Bring More

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Over 150 Organizations to Call for Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing Through the Global Frackdown

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Consumers Ask FDA Commissioner to Do More to Protect Pets From Questionable Chinese Dog Treats

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Rastetter Tried to Use Taxpayer Funding for Tanzanian Land Grab

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Johnson and Johnson’s Plans Phase out of Triclosan Commendable, But Federal Government Should Act to Ban Chemical from All Consumer Products


    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    EPA Move to Withdraw Plans to Monitor CAFO's a "Dereliction of Duty"

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Cultivating Influence: The 2008 Farm Bill Lobbying Frenzy

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Ocean-Farmed Fish, Brought to You by Monsanto and Cargill

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Emails Show Maryland Governor Henpecked by Perdue on Agriculture Issues

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Public Research, Private Gain: Corporate Influence Over University Agricultural Research

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Groups Call on Governor to Protect Floridians and Block Release of Unregulated, Risky GE Mosquitoes

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Statement

    Consumers Deserve Better Than Dirty Chicken

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Oxitec’s Flawed Science Underpins Rush to Commercialize GE Mosquitos

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    President Obama Finally Stands Up for U.S. Farmers and Consumers: U.S. Appeals WTO Decision on COOL

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Global Trade
  • Statement

    GE Bug Makes Floridians Part of Oxitec’s Grand Experiment

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Obama Administration Caves to Poultry Industry By Proceeding With Privatized Inspection

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Privatized Meat Inspection Experiment Jeopardizes Food Safety

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Why Walmart Can’t Fix the Food System

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    Consumer Groups Petition FDA to Ban GE Salmon as an Unsafe Food Additive

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Consumer Group Opposes USDA's Privatization of Poultry Inspection

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    WTO Decision on COOL Attacks Consumers’ Right to Know

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Statement

    DRBC Vote Cancellation Huge Victory

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Statement

    Obama Administration Caves to Industry Pressure and Fails Independent Livestock Producers with Watered-Down GIPSA Rule

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Announces New Legal Advocacy Project

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Fracking
  • Press Release

    Do Farm Subsidies Cause Obesity?

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food
  • Statement

    Cargill Recall Stark Reminder of Importance of Food Safety in Week of Debt Drama that Slashed Government Spending

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Detroit City Council First in Michigan to Support a Ban of Dangerous Gas Drilling Technique

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Testing Finds Arsenic in Apple Juice

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New Jersey State Legislature First in U.S. to Ban Dangerous Gas Drilling Technique (Fracking)

    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Victory in Italian Referendum an Inspiration for Water Justice Movements

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    New Report Reveals Lack of Regulatory Structure Behind Research and Development of Genetically Engineered Animals at USDA

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Potentially Unsafe Food Entering U.S. from China

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Meatpacker, Poultry Industry PAC Money Fuels Appropriations Attack on Consumers, Producers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Consumer Group Calls for Congressional Oversight to Address Nuclear Radiation in U.S. Food Supply

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    FDA Should Issue Import Alert for All Japanese Food Imports; Food and Water Protections Must Remain Priority in Washington

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Privatized Meat Inspection: An Import U.S. Consumers Can’t Afford

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Fighting Fracking in the Delaware River Basin

    By Rich Bindell
    Topics: 
    Fracking
  • Press Release

    Congress Unites Against FDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, GMOs
  • Press Release

    Movement to Ban Arsenic in Chicken Feed Bolstered by New Bills in Maryland State Legislature

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New USDA Policy Will Expand Chinese Poultry Imports

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    USDA Records Reveal Political Pressure to Allow Chinese Chicken Imports

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Factory Farm Nation: Map Charts Unprecedented Growth in Factory Farming

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Biotechnology Industry Spends Over Half a Billion Pushing Controversial Projects like Genetically Engineered (GE) Food Animals

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Troubling Emails Reveal Federal Scientists Fear FDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    New Report Refutes Industry Argument that Genetically Modified Salmon will Feed Hungry World Populations

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    Consumer Groups and Public Protest FDA Plan to Approve First Genetically Engineered Food Animal

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Genetically Modified Salmon Jeopardize Environment, May Endanger Consumer Health

    Topics: 
    GMOs
  • Press Release

    E. coli Traceability and Eradication Act: Good News For Consumers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    UN General Assembly Votes to Recognize the Human Right to Water and Sanitation

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Trenton Residents Drown Risky Water Deal

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Contract Poultry Growers Demand Federal Action to Restore Fair Markets

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Food
  • Press Release

    While the U.S. Debates the Marketing of Dairy Drug, Kenya Acts to Ban It

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    GAO Report Critical of FDA Food Irradiation Policies; Calls for Increased Transparency on Controversial Technology

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Groups Applaud American Public Health Association for Opposition to Hormone Use in Beef and Dairy Production

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Are we moving from Nanotechnology to Nanotoxicity?

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Crystal Geyser Plans to Retreat from Oxford, Wisconsin a Victory for Local and National Activists

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Conditions Met– Congress Approves Chinese Chicken Imports

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety, Global Trade
  • Press Release

    Activists Celebrate Nestle Withdrawal From McCloud, California

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Popular Pesticide Triclosan Found to Carry Numerous Health and Environmental Risks

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Statement

    Michigan Citizens Score Victory in Bottled Water Battle Against Nestlé

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Despite Rising Consumer Demand for Healthy Meat Products, Small Slaughterhouses Continue to Decline

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Trenton Water Sale Reversal a Victory for Local Consumers

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Food & Water Watch Supports California Legislation Banning Overuse of Antibiotics in Livestock

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Ocean Desalination No Solution to Water Shortages

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment, Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Groups Criticize USDA Board Recommendation to Label Fish Farmed in Open Waters "Organic"

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Wells, Maine Votes Down Corporate Water

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Dairy Product with Unsafe Melamine Levels Found on U.S. Shelves, FDA Has Yet to Issue Recall

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Local Activists, Our Santa Fe River and Food & Water Watch Halt Attempt to Privatize Gilchrist County Water as County Commission Denies “Special Use” Permit for New Water Extraction Facility

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    Eli Lilly Buys Troubled Monsanto Dairy Product

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Food, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Activists in McCloud Celebrate Withdrawal of Nestle Water Bottling Contract

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Statement

    Congress Must Give USDA Authority to Shut Down Problem Meat Plants

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Fiji Water: Bottling the Myth of Sustainability

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water
  • Press Release

    FDA Approves Irradiation Despite Uncertainties About Consumer Safety

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Carbon Monoxide Meat Threatens Consumer Safety

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Victory for Protecting Our Oceans From Desalination

    Topics: 
    Climate Change & Environment
  • Press Release

    Meat Inspection Victory for Consumers and Farmers

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Press Release

    Starbucks Agrees to Hold the Hormones For Good

    Topics: 
    Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    FDA Considers Mislabeling Irradiated Food

    Topics: 
    Broken Democracy, Factory Farming & Food Safety
  • Statement

    Victory for Public Water - Stockton, CA

    Topics: 
    Corporate Control of Water

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