Top 10 Victories of 2025
Your actions won protections for our food, water, and climate against steep odds. Thank you!| Food & Water Watch
Your actions won protections for our food, water, and climate against steep odds. Thank you!| Food & Water Watch
Analysis shows 28 mega-dairies with digesters released massive methane plumes after digesters were installed| Food & Water Watch
The harms of Trump’s shutdown are far-reaching. Republicans must end it with a bipartisan “No Kings” spending bill.| Food & Water Watch
Check out our conversation with Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin, authors of Poisoning the Well, on how PFAS forever chemicals harm us all. The post The Human Toll of PFAS “Forever Chemicals” appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
Los Angeles – Yesterday, survivors of the Aliso Canyon gas blowout and advocates held a town hall to mark the ten year anniversary of the massive, devastating gas blowout that occurred on October 23rd, 2015 – the largest methane blowout in US history. At the town hall, residents and survivors heard from researchers working on […] The post Aliso Canyon Survivors, Advocates Host Town Hall to Mark Decade Since Gas Blowout appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
State illegally ignored water pollution impacts of 25,000 cow Riverview mega-dairy near Red River The post Groups Sue North Dakota Over State’s Largest Ever Mega-Dairy Permit Approval appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
The Philanthropy Coordinator provides a first-class experience to all donors and supports; ensures accurate records for gifts received; supports the production of our direct mail campaigns; and oversees programmatic data stewardship and integrity. The post Philanthropy Coordinator appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
The Michigan Organizer will work closely with other Food & Water Watch organizing staff, community partners and volunteers. This position is approved for remote work in Lansing, MI. The post Michigan Organizer appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
"From food to water to energy, our country faces an affordability crisis exacerbated by corporate monopolies." The post Water Mega-Merger Creates Dangerous, Anti-Consumer Monopoly in United States appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
Los Angeles – Today, on the ten year anniversary since the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility became the site of the largest methane blowout in US history, survivors and advocates continue to demand that Governor Newsom shuts down this dangerous facility that still poses a massive risk to the community. Patty Glueck, a community member, […] The post Ten Years Later, Survivors, Advocates Call for Aliso Canyon to be Shut Down appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
Response to Growing Crisis of Water and Energy Consumption and Cost The post Environmental Group Calls for Nationwide Moratorium on All New Data Centers appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
PIPES Act passes without common-sense safety protections for carbon pipelines The post Sen Commerce Committee Rejects Key Carbon Pipeline Safety Provision appeared first on Food & Water Watch.| Food & Water Watch
Public comments will be reviewed by the state after October 20| Food & Water Watch
Last week, Governor Newsom signed SB 614 – a bill that would create a pathway to prematurely lift California’s current moratorium on CO2 pipelines. Environmental and public health groups sounding the alarm about the potential risks of prematurely lifting the moratorium released the following statements: “The state’s focus on carbon capture is a false climate […]| Food & Water Watch
Electeds submitted letter to official rate case in opposition; If approved, Florida Power & Light’s request would increase electricity bills for 12 million people| Food & Water Watch
Former PFAS Industry Leaders Pervade EPA Senior Staff| Food & Water Watch
"Iowans need more clean water protections — not less."| Food & Water Watch
More than 1 in 4 U.S. children under age 5 rely on WIC program for food assistance| Food & Water Watch
Advocates highlight health risks and called for faster, affordable renewable technology to protect our shared future.| Food & Water Watch
Yesterday, twenty-five California environmental, climate, and public health groups, in conjunction with Food & Water Watch, sent a letter to Governor Newsom – along with thousands of petitions – calling on him to sign a petition demanding the federal government monitor microplastics in our water. “Awareness is the first step to action,” said Giovanna Morelli, […]| Food & Water Watch
Elected officials and Bergen County residents highlighted increasing climate impacts in their communities and demanded urgent action.| Food & Water Watch
Senate Commerce Committee will mark up the PIPES Act Wednesday| Food & Water Watch
Big Tech, Big Oil, Trump, and even Democratic leaders are pushing to expand artificial intelligence at the cost of our water and climate.| Food & Water Watch
The Senate is expected to confirm Ana Ortega and Bobby Payne’s appointments early next year| Food & Water Watch
This week, news broke that the Department of Energy cancelled funding for California’s proposed hydrogen hub, also known as ARCHES, among other projects. Groups who have opposed ARCHES moving forward released the following statements: “California’s hydrogen hub was always an industry scheme that would have entrenched the fossil fuel industry and put our precious water […]| Food & Water Watch
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s “abundance” agenda fails to address the roots of our intertwining crises and threatens to make them worse.| Food & Water Watch
Congress must decide: continue wasteful 45Q subsidies for carbon capture or protect taxpayers and communities from costly, risky projects.| Food & Water Watch
The government shutdown is going to impact our food, water, and health. The blame for it is squarely on Trump and Congressional Republicans.| Food & Water Watch
Yesterday, just weeks after the U.S. Drought Monitor revealed that nearly half of the Northwest was in a severe or extreme drought this summer, advocates with Food & Water Watch and the Stand Up to Factory Farm Coalition met with Oregon’s legislators to discuss how they could tackle Oregon’s ongoing water crisis. These meetings also […]| Food & Water Watch
Any Funding Deal Must Protect Safe Food, Clean Water and Prevent Future Rescissions| Food & Water Watch
Hear from a Food & Water Watch organizer, researcher, and member on the frontlines to stop pesticide immunity legislation!| Food & Water Watch
13 organizations join in a call for immediate protections from nitrate pollution| Food & Water Watch
Trump’s roll-backs of environmental justice funding and programs will directly harm communities already bearing the brunt of pollution.| Food & Water Watch
Group provides comments on first day of hearings about Clean Transportation Fuel Program| Food & Water Watch
The MAHA report is yet another step in Trump’s dangerous deregulatory agenda that will make America very, very sick.| Food & Water Watch
Trump and some Democratic leaders are calling for expanding nuclear energy. But nuclear power is more dangerous and worse for the climate than solar and wind.| Food & Water Watch
New Mexico has some of the largest mega-dairies in the country. CTFP, a “clean fuel” program, could entrench and enrich these polluting facilities.| Food & Water Watch
But Much More Action Necessary to Protect Public Health| Food & Water Watch
Iowa drinking water nitrate contamination routinely exceeds federal safety thresholds, as new evidence suggests toxicity of even low level exposure| Food & Water Watch
Trump’s pro-fracking policy will boost an industry that threatens us with radioactive pollution. State leaders must stand up for PA.| Food & Water Watch
Appropriations bill rider would prevent EPA from improving warning labels on dangerous pesticides, as industry pushes to shield manufacturers from health-related lawsuits| Food & Water Watch
Today’s White House MAHA Commission report is expected to pull punches on pesticide regulation as Bayer lobbies to limit liability nationwide| Food & Water Watch
Central Iowa’s major urban drinking water supplies are dangerously contaminated with high levels of toxic nitrates, routinely in excess of federal safety thresholds| Food & Water Watch
Bayer’s Roundup pesticide is linked with cancer. Its fight to dodge accountability threatens to leave sick people holding the bag.| Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch is seeking intervention to defend a novel New York law from the Trump administration’s move to strike it down.| Food & Water Watch
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget is collecting plans for environmental deregulation behind closed doors. We’re suing to shed light on them.| Food & Water Watch
The public letter highlights statewide opposition to the Williams NESE pipeline, citing higher utility bills and risks to local communities.| Food & Water Watch
Dangerous CO2 pipeline bills also expected to be heard in Appropriations soon| Food & Water Watch
Climate Change Superfund Act Being Challenged by Trump; Law Requires Fossil Fuel Companies to Help Pay for Climate Crisis Costs| Food & Water Watch
The organizer will work closely with volunteers, community partners, and other staff at Food & Water Watch. This position must be based in Los Angeles County.| Food & Water Watch
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizes Factory Farm Pollution Nationwide| Food & Water Watch
Pacific Legal Foundation plaintiff does not appeal court decision in dangerous lawsuit seeking to gut longstanding “Swampbuster” protections| Food & Water Watch
As cancer lawsuits cut into profits, Roundup-producer Bayer is behind legislation in 12 states and Congress to shield pesticide corporations from health related lawsuits| Food & Water Watch
Bayer has spent over $200K in Iowa since introducing the unpopular Cancer Gag Act to shield pesticide corporations from health related lawsuits| Food & Water Watch
"Zeldin’s claim that the EPA shouldn’t address climate emissions is like a fire chief claiming they shouldn’t fight fires."| Food & Water Watch
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizes Factory Farm Pollution Nationwide| Food & Water Watch
"The data center industry is being leveraged as an excuse to prolong the life of climate-killing fossil fuel power and dangerous nuclear plants."| Food & Water Watch
The Office of Public Counsel provided expert testimony that FPL should decrease rates by $620.5 million in 2026 instead of the near $1.545 billion increase the company’s filings requested for the same period| Food & Water Watch
Congress is working to pass a bill that will give trillions of dollars to the wealthiest, while taking food and healthcare away from millions.| Food & Water Watch
“As we approach Independence Day, Republicans in Congress have passed a budget that is a direct attack on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."| Food & Water Watch
“The WATER Act provides the bold solutions that all communities need to protect safe drinking water from Trump’s attack on essential safety programs."| Food & Water Watch
Maryland’s general wastewater discharge permit for the state’s polluting poultry factory farms expires on July 7| Food & Water Watch
Big Tech is pushing small modular reactors as a “climate solution.” But nuclear is a hazardous distraction from real renewables.| Food & Water Watch
Big Oil wants us to bet that it can curb climate change by burying carbon underground. Here’s why we shouldn’t.| Food & Water Watch
