Food & Water Watch
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Food & Water Watch fights for the safe food, clean water, and livable climate we all deserve.
Weāre grateful to
@khanna.house.gov
for introducing a bill in Congress to stop gas exports during periods of high prices ā which would help lower costs and stop opportunistic oil companies from exploiting crises like Trumpās war in Iran. More below and here:
https://fwwat.ch/4vKvrl2
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It is beyond cruel for the (obscenely wealthy) AI data center industry to displace these people.
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about 8 hours ago
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Earth Day is TOMORROW š Though times are tough, this holiday always inspires us to build a better world. Will you join us in fighting to keep toxic pesticides out of our food and waterways? Tell Congress to support the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act:
https://fwwat.ch/3QkJmhs
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Food & Water Watch
Mongabay
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Six women have been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for 2026. This yearās winners secured major victories against fracking in Colombia, oil projects in the U.K., and mining in Papua New Guinea. Their work proves that local action can drive global environmental justice. Get to know them!
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Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
Six environmental activists from around the world will be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 20. Known as the āGreen Nobel Prize,ā the Goldman Prize honors activists from the sixā¦
https://mongabay.cc/xzGkwc
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"What the tech bros wanted was simpleāto blanket the country in AI data centers and make the American people pay for it. But they didnāt expect communities to fight backāand win."
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Trumpās Executive Order to boost the production of glyphosate ā the main ingredient in Bayerās Roundup thatās linked to cancer ā is a gift to pesticide corporations. Luckily, thereās a bill in Congress that would undo this egregious act. Support it now:
https://fwwat.ch/3QkJmhs
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Weāre excited to hear creative storytellers like Ada Limón, Matt Wechsler and Maude Barlow bring the fight to protect our planet to life at Against All Odds this year! Join us in NYC on April 29 or online on May 14:
https://fwwat.ch/AAO26
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Every day, so many people who are not responsible for the problem of plastic pollution are forced to pay for it with their health.
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Support for solar energy is just common sense.
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Congratulations to the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize winners! šš These six extraordinary women show that you donāt have to cross oceans to find environmental leadershipāyou might find it next door.
#ChangeStartsWhereYouStand
Discover their stories: goldmanprize.org/2026
#GoldmanPrize
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The EPA can and should do more to protect us from microplastics, such as requiring water systems to test for these particles. Ultimately, though, the most comprehensive way to stop microplastics pollution is to significantly reduce the production of single-use plastics in the first place!
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Weāre Drinking Plastic. The EPA Must Act!
We're ingesting a credit cardās worth of microplastics a week. The EPA must take stronger action to protect our water fr
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/04/17/microplastics-drinkingwater-ccl-epa/
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To no oneās surprise, Trumpās EPA is proposing a chemical recycling rule change that would ā š„ drumroll please š„ ā increase plastic pollution! Chemical recycling is an industry distraction from the REAL solution to this problem: reducing plastic use and production.
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EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held t
https://apnews.com/article/plastics-chemical-recycling-epa-clean-air-9d9511c0d8c7870afa4ba10d78456ff3
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The USDA could make slaughterhouses even more dangerous by speeding up - or even eliminating! - line speed regulations. We need to make our opposition loud and clear! Tell the USDA to reject line speed rule changes:
https://fwwat.ch/4c7FaZJ
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This is absolute malpractice, and the rest of us are paying the price with our health.
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āIn places like Iowa and Texas, renewables matter, not just for additional power, and lower power bills, and clean energy, but also matters for farmersā pocketbooks.ā How are farmers supposed to keep their businesses running under these chaotic conditions?
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American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
We tracked how the collapse of federal rural energy support is ending solar projects across farm country ā and costing s
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/american-farmers-bet-on-solar-then-trump-changed-the-rules/
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What do climate activism, hand-woven and dyed textiles and community have in common? They're all passions of Susan Weltman, one of the honorees for this year's Against All Odds benefit! Join us on 4/29 (in NYC) or 5/14 (online) to celebrate arts in activism:
https://fwwat.ch/AAO26
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Weaving Art with Activism, with Susan Weltman
Learn about art, activism, and weaving with our 2026 benefit honoree, hand weaver and natural dyer Susan Weltman.
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/04/16/benefit-susan-weltman/
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As we approach summer and the sun shines more brightly, some of us are thinking more about solar. Here's some practical info!
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What to know before you get balcony solar
States are starting to embrace plug-and-play solar. Get up to speed on the cost, payback, and safety bona fides of the s
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/what-to-know-balcony-solar
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Would they be fighting so hard to block these lawsuits if they weren't afraid of being held accountable?
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These are not the kinds of records we want to break.
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ACTION NEEDED: The Packers and Stockyards Act is supposed to offer protections and transparency to farmers and ranchers - but the USDA is trying to delay implementation! Comments are due tomorrow, so tell the USDA to prevent price fixing and implement full protections:
https://fwwat.ch/42gOyp6
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From Aimee Stone, our Oregon Organizer: Factory farming is one of many polluting industries that uses far more than their fair share of water. In order to conserve water, we've got to hold Big Ag accountable!
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Readers respond: Keep factory farms from guzzling Oregonās water
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to
[email protected]
with full name and place of residence.
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026/04/readers-respond-keep-factory-farms-from-guzzling-oregons-water.html
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The current political climate is incredibly hostile, but we are uncompromising in our belief that farmworkers deserve excellent pay and safe, respectful working conditions.
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āMore Than Just Their Workā: A Farmworker Advocate on Those Who Feed Us
Labor organizer Mónica RamĆrez reflects on her work to elevate farmworker voices and end violence against women in the f
https://civileats.com/2026/04/13/more-than-just-their-work-a-farmworker-advocate-on-those-who-feed-us/
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Gas pipelines are incredibly risky, and this one would fuel further exploitation in the form of an AI data center. This permit must be denied!
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New Mexico environmental groups seek federal regulators to deny pipeline for Project Jupiter ⢠Source New Mexico
New Mexico environmental groups filed a challenge with federal regulators of a proposed 17-mile gas pipeline to fuel a d
https://sourcenm.com/briefs/new-mexico-environmental-groups-seek-federal-regulators-to-deny-pipeline-for-project-jupiter/
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Unfortunately, this is very real and not from
@theonion.com
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Inside the surreal anti-science conference where Trumpās EPA chief gave the keynote address
"Essentially, the climate deniers are in charge now."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/heartland-institute-anti-science-conference-climate-deniers-epa-administrator-lee-zeldin-keynote-speech/
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Big Oil is profiting off of so many people's suffering.
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Food & Water Watch
Mitch Jones
6 days ago
Was great to work with
@rokhanna.bsky.social
to get this bill reintroduced. We need to get off fossil fuels, and in the meantime we need to protect American consumers from oil company profiteering.
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By
@ianjames.bsky.social
: āThe slower pulmonary development in these children was similar to the development of those who live very close to freeways.ā Looking out for our kids means acting on climate.
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BIG thanks to
@khanna.house.gov
for introducing a bill in Congress to help alleviate the pain U.S. consumers are feeling at the pump as a result of Trumpās war in Iran! We canāt allow Big Oil to export gasoline and exploit markets when people are already struggling.
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Democrat Ro Khanna to introduce bill to stop US gasoline exports amid Iran war
Congressman says keeping gas supplies at home could lower costs for Americans amid price hikes sparked by war
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/ro-khanna-bill-stop-gas-exports-iran-war
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Practically every day, we hear about another locality pushing back against data center expansion. It's time for the federal government to take note! Tell your Reps to pass
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
and
@sanders.senate.gov
's AI Data Center Moratorium Act:
https://fwwat.ch/3L0SMMO
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Harford County residents say no to potential data center in their community
Some Harford County residents and county leaders are pushing back after learning that a nearby business may be looking t
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/harford-county-data-centers-moratorium-pause-concerns-cassilly/#
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From our own Mitch Jones: āGreat credit to the people and state legislators of ME for being at the forefront of a large and swelling national movement to put a halt to the reckless, unchecked explosive growth of hyperscale AI data centers.ā Governor Mills should sign this bill ASAP!
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Maine Gov. Mills Urged to Sign 'Nation-Leading' AI Data Center Moratorium | Common Dreams
Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills is under pressure to sign the nation's first statewide moratorium on AI data centers.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/maine-ai-data-center
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"Economic development that does not center environmental protection, public health, and equitable access to opportunity is not development. It is extraction." Expansion of AI data centers is just another example of corporations profiting off of others' pain.
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In Memphis, Investors Benefit From AI Boom While the Public Bears Its Cost
The people most enthusiastic about the construction of AI data centers are often the least likely to live next to them.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-memphis-investors-benefit-from-ai-boom-while-the-public-bears-its-cos/
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Thank you
@profbobhowarth.bsky.social
(one of our Board members!) for this reminder. We have renewable energy options that are safer and more cost effective than nuclear!
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BREAKING: Maine could soon become the first U.S. state to pass legislation to halt new AI data center construction š Now, we call on Governor Mills to listen to the will of the people and sign this important bill into law!
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Maine Poised to Enact First State AI Data Center Moratorium
Governor Mills Must Sign This Historic Bill Into Law Now
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/04/14/maine-poised-to-enact-first-state-ai-data-center-moratorium/?ms=some_bk_04142026_NAT-c3-me-data-center-bill-pr&oms=some_bk_04142026_NAT-c3-me-data-center-bill-pr
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That's 250 million reasons why we're fighting this expansion.
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The current draft of the Farm Bill includes far too many giveaways to Big Ag, the pesticide industry and other corporate interests. We deserve so much better! Tell your Reps to fight for a fairer Farm Bill:
https://fwwat.ch/4c2Br1d
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Farmers are on the front lines of the climate crisis. We're proud to be a part of this coalition fighting the EPA's repeal of the Endangerment Finding!
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Farmers Sue EPA Over Dismantling of Climate Policy
New York farmers say the agencyās rollback of greenhouse gas regulations will make it harder for them to grow food.
https://civileats.com/2026/04/14/farmers-sue-epa-over-dismantling-of-climate-policy/
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We should be *very* suspicious when universities take Big Oil money to fund research that then informs national energy policy.
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We're getting closer to wildfire and hurricane season, but cuts to FEMA mean that people are going without sorely-needed relief and resilience funding.
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Communities are waiting on billions in disaster funding from the Trump administration
States say disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a trickle under the Trump adminis
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/10/nx-s1-5770433/delay-funding-fema-hurricanes-disasters-wildfires-floods
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This administration's EPA continues to be anti-information as well as anti-environment. Make it make sense, please!
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Chemical Threats Nearby? Trumpās EPA Doesnāt Want You to Know. - Inside Climate News
Climate change is making the risk of disastrous chemical accidents more likely. But the EPA wants to gut recently enhanc
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042026/trump-epa-chemical-safety-rollback/
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We know that pesticide companies are too rich and too powerful, but this shows just how terrified they are of legal accountability.
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Even as more people oppose the exploitation of AI data centers, deregulation disguised as "permitting reform" threatens our climate and our democracy. Tell your elected officials to protect environmental review processes:
https://fwwat.ch/4cmG9p4
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Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance
To fuel their artificial intelligence initiatives, tech companies are building massive numbers of AI data centers, with
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nationwide-boom-in-ai-data-centers-stirs-resistance/
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Corrupt administration š¤ corrupt industry
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As usual,
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Studies show that proximity to factory farms is associated with higher rates of some cancers. That's making Big Ag nervous and defensive.
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Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds - Inside Climate News
Researchers comparing maps of CAFOs with county-level disease data from California, Texas and Iowa found increased rates
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12042026/cancer-rates-higher-near-livestock-operations-study-finds/
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Residents of this picturesque creekside community are rightfully concerned about data centers' threats to water, jobs, climate and more.
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Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition - Inside Climate News
A proposed data center campus in Muscogee County has become a flashpoint in Georgiaās expanding AI infrastructure boom.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13042026/georgia-data-center-boom/
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The movement to stop AI data centers and
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Fact Check Team: AI data centers spark local backlash across the US
As AI technology surges across the country, it’s not just chatbots drawing attention.
https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/ai-data-centers-spark-local-backlash-across-the-us-artificial-intelligence-electricity-utilities-noise-land-use-tax-incentives
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āBut from a systemic standpoint, do you really want judges to be drawn from a pool of people who have a stake in the industry?ā No! We do not!
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The 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize winners will be announced on Monday, April 20! ⨠Watch the ceremony live on the Goldman Prize YouTube channel on Monday, April 20, at 5:30 pm PDT / 8:30 pm EDT. goldmanprize.org/ceremony
#ChangeStartsWhereYouStand
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What better way to bring our benefit theme of āIllustrating Activismā to life than hearing from young filmmakers who use visual media to tell stories about our planet? Join us, Summit Olson and Angie Chay-Arana in NYC on April 29 or online on May 14:
https://fwwat.ch/AAO26
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Meatpacking plants are already horribly dangerous workplaces. Lifting line speed limits would further threaten workers' safety, public health and the environment. Speak out against these changes:
https://fwwat.ch/4c7FaZJ
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https://www.food-safety.com/articles/11155-usda-fsis-proposes-to-permanently-raise-line-speed-limits-at-swine-poultry-slaughter-establishments
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