Food & Water Watch

• Iowa Legislative Session Must Address Clean Water, Public Health Crises January 13, 2025
  Rising cancer rates, high nitrate levels in drinking water necessitate bold action to reign in industrial agriculture pollution The post Iowa Legislative Session Must Address Clean Water, Public Health Crises appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• Lee Zeldin’s Anti-Environment Record Examined Ahead of Senate Confirmation Hearings January 10, 2025
  Interviews available: New York- and Washington-based experts on Zeldin's career The post Lee Zeldin’s Anti-Environment Record Examined Ahead of Senate Confirmation Hearings appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• Hoboken Council Supports NJ Climate Superfund Act January 9, 2025
  City becomes first municipality in state to pass a resolution supporting the new legislation The post Hoboken Council Supports NJ Climate Superfund Act appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• NY Legislature Must Pass NY HEAT Act January 8, 2025
  Hochul’s affordability agenda must tackle skyrocketing energy bills, fossil fuel use The post NY Legislature Must Pass NY HEAT Act appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• State Advocates Praise Moore Administration Plan to Expand Human Right to Water Principles by Prohibiting Property Tax Sale For Unpaid Water Bills January 7, 2025
  New Legislation Extends Prohibition on Tax Sales For Unpaid Water Bills to All Marylanders The post State Advocates Praise Moore Administration Plan to Expand Human Right to Water Principles by Prohibiting Property Tax Sale For Unpaid Water Bills appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• New York State To Make Polluters Pay For Climate Impacts December 26, 2024
  Governor Hochul Signs Climate Change Superfund Act To Raise $3B/Year From Big Oil The post New York State To Make Polluters Pay For Climate Impacts appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• Legislators, Environmental & Health Leaders Applaud Gov. Hochul for Signing the CO2 Fracking Ban Bill  December 22, 2024
  Drilling and fracking with carbon dioxide is now permanently banned The post Legislators, Environmental & Health Leaders Applaud Gov. Hochul for Signing the CO2 Fracking Ban Bill  appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• Gov. Newsom’s CPUC Votes to Keep Aliso Canyon Open Indefinitely December 20, 2024
  Moments ago, Governor Newsom’s California Public Utilities Commission voted to approve a decision that could keep the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility open indefinitely. The Aliso Canyon gas storage facility was the site of the largest methane blowout in U.S history nearly a decade ago and is at risk from earthquakes due to nearby faults. […]
• Florida PSC Approves $9-13/Month TECO Rate Hike December 19, 2024
  “This latest rate hike is proof that in DeSantis’ Florida, corporations take precedence over communities” The post Florida PSC Approves $9-13/Month TECO Rate Hike appeared first on Food & Water Watch.
• Groups Sue CARB Over Environmental Impacts of Flagship Climate Program December 19, 2024
  California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizes Factory Farm Pollution Nationwide The post Groups Sue CARB Over Environmental Impacts of Flagship Climate Program appeared first on Food & Water Watch.