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John,

Earlier this month we announced our bold new strategic vision for Food & Water Action.
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This plan recognizes our urgent reality: We are running out of time to make the big changes we know are necessary for the survival of our planet. And while we’ve always been ready to fight for our future, this plan gives us a clearer focus on the priorities, goals and timelines that we need to win.

We made huge progress in September to advance our campaigns, but we also received some setbacks in the fight for safe food and clean water.

EPA attacks the Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act is responsible for significant improvements in the public health and safety of our water that we've seen over the years — but now it's under threat.

Last month, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a new regulatory rollback of Clean Water Act protections
in an attempt to implement a new approach to permitting dangerous fossil fuel infrastructure projects that would weaken the ability of states to protect their waters.
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And, earlier this month, the Trump administration announced the repeal of the Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, and its replacement is one that will leave more than 50 percent of U.S. wetlands and nearly 20 percent of our rivers and streams unprotected. With this rollback, Trump is handing over our water to corporate polluters.
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But, Food & Water Action will fight to protect our water against such irresponsible and foolish corporate kickbacks and ensure that states maintain the power to reject dangerous, polluting fossil fuel projects within their borders.


Voters in New Jersey's fifth-largest town deliver huge win for public water

In a special election spurred by a citizen-led petition campaign, Edison voters turned out in force to vote yes on a measure to bring the township’s sewer system and part of its drinking water system under public control. The initiative passed with the support of over 80% of voters. Read more about how money cannot beat people power.
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Iowa residents’ suit seeks to protect the right to clean water

A District Court in Iowa ordered that a lawsuit to restore the Racoon River, heavily polluted with agricultural runoff, may proceed over the objections of the State of Iowa. The Raccoon River is the source of drinking water for some 500,000 Iowans.

This lawsuit is a response to Iowa’s failed leadership, which has allowed the agribusiness industry to degrade Iowa’s waterways, leaving citizens with the burden of pollution and the cost of cleanup efforts. And, it seeks an actionable, mandatory solution to clean up the river and a moratorium on new and expanding factory farms in the watershed.

Read more about this fight to restore clean water for thousands of Iowa residents.
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Food safety is ‘going ham’ to please pork industry

Big pork slaughter companies have been trying to increase profit by doing away with slaughter line speed limits for years. And now, the Trump administration’s new plan to privatize hog-slaughter inspection might allow them to do so.

The proposed new inspection system removes up to 40 percent of trained federal inspectors from slaughter lines and replaces them with company employees who are not required to be trained. Read more about why this new plan jeopardizes food and worker safety.
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Los Angeles publicly owned utility okays biggest solar deal in the country

The nation’s largest publicly owned utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), unanimously approved a historic solar energy and battery storage project that will bring record-cheap clean energy to Angelenos and be built, in part, by union labor.

The Eland Project will add 400 megawatts of solar energy to the L.A. grid along with 300 megawatts of battery storage with potential to add 600 more megawatts to power the city when the sun isn’t shining.

Read more about how this project serves as a model for a just and fair transition toward a clean energy future.
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Thanks to you, we’re making real change without compromise.

Thank you for being with us in these critical fights.

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Onward together,

Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch


Food & Water Action and its affiliated organization, Food & Water Watch, are advocacy groups with a common mission to protect our food, water and climate.

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