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August 13, 2024 at 3:07 PM

New avenues for climate justice, stopping an oil project, and NEPA win

Your August edition of Livable Future NOW! Your August edition of Livable Future NOW! Member's Edition August 2024 A New Avenue for Justice in Addressing the Climate Crisis Record-breaking heat waves and unprecedented large…

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  Jim Walsh, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

July 3, 2024 at 5:59 PM

Reject gas exports!

A judge blocks the LNG export pause, but it’s not the end. John, Earlier this week, a judge in Louisiana blocked President Biden’s pause on new liquified fracked gas (LNG) export permits. The oil and gas industry was desperate to reverse Biden’s …

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

June 30, 2024 at 12:30 PM

Accolades for you ⭐

Last day to have your membership gift matched! Hi John, One of the things I love most about leading Food & Water Action is hearing from our members and supporters like you. Here are some things I’ve heard: Food & Water Action is unique …

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

June 29, 2024 at 3:31 PM

Bayer’s Bet to Block Roundup Lawsuits

Congress: Keep Roundup in check! John, In 2015, the World Health Organization said that glyphosate (used in the weed killer Roundup) was “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Independent studies have since shown the weed killer's harmful effects,…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

June 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM

Victory against oil drilling

and an example for the nation. John, I’m thrilled to share some incredible news with you! In California, Big Oil has withdrawn its ballot measure challenging a landmark law that established a 3,200-foot public health and safety setback zone t…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 9:21 PM

🌡️ The Heat Dome of Doom

Congress: Support the Extreme Heat Emergency Act! John, Our world is getting hotter. Extreme heat events have been the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S. over the last 30 years, and at our current pace of emissions, global temper…

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  Claire Gates, Food & Water Team Volunteer · [email protected]

June 23, 2024 at 12:20 PM

We’re building political power

Become a member today! The match offer won’t last long. ⏳ Hi John, My name is Claire, and I’m a member and volunteer leader with Food & Water Action in Oregon. I’m privileged to be a part of this community. One of the things I enjoy most abo…

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

June 21, 2024 at 7:46 PM

Take action: Stop the ConocoPhillips & Marathon Oil mega-merger

Send your message to the FTC! John, We have to stop extracting and burning fossil fuels. That means stopping mega-mergers between oil and gas corporations like the one between ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil. Send your message to the Federal Trade Commission to…

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  Marilyn Allan, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

June 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM

The future will be shaped by you and me

Power long-term change with your membership today. Hi John, Did you see my email about investing in a livable future?  Your gift and membership advances Food & Water Action’s ability to address urgent issues now while powering long-term plans to create a wo…

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Tell FTC: Stop this oil & gas merger!

The climate doesn’t need this. John, 2023 was almost 1.5℃ hotter than the period before the mass burning of fossil fuels, making it the hottest year on record. But that’s not stopping the oil and gas industry from consolidating power to drill mor…

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  Marilyn Allan, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

June 16, 2024 at 12:40 PM

Powering long-term change

What membership means at Food & Water Action. All gifts matched! Hi John, I had no idea about the problems toxic factory farm waste caused until an NPR story opened my eyes. I was appalled to learn how factory farms treat animals and how the…

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

June 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Big Oil & Gas’ pollution and greed

We're organizing to stop fossil fuel corporations lies, greed, and pollution! John, As we see high gas prices continue, greedy fossil fuel corporations are raking in billions — shamelessly taking advantage of the crises across the globe and pushi…

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  Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

June 11, 2024 at 10:01 PM

Restoring critical NEPA rules, carbon offset scams, and more!

Your June edition of Livable Future Now.   Members Edition June 2024 Carbon Offsets Are Climate Scams. Wildfires Will Make Them Worse. With wildfires becoming more frequent and more damaging with each passing year, carbon-offset forests and tree-planting p…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

June 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Plastic is choking our oceans 🌊

Let's end the destructive force of plastic! John, Today is World Oceans Day. Healthy oceans are essential for a healthy climate, but plastic pollution is poisoning them, overwhelming our rivers and streams, endangering communities, and underminin…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

June 7, 2024 at 5:01 PM

You are critical in the future of food & farms

Sustainable farms over factory farms 🐮 🐷 🐓 John, For generations, small and mid-sized independent farms reliably fed people and cared for the environment and animals. Big Ag’s factory farms upended this relationship. But it doesn’t have to be this way.  Join us…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

June 5, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Sustainable farms > factory farms

You are critical in the future of food & farms. John, Today is World Environment Day, and I’d like to use this day to focus on a key part of our environment: how our food is grown.  Industrial-scale agriculture has a stranglehold over how yo…

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

June 4, 2024 at 8:42 PM

Take action to stop corporate polluters

No more special favors for Big Oil & Gas! John, Subsidizing dirty energy companies is reckless. But every year, billions of your tax dollars are given to the fossil fuel industry in direct federal subsidies. To move off fossil fuels and towards a renewable …

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  Rebecca Wolf, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

May 29, 2024 at 8:08 PM

Senators: Stop the EATS Act

Factory farm animal welfare laws are at risk of being overturned. Act today! John, Consumers are wise to the misleading claims that Big Ag sells – that’s why voters and state legislators have passed laws protecting farmed animals from the cruelty…

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  Liv Perfetti, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

May 28, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Making a human connection

How Liv helped elect climate champions, and how you can too. Hi John, My name is Liv Perfetti and I live in Pittsburgh, in Western Pennsylvania. I’m reaching out to you today because I want to give you an inside look at how Food & Water Actio…

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 23, 2024 at 7:22 PM

No more special favors for Big Oil & Gas

Take action to stop corporate polluters! John, Every year, billions of your tax dollars are given to the fossil fuel industry in direct federal subsidies including tax breaks, loans and loan guarantees, and other aid for dirty energy projects.  …

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM

Today: Protect Endangered Species

🐝 🐢 🦦 🐋 Climate change will drive as many as one-third of all animal and plant species to extinction by 2050 – if we don't act now. This Endangered Species Day, power the fight to protect endangered species with your gift to Food & Water Watch…

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  Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 10:01 PM

Meet our legal team, limits on PFAS, and more!

Your May edition of Livable Future Now.   Members Edition May 2024 Meet the Lawyers Fighting for Your Food, Water, and Climate Food and Water Watch’s attorneys are deeply committed and passionately devoted lawyers who care about fighting for safe food, clea…

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  Mary Grant, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM

Our PFAS Consumer Guide is here! 👀

Learn how you can minimize your exposure to PFAS. John, You’ve probably heard about PFAS in the news and have learned that they’re a major health concern. New research almost every day indicates that no amount of PFAS is safe. PFAS are toxic lab…

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  Tarah Heinzen, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 10, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Litigating for social change

Meet Tarah, Legal Director. John, Food & Water Justice works tirelessly to protect your food and water and ensure bold climate progress. This week, we’re sharing a behind-the-scenes look into how we protect your health and environment through…

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  Tyler Lobdell, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 8, 2024 at 9:15 PM

Going face-to-face with agency decision-makers

Meet Tyler, Staff Attorney. John, Food & Water Justice works tirelessly to protect your food and water and ensure bold climate progress. This week, we’re sharing a behind-the-scenes look into how we protect your health and environment through…

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 7, 2024 at 5:46 PM

Stop corporate price gouging!

Senators: Support the Price Gouging Prevention Act. John, Giant corporations are squeezing families for fatter profits. They’re using inflation as a shield for price gouging, and making record profits in doing so.  The cost of basic groceries has…

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  Erin Doran, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

May 6, 2024 at 5:19 PM

A day in the life of a Food & Water Watch attorney

Meet the legal team fighting for your food, water, and climate. John, You deserve to see laws passed that will better protect your food and water and ensure bold climate progress. But what happens when corporations bend and break the law to fatte…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM

Enforceable limits on PFAS are here!

But the work is not over. John, There’s a big update in the fight to regulate dangerous PFAS “forever” chemicals.  Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final regulations that set enforceable limits on six ty…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM

Make your Earth Week gift before midnight

Last chance for the $3-to-$1 match! John, Another Earth Week is in the books, and what a week it’s been! 8,438 activists sent a message to their members of Congress urging them to support the Break Free from Plastics Pollution Act! 243 plast…

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  Emma Petit, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 25, 2024 at 5:25 PM

Tell Congress to wave goodbye to plastics 👋

Take action to support the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act! John, Our planet, people, wildlife, and waterways are being harmed and polluted by plastics and the corporations responsible for it — and it’s up to all of us to rise up and sto…

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  Tamara Tripp, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 24, 2024 at 3:47 PM

I just made my Earth Day gift, will you?

We'll match your contribution $3-to-$1! John, Every day, more and more people are joining together to make the world they want to see possible — a world free from plastic pollution. Our strength is in our numbers, and with you in this fight, w…

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 23, 2024 at 5:50 PM

Earth Week Action: Break Free From Plastics

📣 Tell Congress to support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act. STOP PLASTICS! John, Big Oil is creating wayyyy more plastic than we need. They’re on a polluting rampage – building more dirty infrastructure like pipelines and power p…

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  Tamara Tripp, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM

It’s people or plastics. We can’t have both.

Be a fighter for a plastic-free future 🌍 Your gift matched! John, As an advocate for your community's and the environment's health, you inspire me! With your commitment to fighting for a future free of plastic pollution – huge progress can b…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM

We're matching your Earth Day gift 🌱

Your gift has FOUR times the impact on stopping plastic pollution! John, I’m so glad you opened this email. You have a special Earth Day opportunity to fight the polluting plastics industry. Today, your gift to Food & Water Action will b…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM

🌏 Earth Day is around the corner

But our fight to stop plastic pollution is here now! John, Earth Day is Monday, April 22, and this year, we have a specific mission: Taking on the polluting plastics industry. Why? Because it’s people or plastics. We can’t have both. Nearly…

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  Mary Grant, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM

Tell Congress: Support the Future of Water Act

And, ban water futures trading! John, No one should be allowed to gamble with your water – but that’s exactly what big financial interests are trying to do by trading water futures. They’re on a dangerous mission to profit from water price hikes …

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  Megan McDonough, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM

How We Organize: Battling Fracking in Pennsylvania

It's what we do — together. John, Western Pennsylvania is one of the epicenters of the United States’ fracking boom. A few years ago, some people had a sense that Allegheny County — home to the City of Pittsburgh and more than a million Pennsy…

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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 15, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Tell EPA: Ban Toxic Vinyl Chloride

Vinyl chloride is a poisonous carcinogen. John, Have you heard of vinyl chloride (VC)? It’s the dangerous petrochemical cargo that sparked an entire region’s ongoing environmental nightmare when a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Vinyl chl…

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  Krissy Kasserman, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 12, 2024 at 3:30 PM

How We Organize: Moratorium on Factory Farms

It's what we do — together. John, Like most of our food system, the dairy industry has been consolidated as bigger and bigger companies have merged with each other and bought out smaller businesses. It is now dominated by just a few big player…

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  Oakley Shelton-Thomas, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 11, 2024 at 10:00 PM

A world beyond plastic

What you can do. John, Picture this: It’s a beautiful day, and you’re becoming thirsty. You fill up your reusable water bottle from one of the many easily accessible public refill stations. You drink down water with the peace of mind that there …

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  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

April 10, 2024 at 8:30 PM

Add your name: No LNG Exports

Oil and gas export projects cause disastrous levels of fossil fuel pollution. John, The U.S. has become the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world. That’s not something to brag about. These oil and gas export projects cause…

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  Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 9, 2024 at 8:30 PM

Fighting plastics, stopping mega-mergers, and celebrating Earth Day!

Your April edition of Livable Future Now.   Members Edition April 2024 Do You Know What Could Be In Your Plastic Water Bottle? Plastics are poisoning our bodies and our planet. Watch this video with Food & Water Watch experts to learn more about the pro…

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  Oakley Shelton-Thomas, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 8, 2024 at 10:01 PM

What’s worse than microplastics?

Nanoplastics. The next threat lurking in your water. John, In my last email, you learned about the health risks of bottled water due to weaker regulations. If this weren’t bad enough, the plastic bottles poison the water they contain. Bottled …

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  Santosh Nandabalan, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 5, 2024 at 3:30 PM

How We Organize: Saving the Hudson River

It's what we do — together. John, In New York's Hudson River Valley, a corporation called Holtec is in charge of decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant. It proposed dumping the plant’s radioactive waste in the already polluted Hu…

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  Kate Schwanhausser, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 4, 2024 at 4:55 PM

It’s Planet vs Plastics

Creating a world free from plastic pollution - join us! Planet vs Plastic Wednesday, April 24th 3:00- 4:00 pm ET/ 12:00- 1:00 pm PT   SAVE MY SEAT John, The fight against plastic pollution can feel like an uphill battle. From single-use pl…

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  Oakley Shelton-Thomas, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

April 3, 2024 at 8:01 PM

What’s in your plastic water bottle?

Weaker regulations. John, Every minute, over one million plastic water bottles are sold globally. And they end up in a landfill, in our waterways, and even in our food and water. This rampant plastic pollution is toxic — poisoning our bodies and …

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  Tamara Tripp, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

March 27, 2024 at 10:15 PM

I hate asking

John, I write this reluctantly – asking you to do one more thing today. You are one of our top activists, but right now, I need you to please make a personal investment in order for us to meet our budget. We need to raise $10,000 by 11:59 p.m. on…

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  Rebecca Wolf, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

March 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Congress: Pass the Shrinkflation Prevention Act

Take action for fair food pricing! John, Have you ever noticed that food corporations shrink the size of the products you buy but keep prices the same?  It’s called Shrinkflation – and the CEOs of these companies hope you won’t notice you’re gett…

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  Kate Schwanhausser, Food & Water Action · [email protected]

March 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM

This Wednesday, meet the candidates we’re endorsing

Join us on the 27th for our next Livable Future Live event. VIRTUAL EVENT Our Climate & Democracy Are at Stake: How We’ll Win the 2024 Election Wednesday, March 27 7:00- 8:00 pm ET/ 4:00- 5:00 pm PT SAVE MY SEAT FEATURING THESE S…

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  Mary Grant, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]

March 22, 2024 at 9:12 PM

Happy World Water Day!

There's still time to make your gift and have it MATCHED! John, Today is World Water Day! I haven't seen your name on our donor list yet, but there is still time to give. Will you become a water protector and ensure everyone can access clean, affordable water? …

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