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  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 1:31 PM

Trump is shoveling out billions to the oil and gas industry

Donate now to stop him! John, More than $1.9 billion in CARES Act tax benefits are being claimed by at least 37 Big Oil & Gas companies masquerading as “small businesses.” The stimulus bill in March was supposed to help everyday people and sm…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 27, 2020 at 1:31 PM

Trump issued “emergency” approval to poisonous, bee-killing pesticides

We need state and local governments to create space for bees to survive. John, The Trump administration recently admitted that it issued “emergency” approvals to spray bee-killing pesticides on more than 16 million acres of crops in 2019. Trump’s…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 22, 2020 at 1:02 PM

We’ve been emailing you a lot

Here’s why! John, I know these past months have been very intense, for everyone. I hope you and your loved ones are safe and doing well. I recognize that you have heard from us A LOT lately. I felt it was important to keep you informed and let …
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 20, 2020 at 6:16 PM

Keep everyone's water on during the pandemic

Tell your senators to keep people safe. John, Food & Water Action and supporters like you have been pressuring members of Congress and governors across the country to guarantee access to clean, affordable water in the midst of this pandemic by…
  Margaret Wadsworth, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 19, 2020 at 5:42 PM

Stop the Plan to Frack Chaco

The Trump administration is rushing fracking close to Chaco Canyon National Historical Park... John, In the midst of this deadly coronavirus crisis, the Trump administration is rushing through a plan to ramp up fracking on public lands close to Ch…
  Jorge Aguilar, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 14, 2020 at 3:04 PM

Is animal waste "renewable" energy?

Take action before Friday's deadline. John, In 2018, our local D.C. government committed to generating 100% of its energy from renewable sources by 2032. But in its latest filing, D.C.'s main energy utility wants methane gas to remain a big part …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 8, 2020 at 4:17 PM

Exploiting a pandemic to sell off public lands?

Take action: Protect public lands from drilling and fracking John, It's no secret that the Trump administration caters to Big Oil & Gas. But that doesn't make its current brazen push to lease public lands for dirty energy development during …
  Krissy Kasserman, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 7, 2020 at 6:22 PM

One step closer to banning factory farms

Urge your legislators to support the Farm System Reform Act! John, As the coronavirus outbreak continues, we’re working to change the fundamental structure of our food system — including banning factory farms — to decrease the likelihood of the n…
  Tony Corbo, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 2, 2020 at 1:31 PM

Public health or food: It's not one or the other

Trump's false choice. John, Across the country, workers in meat processing plants have become sick; some have died. These plants are the latest coronavirus hotspots. But this week, instead of helping the sick and safeguarding our food supply, Trum…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 30, 2020 at 5:17 PM

Your support makes a difference

Your April newsletter is here. To view this email as a web page, click here. John, During these unprecedented times, I want you to know that Food & Water Action is staying vigilant and continuing to fight for a healthy future for all of us. Like …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 29, 2020 at 4:22 PM

Gutting food safety during a pandemic?

USDA is taking steps that endanger our food and public health. John, BREAKING: Consumers everywhere are just learning that Trump is requiring ALL meat processing plants to stay open or reopen, even if the plants are stricken with COVID-19. That me…
  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 21, 2020 at 6:07 PM

Tell Congress: No bailouts for Big Oil & Gas

Help keep the pressure on Congress to put people first. John, UPDATE: Yesterday we watched oil prices and American fossil fuel corporations’ stocks plummet into historic lows. And today we saw Trump immediately take to Twitter to promise to save the fossil fuel…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 20, 2020 at 4:20 PM

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Join as a monthly giving Action Partner today and help us fight back! John, I don’t know about you, but I’m angry. I can’t stop thinking about how the Trump administration is failing in its basic responsibility to protect us. While millions of u…
  Tony Corbo, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 17, 2020 at 4:35 PM

The USDA is putting our food at risk

It's taking steps that endanger food safety and public health during a pandemic. John, Did you see Wenonah's email below? The USDA has since approved 10 additional waivers to speed up slaughter lines at more chicken plants! The USDA is jeopardizing our health a…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 16, 2020 at 4:11 PM

Tell Congress: Put families first

Help create a public outcry against bailing out the fossil fuel industry. John, Congress is already working on the next stimulus package, and giant oil corporations are STILL trying to take advantage of the national coronavirus crisis by seeking …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 14, 2020 at 8:42 PM

Trump’s EPA dumps science during a pandemic

Instead of protecting us, Trump’s EPA puts everyone at greater risk. John, In the middle of this unprecedented public health crisis, I can’t stop thinking about our essential workers putting their lives at risk every day to protect us. Sadly, we c…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 10, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Stop the EPA environmental enforcement freeze

The Trump administration is putting our health at even greater risk. John, About 35 million people in the United States have asthma or another lung disease, putting them at especially high risk from the coronavirus. And yet the EPA Administrator …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 9, 2020 at 5:15 PM

USDA Risking Food Safety During a Pandemic?

The USDA just took a step that endangers food safety and public health. John, I just learned some unsettling news. The USDA took a step that endangers food safety and public health during a pandemic. It granted a regulatory waiver to speed up slau…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 4, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Instead of fighting COVID, Trump ends clean cars rules

Trump just rolled back climate pollution limits on cars and trucks. John, Right now, the Trump administration should be laser-focused on fighting the global pandemic. Instead, it just announced it will roll back pollution limits on cars and truck…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 2, 2020 at 5:28 PM

The next coronavirus relief package

Take action to make sure it helps workers and families, not Big Oil & Gas. John, Last week, Congress passed a massive coronavirus relief package. With your help, we kept it from including direct handouts of taxpayer money to fossil fuel corpo…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 31, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Trump’s EPA just shut down environmental enforcement

Trump uses coronavirus as excuse to stop enforcing key industrial pollution rules John, Instead of stepping up to do everything possible to protect our health and safety during the pandemic, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has indefinitel…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 5:22 PM

I’m absolutely furious

The Senate coronavirus bill gives away billions to Big Oil—money that should be going to health care supplies and everyday people struggling to make ends meet. John, Millions of Americans are making huge sacrifices to fight the pandemic. At the s…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 22, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Stop the water shutoffs NOW

We can’t put our nation in danger John, Since the first U.S. case of coronavirus, hundreds have died, more than 10,000 have been affected, and millions of people across the country are pulling together to fight the virus. But even in the hardest-…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 21, 2020 at 7:31 PM

You can’t wash your hands without water

Take action NOW for a national moratorium on water shutoffs! John, This is huge! Nearly 300 municipalities and states have stopped water shutoffs, protecting more than 128 million Americans. Access to clean, affordable water is critical as we face the COVID-1…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 19, 2020 at 6:37 PM

Coronavirus bailout for Big Oil?!

Help defeat the massive bailout for the fossil fuel industry! John, We’re pulling together to battle a global health pandemic. Families are staying home to do the right thing. Healthcare workers and other first responders are risking their health…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 18, 2020 at 4:45 PM

Tell Congress: No bailout for Big Oil & Gas!

John, As Congress weighs urgent measures to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus, we need to act now to make sure that financial help goes to the people who need it most – not Big Oil & Gas! Tell your members of Congress: No bailout for Big Oil &…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 16, 2020 at 7:38 PM

Shutting off water during a pandemic?

Urge Congress to support a national moratorium on water shutoffs! John, Currently, people across the country are not able to wash their hands because their water service is turned off.  This is horrifying, especially during this critical time wh…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 11, 2020 at 4:51 PM

Bailouts for billionaires?!

John, At a time of national crisis – coronavirus, stock market chaos, unaffordable health care, climate change – Trump is more worried about his billionaire buddies. He's actually talking about providing a taxpayer-funded bailout to the likes of…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 7, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Stand Up to Trump’s Rollback

Trump is trying to destroy our cornerstone environmental law. Let’s stop him. John, The signs of climate chaos are everywhere. We all know that we need to take aggressive action to stop fossil fuels. But Trump is taking aggressive action in the op…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 6:10 PM

OOPS! Let's try this again

John, Oops! The links in our last email weren't working properly, but we've fixed it! Apologies for any inconvenience. Let's try this again. Tell your representative: Co-sponsor the national Fracking Ban Act.   John, Fracking poisons our wat…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 5, 2020 at 4:45 PM

Together, we can ban fracking

The Fracking Ban Act will ban fracking everywhere. John, Fracking poisons our water, our land, and our air. It takes a huge toll on frontline communities, often communities of color and low-income areas across the country. And there’s no doubt it’…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 4, 2020 at 6:31 PM

65 degrees in Antarctica?!?

Make an urgent donation to help us fight climate change and save NEPA John, Antarctica just broke the record for the warmest temperature ever recorded on the continent. 65°F — nearly the same temperature as in San Diego, California. This is NOT …
  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
March 3, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Fast-tracking pipelines?

Add your name to help halt another environmental rollback. John, The Trump administration has proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). If these changes happen, oil companies and frackers could get fast-tracked for projects such as pipel…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 26, 2020 at 6:31 PM

Trump approves bee-killing pesticides

Trump just gave a green light to widespread use of bee-killing pesticides John, BREAKING: Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just re-approved the widespread use of bee-killing pesticides — despite the fact that its own research shows th…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 25, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Let’s Demand Safe Food

Tell USDA: Stop letting meat and poultry companies sell us contaminated food. John, Did you know meat and poultry corporations can knowingly sell you food contaminated by salmonella bacteria? You read that right – meat and poultry corporations are…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 21, 2020 at 5:31 PM

Antarctica’s massive "Doomsday Glacier" is melting

Trump is trying to roll back one of our most important environmental protections John, CLIMATE ALERT: Scientists have found that the Antarctic Thwaites Glacier, so enormous that it’s been called the “Doomsday Glacier,” is melting much faster than …
  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 20, 2020 at 4:47 PM

Another environmental protection rollback

Trump is attacking another environmental landmark law. John, Did you see Wenonah's email below? Trump and his administration is attacking another environmental landmark law — the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). If Trump gets his way with this rollback…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 18, 2020 at 11:02 PM

ALERT: Drilling in Grand Staircase and Bears Ears

Trump opens more national monuments to drilling and fracking. John, Did you see my email below? Bears Ears and Grand Staircase are home to breathtaking southern Utah red rocks landscapes, as well as majestic wildlife. The Trump administration recently opened …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 16, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Big giveaway to polluters

Trump’s EPA wants to approve more toxic PFAS. We have a plan to stop them. John, EMERGENCY ALERT: Trump’s EPA is on the verge of rushing the approval of four more types of PFAS.¹ Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are hidden in things we …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 14, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Fracking is the face of climate chaos

It's not a bridge to clean energy John, ExxonMobil and the rest of Big Oil & Gas are not telling you the truth. We know now they’ve misled us for decades. They knew then and know now just how dangerous the use of fossil fuels is to your health…
  Thomas Meyer, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 13, 2020 at 8:04 PM

We can ban fracking

The first-ever federal legislation to ban fracking is here. John, Did you see Wenonah's email below? Fracking pollutes our air, our water and our planet. Now is the time to ban fracking to avoid the worst effects of climate change. That's why Reps. Alexandria O…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 11, 2020 at 7:09 PM

We have the power to stop fracking

The Fracking Ban Act is here. John, We know the science. In the next decade we must drastically cut greenhouse gases by stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, and transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy to avert the worst …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 10, 2020 at 9:31 PM

ALERT: Drilling in Grand Staircase and Bears Ears

Trump opens more national monuments to drilling and fracking. John, The Trump administration just opened two of our most majestic national monuments — Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — to oil drilling, fracking and mining. The thought o…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 8, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Stop PFAS in our drinking water

“Forever chemicals” are everywhere; it’s past time to hold polluters accountable John, A new report says that so-called “forever chemicals” have been found in 43 out of 44 cities tested. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known as “f…
  Mitch Jones, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 4, 2020 at 10:01 PM

While he thought no one was looking...

Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality just proposed rules to gut... John, Did you see Wenonah's email below? With NEPA’s recent rollback Trump is rolling out the red carpet for companies like BP and fast-tracking projects like Keystone XL. We can’t – and we…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 3, 2020 at 5:44 PM

The fossil fuel industry’s deadly spin

The idea that fracked gas helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions is industry spin. John, New research from our affiliated organization, Food & Water Watch, disrupts the false narrative that fracked natural gas is a less-polluting alternative to…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
February 1, 2020 at 2:16 PM

Fighting for our water, climate, and food

Here's your monthly newsletter! To view this email as a web page, click here. John, At Food & Water Action, we're fighting to create a healthy future for all. Like you, we want a world where everyone has food they can trust, clean drinking water,…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
January 31, 2020 at 8:01 PM

While he thought no one was looking...

Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality just proposed rules to gut... John, He knows the headlines are dominated by impeachment and the 2020 election.  So while he thought no one was looking, Trump just gutted one of the most important tools we h…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
January 28, 2020 at 4:16 PM

Fast-tracking pipelines?

Big Oil & Gas could get fast-tracked final approval for major infrastructure projects. John, Trump is proposing another environmental rollback! Now he wants to exclude consideration of climate impacts and fast-track polluting projects under th…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
January 27, 2020 at 5:51 PM

Help fight this attack to our clean water

Trump guts water protections. John, Did you see my email below? We will do all we can to fight this attack on America’s wetlands and streams and you can help us take this fight directly to Trump. Make an emergency donation today and stand-up for clean water! …