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  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 8:17 PM

RE: The fight for safe water starts with you

TODAY ONLY - Your gift matched $3-to-$1. John, Did you see my email below? Food & Water Action is working every day to make sure every person has access to clean and safe water. Join us as we work to fulfill the pledge taken by the United Nations 12 years a…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 3:01 PM

The fight for safe water starts with you

Your gift matched $3-to-$1. Your donation today will be MATCHED $3-to-$1, up to $10,000. That means your gift will go FOUR TIMES as far to power our work to ensure every person has access to clean and safe water. MATCH MY GIFT John, Twelve …
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 25, 2022 at 4:01 PM

What the EPA gets wrong about PFAS

EPA is ignoring hundreds of toxic chemicals. John, More than 200 million people in the U.S. could be drinking PFAS-contaminated water right now!  Dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances called PFAS are found in everything from food wrappers…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Water is for the people, not Wall Street’s profits

Tell your rep to support the Future of Water Act! John, As a crushing climate change-driven drought continues across the Western United States, over a million Californians are without access to clean water. Unfortunately, special corporate intere…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 19, 2022 at 9:50 PM

The climate emergency is NOW

President Biden: Declare a national climate emergency! John, The planet is burning before our eyes. Record high temperatures are occurring all over the globe! Wildfires are setting Alaska ablaze. The Western United States is facing its worst drought in 1,200 ye…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 8:40 PM

Supreme Court hinders climate efforts. Biden must step up!

President Biden - It’s time to declare a climate emergency. John, Last month, the Supreme Court issued a dangerous decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency: The Court curbed the EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution from…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 14, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Together, let’s stop new offshore drilling

Give a gift to make sure public waters are free from new drilling and fracking. President Biden has called the climate crisis an existential threat and promised no more drilling on public lands and waters. Yet, Biden has opened more oil and drilli…
  Jorge Aguilar, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 12, 2022 at 9:13 PM

Mountain Valley Pipeline wants 4 more years of destruction

Tell FERC to say enough is enough! John, The troubled Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) company wants four more years to build its dangerous pipeline. But it has already spent five long years endangering communities throughout Appalachia and damagin…
  Tarah Heinzen, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
July 10, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Supreme Court ruling won't end climate action

Join us July 14 to learn what we do now. John, Last week we told you about the dangerous ruling issued by the Supreme Court in West Virginia vs. Environmental Protection Agency.  Make no mistake, we are not taking this ruling laying down. We’re determined to fi…
  Thomas Meyer, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
July 9, 2022 at 3:30 PM

90 days to stop new offshore drilling

Add your voice! John, Last week, the Biden administration released a draft plan for offshore drilling in public waters over the next five years. Contrary to promises made by President Biden, it includes 11 new lease sales: 10 in the Gulf of Mexic…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
July 8, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Closed for the Summer

Vacation’s no fun when you can’t go in the water. John, Beach closures ruin summer fun, and too often they’re caused by outdated sewage and stormwater systems. And while this is inconvenient for vacation plans, the impacts can be far more serious…
  Tyler Lobdell, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 7, 2022 at 8:25 PM

Here’s our chance to help U.S. farmers

Tell the USDA to stop corporate abuse! John, Congress enacted the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) in 1921 to protect farmers, ranchers and consumers from the anti-competitive stranglehold that large corporations had over meat and poultry markets…
  Jim Walsh, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 7:38 PM

Tell Congress: Fight inflation with real energy security

It’s time we move beyond fossil fuels John, Spiraling inflation is leaving millions of families grappling with energy insecurity. Gasoline prices continue to be too high, and people are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.  Meanwhile, oil and g…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 8:31 PM

All Gifts NOW Matched! RE: The Supreme Court is wrong again

This ruling only makes our fight more urgent. MATCH UPDATE I just spoke with one of our donors and they have agreed to match all donations $2-to-$1, up to $50,000. Your gift will now go 3x as far in the fight to protect our food, water and climat…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 4:15 PM

The Supreme Court is wrong again!

This ruling only makes our fight more urgent. John, The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has turned its back on long-established precedent and embraced extremist ideology. The impact of their latest ruling curbing the EPA’s ability to regulate air pollutio…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 29, 2022 at 8:13 PM

There's a simple way to lower gas prices

Tell Congress: It's time to end gasoline exports. John, Gasoline prices are out of control, and we're all hurting. Many of us who had made summer plans to see friends or family are scrambling because gas is just too expensive! Politicians pin the…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 12:01 PM

Your gift NOW goes FOUR times as far 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝

Help protect our precious pollinators. MATCH ALERT: YOU GIVE $1. WE ADD $3. GIVE NOW →  John, Pollinator week is in full swing, so we’re stepping up to save the unsung heroes who maintain the crops that feed everyone. Your Pollinator Week gift …
  Amanda Starbuck, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 23, 2022 at 8:01 PM

No more bee-killing pesticides!

Send a message to the EPA. John, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to protect our health and the environment. Instead, they’ve allowed the use of bee-killing pesticides. Bee colonies are dying. The EPA has the power to stop this massive bee …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 22, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Your gift TRIPLED for Pollinator Week

You give $1. We get $3. John, Did you know that an estimated one in every three bites of food is the result of pollinators? But nearly 40 percent of insect pollinators are threatened or endangered. That's why Food & Water Action is fighting the imminent thr…
  Amanda Starbuck, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 21, 2022 at 8:14 PM

EPA: Protect our pollinators!

Food & Water Action is fighting for our pollinators. Join us! John, Beekeepers across the United States are losing their honey bees. That's a disaster – not just for our gardens but for our farmers and crops.  Honey bees pollinate many of ou…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 20, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Join our fight for pollinators! 🐝 🦋

Make your gift for National Pollinator Week. MATCH ALERT: YOU GIVE $1. WE ADD $2. GIVE NOW →  John, Did you know that about 200,000 species of pollinators are beneficial insects — such as bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, and moth…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 3:31 PM

Senators: Take action to protect our drinking water

Pass the PFAS Action Act! John, Have you heard about PFAS? Also called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS chemicals are in everything from food to fabrics. And they never break down or go away — they’re called “forever chemicals” for a rea…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 6:31 PM

Plastic waste is killing the planet

Frack - plastic - repeat. Time to end the cycle. Plastic waste can be found in almost every corner of the planet. It’s in our oceans, soil, water, food and even our bodies. Humans digest about a credit card-sized amount of plastic each week! That’…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 15, 2022 at 8:26 PM

The WATER Act is making waves in Congress

Over 100 cosponsors now on board. John, Food & Water Action fights every day for strong, permanent federal investment in our water and wastewater infrastructure. And our campaign is rapidly gaining support in Congress!  The Water Affordabilit…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 14, 2022 at 10:01 PM

Stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Support the fight. Donate now! John, A few days ago another oil company, Regenerate Alaska, backed out of its lease to drill for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The move by Regenerate Alaska is the latest example of the in…
  Jim Walsh, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 13, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Tell Congress: No more taxpayer handouts to Big Ag

It’s time to stop the ethanol scam. John, Over one-third of all corn grown in the United States is used to produce ethanol, a gasoline additive. Growing corn for ethanol comes at a high cost to our wallets and climate. More ethanol means you pay …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 10, 2022 at 5:37 PM

We just reached 102 cosponsors

But, the fight for safe water is far from over. Donate now! We’ve just reached a milestone by netting 102 co-sponsors to support the WATER Act, but we still have more work to do. Help us win by contributing to our fight for safe water and passing…
  Krissy Kasserman, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 2, 2022 at 3:35 PM

Tyson’s BIG plans will hurt consumers

Corporate meat giants need to be stopped. John, During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, corporate meat giant Tyson Foods Inc. stoked fears about a fictional meat shortage in order to keep its plants operating – putting public health and t…
  Jim Walsh, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
June 1, 2022 at 5:07 PM

Oil execs get richer. We struggle.

Let’s stop Big Oil & Gas pollution and greed. John, While consumers get hammered by the highest gas prices in more than a decade, greedy fossil fuel corporations like Exxon, BP and Shell are raking in billions – shamelessly taking advantage o…
  Rebecca Wolf, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
May 24, 2022 at 7:52 PM

Let’s take down corporate dominance of our food system

Tell Congress to act now! John, The infant formula crisis is a perfect storm of bad actors and bad policy.  The Food and Drug Administration’s delayed and weak inspections, hyper-consolidation of our food and farm system, and abysmal antitrust po…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 7:13 PM

This Endangered Species Day...

Let’s fight to protect all species! On this Endangered Species Day, let’s fight to protect all species.  Donate John, Today is Endangered Species Day and like you, I’m worried. We’re losing our biodiversity at a rate never before experienced…
  Laurel Levin, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
May 19, 2022 at 7:32 PM

Put an end to fast-tracking pipeline permits!

Take action before the deadline on May 27th. John, New fossil fuel expansion is indefensible in the face of our worsening climate emergency. Yet the Biden administration’s Army Corps of Engineers continues to greenlight new fossil fuel pipelines …
  Thomas Meyer, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
May 12, 2022 at 8:14 PM

3 Oil and Gas Lease Sales Cancelled!

A major victory in the fight to end drilling on public lands. John, Yesterday, the Interior Department announced that three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska have been cancelled! This is a major victory in the fight to en…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
May 5, 2022 at 8:31 PM

Take action: Protect public lands

It’s time to end the era of fossil fuels. John, Back in February 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden told New Hampshire voters his position on fracking for oil and gas on federal lands:  “And by the way, no more drilling on federal lands, period.” But…
  Jorge Aguilar, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
May 2, 2022 at 7:51 PM

Last chance: Submit your comment to protect Chaco

Comment deadline is Friday, May 6. John, Even though the Greater Chaco Canyon region is one of the most important archeological sites in the U.S. and is home to many Indigenous communities, 91% of the area has been leased for oil and gas activ…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 30, 2022 at 3:31 PM

Congress: Act now to fix our broken infrastructure

Support the WATER Act! John, People shouldn't have to worry about whether their water systems are keeping their water clean and safe.  The Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act is the only permanent solution to our nation’s water…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 25, 2022 at 7:26 PM

Tell Congress: Co-sponsor the WATER Act!

The bill that can fix our aging water systems. John, What happened in Flint, Michigan eight years ago today is appalling, outrageous and frightening – and it shouldn't have happened.   Flint’s safe water source was switched to the polluted Flint …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 23, 2022 at 12:01 AM

⏰ Hurry! Earth Day 5x MATCH is about to end

Have you made your Earth Day gift yet? John, Have you made your Earth Day gift? There are only a few hours left before this Earth Day match opportunity is over. Make a gift to Food & Water Watch for Earth Day and it will be matched $4-to-$1. Don't miss the …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Only hours left to have your Earth Day gift MATCHED

⏳ Time is almost up to make your Earth Day gift. John, There are only a few hours left to have your Earth Day gift MATCHED $4-to-$1! That means for every $1 you give, it’ll be matched with $4 making 5X the impact to power the campaigns to protec…
  Emily Wurth, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 5:02 PM

🍃 Your Earth Day gift will go 5x as far!

But only until MIDNIGHT tonight. John, Join us in celebrating and caring for our planet by making a tax-deductible donation to Food & Water Watch today. You won’t want to miss this opportunity for your Earth Day gift to go FIVE TIMES as far —  $25 becomes …
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 12:32 PM

🌎 EARTH DAY $4-to-$1 MATCH ALERT

That's FIVE times the impact to protect the planet! Today is Earth Day. Donate today to support our work and your gift will be matched $4-to-$1. That’s FIVE times the impact to protect our natural resources and the communities who depend on them…
  Jorge Aguilar, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 21, 2022 at 8:46 PM

303 miles of fracked gas pipeline must be stopped

President Biden: Deny permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline! John, The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a proposed 303-mile long fracked gas pipeline steamrolling its way through Virginia and West Virginia. In the past few months, a federal c…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 20, 2022 at 3:49 PM

🌱 Earth Day is almost here!

Let's celebrate and protect the planet. John, Earth Day is almost here! And to celebrate this planet we call home, your Earth Day gift will go FOUR TIMES as far! MATCH MY GIFT It’s up to us to fight to protect the natural spaces we know and lov…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 18, 2022 at 6:28 PM

This Earth Day, have your gift MATCHED!

🌏 We’re celebrating Earth Day all week! John, Earth Day is this Friday, April 22, but Food & Water Watch is celebrating this beautiful planet we call home all week! Until midnight Friday, your Earth Day gift to Food & Water Watch will be …
  Jim Walsh, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 13, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Pres. Biden + Congress: We need urgent climate action

There’s still time to confront the climate crisis…but not much. John, President Biden and his administration are on a dangerous path to increase fossil fuel production and infrastructure, despite scientists and the U.N. arguing for the complete o…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 12, 2022 at 5:01 PM

The Carbon Capture Scam – what you need to know

Your gift helps fight climate greenwashing. Have you heard about the latest scam from fossil fuel corporations? They’re saying “carbon capture” is the solution to the climate crisis! What they really mean is that their carbon capture will keep us …
  Thomas Meyer, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 8, 2022 at 3:01 PM

No more fossil fuel scams!

Tell the White House that we want real climate solutions. John, Carbon capture and storage is an unproven, unsound technology that will do nothing to mitigate the climate crisis — it’s a false climate solution. And we don't have time for false climate solutions…
  Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Action · [email protected]
April 6, 2022 at 6:23 PM

The most urgent warning yet

Your gift today helps fight for the planet. Food & Water Action is fighting for the future of the planet. Anything that deepens global dependence on fossil fuels threatens our chance to stop the worst of climate chaos. The latest climate repor…
  Mary Grant, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 5, 2022 at 6:03 PM

Tell Congress to support the Future of Water Act

Stop Wall Street from gambling with our water! John, Wall Street is on a dangerous mission to profit from water price hikes due to climate change-driven droughts and shortages by trading water futures.  Water is a human right, not a commodity for financial spec…
  Thomas Meyer, Food & Water Watch · [email protected]
April 1, 2022 at 3:31 PM

Have you submitted a comment to the Bureau of Land Management?

It's not too late to help protect Chaco Canyon, but you only have until April 6. John, President Biden has proposed to curtail the leasing of public lands for oil and gas drilling in Chaco Canyon. But a larger, comprehensive plan for the Greater Chaco region is…