Food & Water Action

06/08/2026

What’s changed is that there’s been huge backlash against AI, it’s more expensive than employing people and Altman’s company is approaching its IPO.

We’re not falling for Big Tech’s attempts to save face, and we’ll keep fighting this extractive industry!

The OpenAI CEO reversed his own dire predictions about AI and employment, but layoffs keep coming.

06/07/2026

We’ve said it many times before, but we’ll say it again: Nuclear energy is BAD NEWS for our safety, climate and water resources.

Meanwhile, wind and solar are real, zero-emissions climate solutions that will help ensure a livable future!

06/07/2026

This administration is taking credit for Biden-era lead water service line replacement funding and rebranding it as part of MAHA, while simultaneously slashing federal and state programs that protect clean water. You can’t have it both ways!

The EPA is distributing billions authorized under the Biden administration while promoting the work as part of the Make America Healthy Again initiative.

06/06/2026

Large percentages of U.S. residents – including 40 percent of those who identify as MAGA Republicans – blame data centers “a lot” for rising energy bills. They’re not wrong to do so!

Our latest Heatmap Pro poll found one big reason why public support for data centers has plummeted.

06/05/2026

Don't believe any claims about affordability from this deregulation-obsessed administration.

The Trump administration is dismantling two EPA rules, promising cheaper groceries for struggling families. Economists and former officials say it'll only make things pricier.

06/04/2026

City by city, people are rising up and saying NO to the exploitative expansion of data centers.

Hearing backlash from residents, cities and counties across the country in recent weeks have blocked planned data centers amid concerns over rising electricity prices and environmental harms. The local actions come as state lawmakers also are looking to limit or repeal the incentives for the centers...

06/03/2026

Apparently it's not enough for this administration to be anti-climate; it also has to be anti-data.

Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts

06/03/2026

BIG congrats to Alex Valdez for Hudson County Commissioner on his victory in the primary 🥳 Alex is ready to address rising food and energy costs, improve water infrastructure and fight Trump’s MAGA agenda. We’re proud to have endorsed him in this race!

06/03/2026

Last month, we got together with candidates running for Congress in New York’s 17th Congressional District to ask them if they support and ’ AI Data Center Moratorium Act, which would put a pause on the unregulated data center boom – including the one happening in Orangeburg – until we have strong national guardrails in place to protect our water, energy prices, climate and communities. Of course, the district’s incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Lawler couldn’t even be bothered to show up!

06/03/2026

CONGRATS to Ron Bautista on his victory in the primary for Hudson County Commissioner 🎉 We’re proud to have endorsed Ron – a local leader and Food & Water Action ally who helped stop NJ Transit’s proposed fracked gas power plant in Kearny and the I-78 Turnpike Expansion!