Food & Water Watch

06/03/2026

The fight for a data center moratorium has real momentum, so let's get involved and keep building power! Next Thursday, we're joining an amazing coalition of climate organizations to stop this exploitative industry at every level. See you there!

**Join the call to launch our national coalition fighting for a data center moratorium!** You'll hear from coalition partners and organizers across the country. We'll share successful stories of resistance against data centers, as well as what critical campaigns are underway at local, state, and fed...

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

For this month’s Livable Future Live, we’ll dive into the history and current research around nuclear power, and why it’s a climate scam. Join Tim Judson, Executive Director of , as well as our Research Director Amanda Starbuck and our New York State Director Laura Shindell for a live chat on June 17 at 7PM ET: https://fwwat.ch/4dCSENV

06/02/2026

As people pay ever-higher gas prices, Big Oil profits off of everyone else's pain. We're calling on Congress to hold exploitative industries accountable by passing the Gasoline Export Ban Act of 2026 and the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act. Add your support: https://fwwat.ch/4tLbica

06/02/2026

Forcing a coal plant to remain open when it hasn't even been operating is beyond wasteful and petty.

The DOE says the Schahfer plant is key for reliability, but repairs mean it’ll be offline for much of 2026. The grid is set to be just fine without it…

06/01/2026

The last thing we need is more deregulation for Big Tech, but that's exactly what Trump's EPA is trying to do. Say NO to rolling back air permitting requirements for data centers: https://fwwat.ch/4vjymjv

06/01/2026

A planned Bitcoin mining data center in Kentucky estimates that it will use as much power as 800,000 HOMES 😳

The fact that any company thinks that’s acceptable is truly astonishing – and just proves that all they care about is profits. https://fwwat.ch/4fQkvN3

06/01/2026

Some of our wonderful volunteers joined us at an art build on Friday. Organizing for a more livable future involves quite a bit of paint!

05/31/2026

🎧 PODCAST 🎧 Our Policy Director Jim Walsh sat down with The Intercept to chat about Kevin O’Leary’s massive Stratos data center in Utah and O’Leary’s false narrative that people protesting it are “bussed in” or connected to China. This lie isn’t just absurd – it’s dangerous!

From Utah to Georgia, communities are demanding data center moratoriums as concerns move from local zoning fights into national politics.

05/31/2026

Last week, the water utility for the Greater Des Moines, IA area asked 600,000 customers to “use water wisely” because of high nitrate contamination.

If this isn’t a clear case for reining in polluting factory farms and investing in clean water programs, we’re not sure what is.