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LOS ANGELES TIMES February 1, 2023 Enviro group urges Cal to limit the growing of almonds and alfalfa “California needs to make fundamental reconsiderations and changes to our water infrastructure, and the governor currently has the authority to act immediately,” said Chirag Bhakta, the [Food & Water Watch] California director. “California is mired in long- term drought right now, and even though this is the case, the state still misuses billions and billions of gallons of water that go to the fossil fuel and big agricultural sectors.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES March 19, 2023 How Does Carbon Capture Work? There are risks: Like any pipeline, a CO2 pipeline can rupture, as one did in Mississippi in 2020, raising concerns about safety. “We’re not just talking about pipelines in the Midwest, but a massive nationwide build-out,” said Jim Walsh, policy director for Food & Water Watch, an environmental group that opposes the Midwestern pipeline projects. “And there is no federal oversight body for CO2 pipeline projects.”
Norfolk Southern CEO pressed over train crash
One environmental health advocate told CNN that it could take decades to find out the final cost of being exposed to vinyl chloride. ‘Vinyl chloride causes cancer. If the soil is used in gardens, children play in it — it can be very dangerous. And, the chemical will leach into groundwater.’ [Wenonah Hauter] “The federal government, in the name of climate action, is dumping billions of dollars into an already poorly regulated industry,” said Emily Miller, a staff attorney for Food & Water Watch, a national environmental group. THE NEW YORK TIMES APRIL 3, 2023 A Push to Turn Farm Waste Into Fuel FOOD
“Industry’s ‘sophisticated marketing schemes’ are ‘clearly designed to take advantage of the large and growing number of consumers looking to purchase products that are sustainably produced,’ Food & Water Watch wrote in a comment submitted to the FTC. FOOD & CLIMATE THE GUARDIAN May 4, 2023 ‘A sea of misinformation’: FTC to address industry greenwashing complaints
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