Tag: Food & Water Watch

Opposition Escalates Against New Jersey Offshore LNG Proposal

The citizens’ hearing, organized by Clean Ocean Action, is tonight in Sea Bright, NJ at the Sea Bright Public Beach, 1099 Ocean Avenue, Sea Bright, NJ 07760 …

July 11, 2013
Will Americans Allow Public Water to Be Privatized?

Throughout the meeting, a misleading notion was continually raised that using private capital to fund water systems somehow constitutes an innovative approach to financing. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Time and again, municipalities and consumers have suffered under privatized water systems …

July 3, 2013
President Obama, Act Now to Save the Bees

According to the concerned groups, EPA has refused to exercise its regulatory power to address the major contribution of these insecticides to bee declines. Instead, the agency has pointed to …

July 3, 2013
130 Groups Call for More Time to Comment on Proposed New Jersey LNG Port

Today, 130 environmental and public advocacy groups sent a letter to the Maritime Administration asking that the public be given more time to consider and comment on a propose liquefied natural gas (LNG) port that would be constructed in …

July 1, 2013
3,000+ New Yorkers Converge on Albany for Anti-Fracking, Pro-Renewables Rally

Over 3,000 New Yorkers took time off work yesterday to send a message to Albany that they want Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature to reject fracking and lead the nation in renewable energy. Organizers noted that …

June 18, 2013