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The Council of Canadians and Food and Water Watch commend the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for stressing the urgent need for States to increase funding for the fulfillment of the human right to water and sanitation with a particular emphasis on meeting obligations towards the most marginalized and un-served segments of society in her report to the General Assembly today.

Press Release: Today a national consumer group challenged chicken giant Perdue to step forward and take responsibility for creating the SaveFarmFamilies.org Web site—and to correct misinformation on it regarding the lawsuit filed by Waterkeeper Alliance to address pollution run-off from the Eastern Shore farm of Alan and Kristin Hudson.

Press Release: What transpired at the Cuomo administration’s meetings regarding two controversial high-profile energy issues? This question lies at the heart of a Freedom of Information Law Request (FOIL) issued today by the national consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch to the New York State Governor’s Office asking for details of meetings regarding hydrofracking and the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.

Press Release: Food & Water Watch, a national consumer nonprofit organization that works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced, today announced it has launched a new legal advocacy project, Food & Water Justice.

Press Release: With AquaBounty’s AquaAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon now under review by the White House and one step closer to approval, Alaska’s senators—concerned about the possible impacts the approval would have on their state’s wild salmon stocks—are taking actions to try to block the experimental organism. One of the actions would block the salmon’s approval, while the other would effectively stop its commercialization should the fish be approved.

Press Release: A white paper released today by Food & Water Watch and the Public Health Institute challenges the common assumption that government subsidies to farmers growing corn, soybeans and other commodity crops is a primary factor in increasing rates of obesity.

Today a coalition of 36 environmental, consumer and community organizations urged the Delaware River Basin Commission to reconsider its recent decision to postpone a special meeting to decide whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Delaware River Basin.

Press Statement: “We are appalled to hear that the House Natural Resources committee has passed the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, which would waive federal environmental protections for Department of Homeland Security activities on federal lands in border areas. Let’s hope it doesn’t go any further than that.

Press Release: On Wednesday, the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch released a new analysis detailing the troubling implications of expanding factory fish farming off U.S. coasts. Coming on the heels of the federal government’s announcement this summer of its National Aquaculture Policy, the organization’s report, Fishy Farms: The Government’s Push for Factory Farming in Our Oceans, finds that achieving the government’s goals for the industry would come at a tremendous cost to both wild fish populations and the marine environment.

Media Statement: As backlash against fracking gains speed, the Delaware River Basin Commission’s decision to delay their vote on the process demonstrates that they are afraid to face the public outcry. It is clear that the commission’s motive for moving its vote to a holiday week is an attempt to preclude the public from attending this historic meeting.