Food & Water Watch

Published Feb 20, 2020

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East Palestine: Toxic chemicals, runaway greed, and rippling repercussions

This public health disaster was entirely preventable. Here’s what we know, and what comes next.

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A high-elevation image of the fire and toxic plume emanating from the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The chemical the train carried was vinyl chloride, a component in plastics production.
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California’s urgent water crisis: how Big Ag & Big Oil suck up resources.

The water crisis requires major reforms by Governor Newsom. Here are the steps we recommend.

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Featured STATE WORK

New York must end gas in new construction.

Preventing childhood asthma, saving New Yorkers money, creating jobs, and helping the climate — this one move can do all those things.

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Featured STATE WORK

Deadly Trio: Proposals for carbon pipelines endanger Iowans.

Three hazardous carbon pipelines proposed in Iowa threaten our land, communities, and climate. It’s the biggest carbon capture scam we’ve seen yet.

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