Food & Water Watch

Scientists and researchers from land-grant universities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and representatives from several industry and trade groups met at last week’s summit to strategize about the problem of superweeds.

A People’s Guide to Implementing the United Nations’ Recognition of the Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation in the United States.

Thanks to companies like Perdue, "chicken crap" is considered renewable in Maryland, and wind is not. These emails show the close relationship that Perdue has with Maryland's governor. 

Private-sector funding not only corrupts the public research mission of land-grant universities, but also distorts the science that is supposed to help farmers improve their practices and livelihoods.

The oil and gas industry argues that the potential economic benefits of fracking justify the risks and costs to public health and the environment. But the industry has grossly overestimated the number of jobs that fracking would create, and has either ignored or dismissed the public costs of the practice. This has created an illusion of economic benefits that is tainting the public debate.

Drilling and fracking a single shale well can produce millions of gallons of toxic wastewater and hundreds of tons of potentially radioactive solid waste. Disposal of these wastes poses serious environmental and public health risks. 

Voluntary efforts to stop subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock seem unlikely given a growing body of evidence suggets producers aren't even following legal bans. 

For the past 25 years, emissions trading, known more recently as “cap-and-trade,” has been promot­ed as the best strategy for solving pollution prob­lems. It's not.

Hundreds of North Carolinians attended the recent public hearings on the draft study to state their opposition to fracking in their communities.

Walmart's sustainability campaign has done wonders for its public image, but little for the environment.