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Our independence allows us to take uncompromising positions in protecting our food and water – and we win big victories.

Browse our stories, victories, and the facts behind our work to see how we're making an impact together.

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  • In Historic Win, Edison Votes to Take Control of Water and Sewer Systems

    In cities all over America, private corporations are plotting to seize the water systems that residents use for every day needs. Data shows that's a bad thing from cost to number of shut-offs to safety — that's why we organize people to take back control from those corporations. 

  • Connecticut Governor Lamont signs fracking waste bill

    Together with our members, we've built the movement to ban fracking everywhere. We're going after fracking with everything we've got, state by state and nationally. Here's one of our latest wins!

  • People power kicks Rick Snyder out of Harvard

    Some of the worst environmental offenders are honored with distinctions and roles in important institutions. But not when we can help it! Here's what we did together.

    Rick Snyder, Michigan's governor who played a role in the lead poisoning of Flint, answers reporters' questions.

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  • When His Dad Died, He Googled Teflon And Cancer And Found Out About PFAS.

    Ersel Hickey was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather known around his small town of Hoosick Falls, NY as a neighborly, kind man. Just months into his retirement, he was told he had cancer. This is the story of how his grieving son looked into where that cancer could have come from and found out way more about his town’s water than he bargained for.

    Ersel and Michael Hickey before cancer and PFAS changed their worlds forever.
  • 'You'll Never Even Know We Were Here,' Sunoco Told Ginny. They Lied.

    When Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners came to Chester and Delaware counties just outside of Philadelphia to push their plans to drill, they didn't dream that Ginny and her community would put up the fight that they have. Now that these neighbors have had some success in tangling Sunoco's plans, they're planning to fight even harder to get the company's pipelines out of their yards.   

    Ginny Kerslake stands in front of the neighborhood Sunoco is infringing on with its drilling.
  • Hallucinogenic Found In Meat, But The USDA Isn’t Taking Action

    When banned drugs are found in random samples of meat, you would hope it would trigger an investigation of how the drugs are getting there. Instead, the USDA has been refusing to act. Why?

    Is this beef irradiated?

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Facts

  • The Final Monsanto Merger?

    Bayer CropScience is trying to buy the U.S. seed and agrichemical giant Monsanto; this latest seed mega-merger will further consolidate corporate power over our food system. 

  • Trump Proposes Lowest EPA Budget in 40 Years

    The Trump administration wants a 31 percent budget cut for the EPA, which would be their lowest budget in over 40 years. 

    The EPA budget has not been below $6 billion since 1976
  • States Policies Are Creating Renewable Energy—Now We Need More

    The growth in renewable electricity generation is due to policy decisions like Renewable Portfolio Standards. But there is still room for improvement. 

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