Food and Water Watch

2 weeks ago | foodandwaterwatch.org | Grace DeLallo

Elizabeth Township, PA – In a landmark decision issued today by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, community group Protect Elizabeth Township won a years-long battle against Olympus Energy and Hyperion Midstream’s unconventional well pad and interconnect infrastructure. The Court ruled that the Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners acted improperly when it approved the development, which is located in a residential zone just 1700 feet from the Elizabeth Forward High School.

2 weeks ago | foodandwaterwatch.org | Grace DeLallo

When Pennsylvania pioneered unconventional fracking, the political and regulatory landscape was not prepared for the shale gas boom that would be unleashed across the Commonwealth. Over two decades later, officials meant to protect people and the environment have yet to properly address the dirty, harmful industry. As a result, fracking corporations have run amok on millions of people’s lives, especially in Western Pennsylvania.

3 weeks ago | foodandwaterwatch.org | Grace DeLallo

Today wraps up the last of the limited in-district hearings held by the Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) controversial near-$10 billion rate hike request. If approved, FPL customers would pay at least $200 more annually for basic electricity, and FPL would gain a return on equity of 11.9% — well over the national industry average of 9.6%. The PSC is expected to announce their decision to approve or deny FPL’s request later this year.

1 month ago | foodandwaterwatch.org | Grace DeLallo

Fort Myers, FL — Today, local, state, and national nonprofits representing hundreds of thousands of Florida residents sent a letter demanding the Public Service Commission (PSC) reject Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) recent rate hike request, filed at the end of February. The corporate utility is requesting nearly $10 billion in increases, impacting 5.8 million customers beginning in 2026. It is the largest rate hike request in U.S. history.

1 month ago | foodandwaterwatch.org | Grace DeLallo

In a pivotal full House vote this morning, Representative Ryan Mackenzie (PA-7) voted to pass a highly controversial federal budget reconciliation bill that would cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — the country’s primary hunger prevention tool for low-income families — by about $300 billion. The huge cuts, along with hundreds of billions more in cuts to Medicaid, are intended to pay for massive tax cuts for corporations and the very wealthiest Americans.