Stories by Rich Bindell

Rich Bindell is a senior writer and outreach specialist at Food & Water Watch.

Clean Water Act Faces its Biggest Threat

Posted on: Oct 18, 2012, Source: Food and Water Watch

While hugely successful, the Clean Water Act now faces another threat, its biggest in 40 years: the EPA’s attempts to gut strong regulations that worked and replace them with unproven pollution trading provisions.

The Seafood Industry Is Being Consolidated -- Why Consumers Should Care

Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: Food and Water Watch

Ag Giants Monsanto and Cargill Promote the Use of Soy for Feeding Factory-Farmed Fish

Posted on: Jul 5, 2012, Source: Food and Water Watch

5 Outrageous Food Stories of 2011

Posted on: Dec 29, 2011, Source: Food and Water Watch

Are Privatized Water Utilities in Cahoots With Shale Gas Companies?

Posted on: Dec 12, 2011, Source: Food and Water Watch

Who Will Be the Biggest Loser if We Don't Fix the Farm Bill?

Posted on: Nov 23, 2011, Source: Food & Water Watch

We need a better Farm Bill to break up the powerful monopolies in the food system so that small and medium producers have a fair chance in the marketplace.

Is it Coca-Cola's Grand Canyon or Ours? The Fight Over Bottled Water Hits National Parks

Posted on: Nov 18, 2011, Source: Food & Water Watch

Grand Canyon National Park officials wanted to ban the sale of bottled water, but Coke had other ideas.

Is Chevron Paying Off Academics to Get Behind Fracking?

Posted on: Oct 19, 2011, Source: Food and Water Watch

Is it Safe to Store Fracking Fluid Underground?

Posted on: Sep 29, 2011, Source: Food & Water Watch

When the EPA decided to prohibit the dumping the wastewater in streams, the oil and gas industry opted to truck it over to Ohio and inject it 8,000 feet in the ground.