Wenonah Hauter

Wenonah Hauter is the executive director of the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch.

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

Carbon Capture Won’t Work, But It Will Funnel Billions to Corporations

Fossil fuel interests persuaded the government to waste billions on false schemes that don’t solve the climate crisis.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; Truthout

July 31, 2022

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

No, Biden’s Climate Plans Don’t Cut It

Beneath the aspirational language of Biden’s climate plans is a continued reliance on climate-destroying fossil fuels.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; Truthout

February 25, 2021

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

As Biden Considers Climate Nominations, He Must Go Beyond an Obama-Era Reboot

Leading contenders are holdovers from the Obama administration who expanded fossil fuels and nurtured the fracking boom.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; Truthout

December 5, 2020

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

Agribusiness Is Trying to Greenwash Its Dirty Waste as “Renewable Energy”

The burgeoning biogas industry poses a direct threat to our fragile climate and vulnerable communities.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; Truthout

September 28, 2020

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

Fracking Has No Place in a Livable Future

Fossil fuel apologists call fracked gas a "bridge fuel." It's a bridge to planetary destruction.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; Truthout

September 19, 2019

Environment & Health

What Fossil Fuels and Factory Farms Have in Common

Hint: They’re both issues of environmental injustice.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; YES!Magazine

June 3, 2018

News

Environment & Health

Bottled Water, Brought to You by Fracking?

The link between fracking and the bottled water industry is one more reason to take back the tap.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; AlterNet

March 16, 2018

News Analysis

Environment & Health

We Are Drowning in Plastic, and Fracking Companies Are Profiting

Fracking is fueling this plastics binge.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; YES!Magazine

February 16, 2018

Op-Ed

Three Massive Mergers — Millions for One Bank and a Disaster for Food, Water and Climate

In addition to advising on all three mega-mergers, Credit Suisse is playing a big role behind the scenes of the Dakota Access pipeline.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; YES!Magazine

October 24, 2016

Excerpt

Environment & Health

The Frackopoly Comes to Power

Reagan's justification for eliminating meaningful antitrust enforcement has left a terrible legacy, including the powerful Frackopoly.

By: Wenonah Hauter ,; TheNewPress

August 4, 2016

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