[4] In the early 1990s Hauter worked as a senior organizer at the Union of Concerned Scientists, coordinating sustainable energy campaigns in the Midwest and opposing the deregulation of electric utilities.
This blueprint encouraged increased competition in the electric utility sector, as well as state control of transmission lines and larger renewable energy portfolios.
[8][9][10] During her work with Public Citizen, Hauter called for the shutdown of the Salem Nuclear Power Plant, highlighting its history of safety violations and resulting fines.
[13][14] In 2012 she was recognized as a Food Hero by Vegetarian Times as someone "dedicated to organizing the grassroots on big-picture issues that affect the natural world and people's health".
The book also documents recent movements against the fossil fuel industry, including a detailed case study of the successful campaign to ban fracking in New York and the Standing Rock Sioux protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline.