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By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com Activists concerned that Coca-Cola might be influencing National Park Service policy were breathing a bit easier Tuesday after the Grand Canyon National Park announced it would eliminate the sale of bottled water inside the park within 30 days. full story here: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/07/10340196-grand-canyon-banning-sales-of-bottled-water 01-10-2012 On Jan. 10, more than 250 Ohioans assembled on the west lawn of the Ohio Statehouse to voice their opposition to hydraulic fracturing—better known as fracking—and deep injection wastewater disposal wells. Leading the charge was State Rep. Robert Hagan (D-Youngstown), who last week called on Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) in a letter to implement an indefinite moratorium on D&L Energy’s deep injection wells in Youngstown, Ohio, which has been rocked 11 times in the past nine months by earthquakes. [...] Continue reading Ohioans Demand Fracking Moratorium at Ohio Statehouse Rally Joe Stone, Mail Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, January 6, 2012 9:33 am A substitute water supply plan filed Thursday by Nestlé Waters North America requests approval to augment out-of-priority depletions to the Arkansas River resulting from operations at Ruby Mountain Springs near Nathrop. The request applies to the period from March 22, 2012, to March 21, 2013, and states that Nestlé will pump 196.08 acre-feet of water from the springs at a maximum rate of 200 gallons per minute [...] Continue reading Nestlé files augmentation plan for Arkansas River depletion This article is about Nestle’s targetting of Latino communities to market bottled water. The article is entirely in Spanish, but you can look up more information at: http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/node/1571 Empresas promueven producto con más energía entre los consumidores hispanos Róger Lindo | 2011-11-06 | La Opinión Universidades, grupos comunitarios y líderes latinos han iniciado una campaña para contrarrestar lo que denominan las técnicas manipulativas de las compañías embotelladoras de agua para comercializarla entre los hispanos a precios muy superiores a los que [...] Continue reading Tan Claro Como Agua Turbia (As Clear as Muddy Water) As a major donor to the National Park Foundation, Coca Cola and the top federal parks official, Jon Jarvis, made the decision to undermine years worth of work to kick the bottle out of the Grand Canyon. Top Grand Canyon park official Stephen Martin and other officials have been working to stop the sale of bottles at the park for years. They see that bottles contribute the most to pollution of the park. Defending Water for Life feels that favoring [...] Continue reading Coca Cola Flexes Influence to Block Grand Canyon Bottle Ban Defending Water for Life is disappointed but not surprised to see this outcome from the Michigan Court of Appeals: Why rights-based-ordinances are essential to actual protection: Courts follow laws that regulate environmental damage, they cannot prevent the damage from happening. And Nestle still complains because they’re not taking as much water per minute as they’d like… Here is the article: Nestle Waters North America had a mixed reaction to an opinion recently issued by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The [...] Continue reading Nestles [sic] gets to keep taking Michigan water By Ashley Portero | October 10, 2011 12:33 PM EDT While Alabama’s recently upheld immigration law has been criticized by a number of organizations for provisions that are widely thought to be the harshest in the nation, there’s one measure that can be considered the most draconian of the bunch: namely, a line that has allowed at least one city to cut off clean water to residents who don’t have an Alabama driver’s license. Under section 30 of the law, known [...] Continue reading Alabama Immigration Law: Prove Citizenship or Lose Clean Water Supply Dear Friends and Protectors of the Wacissa River Springs, Incredible news! Nestle Waters just announced that they will not pursue commmercial water extraction at Allen Spring on Wacissa River. Thank you, thank you for your steadfast efforts! WFSU-FM 88.9 radio will likely have story in morning. Also check www.tdo.com You can also read www.floridaenvironments.com We will share more news as it comes in. Please stay tuned. Protecting Florida’s springs long term is critical. We are just getting warmed up! [...] Continue reading Victory in FL! Friends of the Wacissa Protected Springs from Nestle! Update: Jefferson County Commission tables aquifer protection ordinance by Jennifer Portman Democrat senior writer A vote on an aquifer protection ordinance intended to protect the Wacissa and other area spring-fed rivers from private bottled water operations was tabled Thursday night by the Jefferson County Commission. A decision on the proposed ordinance, which would require any development associated with the production of bottled water be approved by a super-majority of the five-member board, was delayed to allow further comment by [...] Continue reading More Nestle Hijinks: vote postponed on ordinance to protect water in Jefferson County FL Jefferson County commissioners will take public comments and vote Thursday evening on a new Aquifer Protection Ordinance intended to help protect the Wacissa and other county spring-fed rivers from private bottled water operations. The ordinance, which took months to draft, comes in the wake of prospective plans by Nestle Waters North America to pump water from the headwaters of the Wacissa River. If approved by the Board of County Commissioners, any development associated with the production of bottled water [...] Continue reading Florida Grassroots Group working to Stop Nestle from Pumping Water out of the Wacissa River |
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