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by: Coal Free Bellingham Posted on: January 27, 2012
Editor’s Note: Bellingham has taken the first step in following the example of towns and municipalities like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who have recently explicitly asserted their rights as autonomous communities. Pittsburgh has outlawed all Hydraulic Fracturingpractices within its city limits. With support by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, No Coal!, a Bellingham citizen-led political action committee has introduced an ordinance [...]
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November 9th, 2011 | Category: Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | By Alli Crook and Caitlin Krown, Tuesday, November 1, 2011
To Tap That, a campaign of the Vassar Greens dedicated to reducing bottled water use on campus, commercial scams and unregulated corruption are expected of all major bottled water companies. From images of mountain springs and false promises of a healthier, cleaner product, bottled water companies have designed a product so cleverly that many are now convinced that they cannot live without it and are willing to pay for something that [...]
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August 1st, 2009 | Category: Community Rights, Washington | Comments are closed “Envision Spokane” is a broad-based coalition working to advance the rights of people, neighborhoods and nature. Ten specific rights have been crafted by engaging the community and an initiative to include this bill of rights in the Spokane City Charter will be on the ballot in November.
Click for full Bill of Rights (pdf format).
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June 29th, 2009 | Category: California, Features, Maine, United States, Washington | Comments are closed By Marci Singer, Petoskey News-Review, Monday, June 22, 2009
“Congressman Stupak’s resolution clearly states that water cannot be treated as a product and cannot be sold as such for commercial profit. The resolution’s statement that water is a public trust, not a private commodity, would prevent all exporting of water.”
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April 28th, 2009 | Category: Nestlé, United States, Washington | Comments are closed By Brenda Sexton, Enumclaw Courier Herald , Apr 27 2009
It looks like Nestlé Waters North America won’t be setting up shop in Black Diamond.
Nestlé has been in discussions with the city of Black Diamond for a number of months, exploring the possibility of establishing a spring water bottling plant and becoming a commercial customer of Black Diamond’s spring water, but in a letter sent to the city of Black Diamond Thursday, the company has decided not [...]
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April 26th, 2009 | Category: California, Nestlé, United States, Washington | Comments are closed UPDATE, June 16, 2009: Chaffee County commissioners today delayed a vote on a controversial proposal to tap natural springs along the Arkansas River because the world’s largest food and beverage company had not paid its bills. Full article.
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July 10th, 2008 | Category: Washington | Comments are closed By Cara Solomon, Seattle Times
Water from an underground spring near Enumclaw is what Nestlé Waters North America wanted to bottle.
Last spring, in the small town of Enumclaw, a company came calling. What it wanted was water. One hundred million gallons a year, to be precise.
It would pay nicely for the privilege. It would set up a bottling plant and provide jobs for the people. If only somebody, somewhere in Enumclaw, would listen to what Nestlé Waters North [...]
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