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October 6th, 2013 | Tags: Anacortes, Bill Turner, bottling plant, Brad Adams, Brian Geer, citizen trust, city's business, Cynthia Richardson, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, election, Eric Johnson, Erica Pickett, largest bottling plant in North America, Mayor Maxwell, people's business, Ryan Walters, Sandra Spargo, Tethys, The Alliance for Democracy, Washington bottling plant, Water Wars | Category: Feature, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, News, United States, Washington |
Sept. 28, 2013
Anacortes, Washington
Council Member Ryan Walters, Council Member Eric Johnson, Council Member Cynthia Richardson, Council Member Erica Pickett, Council Member Brad Adams, Council Member Brian Geer,Council Member Bill Turner
Dear Council Members:
The muddlement of the City of Anacortes-Tethys Enterprises water agreement stands for a city process gone wrong during this mayoral and city council election. Now is the time to rekindle citizen trust by voting to terminate the Tethys water agreement in writing.
The city […]
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Plus this update: LePage’s private dealings with TarSand companies
Defending Water for Life in Maine and Stop the East-West Corridor members have anticipated exposure of the link between tar-sands oil and the East-West Corridor due to pressure to get the oil from Alberta to east coast ports.
While other environmental groups are focused on opposing the reversal of the Portland-Montreal Enbridge pipeline to transport tar sands from Montreal to Portland, we believe the East-West Corridor is a very viable option […]
Continue reading E/W Alert! Canada to send Tar Sands Oil East, all articles here!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012, The Anacortes American Letters to the Editor Huge bottling plant threatens our quality of life How will one of the largest water bottling plants just off Highway 20 on Reservation Road help the people of Skagit Valley? The land will be located within the Anacortes city limits, gracing them with tax revenues. Jobs have been promised, though unlikely there will be many. This appears to be municipality business; after all, it is, or will be, […]
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H2O comes at a price for both our health and the environment
By: Alexa Coppola
On any given day in the progressive 21st century, a relatively intuitive economist might ask himself, “What may be the next most valuable commodity?”A greedy economist without regard for the environment or for his fellow citizens of the planet would tell you that water may be next in line for items of greatest value.Water — yes, water. The same water that runs through the tap […]
Continue reading Poland Springs: What it Means to be Exploited
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