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In a candid interview for the documentary We Feed the World, Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water isn’t a human right. He attacks the idea that nature is good, and says it is a great achievement that humans are now able to resist nature’s dominance. He attacks organic agriculture and says genetic modification is better.
Nestlé is the world’s biggest bottler of water. Brabeck claims – correctly – that [...]
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In a candid interview for the documentary We Feed the World, Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water isn’t a human right. He attacks the idea [...]
Continue reading Nestle chairman says water is not a human right
February 12th, 2013 | Category: Black Diamond, Enumclaw, Massachussetts, Video | January 30, 2013 | Financial Times
By James Shotter in Zürich and Louise Lucas in London
Link to original article.
Nestlé found liable over spying on NGO
By James Shotter in Zürich and Louise Lucas in London
Nestlé, whose clashes with activists over sales of baby milk formula in Africa led to
widespread boycotts in the 1980s, has been found liable in a civil case over the secret infiltration of a non-governmental organisation.
A Swiss court last week [...]
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Source: ReadtheDirt.org
By: Young Writers
By Samuel Bliss
[ReadtheDirt.org] Editor’s Note: One of our young and empowered voices—Samuel Bliss—gives us a run down on the issue of bottled water in the Northwest. Even if we don’t want to admit it, the Northwest is not immune from large corporations acquiring rights to its water. This piece complements our previous piece “Bottle the Skagit River?”.
Sam Bliss is a junior studying Environmental Economics and Spanish [...]
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September 3rd, 2008 | Category: Black Diamond, Feature, Nestlé, Washington | Sept. 03, 2008
Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier Herald
Given the cold shoulder by the city of Enumclaw, the giant Nestlé Corporation has not abandoned its quest of locating a bottling plant in the Pacific Northwest – in fact, the company hasn’t turned away from South King County.
The city of Black Diamond has caught the attention of Nestlé and Dave Palais, the natural resource manager for Nestlé Water North America. Palais appeared before the Black Diamond City [...]
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