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October 7th, 2013 | Tags: 260 million litres, Aboriginal Rights & Title, BC Government, BC Water Act, BC's ground water, bottled water, Dan Fumano, First In Right, First In Time, First Nations, Hope BC, legislation crafted in 1909, local control of water, nestle, outdated water laws, WaterWealth Declaration | Category: Action Alerts, Feature, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | The WaterWealth Project
Posted by Sheila Muxlow, Campaign Director 594.20wc on August 16, 2013 Despite the fact that Nestle never applied for a license to access the water and is draining the size of a small lake each year, they are not breaking the law. In fact Nestle’s operation is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to industries that are taking advantage of BC’s outdated water laws. Beyond bottled water, industries like mining, agriculture and natural […]
Continue reading Free Groundwater for Nestle is One of Many Corporate Give-Aways of Water in BC
October 7th, 2013 | Tags: "our" water, Aquaterra, BC, BC Water Act, British Columbians, Canada, Canadian Springs, Chawathil and Union Bar, First Nations, fracking, Hope, Icefield, largest corporations in the world, LNG operations, Natural Glacier Waters (Neve Canada, nestle, Nestle's water extraction operation, Polaris Water Company, Stolo Nation communities, water as a public resource, Water Sustainability Act, Whistler Waters | Category: Feature, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | The Water Wealth Project
Posted by Larry Commodore, 229wc., on Aug. 29, 2013
As is so often the case here in BC when controversy arises concerning land and resources, many non-natives rally to the cry that it is “our” resources or it’s “public land” that’s at stake.
To some First Nations, this, at best, is met with puzzlement; how did my People’s traditional land and resources become something that belongs to all British Columbians?
A case in point […]
Continue reading Whose Water? A First Nation’s Perspective
May 22nd, 2013 | Tags: human right, nestle, Peter Brabeck, water | Category: Action Alerts, Feature, International, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington |
Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck
Keithpp’s Blog
April 15, 2013
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. (View the […]
Continue reading Nestle Chairman Says Water Is Not a Human Right
By Gavin Broady, Portfolio Media, Inc. Law360, New York (October 11, 2012, 1:36 PM ET) –Nestle Waters North America, Inc., has been selling bottles of municipal tap water and falsely marketing it to consumers as 100 percent natural, spring-sourced water, according to a putative class action removed to Illinois federal court Wednesday.Plaintiff Chicago Faucet Shoppe Inc. claims that Nestle — which removed the suit to federal court — has falsely represented to consumers that 5-gallon bottles of Ice Mountain […]
Continue reading Nestle Peddling Tap Water as Spring-Sourced, Suit Says
January 25th, 2012 | Tags: bottled water, nestle | Category: Nestlé, Resources, Video | DW4L has not yet had the chance to view this film, but it is a documentary about Nestle’s business of bottling water.
Here is a link to information about the film: http://www.bottledlifefilm.com/index.php/nestle-and-water.html
If you watch it, please write a review by selecting “comment” below this post. Thanks!
January 9th, 2012 | Tags: nestle | Category: Nestlé, News, Other States, United States | 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
By Skye Kinkade Mount Shasta Area Newspapers Posted Nov 02, 2011 @ 10:15 AM Last update Nov 02, 2011 @ 02:21 PM
McCloud, Calif. — Now that a study on the Squaw Valley Creek watershed is complete, members of the McCloud Community Services District and California Trout hope they can keep some of its sensors up and running.
“If we can continue the study, we’d learn more about stream flow,” said Curtis Knight of Cal Trout. “The more information we […]
Continue reading Some question McCloud’s Squaw Valley Creek study
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
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