At about this time last year, we had a conversation here about Nestlé’s aggressive push to extract, bottle and sell Michigan’s fresh water. Well, as you may have heard, the Swiss company now has plans to nearly double the amount of groundwater they’re taking to 210 million gallons a year, and, as you might expect, […]
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How you can stop Nestlé from taking our water
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-environment, Big Rapids, bottled water, Carrie Monosmith, drinking water, environmental injustice, environmental protection, EPA, Evart, ground water, injection wells, Lara Zielin, MEDQ, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, natural resources, Nestle, Nestle Waters North America, Peggy Case, potash, Safe Drinking Water Act, SALT, water 16 Comments
While it’s nice that people are sending bottles of water to Flint, I can’t help but wonder where all of that money is going
I’ve been thinking a lot today about the millions and millions of little, single-serving bottles of water being sent to Flint by people around the world… On the whole, I think it’s a good thing. And I love knowing I live in a world where people so desperately want to help that they’re willing to […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged ACLU, Big Water, bottled water, campaign donations, Cher, Curt Guyette, Deb Muchmore, Dennis Muchmore, disaster capitalism, Flint, Flint water crisis, FOIA, lead, lead poisoning, MDEQ, Mecosta County, Michigan Department for Environmental Quality, Muskegon aquifer, NERD fund, Nestle, public health, transparency, water 41 Comments