Category — Tweets

• Nestle still mulling new water bottling plant even as bottled water market contracts? http://tinyurl.com/lrbcnd #
• More on Fiji Water's owners and the hubbub surrounding the Mother Jones story: http://tinyurl.com/nr72e2 #
• Chaffee: Nestle issues self-congratulatory press release that (without a hint of irony) defies reality. We respond: http://ow.ly/llIF #

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• Bottled H2O "doesn't have the same quality as the municipal guys" says educator: http://tinyurl.com/nf6cgb #
• Defending Water in Maine & USA radio interview (including Emily Posner) http://bit.ly/tsbKS #

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• Poland Spring not "good neighbor" to cyclists – trucks constantly blocking bike lanes: http://eepurl.com/c_Fs and http://eepurl.com/c_Fu #

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• Public meeting on Lily Springs water extraction plan (Northern Florida) set for August 27: http://tinyurl.com/kq8eno #
• More on the Mother Jones/Fiji Water bottled water wars (MJ seems to be winning): http://bit.ly/Hse6m #

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• After thrashing Nestle in court, MCWC take next step in protecting Michigan's water: http://tinyurl.com/m6r6lh #
• More on Mother Jones' magazines hammering of Fiji Water: http://tinyurl.com/o2okm7 #

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• Injunction lifted on New York bottle law – deposits being paid on plastic bottles: http://tinyurl.com/r3n6ua #
• Wells water extraction ordinance moves forward – despite few specific protections for existing well owners: http://tinyurl.com/r4l6w9 #

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• Bottled water in Tahoe: "It's like buying air." http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20090812/NEWS/908119994&parentprofile=search #

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• Sales of Nestle's bottled water division fall 4.7% worldwide (mostly Western Europe and North America): http://tinyurl.com/l6ty7t #

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• Does drinking Fiji water (known for greenwashing) support military rule? Mother Jones harpoons the brand http://tinyurl.com/mbvyo4 #
• Intertubes awash in stories about bottled water (most of them not good): http://bit.ly/10moMh #
• More from Food & Water Watch on water bottling jobs in rural towns (hint: there aren't many): http://tinyurl.com/qlrxeb #

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• Washington Post: "Bottled Water Boom Appears Tapped Out" http://tinyurl.com/r4cfcn #

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• Still no decision in Nestles Chaffee County extraction project (though Nestle wanted to "word smith" the contract) http://tinyurl.com/mqwdjd #
• The 47 stipulations commissioners want to place on Nestle in Chaffee County suggest they don't trust Nestle: http://tinyurl.com/m7t9py #
• Short review of movie "Tapped" – which I haven't seen yet. http://bit.ly/41h0z9 #

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• Why is Maine awash in plastic water bottles? (The logic of bottled water sales in the state where it's bottled) http://tinyurl.com/mj25ev #

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