When it comes to stealing water and filling up our landfills, Nestle and its
subsidiaries are the bad guys.
With the Colorado River [read Grand Canyon] facing drought conditions, it's
time to shut these guys down. The Colorado River Compact is being
reconsidered. Most of its water goes to California agriculture and to
maintaining oases in desert areas. As I have been saying for over a decade, we
are in a water supply crisis and we have to address it. Part of the problem is
the Climate Crisis and a very large part of it is overdrawing this vital
resource to allow us to live and grow where we shouldn't.
Read the linked articles at the end.
Eric
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From: Stop Nestlé <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2021 11:06 AM
To: Eric Russell <ericprussell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 58 million gallons of water, gone
The climate crisis is being worsened by bottled water.
Eric,
The latest UN-organized climate report is shocking: We are no longer facing a
pending climate crisis. It’s already here.
According to the world’s best research, we are not going to avoid the 1.5
degrees Celsius limit the Paris Climate Agreement set as the level we need to
stay below to avoid exponential environmental disaster. We are already seeing
the beginnings of catastrophe -- floods, wildfires, and rising sea levels. And
no one is doing enough to try to turn the crisis around.(1)
One of the culprits is bottled water, which a study just showed has a massive
impact on the ecosystem. This is just another one of the reasons we must stop
BlueTriton and Nestlé from stealing California’s water.
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The research shows that the impact of bottled water on ecosystems is a
staggering 1,400 times that of just drinking tap water.(2)
That includes the 17 million barrels of oil needed to produce the plastic
bottles, as well as the pollution that occurs when these bottles end up in
landfills and streams. It also factors in the stress on the land from taking
the water out of our overused aquifers, like in the San Bernardino Forest.(3)
This comes on the heels of a new report showing that BlueTriton siphoned 58
million gallons of water from the forest last year alone.(4) In the middle of a
drought caused by climate change, we cannot afford to lose one more drop.
It’s time to shut down BlueTriton for good. Courage California has partnered
with Story of Stuff and SumOfUs to pressure the U.S. Forest Service to end
BlueTriton’s permit for California’s water. We’re ramping up our campaign. Will
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1.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/latest-ipcc-report-catastrophe/619698/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fscience%2Farchive%2F2021%2F08%2Flatest-ipcc-report-catastrophe%2F619698%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4d649837479e4bfb413108d96a355a11%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637657599637282031%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=hAQVvinoEzTYP%2Fu%2Fe%2FX5hmLwKVLVU8gAj7L38pUFdTE%3D&reserved=0>
2.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/environmental-impact-of-bottled-water-up-to-3500-times-greater-than-tap-water<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2021%2Faug%2F05%2Fenvironmental-impact-of-bottled-water-up-to-3500-times-greater-than-tap-water&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4d649837479e4bfb413108d96a355a11%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637657599637282031%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2oFnqKm6iZ7V3LecLi8ndR%2BL8oracfV3kNQppnmRM9k%3D&reserved=0>
3.
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4.
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