The UN took an historic vote on July 28 when it passed a resolution introduced by Bolivia on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. Thanks to all who left messages for the Ambassador and/or signed the Credo petition. The resolution got 122 votes in favor, 41 abstentions including the US, and did not get any no votes. The U.S. did not succeed in watering down the resolution, but joined 40 other countries (list below), including Great Britain and Canada, in abstaining. Continue reading UPDATE: VICTORY! UN Voting 7/28 on Right to Water
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Staff Writer Poland Spring and the water district that serves Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells are close to striking a deal that would allow the company to draw water from one of the district’s underground springs, although a fledgling group of opponents hopes to delay the process. Continue reading Activist Alert: Nestle Again Goes after Spring Water in Wells At a recent meeting in Ellsworth’s City Hall sponsored by the Lamoine Conservation Commission, a 2009 film called “Tapped,” about huge problems with bottled water, was shown. Concerned with the stubbornness of corporations in our daily lives, I was worried that a big company could drain “my aquifer” and leave me wicked thirsty. I learned enough to make me wicked worried! Continue reading Protect Our Water
CONCORD, Mass. — Henry David Thoreau was jailed here 164 years ago for refusing to pay taxes while living at Walden Pond. Now the town has Jean Hill to contend with. Continue reading Where Thoreau Lived, Crusade Over Bottles Traci Kratzer
 The Cabazon Water District has shut off the water supply to the Nestle Waters North America bottling plant in Cabazon. Continue reading District shuts water tap to bottlerDEBRA GRUSZECKI • THE DESERT SUN • JUNE 15, 2010
The Cabazon Water District on Wednesday has threatened to shut off the water supply Wednesday to Nestle Waters North America bottling plant in Cabazon, the general manager for the utility announced late Tuesday. Continue reading Water tapped out at Nestle Waters North America bottling? The state may ban some uses of a controversial plastic additive as its first “priority chemical” under a new toxic chemical control law. Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection is recommending that bisphenol-A, or BPA, be banned from use in reusable food and beverage containers such as baby bottles and water bottles sold in the state. Continue reading Maine may limit use of BPA By DIANE D’AMICO Education Writer (original article here ) ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic City High School students lined up to drink water Thursday to see whether they could tell the difference between bottled water and tap water from the school fountains. Students had difficulty doing so, and the test reinforced the intended message that tap water is the better choice. “(Drinking tap water) saves money and helps the environment,” said senior Samuel Goldberg, 18, of Ventnor. “Some bottled water is just tap water.” Continue reading Atlantic City students pick tap water over bottled – barely – in blind taste test Hello readers, Climate meetings are taking place in Bonn Germany this week and next week. They are preparing for the next major round of negotiations in Cancun this fall. So far water is not even being discussed in climate negotiations. Negotiators need to hear from us that water is key to protecting our earth from climate change. Please sign the petition to the negotiators to make this a top priority issue! SIGN THE PETITION – CLICK HERE |
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