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Worst Food Additive Ever? It's in Half of All Foods We Eat and Its Production Destroys Rainforests and Enslaves Children

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. October 24, 2011.

The production of this ingredient causes jaw-dropping amounts of deforestation (and with it, carbon emissions) and human rights abuses.

Sorry Wall Street Journal, Nestle Is a Corporation Interested in Making Money -- Not an Expert on Food and Water Issues

Rich Bindell, Food & Water Watch. September 23, 2011.

The WSJ has taken to regularly granting Nestlé the opportunity to opine about solving world problems in a way that enhances their bottom line.

House Proposes Budget Cuts for Clean Water as Lawmakers Spend $1 Million on Bottled Water

Leslie Samuelrich, Other Words. February 23, 2011.

House lawmakers, who control the federal purse strings for the nation's water supplies, spend nearly $1 million a year on bottled water.

While Telling Residents to Turn to the Tap, NYC Gov Spends $1.2 Million a Year on Bottled Water

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. July 13, 2010.

An ad campaign in the city urging New Yorkers to drink from the tap cost $700,000. So why is the city still spending $1.2 on bottled water a year?

Nestle Stoops to New Low, Launches Barge to Peddle Junk Food on the Amazon River to Brazil's Poor

Michele Simon, AlterNet. July 8, 2010.

Has Big Food already run out of customers in cities and other locales that are more readily accessible by land?

Energy Company's Shocking Plan to Spray Clouds with Toxic Chemical to Increase Rainfall -- and Make Hydropower Profits

Jeff Conant, AlterNet. June 7, 2010.

The practice known as 'cloud seeding' has been done in California for decades. But the environmental costs are high and the regulations for corporations nonexistent.

How an Ingredient Found in Everything from Chocolate to Chips Is Causing Massive Environmental Destruction

Sarah Newman, AlterNet. May 28, 2010.

The production of palm oil, the common ingredient in an astounding number of products, is causing deforestation, global warming emissions and a loss of biodiversity.

Why Consumers, Community Groups and Investors Are Saying No to Nestle

Leslie Samuelrich, Corporate Accountability International. April 15, 2010.

Nestle has worked hard to convince people that the company has turned over a new leaf, but fewer folks are buying Nestle's line or their water.

Are Greedy Water Bottlers Stealing Your City's Drinking Water?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. March 22, 2010.

Bottled water giants are pilfering water from rural towns and cities, while their products are trashing the planet and putting a hole in our pockets. It's time to call it quits.

Groups Rally to Stop Nestle's Raid on Sacramento Water

Dan Bacher, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.

Grassroots community activists are mobilizing against the internationally boycotted corporation that is planning to bottle water in an already parched state.

We Can't Solve Our Food Crisis if We Don't Talk About Water

We Can't Solve Our Food Crisis if We Don't Talk About Water

Sandor Ellix Katz, Chelsea Green Publishing. September 28, 2009.

Protecting our water commons should be a key issue in our debate about food politics.

After 6-Year Battle, McCloud, CA Defeats Water Bottling Giant Nestle

After 6-Year Battle, McCloud, CA Defeats Water Bottling Giant Nestle

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. September 15, 2009.

How a tiny town sent a multinational packing.

Water Is Being Used by Corporations as the Newest Way to Look "Socially Responsible"

Diane Farsetta, PR Watch. September 4, 2009.

But the primary importance of water to life makes the corporate warping of water policy and philanthropy especially troubling.

Maine Community Rebuffs Nestlé Over Water Rights

Maine Community Rebuffs Nestlé Over Water Rights

Leslie Samuelrich, Corporate Accountability International AlterNet: Water. July 27, 2009.

The water bottling giant has been dealt yet another set-back by the grassroots.

Nestle Eyes Spring Water for Bottling, But Small Towns Are Fighing Back

Jenny Tomkins, In These Times. July 13, 2009.

Communities across the country are fighting back as Nestle tries to drain their water and their finances.

Michigan Citizens Win a Victory Over Nestle

Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch. July 8, 2009.

The people have prevailed in this battle for control of their water resources, but the larger fight still continues.

David v. Goliath: Help Michigan Citizens Protect Their Water from Nestle's Bottling Operations

David v. Goliath: Help Michigan Citizens Protect Their Water from Nestle's Bottling Operations

Leslie Samuelrich, Corporate Accountability International. July 1, 2009.

Multinational giant Nestle is trying to out-money Michigan citizens -- help stop the corporate water grab.

Bottled Water Industry Targets a New Market: The Global South

Richard Girard, Polaris Institute. June 15, 2009.

Market reports predict that over the next four years sales of bottle water will grow most quickly in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Communities Demand Bottling Giant Nestle Stop Undermining Local Control of Water

Deborah Lapidus, Corporate Accountability International. April 28, 2009.

Nestlé's global bottled water sales declined by 1.6 percent thanks to the economy and mounting grassroots pressure.

Communities Speak Out: Nestle, Stop Stealing Our Water

Corporate Accountability InternationalApril 10, 2009.

What's Nestle doing with the water in Michigan, California, Maine and other places? Hear the truth from the people who live there.

Bottled Water Industy Faces Downward Spiral

Richard Girard, Polaris Institute. March 11, 2009.

These are desperate times indeed for bottled water companies, which means they're resorting to desperate measures.

Environment Scores a Big Win as Bottled Water Sales Fall

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. November 10, 2008.

The campaign against bottled water companies is paying off.

Nestle Cancels Bottled Water Contract in McCloud, Calif.

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. August 6, 2008.

Looks like David has won over Goliath. At least for now.

Nestle Targets Aquifers and Springs in New England for Bottled Water

Amy Vickers, AlterNet. August 5, 2008.

In its attempts to strike blue gold, Nestle has pursued water extraction deals that have many locals seeing red.

Bottled Water's Shocking Impacts and the Growing Opposition

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. August 5, 2008.

Here are two stories that show the huge impacts of bottled water and the pressure the industry is receiving lately from consumers and officials.

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