Impacts (Community Water Justice/Facebook) Amid climate concerns, bill would curb Poland Spring's long-term water extraction deals “We just have to hit pause, because once these contracts are signed, they [can be] 40 years,” Rep. Maggie O’Neil said. “That’s a whole generation.”
Newsletter (Community Water Justice/Facebook) Amid climate concerns, bill would curb Poland Spring's long-term water extraction deals “We just have to hit pause, because once these contracts are signed, they [can be] 40 years,” Rep. Maggie O’Neil said. “That’s a whole generation.”
NewsletterBen Weinstein-Raun/Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ What are the real impacts on Burning Man’s playa? Viral attention on Black Rock City’s annual festival highlight environmental consequences.
PoliticsMike Mozart/Flickr Bill seeks to let Poland Spring dodge taxes on bottled Maine water In the latest chapter in the conflict over water rights in Maine, a bill has been introduced to prohibit the taxation of bottled water.
ImpactsDemodragon/Flickr The sinkhole that swallowed a Mexican farm A bottled-water company tapped an ancient aquifer that thousands of people and businesses share. Then came the protests.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Where mermaids play, a nasty water fight Nestlé wants to draw more spring water from a northern Florida site owned by a local family — but environmentalists are pushing back.
Politics U.S. House Democrats launch probe into Nestle water bottling Information on water extraction, sales, testing and plastic use sought by Congressional subcommittee.
