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Nestlé Sold Ice Mountain to a Private Equity Firm: What fresh hell is coming next
Monday , 22, February 2021 Environment, Michigan Water, Nestlé Leave a commentIf you didn’t hear the news from last week Ice Mountain and all of the other bottled water companies owned by Nestlé will be sold to One Rock Capital Partners for $4.3 billion. The private equity firm will partner with Dean Metropoulos to complete the sale, then Metropoulos will become the CEO. NWNA hasn’t been […]
The State of Michigan Water 2020: Nestle Enbridge and now Michigan Potash LLC
Wednesday , 22, January 2020 Enbridge Line 5, Environment, Flint Water, Michigan Potash LLC, Michigan Water, Nestlé Leave a comment2020 is a big year for the state of Michigan’s water. Nestlé Waters looks forward to pumping 400 gallons of fresh water out of Osceola County every minute. Enbridge makes plans to begin building their tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. PFA testing and cleanup continue across the state. It couldn’t possibly get worse. In […]
Nestlé’s Loss to Osceola Township Won’t Fix the Real Problem with Michigan’s Environmental Protection Laws
Thursday , 5, December 2019 Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé 1 CommentWater is, of course, the most important raw material we have today in the world. It’s a question of whether we should privatize the normal water supply for the population. And there are two different opinions on the matter. The one opinion, which I think is extreme, is represented by the NGOs, who bang on […]
Nestlé “We Own the Muskegon River” Waters Gets MDEQ Approval to Pump 400 Gallons of Ground Water Every Single Minute.
Wednesday , 4, April 2018 Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a commentWhile people in Flint are quickly approaching a thousand days with undrinkable water, the Michigan Department of Environmental IneQuality approved Nestlé Waters’ request to more than double the output of water from the ground in Osceola County and sell it for a profit. This is after a year and a half of written comment, and […]
Silent Vigil Protest Scheduled at Reed City Courthouse November 15, 2017: Nestlé Still Wants to Pump Four Hundred Gallons per Minute out of Osceola County
Tuesday , 14, November 2017 Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a commentIn April of 2017 the Osceola Township Planning Commission denied Nestlé Waters North America a permit to build a new pumping station in order to double the amount of water they extract from the ground to sell as Ice Mountain Spring Water. The Zoning Appeals Board agreed with the planning commission, and now Nestlé, despite […]
VICTORY! Osceola Township Planning Commission Denies Nestlé Waters Expansion
Wednesday , 19, April 2017 Community, Environment, Flint Water, Nestlé Leave a commentLast night the Osceola Township Planning Commission denied a request by Nestlé Waters North America to build a pumping station as part of their intention to double the amount of ground water they extract and sell as Ice Mountain Spring Water. Last fall, Nestlé began the process to double their output at the White Pine […]
What Up North Progressive Learned at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s Really Big Nestlé Water Meeting
Saturday , 15, April 2017 Environment, Flint Water 1 CommentThe Ice Mountain logo of Nestlé North America depicts a snow-covered mountain top; an image meant to make the consumer think the water came from some pristine glacial melt. The reality of Ice Mountain water is it comes out of the ground in Northern Michigan along the Muskegon River. We’re blessed with an abundance of […]