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November 2017 Newsletter

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Newsletter: November 2017

Nestle opposition continues with over 85,000 Michigan comments submitted. Osceola Township denies booster station permit and faces lawsuit. Citizen scientists document environmental damage from seventeen years water withdrawal.

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Summary

  • Nestle opposition generates 85,000 Michigan comments during extended DEQ permit review process
  • Osceola Township denies Nestle booster station permit, faces lawsuit from corporation
  • Citizen scientists document stream damage, contradicting Nestlé’s claims of no environmental impact
  • MCWC members conduct a year-long study showing that former trout streams are degraded by pumping
  • Flint and Detroit water crises linked through emergency management and privatization schemes
  • Water Is Life summit unites Great Lakes protector groups in international coalition
  • Story of Stuff produces a documentary film on the Michigan Nestlé water taking battle
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