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Activists Shut Down Nestlé Plant In Drought-Stricken California
As California suffers a record drought, local residents and activists took a stand to implore the company Nestlé to stop its gluttonous guzzling of California’s water for profit.
In case you’re not aware, California is currently experiencing its most severe drought ever recorded, the impending implications still being tallied.
But profit-driven company Nestlé has yet to slow their bottling of plastic water bottles, guzzling 80 million gallons of water from Sacramento aquifers per year.
For this reason, environmental and human rights activists, holding plastic “torches” and “pitchforks”, formed human barricades at both entrances to the Nestlé Waters bottling plant in Sacramento at 5:00 a.m. On Friday, March 20th. Their protesting effectively shut down the company’s operations for the day.
The activists, members of the “Crunch Nestlé Alliance”, shouted out a number of chants, some which include “We got to fight for our water,” “Nestlé, stop it, water not for profit,” and “¿Agua Para Quien? Para Nuestra Gente.”
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat
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Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2015/04/activists-shut-down-nestle-plant-in-drought-stricken-california/
