Michigan OKs Nestle Water Extraction, Despite 80K+ Public Comments Against It

[G_j]

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Michigan OKs Nestlé Water Extraction, Despite 80K+ Public Comments Against It

In a much-watched case, a Michigan agency has approved Nestlé's plan to boost the amount of water it takes from the state. The request attracted a record number of public comments — with 80,945 against and 75 in favor.

Nestlé's request to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to pump 576,000 gallons of water each day from the White Pine Springs well in the Great Lakes Basin was "highly controversial," member station Michigan Radio reports. But despite deep public opposition, the agency concluded that the company's plan met with legal standards.

"It is very clear this permit decision is of great interest to not only residents in the surrounding counties, but to Michiganders across the state as well," MDEQ Director C. Heidi Grether said in approving the permit.

"In full transparency, the majority of the public comments were in opposition of the permit," Grether added, "but most of them related to issues of public policy which are not, and should not be, part of an administrative permit decision."


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Bottled water is packaged for shipment at the Nestlé Water bottling plant in Stanwood, Mich.

[democratisphere]

1. Nestle takes the water from the well for profit without paying for it?

WTF?

[malaise]

6. Meanwhile over in Flint

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[democratisphere]

8. The corporation gets the good well water and the people get the contaminated water.

I see how this works, just like everything else!

[malaise]

9. And the rich don't pay taxes

This is sick

[kacekwl]

2. I wonder how many of those almost

81,000 people bothered to vote. So much for by the people for the people.

[jalan48]

3. Another example of corporate rule?

[G_j]

4. Great way to discourage public comment

Just totally ignore it

[jalan48]

5. Some Americans are more equal (and powerful) than others it appears.

[HAB911]

10. I boycott all Nestle products

they do this from CA to FL and all points in between