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May 13, 2016
Nestlé Just Gained Control Over This Town’s Water for the Next 45 Years
http://usuncut.com/news/nestle-water-deal-fryeburg-maine/Tea Party Republican Governor Paul LePage of Maine helped Nestlé secure a contract that gives Poland Springs, a Nestlé subsidiary, permission to take the small town of Fryeburgs groundwater for the next 25 years for their own profit. The deal could stretch to 45 years due to built-in extensions.
Today that deal was upheld by Maines Supreme Judicial Court, essentially cutting off activists last attempts to scuttle the deal.
There has never been a contract that ties up local water resources for such a long period of time in American history. Water activists worry that this could set a precedent for future corporate attempts to take water from rural towns for extended periods of time.
Today that deal was upheld by Maines Supreme Judicial Court, essentially cutting off activists last attempts to scuttle the deal.
There has never been a contract that ties up local water resources for such a long period of time in American history. Water activists worry that this could set a precedent for future corporate attempts to take water from rural towns for extended periods of time.
May 4, 2016
Samantha Bee expertly shows Ted Cruz the door.
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