We are living in a time when planetary parameters, e.g. atmospheric temperature, weather, are controllable. Desertification should become history by now, and yet there’s still drought in California.
On top of the four year reduction of precipitation is the continuation of water extraction of the national park mountain spring by Nestle that is under zero oversight.
Then, comes the announcement by the government that the current persistent drought is a sign that human activity has reached the upper limit of what Nature could sustain.
Human progress should be stopped right here, right now.
But wait!
If drought is a problem that can’t be solved by the governor of California, why is he allowing the continued unhampered, unregulated operation of Nestlé’s water bottling operation and others which are now gravely affecting the entire ecosystem in the area?
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recent investigation in the Desert Sun found that Nestlé Waters North America has been pumping water from this pristine streams of this national forest with little to no oversight by the U.S. Forestry Services.
While Nestlé has held the rights to extract water from this national park for years, their official permit to transport water from the stream to their bottling plant
expired in 1988. Between 1988 and now,
tens of millions of gallons of water have been drawn from this stream annually and sold under the
Arrowhead 100 percent Mountain Spring Water label. Although
Nestlé asserts that they do monitor water levels and the impact on local wildlife, it seems more than a little irresponsible to leave this task up to the company that profits from exploiting this natural resource.
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Aside from the cessation of Nestlé’s operation as one of the most practical mitigating measures, the likes of University of California and similar institutions could provide the most efficient desalination technology for turning oceans just outside California into drinkable water. So, why are these common sense measures not been done?
Instead, both the oil pipelines and water dams have been sabotaged to further aggravate the situation.
Plains All American, which has been called the “worse violators” by the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Association, had been fined at least 10 times in four other states between 2004 and 2007.
Investigators remain uncertain as to what caused the spill, but they continue working around the clock to address its environmental effect. So far, they have recovered oil-soaked carcasses of pelicans as well as oil-drenched live pelicans, sea lions, and elephant seals.
The spill comes as California deals with a historic draught that has devastated farming communities and led to severe restrictions on water usage.
Water availability took another hit on Thursday after vandals deflated a rubber dam in the East Bay Area of San Francisco, causing about 50 million gallons of drinking water to spill into the San Francisco Bay. That water could have benefited 500 homes.
Authorities are unaware of any motive behind the breaching of the dam.
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No one can say that these people running the government are outright idiots. They know exactly what they’re doing.
This is an outright premeditated mass murder and Californians need to wake up.
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