Tiny town v Nestlé

Details: Published on Saturday, 08 December 2018 03:14; Written by editor

Nestlé is sucking up a tiny township’s water supply.

Now the community are heading to court to protect their most precious resource.

But they’re facing spiralling legal costs and Nestlé’s bullying tactics. So they need your help to keep their fight going.

Will you please chip in CA$93 to stop Nestlé’s corporate water grab?

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Nestlé is trying to crush a tiny town of less than 2,000 people. All to keep sucking their most precious resource -- water.

Right now, Nestlé is pumping 250 gallons of water a minute or more than 350,000 gallons every single day from Osceola Township. Bottling it up, and selling it off for massive profit. And guess how much Nestlé pays?

Just $200 a year. Yes, you read that right.

But the community of Osceola is fighting back: it’s gearing up to appeal a court decision that outrageously let Nestlé take more water from the tiny township.

This tiny community is up against the might of Nestlé. Its legal costs are spiralling and Nestlé is still trying to bully it into backing down.

Osceola residents are asking for your support -- so they can keep up their fight against Nestlé. So their clean drinking water is protected for their community, and not Nestlé’s profit.

A, will you please donate CA$93 to keep Nestlé’s greedy hands off Osceola Township’s water?

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The SumOfUs community has supported the township of Osceola before to take on Nestlé, one of the biggest companies in the world known for its corporate water grabs.

When the township’s elected leaders denied Nestlé’s application to pump more water, Nestlé got angry and sued.

And incredible members like you stepped in, generously donating over $50,000 to Osceola so it could defend itself against Nestlé in court. Without this critical money, the township would’ve likely had to declare bankruptcy.

Unfortunately Nestlé won that round. The judge ruled in its favour, letting the company bottle up and profit off Osceola’s precious water.

But it’s not over yet. There’s now a critical opportunity to turn this around -- the community are putting the final touches on their appeal. But Osceola Township needs you to back them if they’re going to win this. The more money we can raise for Osceola, the stronger the township will be in defending itself in court against Nestlé’s corporate water grab.

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Water is a human right, not a commodity to be sold off for profit. Nestlé certainly doesn’t agree, but we know that SumOfUs members like you do.

You’ve supported communities all over the world defending the precious water they use for drinking and for growing food.

It’s not just Osceola. Recently, SumOfUs members like you stepped in after hearing that a tiny community in Australia was saddled with a whopping $90,000 debt for daring to take on Asahi-Schweppes. Your generous donations halved the debt, keeping the community of Stanley’s fight to protect its water going.

With ever-increasing extreme weather events and longer and more intense droughts, our water must stay in the ground to nourish future generations. And with a generous donation from you today, together we can help ensure that precious water, which belongs to communities, stays out of the hands of greedy corporations.

Will you please donate CA$93 to stop Nestlé sucking communities dry?

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Thanks for all that you do,
Angus, Kat, and the team at SumOfUs

PS. SumOfUs members' generosity really has made a difference. This is a special message from Martin Neiman, the Osceola Township Legal Defense Fund Treasurer:

“We want to thank the thousands of SumOfUs members that helped us cover the debt incurred by this lawsuit. It feels powerful to see the names of hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world standing with us on the first day of the court case filed by Nestlé. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”

More information:

Nestlé wins MDEQ approval to suck 400 gallons per minute from Osceola well, Detroit Metro Times, April 3 2018
Michigan OKs Nestlé permit for increased water withdrawal for bottled water plant, Detroit Free Press, April 2 2018

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