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Mar 18, 2022, 6:22:06 PM3/18/22
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Support local heroes fighting to protect our precious natural resources
 
The Story of Stuff Project
San Bernardino Mountains
 

Dear,

From the time we made The Story of Bottled Water, Nestlé/BlueTriton has been accustomed to regulatory settings where they run the show: they get softball questions, regulatory officers seem to fawn over them, and in the end, they get to continue draining watersheds and filling plastic bottles.

But this time around, it’s different. The California Water Board hearings on the Arrowhead Springs are not going as BlueTriton expected. Their lawyers are being challenged on the facts, having their nonsense motions dismissed, and being held to task in a way they are clearly not used to!

It’s a moment of accountability that our years-long campaign – and your support – has finally made possible, and we’re closer than ever to returning more water to the San Bernardino National Forest than was used to create artificial snow for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Will you help us down this homestretch?

The Story of Stuff Project has been paying 100% of the legal bills for the San Bernardino campaign since 2015, totaling $300,000. In the last 3 months, we've spent over $100,000 in legal fees. For context, we haven’t spent this much on legal fees in the last 4 years combined. But that’s just how important this campaign is – a milestone in our journey to reclaim precious water from corporate theft. With your help, we’re sending a clear message to bottling operations across the country: water belongs in rivers and mountain streams, not plastic bottles! Help us get across the finish line today.

 
Will you help us pay the legal fees
as we take on Bluetriton?

Help us get across the finish line

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Last week, the hearings reached a crossroads with a long awaited site visit to the source of the springs, nearly 6,000 feet up the San Bernardino Mountains. I’m pleased to bring the experience to you through this photo essay which captures what’s at stake for the surrounding ecosystem.

Along the way, I recorded a message of gratitude from Steve Loe, retired Forest Service biologist, local activist and crucial witness in the hearings. He really brought home the incredible partnership we’ve forged over the last six years between national, state and local organizations and individuals to protect Strawberry Creek.

When we eventually return all of the water BlueTriton removes to Strawberry Creek, it will be in no small part because of Steve’s contribution and the contribution of so many other local heroes the Story of Stuff team and Community have proudly been supporting together. 

Thank you,

Michael O’Heaney

Executive Director

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 11:00 AM
Subject: A Moment of Accountability

                                                           


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