On April 21 there is a monumental, long reaching and very consequential question before the Chaffee County Residents and the Chaffee County Commissioners concerning the 1041 and special land use permits sought by Nestlé Waters. Unfortunately they seem to be asking the wrong questions.
Being a member of an International Anti-Slavery Organization and an Anti-Trafficking Group, I have been aware of the Nestle Corp. and their perpetual state of moral bankruptcy for quite some years now. Their depraved and felonious criminal activities around the world are well documented.
I will refrain from lengthy descriptions of their multiple years of vile and loathsome practices. As well as their lengthy history of deceit and lies. Rather, I would strongly encourage every single Citizen to do their own research. On any search engine enter Nestlé and any of the following words “Child Slavery” or “Human Trafficking” or “Torture”, “Kidnapping“, “Child Beating”, “Human Rights“, “Death Squads“, “Assignations“, “Boycott“, “Lawsuit”, “Criminal Action”, “Infant trauma“, “Fraud”, “Breech of Contract”, “Class Action”, “Stolen Water”, “Exploited Water”, “Drought”, “Global Compact Violations” or “Corporate Crimes”, just to mention a few of their National and International headlines.
The question really should be, are we a Socially-responsible Community? Do Chaffee County residents really want to further fund, reward and perpetuate this Multi-National Corporate parasite as a Partner and Neighbor?
Let’s keep Chaffee County morally active and responsible! Remember April 21st, and clear your calendar! However, if what you discover gets you disgusted and outraged, as it should, why wait? I encourage you to immediately call the Chaffee County Commissioners Office at (719) 539-2218 or email the Commissioners individually.
Askjel & Birte Madalhar, owners of Urweg and Traditions Gallery.
It is unfortunate that the Commissioners are not allowed to base their decision on the past history of Nestle, or the undesirable production of mountains of disposable plastic bottles. Spring water turned into tons of garbage should be convincing enough in itself.
Upon doing a bit of looking around I, per chance, ran into the “Colorado Climate Change: A Synthesis to Support Water Resource Management and Adaptation” http://cwcb.state.co.us/Home/ClimateChange/ClimateChangeInColoradoReport/
Anyone presently in favor of watching water being trucked or pumped out of this area should definitely take the time to read this official Government report.
This report from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) is in connection with the Governor’s Conference on Managing Drought and Climate Risk, October 8-10, 2008. The report focuses on observed trends and projections of temperature, precipitation, snow and runoff. “The report gives water resource managers a synthesis of the best scientific knowledge of what is expected for Colorado’s climate over the next few decades to help them plan now for drought and adaptation to climate change.” “This new scientific assessment of Colorado climate change was prepared by the Western Water Assessment (WWA), a University of Colorado-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration partnership, and included scientists from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, the CU Cooperative Institute for Research into Environmental Sciences, and Colorado State University Colorado Climate Center.”
The leading statement in the report begins “ Climate change will affect Colorado’s use and distribution of water. Changes in economies and land use, environmental concerns, and population growth are already affecting water management decisions. Water managers and planners currently face specific challenges that may be further exacerbated by projected climate changes.”
This sounds like a heads up for our local water managers. Why are we even considering the Nestle 1041 application.
Here are a few other interesting quotes from the State Board report everyone should hear “The scientific evidence is clear: the Earth’s climate is warming. Multiple independent measurements confirm widespread warming in the Western United States. In Colorado, temperatures have increased by approximately 2ºF between 1977 and 2006. Increasing temperatures are affecting the state’s water resources”. “Changes in the water cycle will be the delivery mechanism for many impacts of climate change.” “Changes in the quality of water may occur due to warming even in the absence of precipitation”, ”multi-model projections suggest decreases in runoff ranging from 6% to 20%”and many other forbodious warnings!
Having read through much of the report it sounds to me like we need to reserve, conserve and save water for the upper Arkansas valley. As the report also points out, “the impact of climate change on runoff in the Rio Grande, Platte, and Arkansas Basins has not been studied as extensively as the Colorado River Basin.” Stating that we are not even sure of the present state of our precious water resource. Do we really want a large corporation running off with any of it?
I do not believe we are bound or obligated to approve this application. No matter what whops Nestle jumps through. We (remember the citizens who should run this County) can reject them out of hand no Cause!