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Dear Friend,

We just had a huge development in our fight to stop Nestlé from stealing
California’s water.

Staff of the state’s water resources board said the company's spin-off
that now bottles Arrowhead brand, BlueTriton Brands, must stop siphoning
millions of gallons from the San Bernardino National Forest -- especially
given that the entire state is now suffering from a drought.(1,2) 

That's a big win, and now we have an opportunity to take it one step
further -- to stop the stealing of water, permanently. Nestlé sold their
North American bottled water brands to two private equity firms operating
as BlueTriton Brands in February, and now BlueTriton has to get a permit
from the U.S. Forest Service to continue taking water from the San
Bernardino National Forest.(3,4)

[ [link removed] ]Sign our petition calling on the U.S. Forest Service to deny BlueTriton
Brands a water permit!

From 2018-2020 alone, Nestlé stole 173 million more gallons than it was
permitted to do. Even as average Californians face restrictions amid the
state’s second dry year in a row, BlueTriton is drawing upwards of 25
times as much water as is legal. The permit costs a pittance and allows
the company to resell the public’s water under its Arrowhead brand for a
huge profit.

This cease-and-desist order from the water board staff is just the latest
twist in our years-long campaign to protect California’s water. From
2015-2018, we sued. We organized. We worked with partners like the Story
of Stuff and others to show how the company had been swindling
Californians based on water rights dating back to 1865.

BlueTriton is already fighting back, challenging the order and tying it up
in a process that could take weeks, months, or years. That's why we're
partnering again with Story of Stuff to put a stop to this once and for
all, by going straight to the top and asking the U.S. Forest Service to
deny BlueTriton a new permit.

This is a huge opportunity, and it’s all thanks to the work Courage
members and Story of Stuff did to get us here. We aren't going to stop
fighting until Nestlé and BlueTriton Brands stops stealing California’s
water for good. And it shouldn't take an extreme drought to get public
officials to do the right thing.

We need to stop the Forest Service from reissuing a water permit to
BlueTriton for billions more gallons of water, and to get Nestlé to
dismantle the pipeline for good.

[ [link removed] ]Tell the the U.S. Forest Service to deny BlueTriton Brands a new water
permit and make Nestlé clean up its mess! Help Courage and Story of Stuff
reach our goal of getting 100,000 petition signatures by June 1.

Yours in the fight for our environment,

Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Deepthi, Jay, Lindsay,
LisaMarie, Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team) 

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