Stop It, Folks. Just Stop It.

Bottled Water Shelf at Albertsons (Click image to enlarge.)

Just this past Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran this story: Nestlé Taps Into Bottled Water On-Demand ("The Swiss company is getting a big lift from customized Web orders for its Poland Springs, Perrier and Pure Life brands in the U.S.") Read the story. Note the charts. This is insane!

For a refresher course, watch this video:

The El Paso Water Utilities conservation page: http://www.lessismoreep.org/

The Monday Links on Tuesday

[Monday (or, in this case, Tuesday) is "Links Day" with links gathered over the past week to online "stuff" to read and sites to surf that impact us directly or offer information about our regional issues. Please feel free to send me links to any conservation, environmental, simple living, city planning, energy and water, etc. stories that you have come across online.]

Water issues (always at the top of the list):

The Rio Grande:

Mighty Rio Grande Now a Trickle Under Siege

A glimmer of good water supply news for New Mexico’s middle Rio Grande farmers


California's and the West's water woes:

Nestlé’s despicable water-crisis profiteering: How it’s making a killing — while California is dying of thirst

Drought Spurs Protest Over 'Unconscionable' Bottled Water Business

Petition to Nestlé: "Stop taking water from drought stricken California"

Another Petition: Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Stop Nestlé’s Illegal Water Extraction

As water runs dry, Californians brace for a new way of life


You'll see more of this in Texas (and everywhere):

Hays County Water Fight Tumbles Into Committee

County to buy land for groundwater



Fracking:

The Facts on Fracking

Fracking is causing Oklahoma’s earthquake “swarm”



The Power of the Energy Industry:

Teaming Up with the Fossil Fuel Industry NPR’s Gas Pains