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Nestlé Scrambles to Bottle LA’s Remaining Water Before Firefighters Give It All Away for Free | The Needling (theneedling.com)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Not to defend Nestle, but they did sell their US water business. In case you want to point fingers, it's a different soulless multinational conglomerate stealing LA water.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago

I'd be willing to bet that, if you go up far enough, Nestle owns the multinational conglomerate they sold that business to.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

seems like every state should emminent domain the water resources. Letting them be in private hands is a recipe for mass inequity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It gets complicated when upriver states do that and downriver states don't have any left. Water rights are ridiculous and government agencies already have too much power. The people should not need permission to have a rain barrel. We need to take the power back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Where do they need permission for a rain barrel (barring and structural permits or other extreme scenarios)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

https://lemmy.world/post/24266937

It’s these billionaires. Guess I’m never eating Wonderful brand pistachios again.