Articles by Tara Lohan
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ARE GREEDY WATER BOTTLERS SIPHONING YOUR CITY’S DRINKING WATER?
Tara Lohan - AlterNet,
23 Mar 2010
It took six years for residents of tiny McCloud, California, to give Nestle Waters North America its walking papers. The water bottler had hoped to build a 1 million square-foot facility in the town of less than 2,000 and was given a backroom 50-year contract (renewable for an additional 50 years) to annually take 1,250 […]
→ read full articleLESBIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA BEING RAPED TO “CURE” THEM OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Tara Lohan - Alternet,
5 Mar 2010
The group ActionAid released a report about the shocking rise in homophobic attacks and murders in South Africa, especially Johannesburg and Cape Town where lesbian women are being raped as a “corrective” punishment for being gay. They report: Rape is fast becoming the most widespread hate crime targeted against gay women in townships across South […]
→ read full articleCONFUSED ABOUT ALL THE CLIMATE TALK AND THE COPENHAGEN SUMMIT?
Tara Lohan,
28 Oct 2009
Here’s the Skinny: Five Things You Should KnowThe who, what, where, when and why about COP 15, which strangely means: the "Council of Parties." There’s a lot of buzz about COP15, the big climate-change meeting coming up — what exactly is all the hype about, and why should you care? Here’s a simple breakdown. 1. […]
→ read full articleAFTER 6-YEAR BATTLE, McCLOUD (CALIFORNIA, USA) DEFEATS WATER BOTTLING GIANT NESTLE
Tara Lohan,
17 Sep 2009
How a tiny town sent a multinational packing.We’ve been covering this issue for the last several years, and it was welcome news to hear that Nestle Waters North American has decided to scrap their plans entirely to bottle spring water in McCloud, CA, up near Mount Shasta. McCloud Watershed Council, along with help from groups […]
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