November 18, 2016
Environmentalists want the Ninth Circuit to revive a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Forest Service's decadeslong delay in responding to a bottling permit renewal request meant Nestlé Waters North America Inc. had no right to tap a California spring during a record-breaking drought.
September 21, 2016
A federal judge tossed allegations that the U.S. Forest Service let Nestlé use a California spring for a bottled-water brand whose contract expired almost 30 years ago, saying Tuesday that the former brand owner's request to renew the permit essentially kept it valid.
March 21, 2016
Environmental groups on Friday defended their lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service that seeks to end Nestle's contract for taking water out of a spring in California, saying the agency is wrong to assert there's no final action to challenge.
November 30, 2015
Environmental advocacy groups recently asked for a speedy end to their suit accusing the U.S. Forest Service of failing to stop Nestle from bottling millions of gallons of water in the midst of a record-breaking drought when they asked a California judge to vacate an expired permit.
October 14, 2015
Nestle's contract for taking water out of a spring in California expired in 1988, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by environmental advocacy groups who say the U.S. Forest Service has failed to stop the company from bottling millions of gallons there in the midst of the historic drought.