Oregonians protest Nestlé’s proposed bottle plant in Gorge

‘Dozens of people ascended to Hawthorne Bridge in Portland Thursday morning to protest Nestlé’s proposed bottling plant at the Columbia River Gorge.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife last week applied to transfer part of its water rights at Oxbow Springs to the city of Cascade Locks, which would free up the area for Nestlé to bottle water.

Nestlé’s plans to build the bottling plant have been stalled for years, while environmental groups protested and appealed the construction. Initially, the city of Cascade Locks had planned to exchange the water at Oxbrow Springs for city well water.’

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