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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#398B9D" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Andy Boyd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Miranda Fox, The Story of Stuff Project [mailto:inbox@storyofstuff.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 23, 2017 7:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Andy Boyd <moscowrecycling@turbonet.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Resist Nestlé's agenda in our national parks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#0F6377;padding:18.75pt 0in 18.75pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img width=127 height=68 style='width:1.3229in;height:.7083in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://storyofstuff.org/wp-content/themes/stuff/img/logo.png" alt="Story of Stuff Project"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:487.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px 1px #0F6377;border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px' id=body><tr><td valign=top style='padding:18.75pt 18.75pt 18.75pt 18.75pt'><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Andy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0 align=right width=260 style='width:195.0pt;border:solid #969595 1.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-bottom:5.25pt'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Our national parks are some of our greatest treasures and shouldn't promote plastic waste or water commodification.<o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Ask Our National Park Superintendents To Stay Bottled Water Free!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://action.storyofstuff.org/letter/bottled-water-free-letter-nps-superintendents/?utm_source=storyofstuffletter&utm_medium=email&t=2&akid=7940%2E118398%2E0i0mU0"><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white;border:solid #A92F21 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#E74C34;text-decoration:none'>SIGN HERE!</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For years, national parks across the country have phased out the sale of bottled water and installed hydration stations -- an alternative that reduces plastic waste in some of our most cherished outdoor spaces and encourages the use of public tap water.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Last week, the Department of the Interior rescinded the National Park Service policy<sup>1</sup> encouraging national parks to go bottled water free. <a href="http://action.storyofstuff.org/letter/bottled-water-free-letter-nps-superintendents/?utm_source=storyofstuffletter&utm_medium=email&t=3&akid=7940%2E118398%2E0i0mU0">But we're asking each park superintendent to stay the course.</a> Not only does this promote free access to tap water, it prevents thousands of water bottles from becoming plastic waste.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=601 height=400 style='width:6.2552in;height:4.1666in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/sosactionkit2/images/wildflowers-yellowstone_jacob_w_frank-nps.jpg" alt="Wildflowers near Dunraven Pass, Yellowstone National Park"></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(Wildflowers near Dunraven Pass, Yellowstone National Park / National Parks Service)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This happened just weeks after the Trump administration appointed David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary of the Interior, formerly an attorney at a law firm with deep ties to Nestlé. This water-bottling giant and its friends have pushed to stop parks from going bottled water free for years. This is just one more extreme example of corporations wielding their power to protect profits at the expense of people and the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>But this does not mean we have reached the end of the line for parks eliminating bottled water and increasing access to the tap.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://action.storyofstuff.org/letter/bottled-water-free-letter-nps-superintendents/?utm_source=storyofstuffletter&utm_medium=email&t=4&akid=7940%2E118398%2E0i0mU0">Send this message to our national park superintendents across the country.</a> We're asking them to resist the bottled water industry's profit-driven agenda and continue to make their parks bottled water free.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>These are <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>our</span></em> parks. We must make it clear that water, like our national parks, is a public good, not a commodity. Thank you for standing up for our public lands and water! <br><br>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Miranda Fox, on behalf of The Story of Stuff team<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1. <a href="https://action.storyofstuff.org/go/1015?t=5&akid=7940%2E118398%2E0i0mU0">PDF link to Policy Memorandum 11-03</a> regarding Disposable Plastic Water Bottling Recycling and Reduction</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://action.storyofstuff.org/o.gif?akid=7940.118398.0i0mU0"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><a href="http://action.storyofstuff.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=7940%2E118398%2E0i0mU0">You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0104in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://track.sp.actionkit.com/q/DiCV18RX-63bbyH21D001w~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRbfsE4PkEIAKzFuiKJkZZXBHdhd2RYBAAAAABCCgACuI2dWSCuKYZSHG1vc2Nvd3JlY3ljbGluZ0B0dXJib25ldC5jb20JUQQAAAAAR0N7ImFraWQiOiJ1bnN1Yi1zdG9yeW9mc3R1ZmYtNzk0MC0xMTgzOTguV0dpLTJVeEBmYmwuYWN0aW9ua2l0LmNvbSJ9"><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>