Ski resorts and artificial snow

Another issue to consider, is artificial snow good or bad for the environment?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE2DF1431F937A25752C1A962958260
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/apr2008/gb20080421_199362.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CYP/is_/ai_77276469

To bottle water or not

Interesting story in Business Week on Nestle’s attempt to build a bottled water plant in an old lumber town in northern California.   Nestle would use the spring water for bottled water.  Opponents in town are leary of drawing down the water levels, and the promised economic benefits.  Nestle claims their plants use less water than [...]