Add Panama to the List
Panama joins the ever-growing list of nations which have enacted laws giving nature rights to exist and to protect itself from destruction by users taking natural resources from the citizens of the world for […]
Controlling Withdrawals From Our Aquifer Is Not Rocket Science Robert E. Ulanowicz Guest Columnist
Those who think water prices might be high should wait until we have no more potable water in our aquifer. Unless we change to something like Dr. Ulanowicz proposes here, that day will surely come. […]
Congressional Candidate Danielle Hawk Visits OSFR
The speaker for our February board meeting was Danielle Hawk, who is a congressional candidate running on the Democratic ticket in District 3. Danielle spoke to us principally about her stand on environmental issues […]
Water Institute 2022 Symposium Back In Action
The Water Institute 2020 Symposium sponsored by UF /Water Institute and Duke Energy took place over two days, February 22-23, 2022. Professor Wendy Graham continues her good work organizing this jam-packed and fast-moving event […]
More Big Companies Walk Away and Leave a Mess for the Taxpayer
So not it is not just the phosphate companies who can dig a hole and leave a mess behind for the taxpayer to clean up. In Florida the gypstacks, aided by our DEP, dump contaminated […]
More Bad News About Microplastics
The more we learn the worse it gets. Yet we allow more and more plastic. Read the original article here in EchoWatch. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a […]
Judge to Consider Lawsuit Over Piney Point Wastewater Discharge in Manatee County
Yep, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is the main culprit, and by association DeSantis, where the buck is supposed to stop. Of course you can move past that a bit and hit some legislators […]
IT’S OUR RIGHT TO GO SOLAR
Rich bullies want to take your rights away from you. Read below to learn how to fight back. This news item was sent by Solar United Neighbors. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org […]
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