Kristin Ruben, ex-president and board member of OSFR, has forwarded the following information about this critical step in curbing development sprawl in Gainesville. We don’t have the infrastructure and especially we don’t have […]
The problem with Mr. John Curtis and Mr. Garret Graves’ convoluted thinking is that you can’t have fossil fuels without greenhouse gasses. Just saying that you can doesn’t make it so and never will. […]
Now we are being faced with “fast fashion” as well as fast food. This is an issue that I had not considered before, even though I am only too aware that we live in a […]
Environmental nonprofits statewide are the last defense against the rampant destruction of Florida’s natural environments. How true, sad, and infuriating is Dr. Knight’s statement above. That our state chooses to waste our taxpayer money […]
OSFR has a long tradition of opposing CAFOs and also with working with Earthjustice. We fully support Earthjustice and this petition and proclaim that CAFOs are unethical and detrimental to our planet and its inhabitants, […]
We have posted multiple times about the Alachua Conservation Trust and the amazing work they do to acquire fragile tracts of land which are environmentally sensitive and often vulnerable to development. They have successfully protected […]
About a year and a half ago OSFR, along with others including the Florida Springs Council, had a challenge to the infamous Seven Springs Water Company’s pumping permit dismissed by Administrative Law Judge Francine Ffolkes. […]
This story is about money. Largely due to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection allowing Piney Point to continue operations even when breaking the rules, we are seeing a ruined Tampa Bay after years of […]
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