Upcoming Walk In Santa Fe River Preserve
Here is a unique opportunity to enjoy some of Nature’s Best in the Santa Fe River Preserve, with plant expert and OSFR member Colette Jacono to identify and describe the native plants you will […]
Gilchrist Blue Spring Collapse Likely Was Preventable and Human Caused
In reviewing the likely causes of the collapse of Gilchrist Blue it was the consensus that, while over-pumping may have been a factor, it was the erosion from above and surrounding the spring that was […]
Toxic Algae Increases and Florida Is Losing the Battle
Although our governor has appointed a task force to combat toxic algae, he usually ignores their recommendations. We actually don’t need a task force because the causes for the algae are well known– excess nutrients […]
New Study Confirms the Bad News
But the government hasn’t prohibited companies using the chemicals from dumping them into public wastewater systems, said Scott Faber, a senior vice president of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization. “We should be treating […]
Taxpayer Money Used to Clean Up Fossil Fuel Mess
Just as taxpayer money is used to clean up the phosphate industry’s mess, now the taxpayer is footing the bill to clean up the petroleum industry’s polluting abandoned wells. There are 2.1 million unplugged abandoned […]
Water, Greedy People and Abuse of Power
Craig Pittman finds other sad stories analogous to the Titusville lack of leadership, but I see it as similar to the old Amendment 1 where our legislators blatantly thwarted the people’s will by totally and […]
Groundbreaking Trial Starts In Montana
One reason the case may have made it so far in Montana, when dozens of similar cases elsewhere have been rejected, is the state’s unusually protective 1972 Constitution, which requires officials to maintain a […]
17,800 Square Feet of Mangroves Brazenly Clearcut
It appears here that the mangroves were cut down likely to allow a view of the river, and that the one who ordered it considered the resultant fines simply a business expense. Jail time […]
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