Ask Gov. DeSantis to Address Phosphate Problems

March 6, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, State Government Solutions, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) 1 Comment

OSFR has signed on to the following letter/petition and we encourage all our readers to do so. The phosphate industry destroys the earth and the living things in it, and we are not about to […]

New Anti-Mine Signs Go Up

February 22, 2019 Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

Thanks to Suwannee St. Johns Group of Florida Sierra Club, we have seven new signs in mine territory, bringing awareness to the threat of the proposed phosphate mine. And thanks to OSFR for manpower and […]

Rebuttal to Mosaic Propaganda

February 7, 2019 Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats, THREATS, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

Andy Mele, Suncoast Waterkeeper and active opponent of phosphate mining, has written a rebuttal to Mosaic’s representative Russell Schweiss who had two recent articles in the Arcadian which painted a rosy, but misleading picture of […]

Union County Commission Meeting, January 2019

January 22, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, County Government Solutions, Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

Attorney David Theriaque addresses the board. All went smoothly and routinely during the monthly board meeting; in attendance were two lawyers apparently representing mining interests. When item 13. on the agenda, “Report from Russell […]

Bradford BOCC Begins New Year

January 7, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

The first Bradford commissioners meeting of 2019, hopefully the year they will deny the mining permit. A short meeting today, with Kate Ellison and your historian in attendance. Your representative reminded the commissioner of the […]

Waterkeepers Florida signs Resolution Against Phosphate Mines in Florida 2018-12-19

January 2, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) 2 Comments

Thanks to John Quarterman and Waterkeepers Florida for this latest Resolution against the Phosphate mine threat in Bradford and Union counties. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, […]

Union County Stands Strong and Adopts New LDRs

December 17, 2018 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Solutions, Environmental Threats - Mining 8 Comments

LDR 18-03, consisting of amendments to the county’s land regulations, was before the commissioners tonight, Dec. 17, 2018. Commissioner Jimmy Tallman made a motion to adopt, and at 5:41 the board voted unanimously to pass […]

Mediator Picked for DeSoto/Mosaic —

December 14, 2018 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

Latest on the happenings in DeSoto County with their fight against Mosaic. Their county commissioners have been a point of light in the darkness that is industry rolling roughshod over our essentials for life: […]

Richard Devereaux on Tipping Points Too Risky to Ignore: ““Walk the Walk” or just “Talk the Talk”? Organic materials comprise about 24% of municipal solid waste in the U.S.A.…” Dec 3, 12:58
Phlip Buskirk on Protecting the Polluters: “If a policy consistently places economy above ecology, our water and Earth will be ruined as Deveopers become billionaires.” Nov 20, 11:11
James Brown on The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart: “Recommended reads: Thomas, Jordan “When It All Burns”. Stewart, Omer, “Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness” Nov 19, 08:09
Mary Hampton on The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart: “Regarding Sierra Club’s shift of moving toward social justice, I agree with the statement that Our Santa Fe River organization…” Nov 18, 09:51
Kristin Rubin on Aftermath Of Ginnie Springs Killings: “It is a sad statement when even one commissioner’s opinion for lax safety requirements be withheld to ensure the safety…” Nov 7, 06:57

Ask Gov. DeSantis to Address Phosphate Problems

New Anti-Mine Signs Go Up

Rebuttal to Mosaic Propaganda

Union County Commission Meeting, January 2019

Bradford BOCC Begins New Year

Waterkeepers Florida signs Resolution Against Phosphate Mines in Florida 2018-12-19

Union County Stands Strong and Adopts New LDRs

Mediator Picked for DeSoto/Mosaic —

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