America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
This is an article that all the water agencies in Florida should read. I suspect that many or all of the water scientists employed by them are aware of our water crisis, and I am […]
Polluter’s Tactic: Dump It Into the Water
The release of toxic water into the Pacific Ocean throws just a bit more poison into our planet. This release is planned to continue for thirty years. Once again we have a government assuring […]
EPA Begins Babysteps With PFAs, a Long, Long Road to Travel
The EPA is finally beginning to act on the serious issue of these chemicals. As expressed below in the article, if these are only six of the fourteen thousand, it is a very slow beginning. […]
Continuous Bad News from Mote Marine and Ocean Era
Now we see that Ocean Era is changing its tune and is employing an old trick of phosphate miners: applying for a permit and then requesting a “modification.” Kind of reminds us of the old […]
Too Much Love
Over-use by the public has now become a new threat for our springs, on top of the State of Florida’s policy of allowing them to die from over-pumping and excess fertilizer. OSFR has been […]
This Is Important Enough to Say Again and Again
You’ll hear a lot of crowing this year about the money state government is spending on the environment. Look behind these claims, and ask yourself: Are we spending the money to fix the problem or […]
OSFR and SSJ Sierra Club Tour Chemours Mine, a Continued Threat to the Santa Fe River
The following was submitted by OSFR President Pro-Tem Joanne Tremblay. Map and Photos by Paul Still. Chemours mining operation, formerly DuPont, has long been a repeated polluter and rule-breaker which does not follow DEP […]
3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Suits
More action on the PFAs issue although one step behind since these toxins are already everywhere on our planet. Read the complete article here in the Chicago Tribune. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org […]
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