Study: People Share Blame for Waterway Problems
A huge part of reason our springs are dying is because of excessive pumping from many sources. Florida cannot begin to meet the needs of influxes of population and development. We are living in a […]
Clean Energy Would Save UF $115 Million Compared to Central Energy Plant
While it had a global focus, in the report, Florida was repeatedly used as an example where impacts of climate change are already being felt. Indeed, the Sunshine State is America’s poster child for climate […]
BlueTriton Brands Owner Targeted by Billboard Truck
The environmental group SomeOfUs has initiated a campaign to draw attention to the environmental harm that BlueTriton Brands, which bought much of Nestle Waters North America, is continuing to inflict on our planet. In their […]
‘A Job Incomplete’: Florida’s Statewide Climate Change Response Ignores Root Cause
This is about climate change but if you substitute Green Algae Task Force and water management districts (WMDs) for climate change, everything works out the same. Our task force and our WMDs hit only the […]
Us Wildlife Officials Backtrack on Pesticide Threat to Wildlife
Changing a label does not make the chemical less deadly, nor probably less likely to be used. Consumers know the chemical will kill wildlife, but many, faced with more profit potential, will not use the […]
A Bill Permitting Development on Manatees’ Food Source Stalls in Legislature
This ill-advised bill is salt in the wounds: first our water protective agencies and our legislators allow so much pollution in our state’s waters that the resulting algae kill off the food for the manatees, […]
Oppose the Toll Road, Inverness March 15, 2022, 5:30 pm
The following was taken from Face Book and posted by the No Roads to Ruin Coalition, of which OSFR is a part. NO BUILD is the only option. Please attend if you can and/or […]
For the First Time, Nations Band Together in a Move Toward Ending Plastics Pollution
This ever-increasing world problem still largely escapes the radar of many people. And many of the worst polluters which includes water bottlers and soft drink producers practice deceptive advertising such as “Every bottle back,” […]
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