frackingflorida In: Earthquakes on Record-Breaking Pace in U.S. Shale, Study Finds | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Earthquakes on Record-Breaking Pace in U.S. Shale, Study Finds

Now established as fact and associated with fracking.  The process water stays there as a poisonous legacy of our greed and stupidity for years to come as we continue to work towards making Earth uninhabitable. […]

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RedTide HillsCo depComm public In: Hillsborough, Port Tampa Bay, Water Utility Seek Link Between Piney Point and Red Tide | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Hillsborough, Port Tampa Bay, Water Utility Seek Link Between Piney Point and Red Tide

“there is a preponderance of evidence, circumstantial evidence,” [that  red tide is exacerbated by Piney Point’s polluted waters.] Knowing this is true, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection still has as their only solution to […]

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permafrost thawing creativecommons In: Landmark U.N. report delivers stark warning on climate change, says it’s ‘code red for humanity’ | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Landmark U.N. report delivers stark warning on climate change, says it’s ‘code red for humanity’

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, sub program of the United Nations, gives some serious warnings which we must heed. Read the complete article at CNCB.com and another version by Laura Cassels here on Florida Phoenix. […]

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In: Statewide Survey: Most Floridians Want More Protection for the Environment and More Money to Protect Endangered Species | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Statewide Survey: Most Floridians Want More Protection for the Environment and More Money to Protect Endangered Species

  Florida panther. Credit: State Archives of Florida.   Read the original article here in Florida Phoenix. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]

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DEPbldgme In: Fla. Sues Piney Point for Leak -- Fla. Is the One Who Should Be Sued. | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Fla. Sues Piney Point for Leak — Fla. Is the One Who Should Be Sued.

  We believe that HRK Holdings, current caretaker of Piney Point, should be sued for damage the gypstack has done.  But it seems an incredible bit of irony that the Department of Environmental Protection has […]

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