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 […]
Your aquifer is now threatened by a new risk, orchestrated by bad decisions by different groups, among them Manatee County and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Of course we must add the phosphate companies, […]
We have always known that the greatest threat to Florida’s environment is development. We are already over-pumping our aquifer now to provide water for too many people, destroying critical wetlands and putting concrete over the […]
As long as a pine tree stands and a wetland exists, there will be a developer lurking to destroy it. Neither zoning laws nor growth regulations is sacred and developers never give up. This post […]
The usual greed coming from developers and the weaknesses of our too-often spineless leaders are now exacerbated by the soon-to-arrive influx of coastal residents displaced by rising seas. Development has always been a Florida problem […]
Manatee County has more water pollution problems. Do they bring these problems on themselves? Yes, certainly they do to some extent. This is because they invite the destructive phosphate industry into their midst, while […]
Writer Craig Pittman says below in this article: “Pay attention to this sad tale.” That is the understatement of the year. It is a sick tale that makes me upchuck. It is the nauseating story […]
Our DEP should be disbanded, all the personnel released and the agency start over from scratch. This situation at Piney Point could have been avoided if our DEP had simply done its job years ago. […]
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