jacqui lopez phosphate In: OSFR Joins Environmental Groups in Press Release and Letter to Washington | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

OSFR Joins Environmental Groups in Press Release and Letter to Washington

  Following is the self-explanatory press release  regarding the phosphogypsum stack near Riverview, Florida.  We have made many posts about this gypstack and others, including the laterally-moving one in Louisiana.  Those responsible for this environmental […]

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FLDEP logo In: Florida DEP has short memory, conveniently forgets its major role in Piney Point problem | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Florida DEP has short memory, conveniently forgets its major role in Piney Point problem

  In the article below, DEP Secretary Noah Valenstein and Gov. DeSantis are scratching their heads and saying “…How did that happen? Well it happened because the DEP screwed up. And Craig Pittman explains to […]

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MosaicFhole2 In: Hiding Piney Point toxic waste underground may give us a taste of super-nasty water | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Hiding Piney Point toxic waste underground may give us a taste of super-nasty water

  Much has been written about the Piney Point fiasco lately because of the recent  pollution allowed by the DEP, but Craig Pittman puts a new spin on the antics of the Manatee County Commission […]

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PAM1 In: Manatee pursues disposing hazardous Piney Point wastewater into Lower Floridan Aquifer | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Manatee pursues disposing hazardous Piney Point wastewater into Lower Floridan Aquifer

The irony that jumps out here is the fact that this very governing body, the Manatee County Commission,  sold out their county for money and some of the same members not long ago voted to […]

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Columbia County & Lake City Throw Utility Vetting Rules Out the Window To Bring a Water Bottling Plant to the Plum Creek

The Columbia County Commissioners have been outspoken against spring water bottling industry in our region for more than a decade. Whatever the backroom deal that is at play here will be subjected to  public ire […]

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Piney Point Is Back In The News — and it is not good

Enough can not be said about the irresponsibility of the phosphate industry and state and the local authorities, both past and present, who have allowed this egregious toxic mess to exist and continue to be […]

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RV PARK In: Gilchrist BOCC will consider RV Park, 4 o'clock Monday Sept. 21, 2020, 209 SE 1st Street, Trenton, FL 32693,Trenton | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Gilchrist BOCC will consider RV Park, 4 o’clock Monday Sept. 21, 2020, 209 SE 1st Street, Trenton, FL 32693,Trenton

  This huge development will have a large cumulative concrete footprint on a very sensitive aquifer recharge area near the river.  It will draw more people to an already-overly used and abused river which is […]

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