Trump Deletes Climate Website
Ignore the problem and it will go away. Puerile thinking. Or non-thinking, because it is not going away. It is now becoming so apparent that science-eschewers are unable to pretend any longer. Read the original […]
Declaration of Dissent
The EPA is being gutted and some employees are pushing back. What are the chances their complaint will be heeded? Read the original article here at EchoWatch. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – […]
Polluters and the EPA
If this sounds familiar it is because we already have this problem with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection that is fueled by politics and is often useless in doing any protection. Except for the […]
Budget Cuts to the Environment
The environment is the last to receive funding but the first to receive budget cuts. “Trump’s budget – bought and paid for by his fossil fuel megadonors – would be an unmitigated disaster for […]
Bad News for Wetlands
Florida can ill-afford to lose even more of its ravished wetlands, but that is likely to happen under the new EPA rules protecting them. Read the original article with photos here in the Lens. Comments […]
More Threats to Wetlands.
In the original interpretation of this rule, the fact that in Florida many wetlands are inter-connected underground through karst tunnels, was ignored. This is described in this sentence: “The Sackett decision also clarified that […]
Dire News for the Planet’s Health
“Administrator Zeldin clearly lied when he told us that he would respect the science and listen to the experts.” The planet will suffer during the current administration in Washington. Money rules for now. Read the […]
Radioactive Roads? EPA Gives Mosaic Co. Green Light on Phosphogypsum Road Study
Given the current political climate in Florida and Washington, it comes as no surprise that Mosaic is winning this battle. No study can disprove the risk of damage which may develop after years have […]
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