Low Grade for Algae Efforts
This old news but worth repeating over and over. Repeated enough times, maybe Florida’s citizens will get the message and kick out of office our guilty lawmakers, starting with the governor on down, and vote […]
Bottled Water Giant BlueTriton Admits Claims of Recycling and Sustainability Are “Puffery”
Puffery sounds more like lies, especially when Nestle/BlueTrion states that they are a “sustainable” business. Like Coca Cola’s “Every Bottle Back” nonsense. Nestle/BlueTriton’s promises and statements may be wishful thinking but not fact. As we […]
Petition Drive Seeks to Give Florida Residents a Fundamental Right to Clean Water
Florida legislators for the most part do not follow the wants of their constituents; thinking of themselves, they follow money, whether it’s the governor or the lobbyists, which usually is the same thing. Craig Pittman […]
OSFR Participates In Split Oak Hearing
We have already re-posted Craig Pittman’s great article on this disgusting happening, pushed on us by the five-member Florida Communities Trust board of directors. A quote from Pittman’s article said it all: “If Split Oak […]
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson Speaks on OSFR’s History and the Environment
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida has conducted over six thousand five hundred interviews and produced over one hundred fifty thousand pages of transcriptions. OSFR’s Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson was interviewed for […]
More Compelling Reasons to Shut Down Phosphate Mining
By what right should a corporation be allowed to put the citizens of Florida’s health at risk? Why should we be exposed to this poison in order for Mosaic and its ilk to get […]
Humans Impact Red Tide Intensity, New Study Finds
Hopefully this will help change the mind of the naysayers, including some at the the Mote Marine Laboratory, who wish to push off the red tide as simply a natural occurrence. Same ol’ same ol’: […]
‘We’re Going to Remain Optimistic’: New Rays of Hope and Dollars Shine on Florida Manatees
The solution of course is to stop nutrients from entering the water which allow algae to flourish, killing of the manatees’ grass. These come from fertilizer, both urban and agricultural, septic tanks (most are […]
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