THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER TEN YEARS LATER
The damage done to the aquatic creatures by the BP oil spill is indescribable. The money paid by the oil company did not restore the life of a single creature, nor did it fix the […]
Good Report on Viruses In Our Springs, BUT we don’t want our water put in plastic or polluted with chicken offal, fertilizer or sewage.
Here we see that scientists looking for bacteria and virus communities in our aquifer were surprised at its purity, but also surprised at the amount of pollution in it, mainly from nitrates. Thinking about it, […]
DEATH BY TOLL ROAD
Development is the most serious threat to the Florida environment, since it brings people and concrete, destroys agricultural land and depletes our water supplies. OSFR has over thirty posts on this topic. Because the people […]
ANOTHER WIN FOR THE PLANET: PERMIT DENIED
As per the custom of huge corporation bullies, TC Energy is lacking permits but has already started construction on this segment of the pipeline, and is continuing in spite of the ruling […]
Do our lawmakers represent the people?
Our limited time (5 sessions) witnessing and following bills through the legislative process has taught us that one can never second-guess our elected representatives; their actions leave us perplexed. How many do their homework? […]
Future M-CORES Meetings
Since our recent post “Is M-CORES running scared?” we have new information regarding current and planned activities of those in power who want to further destroy rural Florida with unnecessary development. The current virus crisis […]
A new possible BAND-AID
Not to take away from this important research, and we really hope it works, but here, once more, once again and yet another time we see effort, money and time put on a […]
Is M-CORES Running Scared?
M-CORES is seeking support from the public. Are they losing backing, or just now realizing they never had it? So much has changed in the last few months, and now we see a group […]
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