The following is a FaceBook posting. The idea that nature can have rights just as corporations is gaining ground. There are examples in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oklahoma, India, and New Zealand (see this link in […]
As we have said earlier (see “Rainbow River MFLs challenged,”) it is disheartening to witness our state agency which is supposed to protect our springs and river work so hard to destroy them. They […]
Join the Florida Springs Institute for an in-depth course on Florida springs for all backgrounds. Held from July 25th-28th in Ocala, the Springs Field School explores topics on springs ecology, water use, pollution […]
The state needs more than voluntary practices to control pollution from agricultural operations and more aggressive steps to prevent pollution from home septic tanks and fertilizer. As long as our state continues to pussyfoot around, […]
Whitey Markle, who is chair of the Suwannee St. Johns Group of the Sierra Club in Florida, has written the following article in the Group’s July newsletter. In this article he gives his assessment […]
Rick Scott/RonDeSantis, or Ron Scott/Rick DeSantis, what’s the difference? The demise of the Department of Community Affairs/Senate Bill 7103 Is there a difference? Apparently not when it comes to stripping away from the citizens […]
Overpopulation in Florida stresses the environment in many ways, one of which is the disposal of human waste. Not only do we have almost daily spills caused by inadequate infrastructure and incompetent operators and planners, […]
Read the original article here at News4JAX. State of Florida dragging its feet on septic tank cleanup Leaking septic tanks are the state’s second biggest polluter behind agriculture By Mike Vasilinda – […]
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