Thursday, July 5, 2018, was the final public input meeting for the twenty-year plan before acceptance by the Governing Board at the July water management meeting. This is an exercise required by Florida law. At […]
The water problems in South Florida, as well as state-wide, have prompted the following article in the Sarasota Herald Tribune. The author expresses concern that those in charge are not doing anything, and says it […]
We have been reporting here for years that the methane leaks from natural gas production negate any advantage that energy source has over coal in regards to benefits to the environment. A definitive study […]
We wonder if the cost of our pollution will be more than the millions the lobbyists paid to our politicians? Indeed it will, and it is just beginning. Who will pay? Not Mr. […]
Some of Florida’s waterways are now lost, due to human abuse and neglect over decades. The people who run the state, from the top down to counties and municipalities, have allowed pollutants, principally nitrates from […]
Sabal Trail is in the news again as they suffered another legal defeat. The Gainesville Sun has the full article here. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once […]
Florida Defenders of the Environment (FDE) initiated the beginning of the second phase of a public engagement strategy for defining the future of the Ocklawaha River. The first phase consisted of five Listening Sessions […]
OSFR President Mike Roth speaks the truth and of reality, something our water leaders want to avoid. The serious measures that he mentions at the end of his article are not coming now. We wonder […]
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