The new speaker series from OSFR, “Giving Our River a Voice,” began this evening August 16, 2016, with geologist Jim Gross, who spoke on “The Floridan aquifer system, It’s not rocket science…really.” The lecture can […]
SCJB 20 in Gainesville broadcast the following news item on August 15, 2016. This shows Sierra Club organizer and OSFR member Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson speaking at the site of the gas pipe storage yard north of […]
Thanks to the legal challenges, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has yet to increase the amount of toxins in our drinking water, as they would like to do. Our mis-named “protection” agencies are driven […]
Here are some answers to the dilemma we face with our poorly managed springs: Stop the groundwater depletion and pollution at the source. Charge fees for groundwater and fertilizer use to discourage wasteful practices. Buy […]
Paul Brinkman of the Orlando Sentinel has written the following article about landowners being forced to give up their property under the guise of eminent domain. This is tragic and probably illegal, at least in […]
By approving more poisons in our water, the DEP is contributing to these health issues which seem to be even worse than we knew. Our greedy corporations apparently will not stop until our planet is […]
OSFR is dismayed and disappointed that the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) has gone forward with the issuance of a 404 permit for the Sabal Trail gas transmission pipeline, given the vast testimony of […]
Cris Curry writes in the Gainesville Sun: Army Corps of Engineers OKs permits for Sabal Trail in Florida Friday Posted at 10:58 AM Updated at 6:48 PM In north Florida, the pipeline will run through conservation areas, under […]
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