Important Call, Important Meeting
A very important week is coming up as this is when the Legislature begins the new session. Right off the bat we have the Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee on Wed., Jan. 13 in the […]
Chicken Mess In South Columbia County
Stew Lilker’s Columbia County Observer recently ran the following article: South Columbia Cnty Residents vs. 1,000,000 Chickens in Their Backyards Posted January 06, 2016 01:25 am By Stew Lilker Thirty people from the area attended […]
The More We Learn, The Worse It Is
Toxins found in fracking fluids and wastewater, study shows January 7, 2016 by Michael Greenwood Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-01-toxins-fracking-fluids-wastewater.html#jCp In an analysis of more than 1,000 chemicals in fluids used in and created by hydraulic […]
Jean Wonser: Check county rules on factory farms
Environmental advocate Jean Wonser has written the op-ed seen below, which will appear in the Gainesville Sun on Sunday, January 10, 2016. Jean Wonser: Check county rules on factory farms Chickens huddle in their cages […]
Florida Springs Council Addresses Weak Water Bill
Much has been written lately about the water bills (SB 552, HB 7005) currently running their course in the Legislature and which are destined to pass because they favor industry and the heavy water users […]
Don’t Poison Our Drinking Water
On Dec. 27, 2015 the Bradenton Times published an article by John Rehill on aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) wells in Florida. ASR wells basically are used to inject surface water into the aquifer for […]
Administrative Hearing for Chicken Factory
The fight over the chicken factory near Fort White continues. The Gainesville Sun has an article by Cindy Swirko Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. OSFR has spent many hours exposing the incompetency of the several […]
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