Disappointment reigned in Tallahassee today when the Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee met to debate and vote on HB 191, the bill written by the petroleum industry to promote fracking. So confident were the […]
Bob Palmer sent out the following update on the pending water bills now making their way through the Legislature: TO: Members, FL Springs Council FROM: Bob Palmer, Chair of the FSC Legislative Committee […]
The climate is in the news. Yes, it has been since the water dried up in California and the tide began washing the streets of Miami. But now even more, as countries from around the […]
The Gainesville Sun has published an editorial Nov. 25 about the inexplicable actions of the DEP. Even more strange is the fact that the state has already spent millions on restoring this spring, and […]
Unwanted Chicken Farm Prompts Land Regulation, Environmental Concerns By Shayna Tanen November 24, 2015 Environment One month after a controversial chicken farm was brought to the attention of Columbia County commissioners, residents are still waiting […]
OSFR Policy Director Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson speaks out on WCJBTV about the chicken factory being constructed near Fort White. There were already many concerns that it is situated atop the Floridan aquifer in a high […]
Barbara Llewellyn has kindly given us permission to publish the following article by Celeste Rubanick, which appeared in the November edition of The Observer. OSFR thanks her, Celeste and the anonymous typist. Residents: Chicken […]
Below is an article by WWALS about the continued contamination of the Suwannee River upstream from the mouth of the Santa Fe. This has been an on-g0ing problem for years, and in the past has […]
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