GREENWASH Pure and Simple
The quick and easy answer to the following question is “distraction.” Two reasons: 1) people will not return the items for recycling, and 2) the plastics companies will not recycle because making new plastic is […]
Green Amendments & Hope For Florida
We have posted before on Maya Van Rossum and her work on amendments. Some time back Maya spoke to the local chapter of Sierra Club, Suwannee St. Johns Group in Gainesville. She is an enthusiastic […]
Bacteria Outbreak After Ian Tells a Scary Story About Florida’s Broken Sewage Systems
Florida’s sewage systems are often old and inadequate with spills commonplace. Many cannot accommodate heavy rains. Valves break, lines rupture, and way too often human incompetence is the cause. There are many examples of this […]
Vote to Save Our Springs
Environmental nonprofits statewide are the last defense against the rampant destruction of Florida’s natural environments. How true, sad, and infuriating is Dr. Knight’s statement above. That our state chooses to waste our taxpayer money […]
Help Protect the Ichetucknee River
Lu Merritt of the Ichetucknee Alliance has sent out the following letter. Please help if you are able. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it […]
Petition Against CAFOs to the EPA
OSFR has a long tradition of opposing CAFOs and also with working with Earthjustice. We fully support Earthjustice and this petition and proclaim that CAFOs are unethical and detrimental to our planet and its inhabitants, […]
Hearing of Appeal to Seven Springs Lawsuit Dismissal
About a year and a half ago OSFR, along with others including the Florida Springs Council, had a challenge to the infamous Seven Springs Water Company’s pumping permit dismissed by Administrative Law Judge Francine Ffolkes. […]
NOAA Scientist Now Working Directly for Offshore Aquaculture Company
Readers who follow our posts will know that we have written multiple times about the dangers of aquaculture. Those who have investigated this unfortunate activity also know that just as mines will have accidents, aquaculture […]
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