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The More We Learn the Worse It Gets

After an inexcusable time of inaction, perhaps our government is finally beginning to begin meaningful regulation. Read the original article here in EchoWatch. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like […]

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marlettemanateedeaths In: Manatees Need Our Protection ... From Us | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Manatees Need Our Protection … From Us

  What we would have liked to have seen in this carefully-worded-not-to-offend editorial is a call for funding to stop the pollution points that are killing the manatee food and thus the manatees.  Funding is […]

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Study Suggests Hydraulic Fracturing Can Impact Surface Water Quality–

Advocates opposing fracking will read this title and go “Duh…………….!”  They have been saying precisely this for many years.  Saying it to county commissioners, legislators and anyone who will listen. Now we see this in […]

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frackingflorida In: Earthquakes on Record-Breaking Pace in U.S. Shale, Study Finds | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Earthquakes on Record-Breaking Pace in U.S. Shale, Study Finds

Now established as fact and associated with fracking.  The process water stays there as a poisonous legacy of our greed and stupidity for years to come as we continue to work towards making Earth uninhabitable. […]

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roundup3FI In: Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, Including Roundup, From U.S. Home and Garden Market | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, Including Roundup, From U.S. Home and Garden Market

  This is significant for human health and the environment, but the product will still be used for farming.  We need glyphosate banned world-wide. Read the complete article here in EchoWatch. Comments by OSFR historian […]

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drinkingwater public domain In: U.S. House Expects To Vote Next Week On Expanding PFAs Regulations On Toxic Chemicals In Drinking Water-- | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

U.S. House Expects To Vote Next Week On Expanding PFAs Regulations On Toxic Chemicals In Drinking Water–

We would hope that our political parties could overcome their petty self interests long enough to  see the value of these regulations and work together for the good of our health. Read the original article […]

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florida fracking ban In: E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show-- | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show–

  Our backyard neighbor Chemours participates in this deadly destruction, read below.  This is another example of our “protective” agency protecting a polluting industry instead of the people. And the more we learn, the worse […]

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