Unfortunately, Florida is a state where the current decision-makers as to our environment–the governor, Legislation, DEP, water districts– as a rule care not about conserving or protecting our rivers, springs and aquifer. The people in […]
Misleading and outright false claims, sometimes called “greenwashing,” have been attributed to several environmentally-destructive corporations lately, including Mosaic, BlueTriton and Coca-Cola. Sadly, our DEP and water management districts are also among the greenwashing guilty. Anyone […]
Agencies whose duty it is to safeguard our drinking water have been overly slow to react to the threat of the forever chemicals. The federal EPA has deployed a too-slow response, triggering action by some […]
Few Florida Counties seem to be less caring of their environment than Manatee County. In the past they allowed the phosphate industry to rip up their land and leave a huge pile of radioactive waste […]
The shoe manufacturing company Wolverine Worldwide, has serious issues related to PFAs contaminating local water wells allegedly related to its plant. These are the “forever chemicals” which are very difficult to remove once contamination […]
United States and many other heavy-producing plastics countries try to skirt the issue by emphasizing recycling, innovation and better waste management instead of curtailing production. We know that those things are not effective in […]
Intense corn, wheat and soybean production in the Midwest has caused huge amounts of fertilizer to be carried down the streams and rivers to the Mississippi, and also to enter the groundwater. Excess nitrates are […]
As with red tide and toxic algae, excess nutrients are suspected as a cause in the recent huge masses of seaweed occurring in our oceans. Some of those come from Florida rivers and perhaps […]
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