LegislatorsTackle the Tide
The story continues, money spent, plans devised to treat symptoms, and the problem is not fixed and no one wants to address the causes. Play that violin. Play the same song. The “tackle” that […]
Hillsborough, Port Tampa Bay, Water Utility Seek Link Between Piney Point and Red Tide
“there is a preponderance of evidence, circumstantial evidence,” [that red tide is exacerbated by Piney Point’s polluted waters.] Knowing this is true, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection still has as their only solution to […]
Unless Farming Methods Change Radically, Florida’s Springs and Rivers Are Doomed
See the original article with photos here in the Gainesville Sun. It will appear in the hard copy Sunday, August 22, 2021. Unless farming methods change radically, Florida’s springs and rivers are doomed Jim Tatum Guest […]
Guest Opinion: Connecting the Dots for Restoring Florida’s Waters
Once again this is about Tallahassee taking away the citizens’ rights and the DEP as a destructive agency for our waters. This is about the DEP very carefully avoiding hitting the sources of pollution and […]
96,000 Norwegian Fish Die in Chlorine Leak–
This is but one of the reasons that we oppose aquaculture. Just as with mines, if you have aquaculture you will have accidents, and with accidents you have unexpected, negative results. Grieg Seafood said that, […]
Legislature’s Attempt to Thwart Amendments Flounders in Court
The unfortunate trend in Tallahassee is to take power from the people and put it in the state government. Happily, Judge Windsor, as seen below, ruled against DeSantis and those who would make it harder […]
Newark is Not Valdosta
Two years after Newark became the scene of one of the worst environmental disasters to strike an American city in decades, nearly all its 23,000 lead service lines, which had tainted the drinking water, […]
Statewide Survey: Most Floridians Want More Protection for the Environment and More Money to Protect Endangered Species
Florida panther. Credit: State Archives of Florida. Read the original article here in Florida Phoenix. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
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