Stop poisoning Florida’s waterways
Again, it’s a money issue. The FWC has stated that mechanical harvesting is used less for weed control because it is more expensive than chemicals. Our thanks to Andy Marlette and the Pensacola […]
‘Forever chemicals,’ other pollutants found around the summit of Everest
Just as plastics have reached the deepest recesses of the Earth in the Marianna Trench, now we see that chemicals which pollute our water and food have reached the highest and most remote areas. […]
There Are Massive Chemical Dumps In The Gulf We Know Almost Nothing About
This article is incredible and disgusting but not surprising and should demand immediate action from our lawmakers. The EPA and the companies must be held accountable and cleanup must be initiated as much as possible. […]
Injection Wells Explained, As Manatee County Approves Use At Piney Point
…all of these wells are permitted through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. And they also have monitoring wells that monitor the overlying potential drinking water aquifers to ensure that there is no contamination. They […]
To ‘The Fellowship of the Springs,’ Florida is selling out an environmental treasure
In this excellent piece, Oscar Corral documents very well just how Florida is killing its environmental treasure for money. The spokespersons for the state agencies whom he quotes here in this article have no […]
Neither the pope nor Rubio will save Florida’s waters
We can “support those measures that aid both our neighbors and the environment” but Munoz himself admits that these measures will fail when he writes: “Laws like the Clean Waterways Act of 2020 are […]
Why America’s water wars are futile: Cynthia Barnett
Cynthia Barnett has written Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-47211-563-1. Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis. Boston: Beacon Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-80700-317-6. Rain: […]
Study: More than half of Florida’s manatees have the herbicide glyphosate in their bodies
We seem to be doing our level best to assure that the manatee will not survive. Our agencies need to act and fast! “Manatees are Exhibit A that Florida’s waters are in crisis and […]
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