EPA Delivers Results On PFAS Action Plan
This article was written when EPA pick Andrew Wheeler was still in office. His record for the environment is so poor that we can only wonder as to the sincerity and intent […]
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One-third of America’s rivers have changed color since 1984–
We don’t just have a problem in Florida, we have a world-wide problem of polluting the planet we live on. It is a growing problem and one that will rise up and strike us one […]
High Springs mayor talks about water
Frazier described the Town of Fort White as being in ‘Springs Heaven’ with the town in the vicinity of several springs. “There are springs all around us and you would think this area here would […]
Tubing plan only part of saving Ichetucknee
This is a right step to improve the health of the river. It also needs help to restore its reduced flow and nitrate pollution. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is […]
FL sacrificed a river to get paper mill jobs. The deal really stunk.–
…the waste the company was dumping seeped into the aquifer instead of flowing to the gulf. The pollution then came back up in people’s drinking wells. State officials called it the most widespread groundwater pollution […]
Over-pumping groundwater has many ripple effects, all bad.
The main point of this article is that over-pumping of groundwater has had major effects on wildlife, and our water agencies know better but continue to give more pumping permits. Ill-thought-out development, bought-and-paid-for politicians, the […]
Hillsborough County achieves Platinum LEED certification, first in Florida third in nation
No this is not the Santa Fe River nor even is it Alachua County, but the City Tampa and Hillsborough County have the leadership required to merit this designation, third in the nation and […]
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