Meeting On Suwannee River MFLs
Here is an announcement of our water district’s meeting to discuss the minimum flows and levels of the Middle and Upper Suwannee River. This is a process the District must go through so the public […]
Senate Saltwater Intrusion Study Bill Flows Out of Final Committee
Not only confined to Florida’s coasts, salt water intrusion is largely caused by over-pumping, a preventable cause exacerbated by Florida’s unlimited free-water-for-all pumping policy. Read the original article here in Florida Politics. Comments by OSFR […]
EPA Plan Would Impose Drastic Cuts on Power Plant Emissions by 2040
Good intentions and we are optimistic. Eventually it will happen in spite of the efforts of our biased, dysfunctional and corrupt Supreme Court. Read the complete article with photos here in the Washington Post. […]
Gainesville Solar Farm Gets Green Light From Commission
Although solar energy is something that we must incorporate into our culture, this Alachua County venue has a history of controversy. We disagree with Mayor Ward, the decision should should include concern for our planet, […]
Learn About Phosphorus Here
We also have a huge dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi, caused by farm fertilizer all the way up to the Midwest. In Florida we are fighting blue-green algae and exacerbated red tides. […]
U.S.A. vs. States in Water Ruling
Agriculture sees itself threatened by government restrictions and as a result of a lawsuit by 24 states, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the implementation of the Clean Water Rule. Read the complete article with […]
Tallahassee Working On Rising Seas
Although perhaps not thorough enough or fast enough, the Legislature is at least doing something about the fast-approaching crisis of rising seas. Read the complete article here in Florida Politics. Comments by OSFR historian […]
One More Thing You Can Count On
There are few things one can count on with certainty in this life besides death and taxes, but one of them is that our lawmakers will push laws written by polluters. Evidence of this is […]
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