SRWMD, UF Partner On Snook Migration Study
We disagree with Mr. King’s statement below. Evidence suggests that the MFLs exist to permit his office to allow harmful impacts. If you don’t believe us, just compare river and spring flows now and […]
Florida Considers Seasonal Protections For Manatees
Florida will do just about anything to protect the manatee except what needs to be done. Scientists know that what needs to be done is to reduce nutrients in the water by controlling agriculture, urban […]
New Road Through This Florida State Forest Is an Idea Going the Wrong Way
Another of our state agencies, the Florida Department of Transportation wants to destroy rural Florida. Nothing in Florida is not for sale. Read the original article with photos here at Florida Phoenix. Comments by OSFR […]
Alachua County Needs an Environmental Champion to Stop Destructive Development
The usual greed coming from developers and the weaknesses of our too-often spineless leaders are now exacerbated by the soon-to-arrive influx of coastal residents displaced by rising seas. Development has always been a Florida problem […]
Amid a Massive American Clean Energy Shift, Grid Operators Play Catch-up
Environmentalists have been pushing for sustainable energy for decades and because climate change is now coming to the forefront, there is a comparative rush to switch over from fossil fuels. So much so that […]
Administration Awards Gulf of Mexico Drilling Leases To Oil Giants
Politics is all about compromise, but sometimes what is given up hurts. In this case it more threat to the Gulf of Mexico. One would think that after Deepwater Horizon no one would even think […]
The Sunshine State Is Becoming the Climate Emergency State
Of course, Florida has at least two environmental emergencies, climate change and the rapid disappearance of clean groundwater. By substituting “water” for “climate” in the quotes from the following article we see that we can […]
Nearly Half of Global Septic Systems Work Inadequately
As our toothless DEP has no stomach to take on agriculture, by far the biggest source of nutrient pollution in Florida, they are slowly and very slowly converting existing septic tanks to sewers. But at […]
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