Help Billie Jo to Help the Santa Fe River
In celebration of her birthday, Billie Jo Benedict has generated a fundraiser for Our Santa Fe River, Inc. with the funds designated for the legal fees to fight the Seven Springs Water […]
Win for the environment, defeat for Trump–
In a rare win for the planet, the U.S. Supreme Court, in this instance, ruled against the constant picking away at the protections for our environment by the current administration in Washington. The current president […]
Mine continues forward with controversy
According to Mark Lyons, who is interviewed for the Baker County Press, Twin Pines Minerals has reduced the area it wants to mine to about 800 acres, but covertly plans to expand once it […]
Ginnie Springs and Seven Springs Water Company: Profit ahead of the public good?
The answer to Mr. Pittman’s question in the title below is that “indeed it appears so.” Seven Springs Water Company wants to sell water out of a spring and river system that is already damaged […]
RIGHTS OF NATURE
Alexandra Sabo has given a good run-down of the Rights of Nature movement in Alachua County, and John Moran has contributed his usual outstanding photos. Now we await the 2020 Alachua County Charter Review Commission […]
We can’t afford to lose wetlands
The current administration running this country continues to chip away little by little to remove all the protections that we have for our environment. Tallahassee is a miniature copy of Washington, but perhaps exhibiting a […]
THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER TEN YEARS LATER
The damage done to the aquatic creatures by the BP oil spill is indescribable. The money paid by the oil company did not restore the life of a single creature, nor did it fix the […]
Good Report on Viruses In Our Springs, BUT we don’t want our water put in plastic or polluted with chicken offal, fertilizer or sewage.
Here we see that scientists looking for bacteria and virus communities in our aquifer were surprised at its purity, but also surprised at the amount of pollution in it, mainly from nitrates. Thinking about it, […]
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