Quite a few Florida legislators have blatantly thumbed their noses at the constituents who put them in their jobs, playing God and indulging in self-serving whims and various forms of self gratification. We are talking, […]
Many of our readers know Whitey Markle, as he has appeared before our board and many meetings and advocacy events fighting common causes with Our Santa Fe River, Sabal Trail, fracking, the phosphate mine, and […]
The following is a FaceBook posting. The idea that nature can have rights just as corporations is gaining ground. There are examples in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oklahoma, India, and New Zealand (see this link in […]
As we have said earlier (see “Rainbow River MFLs challenged,”) it is disheartening to witness our state agency which is supposed to protect our springs and river work so hard to destroy them. They […]
Join the Florida Springs Institute for an in-depth course on Florida springs for all backgrounds. Held from July 25th-28th in Ocala, the Springs Field School explores topics on springs ecology, water use, pollution […]
The state needs more than voluntary practices to control pollution from agricultural operations and more aggressive steps to prevent pollution from home septic tanks and fertilizer. As long as our state continues to pussyfoot around, […]
John Quarterman, Suwannee RiverKeeper, has sent the following notice about the meeting of the Florida Task Force for the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council with the Valdosta authorities. Escaping sewage from Valdosta has […]
Whitey Markle, who is chair of the Suwannee St. Johns Group of the Sierra Club in Florida, has written the following article in the Group’s July newsletter. In this article he gives his assessment […]
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