The Manatee River is going green. But it’s not a holiday, it’s algae
This is sickening. More so because it is man caused and we can stop it if we choose. Those who want to do nothing say it is a “natural phenomonon” and pretend to work on […]
Young Leaders for Wild Florida take on the proposed toll roads
Young Leaders for Wild Florida take on the proposed toll roads at the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council (NCFRPC) at their monthly meeting at Lake City on June 27, 2019. We have written two […]
Young Leaders for Wild Florida Fight Against Proposed Phosphate Mines
Young Leaders for Wild Florida is a group of Alachua Co. teenagers led by Oscar Psychas of Gainesville and hosted by Alachua Conservation Trust. Two issues they have been lobbying against this summer are the […]
Union County vs HPS II Hearing
Today, June 26, 2019, circuit judge Denise Ferrero of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida heard a motion made by Union County to dismiss the lawsuit by HPS II. The mine company is demanding nearly […]
Gov. DeSantis visits Stuart, announces plan to crack down on environmental crimes
Read the headlines and hope. Cracking down on environmental crimes sounds good, although the DEP will likely have a steep learning curve since they are in new ballfield. We can hope that the industrial polluters […]
REMINDER: Busy Wednesday, four important events (three at Rum 138)
Wed. June 26 is a busy day for OSFR members and advocates for the environment. Most important is the hearing in Lake Butler about the bully lawsuit by HPS II demanding nearly 300 million […]
Dan Peterson: Cleaning up septic systems shouldn’t be so costly
We are back to our perennial problem: The answer to the septic-system dilemma will remain complex and costly as long as legislators choose to ignore facts and information. The dilemma is our leadership void in […]
Ryan Smart: To fix Florida’s natural environment, fix our political environment
* Florida’s natural environment is collapsing because our political environment is broken. To fix one, we need to fix the other. Ryan Smart speaks the truth. The disaster that is the abuse of our environment […]
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