Iche Nippy Dip Day Come Celebrate Our Springs
A beautiful and invigorating tradition. Start the New Year with a great wake-up. The Springs await.
Joe Gruters files water quality bills ahead of session
This is a step in the right direction, although to believe that red tide and green algae are the only water problems we have in Florida is a huge mistake. Issuing withdrawal permits as our […]
Pretty Much What Everyone Knew
One more finger pointing to the main nitrate polluters in Florida, which are first agriculture and second septic tanks. Hopefully the new think tank at Mote Marine will be able to figure this out. When […]
St. Petersburg surpasses Valdosta
St. Petersburg is in the news again today. Not only did their water treatment plant control system malfunction, the alarms failed to perform as designed, allowing a spill of nearly ten thousand gallons. So now […]
Nearly 1 million gallons of wastewater spilled around Tampa Bay
Florida has an appalling number of sewage spills, daily throughout the state. We will have a post soon outlining some of recent ones. St. Petersburg is the number one offender in the state, and something […]
GARBAGE JUICE: Residents, officials oppose possible deep injection well
In order to save money, some people want to inject wastewater into the ground. Opponents are concerned that the well could impact the Floridan Aquifer, which is the main source of drinking water for Walton, […]
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018
* For all we are doing to slow global warming, it is not nearly enough. We are losing the battle. Read the original article here in the New York Times. Comments by OSFR historian Jim […]
Where is Pam Bondi?
There is absolutely no excuse for this. We do not have the right to torture and kill animals to pursue our greed to make more money for the already rich. We have a surplus of […]
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