The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food
A new way of looking at food costs includes adding in the cost on the environment for making the food product. Beef, for example, is very damaging to the environment to produce because of the […]
Our Taste for Flesh Has Exhausted the Earth
This is an excellent article about lab-grown meat. It is a fact we cannot sustain the current meat production in the world simply because we do not have enough water to grow feed for […]
When Springs Reverse
Why do springs ‘brown-out’ during and after floods? During high water events, spring flow can come to a stop causing a ‘brown-out,’ or a flow reversal into the aquifer. Rum Island after tropical storm Debbie […]
HRK Holdings Gets Lashed With Wet Noodle, DEP Home Free
So Piney Point is back in the news. HRK gets a token fine while DEP, also accountable, gets nothing. “The court’s ruling exposes the reckless gamble Florida regulators took by letting this toxic waste facility […]
U.S. Fails To Keep Promise On Methane
Read the original article here in the New York Times. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum […]
EPA Map Showing Pollutants
The EPA has sent the following tool to indicate pollutants in our water. Although somewhat quirky, the map reveals areas across the nation. The Water Quality Indicators (WQI) is a screening tool that makes it […]
More Bad News On Plastics
We seem to be far behind the envelop when it comes to eliminating plastic food wrap and containers with no solution in sight. Read the original article here in the Washington Post. Comments by OSFR […]
Yes, Florida Is Running Out Of Water
Well, we don’t exactly want to say “duh……………….” but anyone who has read between the lines and not swallowed the State’s greenwash and deliberate disinformation on water projections will know that our current water […]
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