Water Pollution puts Floridians At Risk of Severe Health Problems
Citizens pay the price of dirty water. Read the complete article here in the Tampa Bay Times. Water pollution puts Floridians at risk of severe health problems Chemicals foul wells used for drinking water and […]
Litigation Involving Mosaic
After development, phosphate mining is the industry most destructive to the environment. It leaves the land virtually useless and adds tons of waste piled high in mounds called gypstacks. Read the complete article here in […]
Mosaic Wants to Expand Gypstack.
After development, the industry in Florida most destructive to the environment is mining, especially phosphate mining. Since the waste which remains after processing the phosphate is radioactive and thus toxic, the accumulated waste cannot be […]
Trump Denies Climate Change
There is no doubt as to the mindset of our “leadership” in Washington. Neither is there much hope for sustainable energy in our nation until there is a change there. Read the original article here […]
Deep Well Injections
OSFR has long opposed injection wells to dispose of waste water. This is akin to the easy solution of dumping garbage into a river so that is disappears. Manasota-88 lists many good reasons for not […]
DEP Treats Chemours With Kid Gloves
Chemours has long been a repeat violator of mining rules and polluter of downriver water ways and wetlands. Their issues date back decades, having been put under a consent order by the DEP in 1997 […]
Health Risks of Phosphate Mining
Health risks are a big part of the negative aspects of phosphate mining. Manasota-88 has outlined some of these in the newsletter below. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like […]
Good News From Trail Ridge
OSFR has spent a lot of time and driven many miles opposing this risky mining operation by a company unprepared for safe mining operations. This land purchase is a victory for the Wildlife Refuge, but […]
More From ManaSota-88
After development, the phosphate industry is the most destructive to the environment. The concerned citizens of ManaSota-88 point out the need for an update of the Environmental Impact Statement. We support the good work of […]
Phosphate Mining Health Impacts, From ManaSota-88
The State of Florida traditionally has given the phosphate industry special treatment in spite of its destructive impact on the environment. ManaSota-88, as well as OSFR, has long-opposed the industry. OSFR was instrumental in thwarting […]
Help Needed to Stop Chemours and Twin Pines
Chemours and Twin Pines Minerals are both companies which put money over ethics and the environment. They have been cutting corners and ignoring mining regulations for many years, and have received rare fines and admonishments […]
More Special Treatment for Mosaic
Craig Pittman, our favorite satirist, writes about Mosaic and the taxpayer subsidies and special treatment it enjoys by the State of Florida. Tallahassee has sometimes pointed the finger at the phosphate industry when the DEP, […]