Judge rules on Nestle Permit
The following statement explains recent happenings on the Seven Springs/Nestle permit. The judge’s document (about 44 pages) can be seen here at this link. DATE: January 21, 2021 FROM: Michael Roth, President of […]
Columbia County’s Legislative Delegation Gets a Visual: Bottled Water Is Also About the Bottles
OSFR’s board member Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson got her message across very effectively at the annual Delegation meeting Tues. Jan. 19, 2021 in Lake City. She wore a large collection of plastic water bottles made by Nestle […]
Send a postcard to the water district
We need your help! Write a postcard now, to Suwannee River Water Management District: SRWMD Board Members 9225 CR 49 Live Oak, FL 32060 Tell them to vote “NO” to the Seven Springs Water […]
Water plan stalls in Columbia County
A Department of Transportation toll road meeting shows a lot of plastic going into the soil. Kudos to Kent Wimmer for helping save the environment — shame on all the others. Photo by Jim Tatum […]
Another bottler wants area’s H2O
We should add that the 2035 plan for water use in the two water districts of Suwannee River and St Johns River shows a deficit for which the districts have no sustainable solution. It […]
Action Alert– Columbia Co. BOCC Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 STOP NIAGARA WATER BOTTLING
Columbia County Board of County Commission meeting will be discussing and possibly voting on the Belle Project (Niagara water bottling plant proposal). Niagara wants everything their way and lots of water. We don’t […]
Columbia County Econ Dev: Niagara Gets Thumbs Down
Columbia County certainly seems to have its challenges when it comes to leadership. Rather than worry about lost jobs, the county should be grateful that we are saving millions of gallons of potable […]
Public Interest Presentation Zoom Meeting REMINDER
Public interest has not been defined satisfactorily and many times incorrectly. It is refreshing to see the Army Corps use that term to deny the infamous Pebble Mine in Alaska. It is a powerful […]
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