The latest newspaper to run OSFR’s anti-fracking editorial is the Gainesville Sun, where it appeared today, January 5, 2015. OSFR is pleased that so many newspapers have chosen to help distribute information about […]
The Ocala Star Banner today, January 4, 2015 has published the opinion editorial “Fears Over Fracking,” by OSFR president Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and historian Jim Tatum. The article can be read in its entirety at this […]
OSFR’s guest editorial “Viewpoint: New interest in state’s oil and gas,” appeared today, Jan. 3, 2015 in the Pensacola News Journal. (Photo: Food & Water Watch) Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” is an oil-drilling technique where sand, water and […]
Dr. Robert Knight of the Howard T. Odom Florida Springs Institute announced today the recent formation of a new Florida Springs Council, composed of representatives from seven major Florida water advocacy groups. These are Friends of Warm […]
OSFR as an organization will be on the agenda of the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners at the Jan. 15 meeting, requesting that the commission enact an ordinance which bans all forms of fracking […]
Jim Turner has published an article in The News Service of Florida , about a possible 5-year plan to deploy the funds generated by the new Amendment 1, voted into law last November. This article has […]
The St. Augustine Record has published the anti-fracking op-ed by OSFR today, December 27, 2014 in the guest editorial section. The article can be read at this link. OSFR thanks Jim Sutton and the Record […]
The Suwannee Democrat in Live Oak, FL has published the guest editorial written by President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and OSFR historian Jim Tatum. The editorial outlines the threat of hydraulic fracturing or fracking, a growing danger […]
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