The following article appeared in the Lake City Reporter on Dec. 16, 2016, and refers to an action by the Columbia County Commissioners, who drafted a letter opposing the Bradford/Union counties proposed phosphate mine. OSFR […]
Six mine opponents were present at the Bradford commissioners meeting tonight, Dec. 15, 2016, and two spoke against it. Courtney Snyder gave a sincere and impassioned plea to the commissioners, and your historian pointed out […]
The Bradford Board of County Commissioners met Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 and undertook as their first task the swearing in of two new commissioners and the re-instating of one. Chris Dougherty of District 3 and […]
“…the Agency [EPA] spent nearly $1.1 billion on response and cleanup actions on hardrock mining and mineral processing sites.” The following bulletin could be good news for Florida and those fighting the proposed HPS mine. […]
* “After testing more than 1,300 wells, we have good assurance there’s been no off-site impact.” Mosaic employee Herschel Morris, vice president of operations. However, many nearby residents believe that poisons going directly into the […]
photo by ABC News “DEP does not believe gyp stacks are a concern given that DEP has rules and permit requirements in place to evaluate geology.” According to the article below, this statement is from […]
The question: “Where does all that radioactive waste go?” “The idea of 40 more years of mining in central Florida is revolting,” said Jacki Lopez, staff attorney and director of the Center for […]
On Nov. 17, 2016, OSFR is on the agenda of the Columbia Co. Board of County Commissioners. We plan to request that the commissioners draft a letter supporting Alachua County in their opposition to […]
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