DEP Misses Mark Intentionally
Here is a purely political and misleading statement from the DEP: “I think it’s easy for us to sometimes get trapped thinking that water-quality degradation is the challenge we’re facing, and I don’t think that’s […]
Task Force Farce
The Blue-Green Algae Task Force was window dressing concocted by Gov. DeSantis to pretend he was actually doing something about Florida’s water problems. These problems in large part were brought about by […]
Help Document North Central Florida’s Manatees
For many years the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department has been a role model for other counties and we salute their wisdom and foresight. Given that our shameless state has decided to forego the manatees’ […]
Piney Point Is a Case In Point
“Officials said in this instance the unease is misplaced.” The public has little reason to trust the officials, as they have deceived and failed to take proper precautions and failed to do their job. Piney […]
William McQuilkin: Restoring the Ocklawaha River Makes Good Business Sense, Too
One would have to dig deep into the barrel to find a good reason to overrule the legion of reasons to get rid of the Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha. The other necessary action to […]
Write Plain-English Rules to Save Florida’s Natural Springs | Editorial
The 2016 bill referred to below was the Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act and highly touted by legislators and Tallahassee decision makers, but not by environmentalists as said by David Simmons in this article: […]
Research Shows Link Between Toxic Algae, Lou Gehrig’s Disease
BMAA, which is the short form of the toxin β-methylamino-L-alanine was not found in Florida by the Arizona researcher, but was “…found in every one of 945 analyses done over five months by Calusa Waterkeeper […]
Florida Provides Only the ‘Illusion of Protection’ for Our Springs
Lu Merritt is too kind to our water agencies in this great op-ed. The term is “greenwashing” and Ron DeSantis is an expert at it. And those people in the agencies who want to keep […]
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