Senator Bob Graham
The following was sent by Ryan Smart of the Florida Springs Council, who speaks for all of us. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, […]
Governance, Legislation, & Regulations (Solutions)
More Good Reasons For Solar Energy
Common sense prevails here. Also, anothera huge benefit from solar is that solar panels occupying a landscape is infinitely better than development. Read the original article here at the Cool Down. Thanks to […]
New Science On Florida Environmental Threats
Although Florida’s leadership avoids offending key polluters and deliberately fails to target the sources, having good science cannot but help in the long run. Read the complete article with photos and videos here in […]
Koch Industries May Pose New Risk of Plastic Pollution And The Environment
Solving threats to the environment will surely become more difficult with billionaire backing of industry by the Koch Industries. Read the original article here in The New York Times. Comments by OSFR historian […]
Hooray for Orange County!
Great news from Orange County about more protection for the all-important wetlands. This in spite of those who would destroy them for personal profit. Environmental groups such as the Sierra Club and St Johns […]
More Than $13 Million in Springs Restoration Project Funding Announced for North Florida
Especially good in this message is the land acquisition part because these are funds that go to helping our environment and conserving our rivers and springs. Of course, the wastewater and wetlands improvements are […]
Tallahassee Fails Its Citizens
None of the reasons for this botched federal gift puts Tallahassee in a favorable light. Lack of leadership? What else is new? Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like […]
A Great Example of What County Commissioners Can Do
Sometimes local leadership identifies a need and takes the initiative and acts. Such is the laudable case at hand when the Miami-Dade County Commission tackled the problem of septic tanks by forcing change. Unfortunately, with […]
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