LNG company seeking approval for North Jacksonville production, shipping complex

February 18, 2017 Environmental Threats, Environmental Threats - Fossil Fuels, Other Environmental Threats 1 Comment

Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, sent this today. She is in the Jacksonville area speaking on this for the Sierra Club: Eagle LNG facility makes application in the JAX port area of north Florida for domestic […]

Intensive Agriculture Amendment, Lake City Commissioners

February 1, 2017 Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, THREATS, Water Quality Threats, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs), Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

On 1/30/2017 2:59 PM, Brandon Stubbs wrote the following email. On that day, Feb. 16, let us fill the seats to show our support. Come to School Board Administrative Complex Building, at 372 West Duval […]

Bureaucracy Is Last Barrier to Restoring Ocklawaha

December 11, 2016 Water Quality Threats, Environmental Threats, Federal Government Threats, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Ron Cunningham writes today, Dec. 11, 2016 in the Gainesville Sun. It seems lately we write so much about our government agencies who refuse to do their work. Go to this link for the entire […]

Breach That Dam

December 8, 2016 Water Quality Threats, Environmental Threats, Federal Government Threats, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Nathan Crabbe says we should get rid of the dam and let the Ocklawaha run free as nature made it to do. We think that is a good idea. Please go to this link to […]

Unauthorized Dam Is IllegallyTrespassing On Public Land

December 6, 2016 Environmental Threats, Federal Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Other Environmental Threats 10 Comments

* And the public (except for a few bass fishermen) wants it gone. Thanks to Florida Defenders of the Environment, maybe our non-feasing government will correct their error and tear it down. Another example of […]

Pinkwashing Hits a New Low

October 15, 2016 Environmental Threats, THREATS, Environmental Threats - Fossil Fuels, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Lindsey Abrams has published an article in Salon describing an oil company’s contribution to breast cancer awareness. Some might see some irony here since some fracking fluids are known carcinogens. Comments by OSFR historian Jim […]

Three more Valdosta wastewater overflows 2016-03-28

April 2, 2016 Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs), Local Government Threats, Other Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater 2 Comments

WWALS Coalition has posted the following article about more sewage going into the Suwannee River. John Quaterman writes: “And of course both the Withlacoochee and the Alapaha join the Suwannee River. Valdosta says there’s no […]

Aquifer Storage and Recharge at SRWMD 2016-2021

January 25, 2016 Environmental Threats, THREATS, Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs), State Government Solutions, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Events (Education), County Government Threats, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

If you continue reading below, you will see a proposed joint project with the two water management districts within which the Santa Fe River basin resides, SRWMD and SJRWMD. In sum, the project is to […]

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