More On Acquaculture

November 21, 2023 Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Aquaculture can and has caused many environmental and biological problems. Taking if offshore is no solution, but using tanks on land will eliminate some of the problems. More plant-based foods is a better solution and […]

Manatee County Is Challenged For Its Irresponsible Actions

November 19, 2023 Environmental Threats - Development, Water Quality Threats - Deep Injection Wells, County Government Threats, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Few Florida Counties seem to be less caring of their environment than Manatee County. In the past they allowed the phosphate industry to rip up their land and leave a huge pile of radioactive waste […]

Human-caused Excess Nutrients Feed Seaweed

November 7, 2023 Environmental Threats - Climate Change, Environmental Threats - Development, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

As with red tide and toxic algae, excess nutrients are suspected as a cause in the recent huge masses of seaweed occurring in our oceans. Some of those come from Florida rivers and perhaps […]

Coca Cola Breaks Promises

November 6, 2023 Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

The following was sent to me from The Story of Stuff. This group is very active in working to save our planet, and we enthusiastically support them, and that is why we are passing this […]

New Book Outlines the Dangers of Over-use of Fertilizers

October 30, 2023 Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Dan Egan is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. A two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Los Angeles Times […]

Reduced River Flow Must Bring Consequences

October 29, 2023 Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

In Florida our DEP shows little fear of reducing our springs’ and rivers’ Minimum Flows and Levels (MFLSs) and they do it all the time. Little by little they find some type of justification, usually […]

A Construction Landfill in Archer Faces Another Hazardous Waste Violation After 36 Years of Business

October 24, 2023 Water Quality Threats - Chemicals, Environmental Threats - Development, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

It seems that Watson C&D has not been able to provide any acceptable reasons for their habitual non-compliance. Thanks to Kristin Rubin for this link. Read the original article with photos here at WUFT. […]

Same Sad Story in Manatee County

October 9, 2023 County Government Threats, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

The following article in the Bradenton Harold relates the sad and shameful meeting of the Manatee County Commissioners who railroaded new regulations geared to a developer’s dream and which may inflict serious damage to that […]

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