Endangered Rivers In 2024
Partially to blame for this is our corrupt Supreme Court, as outlined below. Their ruling limited the EPA’s protection of our rivers and aquifers.. Read the original article with many photos here at USA Today. […]
Titanium Wastewater Spill
Many are aware of a proposed Titanium mine threatening to operate on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. Recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stepped in to assert the water rights of the […]
Lawsuit Launched Over EPA’s Oversight Failure on Dangerous Phosphate Mining Waste
The Center for Biological Diversity has sent out the following press release. Toxic phosphate mining residue has been a problem for over 100 years in Florida. The industry has been unable to find a solution […]
Georgia Has No Right to Put Okefenokee At Risk
Things do not look good for the Twin Pines mining threat near the Okefenokee Swamp, as the State of Georgia has issued draft permits for this mining. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division is depl0ying a […]
More Confirmation That Twin Pines Is Not Fit to Mine Near Okefenokee
This latest findings by the State of Georgia further confirms what we have been saying for years: that Twin Pines is not competent to mine safely near the national treasure that is the Okefenokee Swamp. […]
Deep-sea Mining To Start In Norway
This new endeavor has many unknowns and remains a risk to the environment. We hope this does not become prevalent. It may be just one more way to destroy our planet. Read the complete article […]
World’s Biggest Polluters, Including USA, Drag Feet On Reducing Fossil Fuels
Money prevails and the fossil fuel lobby is strong. Read the complete article with photos here in the New York Times.Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: […]
Latest On The DEP’s Shameful Fiasco of Piney Point
Reading this article gives one the impression that the damage three years ago is the whole story of Piney Point. The devastation caused by this gypstack goes back years and has resulted in the death […]
Phosphate Industry Has Florida Lawmakers and Agencies In Its Pocket
For well over one hundred years, the phosphate industry in Florida has left its toxic waste scattered about in huge piles. The Florida taxpayer has been saddled with cleanup costs, and the marine life in […]
Millions of Rural Americans Rely on Private Wells. Few Regularly Test Their Water
We are not aware that Florida is among the many states which assist rural residents with well issues. What Florida does have are useless Basin Management Action Plans that do not even approach the solutions […]
Mosaic Buys DeSantis
Two hundred thousand dollars will work wonders in Tallahassee, as Mosaic found out (but already knew) after the State encouraged the company to double the size of its proposal to place radioactive material in […]
These Decision-Makers Oppose Mosaic’s Desperate Effort to Put Toxic Phosphogypsum In Roadbeds
In the article below there is a list of lawmakers, mayors, commission and council members who oppose Mosaic’s desperate attempt to diminish their garbage by putting it in public roads where it will leach […]