ACTION ALERT: Tell EPA to pass strong new regulations on oil dispersants
EARTHJUSTICE ACTION ALERT: Almost 2 million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants were dumped in the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 BP drilling disaster, to ”clean up“ the oil spill. Yet five years later, it’s clear that the chemicals didn’t get rid of the oil. Instead, they pushed much of it down under the surface, […]
Oil’s Well: Study Says Algae-Based Biofuels Can Be Grown From Municipal Wastewater
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – April 2, 2015 20:26 EST HOUSTON, Texas — In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels, Rice University scientists found they could easily grow high-value strains of oil-rich algae while simultaneously removing more than 90 percent of nitrates […]
2015 Blue Vision Summit
Blue Vision Summits bring ocean conservation leaders together every two years to network, build the blue movement and meet with the Administration and Congress to restore the blue in our red, white and blue. This spring some 500 people from local, regional and national groups, scientists, explorers and others will attend the Summit […]
Rally in Tallahassee Tells Legislators “We Want Clean Water”
(Tallahassee, FL) –Wednesday, February 18, 2015 About 300 people gathered at the Historic Capitol to support clean water in Florida and to tell legislators that they “WE WANT CLEAN WATER” and the best way to get it is to “BUY THE LAND”. Chants of “Amendment 1 Is […]
Clean Water Supporters Gather in State Capitol
Fe. 18, 2015. http://www.wjhg.com TALLAHASSEE– Water quality legislation will be at the forefront of the 2015 legislative session, and voters who made sure there would be conservation money in place want lawmakers to know they can't spend it any way they want. Chanting and holding signs with demands for lawmakers, conservationists and clean water […]
Water Rally on the Steps of the Capitol
By: Capitol News Service February 18, 2015 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Water quality legislation will be at the forefront of the 2015 legislative session. Voters who made sure there would be conservation money in place now want lawmakers to know they can’t spend it any way they want. Chanting and holding signs with demands for lawmakers, […]
Nobody wants dirty water, says House Speaker in response to Amendment 1 rally
By Bruce Ritchie on February 19, 2015 As hundreds of environmentalists gathered for a rally outside of the Capitol on Wednesday, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli fired back that nobody “wants us to have dirty water.” About 400 people attended the rally for clean water and Amendment 1, the water and land conservation funding initiative […]
Environmental Groups ‘Rally In Tally’ To Talk Amendment 1 Spending
By Katie Campbell on February 18th, 2015 . WUFT News UPDATE: Amendment 1 supporters boarded their buses back home from the “Rally in Tally” around 5 p.m. after a long day of discussions. Maryvonne Devensky, a member of the Sierra Club out of the Suwannee-St. Johns area, said the rally was a success, but the […]
Study associates 3-year pattern of Gulf of Mexico bottlenose dolphin deaths with BP oil spill
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune February 12, 2015 A new peer-reviewed study of deaths of bottlenose dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico finds the highest number of animal strandings and deaths between 2010 and early 2013 occurred in areas most impacted by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including Barataria Bay and other […]
Moving Lake Okeechobee Water South
A new online interactive map tracks the weekly amount and movement of water south out of Lake Okeechobee as well as updates on the storage capacity of major storage areas. To help reduce freshwater releases to South Florida's estuaries during the 2014 wet season, South Florida Water Management District operations moved approximately 339 billion gallons […]