Wes WolfeMay 5, 2023
6min0
'A lot of times, we have the privilege, once we flush the toilet, we don’t think about it again.'
Tag: St. Johns Riverkeeper
Wes WolfeMay 5, 2023Wes WolfeOctober 20, 2022
9min0
'In Central Florida, about 10 million gallons of sewage spilled into our tributaries.'
Wes WolfeAugust 22, 2022
7min0
Along with 30% renewables by 2030, Renew Jax seeks 5% rooftop solar by that time.
Wes WolfeAugust 10, 20226min0
JEA CEO Jay Stowe indicated he is also looking out for the number of people employed at the station.
Associated PressJanuary 15, 2021
6min489
Groups claim Florida would accelerate wetlands destruction.
Guest AuthorSeptember 5, 2017
5min244
Our Florida elected legislators are coming back to Tallahassee this month to begin deliberating the public’s business. In legislative committee meetings, they will start deciding which issues will become priorities for the official 60-day 2018 legislative session that begins in January. One question all citizens should be asking our lawmakers: Will they once again blatantly […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 11, 2017
2min278
While Jacksonville and Northeast Florida politicians are excited by the fact that, at long last, federal and state resources are manifesting to dredge the St. Johns River, a note of caution continues to be sounded by the St. Johns Riverkeeper — which is less sanguine about the proposed dredge of the river to a 47 […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 20172min280
The long-awaited dredging of the St. Johns River to 47 feet near JAXPORT delights most politicians, yet appalls the St. Johns Riverkeeper. On Thursday, the Riverkeeper decried the “deep dredge runaround” of late from pro-dredging forces in the press. The press release describes dredging advocates as “frustrated by the lack of funding support” for the […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2017
2min189
Compounding questions and attendant uncertainty about the dredging of the St. Johns River to deepen the channel for JaxPort was a legal challenge filed Friday in federal court. The St. Johns Riverkeeper filed for declaratory and injunctive relief against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, attempting to stop the 7 foot deepening of the 13 […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 24, 2017
4min276
It’s been a rough couple of news cycles for Senate Bill 10, with a Republican U.S. Senator and the St. Johns Riverkeeper mounting opposition to the Lake Okeechobee reservoir measure. The bill filed by Fleming Island Republican Sen. Rob Bradley would bond money backed with Amendment 1 funds to purchase land south of the lake for water storage. The […]