Phosphate mining in Florida. By Jaclyn Lopez (used with permission). Four environmental groups have put the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on notice that they’ll sue if the Corps follows through with ...

An early phosphate mine in the Bone Valley region of Central Florida. (Photo via Florida State Archives) When I was a kid growing up in Pensacola, I’d come home from school and immediately turn on ...

TALLAHASSEE — A coalition of groups Tuesday moved toward filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the regulation of phosphate-industry waste that the groups say poses ...

As Hurricane Milton makes its way across Florida, the state faces not only powerful winds and heavy rainfall but also the threat of hazardous waste from its phosphate fertilizer industry. With winds ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry, more than 1 billion tons in "stacks" that resemble enormous ponds, are at risk for leaks or other ...

On Sunday, the state of Florida began pumping millions of gallons of radioactive contaminated wastewater into Bishop Harbor, an ecologically sensitive inlet connecting to Tampa Bay. This was done to ...

Florida quickly became the biggest phosphate producer in the world, a virtual one-state OPEC of fertilizer. Florida now supplies 80 percent of the national demand and 25 percent of the world demand ...

The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry, more than 1 billion tons in “stacks” that resemble enormous ponds, are at risk for leaks or other contamination when Hurricane ...