/tags/phosphate phosphate en-US WLRN Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:53:58 GMT /environment/2024-02-14/florida-environmental-groups-phosphate-mining-fertilizer Several environmental groups say they plan to sue the federal government for failing to regulate waste produced by phosphate mining. The move comes after they had asked the feds to toughen industry standards. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:53:58 GMT /environment/2024-02-14/florida-environmental-groups-phosphate-mining-fertilizer Steve Newborn /environment/2023-07-04/price-of-plenty-seeding-research-environment Critics warn against industry-driven environmental research agendas in Florida. Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:04:11 GMT /environment/2023-07-04/price-of-plenty-seeding-research-environment Fernando Figueroa, Serra Sowers /environment/2023-07-03/florida-phosphate-mines-hurricanes-environment How vulnerable are the southeast’s phosphate plants, mines and mountains of waste to stronger rains and hurricanes? Mon, 03 Jul 2023 19:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-07-03/florida-phosphate-mines-hurricanes-environment Alan Halaly /environment/2023-06-30/florida-phosphate-industry-fertilizer-history Abundant phosphate reserves made the Sunshine State a key player in the global fertilizer industry — leading to both riches and sacrifices. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:00:26 GMT /environment/2023-06-30/florida-phosphate-industry-fertilizer-history Julia Cooper | Fresh Take Florida /environment/2023-04-19/a-deep-well-injection-could-herald-the-end-of-spills-from-the-piney-point-phosphate-plant The digging of a deep well at the troubled Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee County has been completed. Now, workers are injecting 1 million gallons of polluted water deep underground, every day. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-04-19/a-deep-well-injection-could-herald-the-end-of-spills-from-the-piney-point-phosphate-plant Steve Newborn /environment/2023-03-01/bills-would-allow-radioactive-byproducts-of-phosphate-mining-in-road-bed-test-projects The mining industry has been searching for ways to reduce the size of gypstacks, such as the one at Piney Point that leaked into Tampa Bay in 2021. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:30:00 GMT /environment/2023-03-01/bills-would-allow-radioactive-byproducts-of-phosphate-mining-in-road-bed-test-projects Steve Newborn /news/2022-04-06/now-that-its-closing-officials-are-looking-to-the-future-of-piney-point A year ago, 215 million gallons of wastewater poured from the troubled Piney Point phosphate plant into Tampa Bay’s waters — a long-feared disaster come true. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:47:41 GMT /news/2022-04-06/now-that-its-closing-officials-are-looking-to-the-future-of-piney-point Bailey LeFever /local-news/2021-06-16/history-of-phosphate-mining-in-florida-fraught-with-peril In the first segment of our ongoing series on phosphate mines, WUSF reports on the long, tangled history of Florida's phosphate mines and the environment. Thursday, we take a look at the one company that's still mining phosphate in Central Florida. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:23:21 GMT /local-news/2021-06-16/history-of-phosphate-mining-in-florida-fraught-with-peril Steve Newborn /news/2021-05-19/environmental-groups-file-suit-over-piney-point-discharges-into-tampa-bay Piney Point's owner is among the targets of the lawsuit, which seeks a full cleanup and closure of the former phosphate plant. Wed, 19 May 2021 11:04:56 GMT /news/2021-05-19/environmental-groups-file-suit-over-piney-point-discharges-into-tampa-bay Steve Newborn /news/2021-04-07/scientists-monitor-water-quality-near-piney-point-leak-as-threat-of-algal-blooms-remains Officials say the wastewater being released into Tampa Bay is not radioactive but it does contain a lot of nutrients that can fuel algal blooms. Scientists say it will take time to see if damage occurs. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:47:18 GMT /news/2021-04-07/scientists-monitor-water-quality-near-piney-point-leak-as-threat-of-algal-blooms-remains Stephanie Colombini