PALMETTO, Fla. — Years after a phosphate mine closed down near Port Manatee, state environmental regulators approved something they never wanted to do—the release of nearly 480-million gallons of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state has been riveted on the drama unfolding at the Piney Point phosphate mining site near Tampa Bay, but the state is ...

The major hurricane is projected to pass over the state’s largest concentration of fertilizer production facilities. Max Chesnes is the Tampa Bay Times' environment and climate reporter, covering ...

The letter was mailed Tuesday to the Environmental Protection Agency. They claim the regulatory agency failed to respond to a petition three years ago calling for a revision in federal rules ...

It’s been under two years since a mining-storage facility owned by HRK Holdings released more than 200 million gallons of toxic waste, phosphorous and nitrogen into Tampa Bay, fueling a red tide that ...

TAMPA, Florida — There is continued pushback over potential plans for development in Dover into the new year. Hillsborough County is in the process of deciding the fate of nearly 3,000 acres of land ...

A bill filed in the Florida Legislature could help shield owners of former phosphate mines from pollution liability, and critics say the bill’s text does not address important issues. House Bill 585 ...

This aerial view shows Mosaic's phosphogypsum stack in Riverview on Oct. 24. The company is looking to expand its footprint to the land in the foreground. ©Dirk Shadd The Tampa-based mining company ...

Creating three phosphate mines and expanding a fourth will destroy nearly 10,000 acres of wetlands and 50 miles of streams, causing a "significant impact," according to a study prepared to guide ...

There was a time, a dozen years ago, when you couldn’t turn on a TV in Florida without seeing an ad for the Mosaic Co. You’d see scenes of golden waves of grain and farmers tilling their crops, and ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Polk County resident has reached a confidential settlement with Drummond Co. Inc. based on claims that the Alabama-based mining operator failed to warn him about ...