Tag: phosphate-mining
-
Gov. Scott’s blind trust and a company with a massive pollution problem
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org When Gov. Rick Scott put $133 million of his assets into a blind trust two years ago, he included his shares of Mosaic, owner of the Central Florida fertilizer plant where 215 million gallons of contaminated wastewater recently drained into an aquifer that provides drinking water for millions of Floridians.
-
EPA abandons major radiation cleanup in Florida, despite cancer concerns
By Douglas P. Guarino Center for Public Integrity The Environmental Protection Agency is walking away after a decades-long battle with Florida politicians and industry officials over cleaning up phosphate-mining waste in an area that could expose more than 100,000 residents to cancer-causing radiation levels.