Water Coalition places ‘slime’ billboards along I-75
By Virginia Chamlee | 12.07.11 | 12:48 pm

One of the Florida Water Coalition billboards (Pic by Florida Water Coalition)
The Florida Water Coalition, a group that recently filed a petition against the state’s recently drafted water rules, has put up two billboards in an effort to “educate Floridians and [...]

This message is being distributed on behalf of John Fellows/USACE :
To all parties interested in the Areawide EIS for Continued Phosphate Mining in the Central Florida Phosphate District:
Updates have been posted to the project website for the AEIS – see http://www.phosphateaeis.org/project_updates.html
These updates include the Scoping report and associated comments, updates on some [...]

EPA, GOP In ‘Head-To-Head’ Fight Over Residential Radiation Standard
Posted: July 8, 2011
A group of Republican congressmen from Florida are battling EPA over whether the agency should survey parts of the state where it fears tens of thousands of people living on former phosphate mines may be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation, with the lawmakers [...]

http://www.thebradentontimes.com/news/2011/04/30/environment/ecology_party_alleges_major_conflict_of_interest_with_army_corps_of_engineers_phosphate_mining_eis_contractor/
Ecology Party Alleges Major Conflict of Interest with Army Corps of Engineers’ Phosphate Mining EIS Contractor
The Bradenton Times
Published Saturday, April 30, 2011 2:00 am
by Ecology Party of Florida
JACKSONVILLE – The Ecology Party of Florida has discovered a direct conflict of interest with CH2M Hill, the engineering firm awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army [...]

This email was sent to me today by environmental activist, John Rehill, of Duette, FL. Note the before/after photographs of Bartow’s Kissengen Springs (embedded in his message)….
Army Corps of Engineers wants phosphate mining comments
The Bradenton Herald 4-12-2011
MANATEE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting public comments on what should be included in an [...]

Public Scoping Meeting for Areawide Environmental Impact Statement in the Central Florida Phosphate District
Subject: Public Scoping Meeting for Areawide Environmental Impact Statement in the Central Florida Phosphate District
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:39:47 -0600
From:
To:
On behalf of the AEIS Team, good afternoon!
The two public scoping meetings for the referenced Areawide EIS which are scheduled [...]

Manasota-88 files concerns to FDEP on local phosphate mine
By GRACE GAGLIANO – ggagliano@bradenton.com
MANATEE — A local environmental protection organization has filed a six-page letter to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection outlining its concerns with Mosaic’s Wingate mine.
The letter filed by Manasota-88 to the FDEP is in response to Mosaic’s request to obtain extended mining [...]

I stumbled across this website in my online research. It has numerous photographs of our new governor in the header at the top of the page….
The Florida Phosphate Committee of Continuous Existence
http://floridaphosphatecce.com/about.htm
In late November 1979, the Florida Phosphate Committee of Continuous Existence (FPCCE) was organized to encourage phosphate industry participation in government and key political [...]

Governor-Elect Rick Scott Names Herschel Vinyard as Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Brian Burgess January 3, 2010 [...]

2008 Rate of Reclamation Report