Let’s keep our eye on “Streamsong.” My prediction is that this project may turn out to be the biggest Florida boondoggle in history – a private golf course resort for the 1% smack in the heart of the “Dead Zone.”
Merry Christmas All!
Mosaic hires PCL as general contractor for Streamsong
Tampa Bay Business Journal by Margaret Cashill, [...]

Uranium Mining – The Virginia Battleground – Environmental Concerns vs. Corporate Interests
Part Two
“Don’t let them get a foothold. They take over the politics. They take over the land. They take over the courts. They take over the environment. They’re like a cancer and can’t be stopped.”
Linda Young, director of the Clean Water Network of [...]

The Inside Story - 
EPA Resists Call To Halt Radiation Surveys
Posted: September 9, 2011
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is resisting GOP demands that the agency commit to halt aerial surveys that could inform a potentially precedent-setting cleanup of an area in central Florida where the agency fears that tens of thousands of people living on former phosphate [...]

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 [...]

Adam Cummings’ comments 2011 EPA Conference: Phosphate Mining and the Environment
http://protectpeaceriver.org/resources/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Altman-Recommended-Order.pdf
This document represents my recollection of my comments at the March 28 & 29 EPA Conference in Punta Gorda Florida on the “State of the Science on Phosphate Mining and the Environment” which I am submitting to become part of the public record as requested [...]

Corps to look at mining issues
http://www.polkcountydemocrat.com/articles/2011/03/16/business/doc4d812f39592c6581940970.txt
By BRIAN ACKLEY
Editor
Published:
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:01 PM EDT
Polk County isn’t the only public entity trying to take a long-range view of how mining operations may affect our area.
The Army Corps of Engineers, which must grant permits for phosphate mining operations largely because of water used to separate materials once [...]

EPA has released the speaker/topic schedule for their March 28-29 Conference to be held at Charlotte Harbor Event Center (75 Taylor Street) downtown Punta Gorda. Please check out this attachment…..
http://protectpeaceriver.org/resources/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/USEPA-Phosphate-Conference-agenda2.pdf

UNEP: Phosphorus and Plastic Pollute World’s Oceans
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2011/2011-02-17-02.html
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 17, 2011 (ENS) – Enormous amounts of the fertilizer phosphorus are discharged into oceans due to inefficiencies in farming and a failure to recycle wastewater, the United Nations Environment Programme warns in its 2011 Year Book released today.
An emerging concern over plastics pollution of the oceans [...]

State of the Science on Phosphate Mining and the Environment:
March 28-29, 2011
State of the Science on Phosphate Mining and the Environment
Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Charlotte County Event & Conference Center
75 Taylor St, Punta Gorda, FL
Monday-Tuesday, March 28-29, 2011 This State of the Science Conference aims to present current and detailed scientific [...]