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 [...]

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From: Frank Jackalone, Sierra Club
Date: Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Subject: A Polluter’s Dream
To: protectpeaceriver@gmail.com
Dear Dennis,
Tell Your Senator:
Protect Florida from Bad Development
This session of the Florida legislature has been a nightmare. Many bills dismantling environmental protections in Florida have been introduced, but one of the worst is a hodge-podge bill [...]

May 10, 2011 5:07 PM ET
PLYMOUTH, Minn., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Mosaic Company MOS today announced it will temporarily shut down its Louisiana operations due to the impact of the Mississippi River flooding on its electrical power supplies. Operations will resume when river water levels recede and conditions permit. The Company also [...]

http://news.ufl.edu/2011/05/11/water-purification/
UF researchers develop method to remove phosphate from water, using biochar
Filed under Environment, Florida, Research on Wednesday, May 11, 2011.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Phosphate poses one of Florida’s ongoing water-quality challenges but a process developed by University of Florida researchers could provide an affordable solution, using partially burned organic matter called biochar to remove the mineral.
The [...]

NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) – Fertilizer producer CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF.N) has benefited from rival Mosaic’s (MOS.N) legal troubles at a Florida phosphate mine expansion, CF’s CEO said on Tuesday.
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Last summer, the Sierra Club environmental group sued to stop Mosaic from expanding phosphate rock production at its mine in South Fort Meade, [...]

The document associated with the enclosed link below is the first of four submissions (comments) to the US Army Corps of Engineers for their consideration in the pending Area-wide Environmental Impact Study which I am distributing for everyone’s information. This particular document was drafted by Percy Angelo on behalf of Sierra Club et al, [...]

By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Saturday, June 4, 2011
http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/water/article1173511.ece
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Piney Point, the shuttered phosphate plant that once threatened to flood Tampa Bay with contaminated waste, is leaking again, and state officials are once again rushing to stop a potential disaster. Meanwhile, millions of gallons of potentially polluted water are flushing into the bay.
The [...]

http://www.theledger.com/article/20110608/NEWS/110609369?p=all&tc=pgall
More than 100 phosphate mining jobs are at stake in the dispute.
By Kevin Bouffard
The Ledger
Published: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10:35 p.m.
HAINES CITY | Environmental groups are taking another crack at getting a federal injunction to halt a Mosaic phosphate mine in Hardee County.
The Sierra Club and [...]

Note: One can only be astounded by the way Mosaic phosphate company conducts its business in Hardee County. The following headline article was published in our local newspaper The Herald Advocate.
Background: In August of 2008 at the time the Hardee County Commission issued a Development Order for the South Fort Meade Mine Extension an [...]

These five aerial photos of the S. Ft. Meade Mine Extension/Hardee
were taken on June 22 by an anonymous 3PR pilot.
Area One is the 200 acres conceded to Mosaic in settlement agreement
in exchange for 14.2 acres of bayhead wetlands and 26 acres pasture.
As an unintended consequence of this settlement Mosaic moved 2 draglines east of
jurisdictional wetlands [...]