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A gypstack rises in Bartow, Fla., one of two dozen such stacks across the state that hold phosphogypsum waste, a radioactive byproduct of the industry. Researchers at the University of Florida, ...

Phosphate companies stack phosphogypsum — radioactive waste that contains uranium, thorium and radium and emits the carcinogen radon — into mountains of industrial waste. Whether it’s those “gypstacks ...

Phosphogypsum could clear another hurdle toward being recycled in roads instead of piling up in gypstacks if bills introduced in the Florida legislature gain passage. A pair of companion House and ...

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 ...

As Hurricane Milton makes its way across Florida, the state faces not only powerful winds and heavy rainfall but also the threat of hazardous waste from its phosphate fertilizer industry. With winds ...

Conservation groups across the Southeast United States are urging Gov. DeSantis to veto a bill allowing radioactive fertilizer waste in road construction across the state. The bill passed by ...

Replacing carbon-emitting gas-powered cars with EVs requires whittling away EVs’ price premium, and that comes down to one thing: battery cost. (TNS) — The periodic table you may remember from ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following litigation, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued a draft Clean Water Act permit for the Piney Point phosphate facility in Manatee County. The ...

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 ...

UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers test algae-infested waters in Hillsborough County. More than 100 local governments in Florida have implemented landscape fertilizer bans in ...