State Sen. Charlie Justice said no one should face the kind of surprise that hit neighbors of the Raytheon defense plant last year when they learned a toxic plume of industrial waste had been spreading beneath them for years. ...more

January 15, 2009

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a closed construction and demolition (C&D) debris disposal pit on the Farm Road property of Charles Howerton, according to a DEP attorney's response to a public records request. ...more

January 15, 2009

A coalition of environmental organizations wants a multistate council studying threats to the Gulf of Mexico to focus on climate change and its effects. ...more

January 14, 2009

State environmental officials will wait one more month to issue a decision on a controversial landfill proposed for eastern Pasco County. ...more

January 14, 2009

DEP will wait until February to issue a letter of intent for the landfill Angelo's Aggregate Materials wants to build in eastern Pasco County. ...more

January 12, 2009

DADE CITY Today's likely approval of a massive landfill in eastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing in recent days by environmental groups opposed to the plan. ...more

January 12, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill in southeastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. ...more

January 10, 2009

A sinkhole swallowed large drilling equipment at a Polk County Utilities project at the proposed Edgehill Water Production Facility, a Polk County Public Safety news release states. ...more

January 9, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill south in eastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. "This landfill represents an absolutely unacceptable risk to the region's water quality, not just in Pasco County, but throughout Tampa Bay and Florida's Nature Coast," Manley Fuller, president of the Florida Wildlife Federation said in a written statement. ...more

January 9, 2009