The letter was mailed Tuesday to the Environmental Protection Agency. They claim the regulatory agency failed to respond to a petition three years ago calling for a revision in federal rules ...

A federal judge has yanked approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho, saying federal land managers in the Trump administration didn’t in part properly consider the mine’s impact on ...

Phosphate mining in Florida. By Jaclyn Lopez (used with permission). Four environmental groups have put the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on notice that they’ll sue if the Corps follows through with ...

The periodic table you may remember from chemistry class had two additional rows of elements below the main table. In the top added row are rare earth elements, metals critical in everyday ...

BOISE, Idaho — Federal officials have approved two open-pit phosphate mines in eastern Idaho that include environmental protections intended to prevent the type of pollution caused by past phosphate ...

Popularly used as a chemical agent in fertilizers, phosphate is a high-demand mineral. There are 27 phosphate mines in Florida, but only nine are currently active, according to the Florida Department ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Four conservation organizations launched a lawsuit today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for authorizing more than 50,000 acres of ...

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 ...

Phosphate mining in Florida. By Jacki Lopez (used with permission). On Thursday the Manatee County Planning Commission recommended changes sought by the Mosaic Fertilizer company that could lead to ...

Around the country, many abandoned old mine sites have been coming alive again as golf courses. Old gypsum mines in Michigan, and an old copper mine Superfund site in Montana are a couple of examples.

Manatee County is streamlining the permit process for phosphate mining in a way that takes many of the finer details out of the public eye, to the chagrin of local activists. County officials cast the ...

A dragline uncovers raw phosphate at the Four Corners mine in Northeastern Manatee County. The bucket can hold 300 tons in a single scoop. Bradenton Herald file photo East Manatee Since the 1960s, ...