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Mosaic Phosphate responds to mine protesters
03/06/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Environment
Today we welcome David Townsend and Dee Allen of Mosaic Phosphate; they are here to respond to several neighbors who are opposed to expansion of Mosaic’s mining operation near the four corners area where Hillsborough, Polk, Hardee and Manatee counties meet. We heard from those neighbors last Thursday on this program.
The Hillsborough County Commission will discuss the expansion next Tuesday.
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Be the first to commentEarth Jurisprudence symposium in Orlando
02/29/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Winona LaDuke, environment, law, Earth Jurisprudence, Patricia Siemen
A cutting-edge legal field known as Earth Jurisprudence seeks to fortify legal rights for the natural world. Today in Orlando, the Barry University School of Law hosted the country’s first symposium on the topic.
The Center for Earth Jurisprudence is a collaborative initiative of the Miami area’s Barry and St. Thomas Universities. That center, along with the Barry Law Review, sponsored the symposium, "Framing an Earth Jurisprudence for a Planet in Peril."
Sister Patricia Siemen, execut...
Be the first to commentCorps of Engineers halts Cypress Creek construction
02/04/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, Cypress Creek
The Army Corps of Engineers today visited the work area near the Cypress Creek Town Center in Pasco County, three days after the Corps ordered the developer of the mall to stop work after a second incident involving the discharge of muddy.
Cypress Creek, which flows along the mall site’s west and south sides, is major tributary of the Hillsborough River, which provides Tampa’s drinking water.
The Southwest Florida Water Management District (Swiftmud) announced last week that the agenc...
Be the first to commentSwiftmud may fine Cypress Creek mall developers listen
02/01/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cypress Creek, environment
Local environmental officials now say they will sanction the developers of the Cypress Creek Town Center for a series of polluted discharges into the creek.
Robyn Hanke, a spokeswoman for the Southhwest Florida Water Management District (Swiftmud), said that Swiftmud wrote to the developer, the Richard Jacobs Group, giving them two days to submit a repair plan. The issue has also been forwarded to the legal department for a technical review to determine whether there were any permit viola...
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12/26/07 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tarpon Springs, Walmart, environment
For more than three years, environmentalists in northern Pinellas County have been fighting against construction of a Wal-Mart on the banks of the Anclote River. Next month the Board of Adjustments in Tarpon Springs will consider the issue. This morning, WMNF spoke with Andy Ennis, the Treasurer for the Concerned Citizens and Friends of the Anclote River.
There will be a public Board of Adjustments meeting on January 16th at the Tarpon Springs City Hall.
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Be the first to commentSt. Pete fountain of youth rediscovered?
12/20/07 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, St. Petersburg Fountain of Youth
An environmental activist in Pinellas County might have "rediscovered" the legendary St. Petersburg Fountain of Youth-- right in the vicinity of the proposed "dredge and fill" site on the bay where the Rays' baseball team wants to build a new stadium.
Our guest, Lorraine Margeson, had this to say:
"I've come to discover that there are not only possible environmental impediments to the proposed Rays Waterfront Stadium Plan ... but historic preservation concerns as well. Today I assemble...
Be the first to commentAirport member: Ballpark could cause problems listen
12/14/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Rays, environment
Last night WMNF reported on a possible ballot measure that would ask that no public monies be allocated in the creation of the proposed downtown waterfront ballpark in St. Petersburg.
There are numerous questions about the proposed stadium, including environmental concerns, specifically about the part of the plan that calls for using dirt to fill in about a half-acre in Tampa Bay, in part to reroute Bayshore Drive around the stadium.
Environmentalists say the plan could threaten severa...
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