For many years, America’s rural places have served as dumping grounds. Counties like ours often lack economic opportunity, have lax regulatory environments and hold little political power. That makes ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners recently approved plans to construct a deep injection well at the former Piney Point phosphate processing plant. The more than $9 million project ...

The nonprofit Safe Water for Walton organization and many local elected officials oppose Waste Management’s proposed deep injection well that would send hazardous landfill wastewater deep underground.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – As the drainage at Piney Point continues, with millions of gallons of water being pumped out of the reservoir and into Tampa Bay, one engineering solution is picking up ...

LARGO — The Largo City Commission on Oct. 7 approved two contracts that pave the way for work to begin on the installation of a pair of wastewater deep injection wells. The 6-0 vote awarded a contract ...

People in and around Romulus are sounding off about public health concerns at a public meeting with the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Many spoke out against a controversial permit request.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — The final chapter in the closure of the former Piney Point phosphate mining facility may soon be coming to an end. On Thursday, Florida leaders officially approved Manatee ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s been two years since one of Piney Point’s gypstacks suffered a breach which led to the discharge of 215 million gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay. Since then, ...

WASHINGTON – A new study finds that a major trigger of man-made earthquakes rattling Oklahoma is how deep — not just how much — fracking wastewater is injected into the ground. Scientists analyzed ...