Even conservatives should recognize that the federal government, in certain circumstances, has an important role in basic scientific research. When millions and millions of cubic feet of radioactive ...

BARTOW — The Mosaic Co. is finishing a cleanup at its Bartow phosphate fertilizer plant after a pipeline leak spilled about 165,000 gallons of a gypsum slurry onto the ground. The leak was discovered ...

More than five years after its massive mound of radioactive mining waste began inexplicably shifting in St. James Parish, Mosaic Fertilizer is asking state regulators to declare complete its emergency ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry, more than 1 billion tons in "stacks" that resemble enormous ponds, are at risk for leaks or other ...

A massive sinkhole underneath a gypsum stack at a Central Florida phosphate fertilizer plant has dumped 215 million gallons of acidic water into the Floridan aquifer. Mosaic reported the water level ...

Fertilizer maker The Mosaic Co. said it will cut phosphate production by 300,000 tons for the spring season, a move that will affect its Louisiana and Florida facilities. The company said it is ...

The slumping slope of a 300-acre by 200-foot-high pile of gypsum waste at the Mosaic Uncle Sam fertilizer plant in St. James Parish poses a threat to the environmentally-sensitive Blind River ...