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Suncoast Waterkeeper questions FDEP response to mangrove trimming

Aug 22, 2022 – Joe Hendricks
April 4, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Piney Point closure date set

Piney Point closure date set

PALMETTO – The environmentally unstable Piney Point site will be closed by December 2024, according to a plan approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on March 30. One y…
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March 6, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
World record seeker stops at Island

World record seeker stops at Island

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Anyone who’s ever owned or rented a personal watercraft knows that after about a half-hour in the turbulent ocean, it becomes quite a workout. Now imagine traveling more than 2…
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January 31, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Dangerous seagrass bill advances

Florida Senate Bill 198 (Sen. A. Rodriguez, R- Doral) would allow permits that will impact seagrass and allow for replacing them elsewhere in state waters. Why is that a problem? I posed that ques…
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January 16, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: All clams on deck

Reel Time: All Clams On Deck

This past Saturday, Jan. 15, I attended a press conference at the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant on Longboat Key for the All Clams on Deck clam restoration initiative hosted by restaurateur and Anna M…
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January 10, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Florida loses record number of manatees in 2021

Florida loses record number of manatees in 2021

More than 1,100 manatees died in 2021, a record high since the turn of the century, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Brevard County on Florida’s east coast…
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January 9, 2022
By Cindy Lane
More leaks appear at Piney Point

More leaks appear at Piney Point

PALMETTO – Three more leaks from an unknown source have emerged in one of the gypsum stacks holding contaminated water at the closed Piney Point phosphate plant. The Florida Department of Environm…
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January 3, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: A New Year’s resolution

I’m guessing that when it comes to making and keeping New Year’s Resolutions, your average isn’t much better than mine. When I look back, I don’t sweat most of them. Resolutions like losing weight or…
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November 28, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Piney Point deep well injection permit on fast track

PALMETTO – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) intends to approve a permit for Manatee County’s plan to inject industrial wastewater from Piney Point into an underground well, a…
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October 1, 2021
By Cindy Lane

Environmental groups sue over deep well injection plan

PALMETTO – Five environmental organizations notified Manatee County on Sept. 30 that they intend to sue the county over its plan to inject contaminated water from Piney Point into an underground well…
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September 27, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Rainfall threatens to overfill Piney Point ponds

Piney Point ‘closure’ not the last word

PALMETTO – When the former Piney Point phosphate plant is finally closed, the site will require monitoring – permanently – the Florida House of Representatives’ Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee…
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