The main concern at Piney Point right now is to stop the south pond from collapsing. If it does, one expert said that could potentially release radioactive material from two surrounding ponds into Tampa Bay.
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Additional pumps were scheduled to come online this morning and should double the amount of water that can be taken out.
Crews remain at the scene Monday of the leaking Piney Point processing plant in Manatee County and are monitoring the conditions as it threatens to breach.
Over the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency at the phosphate processing pond, which if it breaches could result in hundreds of millions of gallons of water flowing into the neighboring area and Tampa Bay.
Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes on Sunday provided a more optimistic assessment, a day after a breach at the processing plant located near the Hillsborough County line, south of Sun City Center was termed “imminent.”
Greens at a sustainable farm in Quincy, Florida.
Legislation filed in Tallahassee would pay Florida farmers to lessen their carbon footprints. While the bill has yet to be heard in any committees, the concept will continue to be a priority for Democrats.
Identical measures in the Florida House and Senate would establish a statewide pilot program for farmers to be compensated after adopting climate-friendly practices.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried supports the legislation, and President Joe Biden s administration is proposing a similar federal program. WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros spoke to House Bill 993 sponsor Rep. Kelly Skidmore, D-Boca Raton, about it.
/ David Kip Ritchey and Angelique Taylor not only grow food for their community, they also educate people on how to farm sustainably through social media.
As the world continues to warm due to heat-trapping greenhouse gases, the public and private sectors are ramping up programs to pay farmers for trapping carbon dioxide in their soil.
David “Kip” Ritchey, 31, and Angelique Taylor, 27, are standing in their one-acre farm off of a busy highway just outside of Tallahassee. Their muddied rubber boots are surrounded by rows of budding mustard greens, collard greens and kale.
“There s a lot going on in our space, Ritchey said. There s an open field of cover crops, a mixture of hairy veg, of rye grass, also oats.”
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