Florida regulators have agreed to a settlement in a federal lawsuit over pollution from Piney Point that will create tougher pollution standards and federally enforceable oversight for the industrial ...

The site of a former fertilizer plant in Palmetto, Florida, Piney Point made international headlines in 2021 when a breach in a containment wall released about 215 million gallons of polluted ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Piney Point officials said on Wednesday they are preparing their latest attempt to recover from the environmental damage from when millions of gallons of wastewater were pumped ...

The former Piney Point fertilizer plant in Manatee County has sprung a leak – again. Officials discovered “three low volume seepage areas” late Jan. 5 from the same wastewater retention pond that ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following litigation, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued a draft Clean Water Act permit for the Piney Point phosphate facility in Manatee County. The ...

Two years after Manatee County’s environmental disaster made national headlines, the long-neglected Piney Point site is closer than ever to final closure. When a giant pond began leaking and ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Environmental groups and Florida regulators have settled a lawsuit over the 2021 leak of millions of gallons of polluted water from a phosphate plant reservoir into Tampa Bay, which ...

PALMETTO, Fla. — Piney Point has a long history of issues -- the latest emergency isn't the first. 10 Investigates' Jennifer Titus dug into the history of the facility. Some environmentalist watchdogs ...

Wastewater levels at the former Piney Point fertilizer plant in Manatee County are expected to rise as Hurricane Ian creeps over Southwest Florida, but officials remain confident that the fierce storm ...