U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mosaic Fertilizer told a federal appeals court a legal battle should end because the company has completed parts of a Polk County road project that includes a radioactive byproduct of the phosphate industry.

The Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The money will help grow the pool of skilled laborers.

Scientists say the area of little-to-no oxygen is about the size of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie put together.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is asking an administrative law judge for more time to fight the state’s controversial new water quality standards.