Posts Tagged ‘Piney Point’
Gulf of Mexico getting kinda sick of y’all dumping mass quantities of toxic-ass shit in it
The Gulf of Mexico, the ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent off the west coast of Florida and serving as the westernmost border of the Tampa Bay region, is losing patience with the seemingly-normalized practice of dumping poisonous waste products into it. “I mean, damn, you know?” said the marginal sea of…
Read MoreConsequences of Piney Point debacle beginning to manifest
Following the authorization by Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials to release roughly 215 million gallons of wastewater from the Piney Point facility in Manatee County as an emergency response to a leak in a containment pond liner back on March 31, the first negative repercussions are beginning to show up in the form of…
Read MoreRed Tide anticipating huge year, thanks to government stimulus
Red Tide, the harmful algal blooms that occur along coastal regions from time to time, is expecting to have a very successful 2021, something that probably wouldn’t have been possible without assistance from the government. “I’ll be honest, we were looking at a pretty bleak 2021”, said one of the protozoans and unicellular algae (e.g.…
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