| Time: |
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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| Date: |
02/10/2010
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| Area: |
Sarasota |
| Group: |
SCDP |
| Title: |
Seminar: Phosphate Mining - Not in my backyard |
| Subtitle: |
Speaker: Glenn Compton, Chairman ManaSota-88 |
| Summary: |
Few people realize that Florida has the largest contiguously mined-out area in the U.S. until they fly over and view the massive upheavals of land and see acres of green toxic slime ponds resulting from phosphate mining operations. |
| More Details: |
The Peace River is emerging as the critical environmental background of a much wider conflict – the expansion of phosphate strip mining operations in our region and its potential to inflict ecological and environmental disaster. Florida phosphate mining is a formidable opponent. It is an industry of oil, chemical and mineral giants with vast legislative influence. This environmentally devastating activity should not be permitted to further expand into the Peace River watershed, the source of our regional drinking water. |
| Location: |
SCDP Headquarters, 7358 S Tamiami Trail, Coral Cove Mall, Sarasota, FL |
| Cost/Donation: |
$10 suggested donation, RSVP phone/email below |
| Info-Phone: |
330 9400 |
| Info-Email: |
headquarters@sarasotadems.org |
| Info-URL: |
http://www.sarasotadems.org/docs/SCDP-seminars-feb10.pdf |
