Union County leaders met December 18, 2017 in Lake Butler to present to the public a workshop focused on extending the moratorium on accepting mining permit applications for another year, giving the commissioners time to […]
Alex Pickett writes for Courthousenews.com that a District Judge has ruled for Mosaic and the destructive phosphate industry in a victory for expansion of their mining in South Florida. It looks like two billion dollars […]
This is the final vote on the moratorium extension and will take place at 15 NE 1st Street, Lake Butler, FL 32054 | (386) 496-4241). This is the regular meeting place of the board of […]
The following release is from the Suwannee St. Johns Group of the Sierra Club. Fighting a big corporation is very expensive and we have limited funds. Please help with whatever you can to ensure […]
The regular meeting of the county commissioners took place today, Dec. 3, 2017 in Starke, with the Bradford County business the topic of discussion. The mine was not on the agenda. Alan Toth, documentary filmmaker […]
No support for mining scheme The Apalachtimes carried this happy little article which could be a basic lesson for other counties in Florida. Boy, that was easy! Thanks to Mark Lyons for the link. Comments […]
This is an early save-the-date notification about an important meeting on December 18, 2017. Following is the schedule for the next few months of crucial commissioner meetings in Union Co. All meetings are to take […]
Monday, September 18th at the Union County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the Board heard public comments from many who opposed and a few who supported the proposed HPSII phosphate mine. The Commissioners decided to […]
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