The phosphogypsum stack was expected to reach capacity around 2030 — but the proposed expansion would extend operations at the site to about 2046, according to The CLEO Institute.
Some environmental groups, including climate education nonprofit The CLEO Institute, have raised concerns about extending Mosaic’s wide-scale industrial facility closer to Tampa Bay’s coast in an area that’s vulnerable to storm surge and flooding.
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