TAMPA -- A proposed Pasco County landfill would be built near the headwaters of the Hillsborough River, Tampa's main source of drinking water, and that concerns some members of the city council. So they're planning to vote on a resolution, albeit symbolic, expressing their opposition to the project, arguing that the proposed landfill threatens the city's water supply. ...more

December 17, 2008

The state Department of Environmental Protection will wait until Jan. 12 to announce its final decision on permitting a controversial landfill proposed for property south of Dade City. ...more

December 11, 2008

The state Department of Environmental Protection will wait until Jan. 12 to announce its final decision on permitting a controversial landfill proposed for property south of Dade City. ...more

December 10, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following refers to a community meeting held in Dade City last month about the landfill Angelo's Aggregate Materials wants to build outside Dade City. ...more

October 12, 2008

Throughout east Pasco County, residents have sent state environmental regulators an unequivocal message: Don't ruin our pristine countryside with a garbage dump. ...more

September 26, 2008

When Bill Blanchard was through speaking to officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, more than 100 people, many of them wearing red "Vote NO Landfill" T-shirts, stood and applauded. ...more

September 25, 2008

Opponents of a proposed landfill outside Dade City told DEP officials Tuesday night that the project would be bad for the area. ...more

September 24, 2008

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will hold a community meeting from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday about the landfill Angelo's Aggregate Materials wants to build outside Dade City. ...more

September 20, 2008

Anyone who believes the only thing beer has to do with recycling and renewability is the speed with which it races through human plumbing and back into the ecosystem hasn't been paying sufficiently close attention. ...more

August 1, 2008

Opponents of a proposed landfill outside of Dade City want the Zephyrhills City Council to pass a resolution opposing the project. ...more

July 14, 2008