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September 24, 2009

State environmental officials have approved a report from Raytheon that starts the clock ticking on cleanup of a groundwater pollution plume that has been spreading for decades through a St. Petersburg neighborhood. ...more

January 31, 2009

State environmental officials have approved a report from Raytheon that starts the clock ticking on cleanup of a groundwater pollution plume that has been spreading for decades through a St. Petersburg neighborhood. ...more

January 30, 2009

Raytheon Corp. has begun cleaning groundwater pollution under its closed defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Raytheon Corp. has begun an interim cleanup of groundwater pollution under its now-closed defense plant at 1500 72nd Ave. N. in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 18, 2008

If the state approves, Southwest Florida Water Management District is planning to spend $1.8 billion in the next two decades to clean up lakes in eight Central Florida counties. ...more

October 27, 2008

The Florida Department of Health says air tests have uncovered one of the same chemicals found in the Raytheon groundwater pollution plume in the indoor air of five apartments and condominiums near the company's defense plant at 1501 72nd St. N. in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 17, 2008

The Florida Department of Health has begun testing indoor air quality in homes surrounding the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

August 26, 2008

Azalea Elementary School staff and parents met with environmental consultants today to discuss the results of the indoor and outdoor air testing at the school. ...more

August 11, 2008

While it has slowed down recently, Florida's growth has boomed in recent years. Unfortunately, this growth outpaced our ability or willingness to address its impacts. Schools, roads, water supplies are all strained. And nowhere is this crisis more apparent than in Florida's sewage treatment infrastructure. ...more

August 5, 2008