Environmental Philosophies & Ethics

 

EVR 3020

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Session 15: Mining Phosphate in Florida

Reading Assignment:

Edward Wimberley (2019) Homegrown Ecopragmatics. Chapters 9-10.

Video Assignment: Phosphate Mining in the Peace River Valley; Battle Over Phosphate Mining in Bradford and Union Counties Florida; Mining Along the New River in Florida; The Phosphate Paradox; The Phosphorous Cycle.

Homework Assignment:

  1. Describe the process of mining phosphate
  2. What are the environmental risks involved with mining phosphate?
  3. Describe those who are supporting phosphate mining in DeSoto County.
  4. Who is resisting phosphate mining in DeSoto County.
  5. How does the Mosaic Company lure county leaders into supporting phosphate mining in their county?
  6. Briefly describe the early history of phosphate mining in Florida.
  7. What happens to mining communities after the phosphate resources are depleted?
  8. How important is phosphate to the world's food supply? Please explain.
  9. Describe the resistance to phosphate mining in Bradford and Union counties Florida.
  10. What is the mining risk to the New River in North Florida?
  11. Describe the "phosphate pardox."
  12. How does the phosphorous cycle function?