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Gopher Resource highlights safety, environmental efforts in letter to Hillsborough Commissioners Gopher is getting proactive about cleaning up its act. CEO details steps taken to improve worker safety and reduce environmental impact. The operator of a lead smelter that has recently come under fire sent a letter to the Hillsborough County Commission outlining its steps to ensure worker safety and keep its environmental impact to a minimum. Gopher Resource is one of a handful of companies nationwide that recycles lead batteries, most commonly used in cars. Its Tampa facility was the subject of...

Gaetz continues to lash out — Plenty of GOP candidates could run for Gaetz's seat — Trump ramps up GOP civil war with Mar-a-Lago speech — Hastings' death sets up political showdown Presented by Floridians for Affordable Rx Hello and welcome to Monday. The daily rundown — Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 5,520 (nearly 0.3 percent), to 2,124,233; active hospitalizations increased 87 (nearly 2.9 percent), to 3,102; deaths of Florida residents rose by 7, to 34,021; 7,213,793 Floridians have received at least one dose of a vaccine. Palm Beac...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.12.21 Good Monday morning. I wrote a little something about the race to be Speaker of the Florida House in 2026. I believe it’s worthy of your time. Stephanie Cardozo, external affairs director to Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. Spotted: Brian Crowley, former member of the Florida Capitol Press Corps and publisher of The Crowley Report, at the Vinoy Renaissance in St. Petersburg. Brian Crowley was seen hanging out in The Burg. Spotted: — SITUATIONAL AWARENESS — — Joe] — @JimSciutto...

A look inside Florida’s only lead smelter Corey G. Johnson, Tampa Bay Times Last week, federal regulators spent five days inspecting the Gopher Resource lead smelter in Tampa after the It was the first time in five years that inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had visited the factory, which recycles lead from car batteries. Workers provided the But what it’s like inside Florida’s only lead smelter? Workers shared photos and videos of unclean and hazardous conditions, including instances in which employees narrowly escaped serious injury. ...

Florida’s only lead factory finds itself in damage-control mode Gopher Resource had been working to clean up and fix problems before inspectors arrived. After a five-year absence, regulators finally showed up.     Photos taken by workers at Gopher Resource in Tampa show a factory plagued with problems. [ Gopher workers ] Updated 1 hour ago Federal safety regulators descended on the Gopher Resource lead smelter in Tampa, reviewing company documents, collecting dust samples and hooking up workers to monitoring devices so that air quality could be measured. Inspectors arrived Monday ...