enviroment

Track Line Rail LLC, a Texas-based company that grinds old railroad ties into a mulch used as fuel for cement kilns, moved into Newberry in January. It began operating immediately, Newberry staff said, and without city, county or state permits. Neighbors worry about its environmental and health impacts.

The Florida Spring Council and Santa Fe River have filed a legal challenge against the approval of the Seven Springs Consumptive Use Permit that allows Nestle to extract around one million gallons of water per day near Ginnie Springs.