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Turning the Toxic Tide: Florida Needs New Approach to Environmental Regulation

From: TC Palm

“IScott’s appointees brought with them a new approach to regulation, articulated in a 2011 memo by then-DEP Deputy Secretary for Regulatory Programs Jeff Littlejohn. When…

The ‘Power Behind The Throne’ At The Interior Department Could Become Head If Zinke Resigns

From: KUER

“If Zinke does resign — or he’s forced out — Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt would replace him. As second-in-command, Bernhardt runs daily operations while Zinke…

EPA Denies Petition to Stop Cyanide Use that is Killing Wildlife

From: Beyond Pesticides

“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition seeking to ban M-44s — cyanide-spraying apparatuses used to kill coyotes, foxes, and wild dogs…

Quick Hits: Drunk Raccoons, New Park Service Director, and Shiver in the River

From: Blue Ridge Outdoors

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) worry about Vela’s commitment to preserving the wilderness, pointing to Vela’s decision as Southeast…

Hunters Point Shipyard Residents Face No Radiation Risk, State Says

From: SF Weekly

“State public health officials are once again seeking to assure residents of on a segment of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard embroiled in a fraudulent cleanup…


News Releases

NEW JERSEY YET TO COME TO GRIPS WITH POST-SANDY FLOOD RISKS

Coastal Maps Do Not Account for Climate Change Effects; Inland Maps Decades Old

JERSEY TOXIC SPILL FIASCO DEMANDS SECOND LOOK

Review of Evacuation and Health Warnings Confusion, Role of Corporate Consultant

REWARD FUND GROWS FOR CAPTURE OF PETROGLYPH VANDALS

Criminal Conviction Seen as Key Deterrent for Future Artifact Destruction

FLORIDA ECO-AGENCY CUTS MUSCLE AND BONE – FAT LONG GONE

DEP Says It Has No Written Explanation of How Employees Were Selected for Firing

SCIENTIFIC WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT RESOLVED

Successful Mediation under Auspices of U.S. Office of Special Counsel