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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

LOVE THAT DIRTY WATER: ROMNEY WATER POLLUTION RECORD

Hundreds of Corporate Waivers to Dump Toxics into Massachusetts Water Supply

CRUSADING EPA SCIENTIST RETURNED TO WORK

Her Termination Thrown Out due to Constitutional Violations by Agency

HOW WOULD THE ENVIRONMENT FARE UNDER A PRESIDENT ROMNEY?

Not Very Well, His Record as Massachusetts Governor Suggests

NEW JERSEY WAR ON “KILLER TREES” VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW

Bull's Island Is Habitat for Endangered Bat and Protected Migratory Birds

DISTURBING TOXIC AIR RESULTS CONFIRMED IN PATERSON, NJ

State Dissembles on Findings That 7 Air Toxics Are “Above the Health Benchmark”