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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

COURT LETS PARK SERVICE DROP DESERT TORTOISE PROTECTIONS

Park Service Wins Legal Victory at Mojave of Which It Should Be Ashamed

PARK SERVICE SCRAMBLES TO SAVE FACE IN PLASTIC BOTTLE FIASCO

Focused Public Pressure Trumped Corporate Influence on National Park Policies

TIME TO APPOINT AN EFFECTIVE INSPECTOR GENERAL AT INTERIOR

Devaney Shielded Politicos by Targeting Small Fish, Letting Big Ones off the Hook

DOCUMENTS LINK COKE TO GRAND CANYON PLASTIC BOTTLE REVERSAL

Secret Decision to Block Single-Use Bottle Bans throughout National Park System

FISHERIES OBSERVERS TOLD TO TURN BLIND EYE TO VIOLATIONS

Shark Finning, Pollution and Safety Complaints Trigger Reprisal, Not Enforcement