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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

WHITE HOUSE PACT WITH INDUSTRY TO PUSH GE PLANTS

High-Level Working Group Shielding Plan to Force GE Crops onto Wildlife Refuges

PARK SERVICE TO LET INDIANS REMOVE PLANTS AND MINERALS

Abrupt Reversal of Conservation Mandate Raises Legal and Management Questions

EPA REFUSES TO STUDY RISKS OF COAL ASH USES IT ENDORSES

Scientists Told Agency Does Not Want Safety Concerns Raised about Coal Ash

FRACKING FLUIDS POISON A NATIONAL FOREST

New Study Details Changes in Soil Chemistry and Devastation of Trees and Plants

BARRIER BETWEEN PUBLIC SERVICE AND NONPROFITS FALLING

Ethics Rule Restricting Federal Employees from Nonprofit Boards Set for Repeal