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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

FLORIDA TOP OFFICIALS’ POLLUTION TIES VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW

EPA Funding of State Water Quality Programs in Jeopardy; Complaint Filed

MAKE EMERGENCY MANATEE MEASURES STRONGER AND PERMANENT

115 Manatee Deaths So Far in 2011; Emergency Safeguards Lapse in Mid-March

PRESS OFFICE SCREENS OCEAN SCIENCE FOR "GRAMMATICAL ERRORS"

Interior Says Fears Based on "Misinterpretation of Policy" But Issue No Correction

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EMBRACES GE CROPS ON WILDLIFE REFUGES

Plans Issued to Green-Light Genetically Engineered Agriculture on Scores of Refuges

EPA INACTION IMPERILS CLEAN WATER ANTI-CONFLICTS SAFEGUARD

Governors in Florida and Maine Open Hen-House Doors to Fox with Corporate Ties