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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

CHEMICAL CAUSED NERVE DAMAGE TO MILITARY BASE WORKERS

Alaska Health Report Cannot ID Agent, Urges Permanent Paving for Base Site

FEDERAL COUGAR HUNTERS MUST OBEY CALIFORNIA LAW

Fish & Game Contractors Cannot Evade Ban on Leg Snares and Other Inhumane Practices

LABOR DEPARTMENT WHIFFS ON WHISTLEBLOWER REFORM

Internal Review Prescribes Mish-Mash of Minor Repairs, Avoids Structural Defects

CALL TO REVOKE LEED CREDITS FOR COAL ASH

Toxic Coal Combustion Wastes Should Not Be Considered “Green” Material

ST. JOHNS RIVER MUNICIPAL POLLUTER OUT OF CONTROL

Call for Federal Enforcement against Northeast Florida Wastewater Plant