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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

EPA’S JACKSON HAS CHECKERED CHROMIUM RECORD

New Jersey Tenure Marked by Stifling Health Warnings on Deadly Substance

FEDERAL AGENCIES FLYING BLIND IN CAPE WIND APPROVALS

Internal E-Mails Admit Huge Data Gaps, Inability to Monitor and Pursue Mitigation

SCIENCE TRANSPARENCY POLICY SWATHED IN SECRECY

White House Withholds All But Snippets on Why Science Guidance Went Off Course

NEW OBAMA SCIENCE INTEGRITY GUIDANCE: TIMID, TORN AND TARDY

Memo Sends Evasive Mixed Messages and Raises More Questions than It Answers

JERSEY COOLING TOWER U-TURN DERAILS NUKE POLLUTION CONTROL

Oyster Creek Reactor Can Keep Wreaking Havoc on Barnegat Bay Marine Life