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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 DROPS OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT

Gov. Crist Nixes Joining RGGI or Pursuing State Emission Curbs; Will Defer to Feds

POLITICAL ARM TWISTING FOR MASSIVE DELAWARE BAY WIND FARM

New Jersey under Pressure to Lift Ban on Wind Turbines in Migratory Bird Flyway

FEDS OKAY TOURISTS SWIMMING WITH MANATEES

Fish & Wildlife Service Rejects PEER Petition to End “Swim-With” Permits

OBAMA STRIP-MINING PICK BAD NEWS FOR COAL COUNTRY

Industry-Friendly State Regulator Signals There Will Be No Crackdown on Abuses

EPA AUDIT RIPS NEW JERSEY DEP PERFORMANCE

Corrective Actions Never Implemented for Toxic, Wetlands and Other Programs