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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

MANATEES’ FRAGILE FATE MIRRORS NATIONAL WILDLIFE PERIL

Senate Confirmation Hearing Today for Fish & Wildlife Service Director

NEW JERSEY ALTERS HEALTH STUDY UNDER INDUSTRY PRESSURE

Industry Allowed Private Meetings to Lobby for Changes in Camden Study

NERVE GAS LEAK DETECTORS INOPERATIVE FOR YEARS

Army Report Confirms Blue Grass Chemical Weapons Depot Was “Flying Blind”

REWARD OFFERED FOR OHV VANDALS WHO TRASHED MEADOW

Sacramento - Conservationists are offering a reward for information leading to the identification and conviction of dirt bikers who damaged a beautiful mountain meadow that is vital habitat for the…

MOVE TO END HARASSMENT OF FLORIDA MANATEES

Legal Filing to Outlaw Manatee “Swim-With” Dives by 100,000 Tourists Annually