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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

HIGH CHROMIUM DANGER KNOWN BY NEW JERSEY LEADERS SINCE 2007

Lisa Jackson and DEP Brass Decided to Proceed As If New Data Did Not Exist

NATIONAL PARKS SHOULD STICK TO THEIR GUNS ON LEAD AMMO BAN

Diverse Coalition Urges Secretary Salazar to Meet Goal of Going Lead-Free by 2010

EPA RELEASES LIBBY CLEAN-UP REPORT

PEER Lawsuit Prompts Belated Disclosure of Major Unresolved Public Health Issues

BOCA RATON WATER CONTAMINATION TRIGGERS HEALTH SANCTIONS

One Whistleblower Restored as Extensive Probe of City Utility Operations Expands

REGIONAL WATER BOARD ORDERS CLEAN-UP OF RUBICON TRAIL

Iconic off-road trail has lost its way