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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

DESANTIS MUST REBUILD FLORIDAS BROKEN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

DEP Has to Return to Pollution Control Basics to Reverse Spiraling Eco-Threats

TRUMP CLEAN WATER ROLLBACK THREATENS U.S. WATER SUPPLY

Most Waters and Wetlands Would Lose Legal Protections against Pollution and Fill

FEDERAL SCIENTISTS FACE OFFICIAL BARRIERS IN PUBLISHING

Muddled and Conflicting Policies Put Scientists in “Publish and Perish” Dilemma

MALIBU SCHOOLS WANT 5 YEAR DELAY IN TOXIC PCB CLEANUP

Students and Teachers Would Remain in Unsafe Classrooms Until 2024 Demolition

TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DECLARES WAR ON CLIMATE SCIENCE

Political Intervention to Change Climate Modelling and Water Down Projections