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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

LAWSUIT TO BLOCK TRIBAL TAKEOVER OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Bison Range Deal Cedes “Inherently Federal” Functions and Bars Public Oversight

WHY LISA JACKSON SHOULD NOT RUN EPA

Disastrous Record in New Jersey Bodes Ill for Reforming EPA

GREEN GROUPS GALVANIZE BEHIND GRIJALVA FOR INTERIOR SECRETARY

106 Groups Say AZ Congressman Is Right Person to Reform Troubled Agency

EPA DELAY ON ELECTRONIC REPORTS UNDERCUTS ECO-ENFORCEMENT

Decade-Long Effort Derailed by Bush Appointee This Week without Explanation

FLORIDA HAS GONE SOFT ON POLLUTERS

A Look at 20 Years of History Shows Move Away from Tough Enforcement