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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

SPRAWL IS STEADILY POISONING MORE NEW JERSEY LAKES AND STREAMS

Most Waters Unfit for Direct Human Contact; Statewide Fish Health Advisories

BLM WHISTLEBLOWER WINS APPEAL OVER TOXIC NEVADA MINE

Labor Department Confirms Retaliatory Firing in Violation of Anti-Pollution Laws

WIDESPREAD CONTAMINATION FOUND IN NEW JERSEY DRINKING WATER

Survey of Wells Is Far From Well; State Does Not Follow-Up on Pollutants

EPA ELBOWS CORPS ASIDE TO PROTECT WESTERN RIVERS

L.A. and Santa Cruz Rivers Will Benefit from Clean Water Act Safeguards

PARK SERVICE WAVES WHITE FLAG ON LITTLE BIGHORN VISITOR CENTER

Lawsuit Halted Plan to Build a Theater at Base of “Last Stand Hill”