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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

NEW JERSEY EXEMPTS FLOOD OF PROJECTS FROM FLOOD HAZARD RULES

DEP Confirms Flood Prevention and Stream Buffer Protection Loopholes

MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP WANTS ACCESS TO PARK BACKCOUNTRY TRAILS

NPS Director Appears This Week at International Mountain Biking Convention

FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES DOWNWARD SLIDE

Municipalities Now Account for Half of All Major Pollution Violations

EPA LIBRARY ON EFFECTS OF NEW CHEMICALS WILL REMAIN CLOSED

Four Key Committee Chairs Ask GAO to Review EPA Library “Restoration” Plans

ARMY’S $100 MILLION HOUSING FROM HELL: ALASKA’S TAKU GARDENS

Responsibility Evaded for Uninhabitable Base Family Housing atop Weapons Dump