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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

THE CONGRESSMAN AND THE FOREST FIRE: A TALE OF STRING PULLING

Rep. Henry Brown Evades Forest Service Assessment for 4 Years, Penalty Waived

OFF-ROAD VEHICLE ROUTE DESIGNATIONS GOING BADLY OFF TRACK

U.S. Senate Hearing Grasping for Solutions to Rising Toll of ORVs on Public Lands

EPA CITES USDA FOR WILDLIFE POISON VIOLATIONS

Wildlife Services’ Sodium Cyanide Device Killed Dog and Sickened Hunter

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS TRUMP NEW JERSEY CLEAN WATERS

Loophole-Riddled Stream Protection Plan: One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward

LAST STAND FOR THE MOJAVE CROSS?

Supreme Court Only Option to Stay Removal of Giant Cross after 9th Circuit Ruling