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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 DONS BLINDERS ON INDUSTRIAL SITE CLEAN-UP

State Retreats from Real Estate Transaction as Leverage for Toxic Remediation

ARIZONA GAME AGENCY SCAPEGOATS COUGARS FOR BIGHORN TRAVAILS

Agency Engages in “Biological McCarthyism” by Targeting Puma as Bighorn Gain

NEW JERSEY MODEL FOR PRIVATIZED TOXIC CLEAN-UPS FAILS AUDITS

Serious Violations Found in More than Two-Thirds of Audited Massachusetts Sites

LAW PROFESSORS BLAST EPA LIBRARIES PLAN

EPA Asks Media and Others to Engage in “National Dialogue” on Information Needs

WHY NATIVE YELLOWSTONE BISON STAY IN THE PARK

Elusive Mountain Bison Fear Humans but Face More Intrusion on Shrinking Range