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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

FATE OF NATIONAL BISON RANGE HAS BECOME A POLITICAL FOOTBALL

House Leaders Pushing in Opposite Directions on Transferring Refuge to Tribes

TERESA CHAMBERS CASE GOES TO FEDERAL COURT

Ouster of Chief of the U.S. Park Police for Telling the Truth

TRIBAL TAKEOVER OF NATIONAL PARKS AND REFUGES ON FAST TRACK

Legislation Would Set “Targets” for Transferring Jobs and Funds to Tribal Control

STATE CHARGES ARMY CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEPOT WITH VIOLATIONS

Criminal Probe Widens to Spill Cover-Ups and Falsification of Monitoring Reports

CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS SEEK PROTECTION FOR UTAH'S PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND ROADLESS AREAS

Request directed at Secretary Kempthorne for the Bureau of Land Management's proposed off-road vehicle travel plans