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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

EPA SCRUBBING LIBRARY WEBSITE TO MAKE REPORTS UNAVAILABLE

Agency Sells $40,000 Worth of Furniture and Equipment for $350

EPA STIFLES INTERNAL WETLANDS PROTECTION PROTESTS

Political Appointees in DC to Vet All Objections to Army Corps Permits

EPA SCIENTISTS FILE MASS PETITION FOR ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING

Majority of Entire EPA Workforce Calls for Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

NEW JERSEY AGENCY SAT ON SECRET LIST OF 6,000 TOXIC DANGER SITES

Latest Corzine “Kiddie Kollege” Reform Scheme Falls Well Short of Mark

MASSACHUSETTS ECO-COPS SAY THEY ARE HANDCUFFED

Survey Says Environmental Enforcement Suffered Under Romney