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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

SECRET PLAN TO CUT NATIONAL PARK FUNDING BY 30% IN 5 YEARS

Parks “Glide Path” to Impoverishment Breaks Bush Campaign Pledge

PARK OFFICIAL SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED FOR WILDERNESS VIOLATION

Olympic Superintendent Wasted $250,000 Despite Warning Plan Was Illegal

CORPS SUED TO FORCE RELEASE OF WETLANDS PROTECTION RECORDS

Downward Data Trend Showed Mounting Wetland Losses

MOUNTAIN LION ERADICATION WITHOUT PRIOR STUDY RAPPED

Park Service at Lake Mead Accedes to “Shoot First” Intervention of Arizona

PRISON WHISTLEBLOWER CHARGES OF TOXIC EXPOSURE VALIDATED

Bush Appointee Demands “Independent” Probe of Prison Computer Recycling Plants