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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

LAST GASP FOR FISH IN THE CANEY FORK RIVER

Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN) and PEER Releases Report on Center Hill Dam

CHEMICAL WEAPON LEAK DETECTORS INOPERATIVE

Monitors for VX Agent at Kentucky Storage Depot Not Working for Years

SCHEDULING BARGES CAN REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY

But Corps-Funded Study Finds Upper Mississippi Traffic Too Low to Justify Scheduling

FEDERAL PRISONS ADMIT TOXIC EXPOSURE OF STAFF & INMATES

Discipline of Officials Promised for Ignoring Computer Recycling Safety Warnings

DEP CLEAN WATER CONSULTANT ALSO WORKS FOR POLLUTERS

“Ethical Swamp” Persists Despite Acting Governor’s Ethics Reform Pledge