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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

RECORD FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY IN 2014

50% Increase over Prior Year; More Than a Third Females of Kitten-Bearing Age

NEW REVISIONS WEAKEN INTERIOR SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY SAFEGUARDS

Rules against Politicized Science Honeycombed with Loopholes and Escape Hatches

BLM DUMBING DOWN REPORTS ON LIVESTOCK RANGE CONDITIONS

Complaint Demands Restoration of Data Quantifying and Qualifying Grazing Effects

ALEUTIANS SHOULD BE ALASKA'S FIRST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY

Nomination Calls for First Permanent Federal Eco-Protections in Alaska Waters

FOREST SERVICE COPS AGAIN CALL FOR CHANGE BUT LOSING HOPE

Official Survey Shows Law Enforcement Officers Ill-Equipped, Alienated and Adrift