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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

MOVE TO END FEDERAL FUNDING OF ALASKA PREDATOR CONTROL

State Should Repay Noncompliant Grants and Be Barred from Future Grants

NEW JERSEY HANDS DRINKING WATER SAFEGUARDS TO DUPONT

Corporate-Dominated Science Board Asks DuPont to Self-Assess Chemical Effects

WHY U.S. IS NOT EMBRACING INHERENTLY SAFER CHEMICAL PLANTS

Chevron Richmond Refinery Explosion Ignored in GOP Red Herring Oversight

FEDS PLAN MASSIVE CORMORANT SLAUGHTER AT MOUTH OF COLUMBIA

Unprecedented Killing of Thousands of Double-Crested Cormorants on Sand Island

LAWSUIT SEEKS BUNDY DOCUMENTS AND ATTACK STATS ON BLM STAFF

BLM Stonewalls on Nevada Standoff, Post-Incident Precautions and Lessons Learned