Most Waters and Wetlands Would Lose Legal Protections against Pollution and Fill ...

From: Common Dreams “”As a result of the change, an estimated 60-90 percent of U.S. waterways could lose federal protections that currently shield them from pollution and development,” The Intercept’s Sharon Lerner reported on Friday, citing an analysis by Public ...

From: Santa Monica Daily Press “PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) released a press release Dec. 5 claiming SMMUSD’s proposed 5-year Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) clean up extension would put students and staff in classrooms that would expose them to illegal ...

Muddled and Conflicting Policies Put Scientists in “Publish and Perish” Dilemma ...

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 violations occur, he wrote, regulators’ first consideration “should be whether you can bring ...