Malibu residents oppose plans to consolidate PCB removal with new construction
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 ...
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 violations occur, he wrote, regulators’ first consideration “should be whether you can bring ...
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 meets with politicians or travels to devastating wildfires. “He’s thought by many to be the ...
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 that may prey on livestock. Submitted to the EPA in August 2017 by the Center for Biological Diversity ...
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 director to allow off-road vehicles in public lands adjacent to Florida’s Big Cypress National ...
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 that the there are no radiation risks. Calls for retesting of Parcel A-1, where more than 300 homes sit, ...
