Coping with Climate Anxiety
Do you also have a gnawing, seemingly ever-present hum in the back of your head — an intrusive thought about the immensity of the...
Fish Monitoring
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Can We Clean Up Humboldt Bay Before the Sea Rises?
The industrial legacy of the 20th Century left many contaminated sites around Humboldt Bay. Our second special episode on communities at risk from sea...
Friends of the Dunes
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Klamath River Update
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Hydrogen Buses Coming to Humboldt
Mass transit along California’s North Coast is difficult. The long distances between rural communities are trouble for ordinary battery-powered electric buses, which don’t have...
Is Humboldt Bay the Canary in the Coal Mine for Sea Level Rise?
Join us for the first in a special series on sea level rise featuring local residents who share their thoughts on the challenges and...
Delving Deeper into Port Electrification
The Humboldt Bay Harbor District has been in the news a lot this year. The Harbor District has committed to a “green terminal” strategy...
Greening the Grid
Humboldt County’s transmission infrastructure is old. Connections to the larger grid are weak and undersized, forcing Humboldt to be reliant on the fracked gas-burning...
Declining Access to Public Spaces
On this week’s episode of the EcoNews Report, host Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River is joined by long-time Eureka resident and...
How Did the Harbor District Land Almost Half a Billion Dollars?
Have you ever wondered what exactly the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District does, who runs it, and how on earth did they...
Supply Skepticism: Can Building More Housing Reduce Costs?
In politically progressive circles, a strange phenomenon can occur. Supply skepticism, the belief that housing prices are divorced from impacts to housing supply, abounds....
Coho Salmon in Downtown Arcata?
Are there Coho salmon in small urban streams like Jolly Giant and Janes Creek? If so, how often, and how far upstream do they...
Our New Years’ Poetry Show
Start your new year on a poetic note. Poets Jerry Martien and Katy Gurin join the EcoNews for our annual new year’s poetry reading....
Barred Owls Impact More than Spotted Owls
On this week’s EcoNews Report, spotted owl experts Dave Wiens and Peter Carlson join bird nerds Ken Burton and Tom Wheeler to discuss barred...
The Bird Buzz with Ken Burton
On this week’s EcoNews Report, Humboldt’s preeminent bird nerd, Ken Burton, drops by the show to discuss the bird buzz. The Christmas Bird Count...
Meet the Energy Superstar at the Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District
The Hoopa Valley Tribe is engaged in exciting work to help promote a greener, more resilient power grid. And they are being recognized for...
Rep. Huffman Talks Legislative Priorities
Congressman Jared Huffman joins the show to discuss the current happenings in Washington D.C. — Who the heck is Speaker Mike Johnson? Will we...
How Much Do You Know About Humboldt Bay Oysters?
Tune in for an interview with Sebastian Elrite of AquaRodeo Farms and Humboldt Bay Provisions to learn about Humboldt Bay oysters. Sebastian tells us...
HumCo Climate Action Plan Careening Towards Cliff?
Environmental activists are concerned with the direction of the Humboldt County Climate Action Plan. The Plan, a to-do list of sorts describing what local...
Tsunamis, Sea Level Rise, and Humboldt Bay’s Spent Nuclear Waste Site
This week, Cal Poly Humboldt Assistant Professor Jennifer Marlow and Graduate Research Assistant Alec Brown join Jen Kalt of Humboldt Waterkeeper to talk about...
A Week Without Driving
At the beginning of October, many local elected officials, planners and other community leaders in Humboldt County took on a simple but significant challenge:...
The Latest on the Seismically Unsafe Scott Dam
On this week’s episode of the EcoNews Report we reflect on the tragic dam failure in Libya last month and discuss why Scott Dam...
What’s the Deal With All the Construction on Highway 101?
Anyone who’s traveled between Arcata and Eureka lately has seen a whole lot of construction going on. Humboldt County Supervisor and Coastal Commissioner Mike...