What Smells at Stinky Beach?
The City of Eureka’s wastewater treatment facility releases its treated wastewater into Humboldt Bay near its facility by the Elk River. Nearby, surfers play...
Supreme Court’s Climate Decisions are Catastrophic (and Not Just for the Climate)
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. EPA not only throws a substantial hurdle ahead of regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal...
Suing the Feds for Klamath Water
Despite the wildly wet year, the Bureau of Reclamation has threatened to reduce flows in the Klamath River below the mandatory minimum for salmon....
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....
Hydrologist Randy Klein on Low Stream Flows on the North Coast
The ways that we manage (or fail to manage) our impacts on the land have left many rivers and creeks without enough water year-round...
Here Comes the Electric Vehicle Parade!
November 13, 2019
In this week’s episode, the Green Gang talks with Stephen Kullmann of the Blue Lake Rancheria and Nancy Stephenson of RCEA about...
Obi Kaufmann Paints the Forests of California and Tells Their Stories
On this week’s show, we hear from the award-winning California artist-naturalist Obi Kaufmann about his latest book, The Forests of California: A California Field...
Friends of the Eel River Force FERC to Comply with the Endangered Species Act
There’s a proposal to remove the fish-blocking Scott Dam on the Eel River but looming problems still remain. Cape Horn Dam, just downstream of...
How is Arcata Planning for Growth? Learn about the Gateway Area!
Urban planning nerds rejoice! Here is an episode for you. Humboldt is seeming a bit more crowded as of late. Whether it is climate...
Which Way the Wind Festival
Before 2022, you may have thought that nuclear weapons were blasé — that’s so 20th Century — but Russian nuclear sabre rattling in Ukraine may have...
Flow Enhancement Projects on the South Fork Eel
How do you improve the flow of a river? Just ask our friends at Salmonid Restoration Federation. On this week’s episode of the EcoNews...
EcoNews Report Roundup
14 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup!
On today’s EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s...
Talking About the Bigger Picture of California’s Legal Cannabis Industry
Are prohibitionary cities and counties unintentionally sanctioning the illegal cannabis market? Friends of the Eel River's Conservation Director Scott Greacen discusses this question with...
How Does Our Electric Grid Actually Work?
January 11, 2020
With the recent power shutoffs and the proposed Humboldt Wind Project (RIP), our energy infrastructure has received considerable attention lately. But just...
Local Fire Ecologist Lenya Quinn-Davidson on This Year’s Record Fire Season
On this week’s EcoNews Report, the Green Gang interview fire ecologist Lenya Quinn-Davidson about this year’s record fire season and what people can do...
Is Your Fish Safe to Eat?
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, particularly harmful to young children and developing fetuses. Mercury is commonly present in fish, but in wildly different concentrations...
The Beginning of the End for Eel River Dams
On Thursday, we celebrated the expiration of PG&E’s 50-year license for the Eel River dams. Next up comes license surrender, decommissioning and ultimately dam...
California’s Third Shakiest Earthquake?
Humboldt’s Queen of Quakes, Dr. Lori Dengler professor emeritus of geology at CalPoly Humboldt, joins Gang Green to break down the recent 6.4 magnitude...
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...