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What Does ‘Urbanism’ Mean in a Place Like Humboldt County?

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Jan. 19, 2020. Urbanism is not just for big cities like San Francisco. To keep Humboldt bucolic and pastoral our urban centers need to...
Latina woman in a redwood forest with a banana slug. Photo: Ruby Rodriquez/Latino Outdoors.

How Can We Make the Redwoods More Inclusive?

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Close your eyes and think of an "environmentalist." What do you see? If its an old white guy (probably with a beard and a...
Colin Fiske at Clam Beach. Photo: Courtesy of Colin Fiske.

How Do We Design the Plaza for People?

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What does it mean to design a public space for people over cars? Colin Fiske of the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities discusses the...

The Blue-Sky Thinking Episode

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Big, radical, wild ideas. On this week’s episode of the EcoNews Report, Gang Green shares their big ideas for how to save the planet....

Wiyot Tribal Members and Employees Talk Terra-Gen

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December 7, 2019 - The Green Gang talks with Cheryl Seidner (Cultural Liaison, Wiyot Tribe), Adam Kanter (Natural Resource Specialist, Wiyot Tribe) and Corinne...

A Love Story About the Klamath Mountains

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Michael Kauffman and Justin Garwood are in love with the Klamath Mountains, the rugged and remote mountain range in Northern California that is world-renowned...

Understanding ‘Urbanism’

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On this week’s EcoNews Report, planning expert Dan Zack joins Gang Green to talk about “urbanism”—a term that might sound scary for rural Humboldt...

In Landmark Decision California Court Finds Public Trust Doctrine Applies to Groundwater

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“It feels like law has yet to absorb the lessons of science.” Friends of the Eel River’s Conservation Director Scott Greacen is joined by Glen...

The Bird Buzz with Ken Burton

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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...

Biden’s First 100 Days for the Environment

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A favorite American political tradition is the idea of the “first 100 days in office.” Gang Green breaks down the roots of this tradition,...

Rep. Huffman Talks Legislative Priorities

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Congressman Jared Huffman joins the show to discuss the current happenings in Washington D.C. — Who the heck is Speaker Mike Johnson? Will we...

Talking Tough, With the Huff

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Congressman Jared Huffman joins Gang Green for a fun conversation about his legislative priorities for 2022, the prospect of the Build Back Better agenda...

It Sounds Great on Paper: The 30×30 Movement

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In October 2020, California Governor, Gavin Newsom, issued an executive order pledging to conserve 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030....

A State of the Klamath Update: A Spirited Discussion on What That Big Federal...

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Last week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission either moved along the Klamath Dam removal project, or else it threw a big wrench in the...

Questioning Local Government Transparency and Accountability

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“The key piece of this whole scheme, is that you get out from under the requirement to provide fish passage over Scott dam” Tom...

How Much Do You Know About Humboldt Bay Oysters?

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Tune in for an interview with Sebastian Elrite of AquaRodeo Farms and Humboldt Bay Provisions to learn about Humboldt Bay oysters. Sebastian tells us...

Tsunamis, Sea Level Rise, and Humboldt Bay’s Spent Nuclear Waste Site

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This week, Cal Poly Humboldt Assistant Professor Jennifer Marlow and Graduate Research Assistant Alec Brown join Jen Kalt of Humboldt Waterkeeper to talk about...

HumCo Climate Action Plan Careening Towards Cliff?

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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...

Supply Skepticism: Can Building More Housing Reduce Costs?

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In politically progressive circles, a strange phenomenon can occur. Supply skepticism, the belief that housing prices are divorced from impacts to housing supply, abounds....