New Legislation Returns Local Control Over (Some) Pesticide Spraying
Local jurisdictions have very limited control over regulating local pesticide use. New legislation introduced by Assemblymember Damon Connoly would return some local control. Assembly...
The Central Valley Project and its North Coast Connections
On this week’s EcoNews Report, we travel to California’s Central Valley to explore the elaborate plumbing that connects North Coast rivers to the Central...
Climate Change Supercharging Winter Storms
Global warming increases the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, supercharging winter storms like the slate of atmospheric rivers that have smashed the West...
Poets Jerry Martien and Katy Gurin Welcome the New Year with Poetry
I don’t think it’s just us: 2023 has been stressful, right? Between earthquakes and a bomb cyclone, you could use to take your mind...
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...
Trespass Cannabis Grows Polluting Surface Water?
Trespass cannabis grows, those rogue operations of pot production on public land, often employ chemicals banned for sale in the United States. Past research...
Port Redevelopment to Support Offshore Wind Construction
The most recent lease auction for the Humboldt Wind Energy Areas shows that wind energy developers are excited about the potential for floating offshore...
How to Make Ethical Decisions in Complicated World
Trying to be an ethical person in the modern world is hard. How should we weigh the site-specific impacts from wind energy development against...
Do We Have a Human Right Not to Die in the Climate Wars?
Do we have a fundamental human right to a healthy climate? If so, how do we know when our rights have been violated? Global...
Election Wrapup
The “Red Wave” turned out to be more like a ripple, with Democrats holding onto the Senate and Republicans taking only a slim majority...
How Do We Count The Fish
On this week’s edition of the EcoNews Report host Alicia Hamann of Friends of the Eel River is joined by three fisheries experts to...
Rewilding California
On this week’s EcoNews Report, host Tom Wheeler talks to friends from across California about “rewilding.” What the heck is rewilding? It is a...
Grrrroovy Eel River Issues
This week on the EcoNews Report, your host Tom Wheeler chats with Friends of the Eel River’s Alicia Hamann about the fantastic news that...
How to Make our Roads Safer: Achieving a Vision of Zero Road Deaths
Humboldt County has some of the highest pedestrian fatality numbers in the state. Thankfully, a large cultural change is taking over in local transportation...
PG&E Spraying
News of PG&E spraying power poles alarmed Humboldt County residents. Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino Counties have a long and storied history in challenging the...
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...
New Research Calls Into Question Carbon Offsets From Northwest California Forests
New research published in the journal Global Change Biology raises alarming questions about the efficacy of forest carbon programs registered in California’s cap-and-trade program....
A Love Story About the Klamath Mountains
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...
Klamath River Woes but Progress on Dam Removal
It is tough to be a fish in the Klamath River. On the heels of a large fishkill caused by a debris flow following...
How Will the IRA Impact Humboldt?
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest single action taken by the United States against the climate crisis ever. Roughly $370 million will go...
Wiyot Tribe Celebrates Rematriation of Coastal Forest
In July, the Wiyot Tribe finalized the acquisition of a 46-acre coastal property in the ecologically and culturally significant Wiyot place of Mouralherwaqh or...
Exploring California’s Coasts, With Obi Kaufmann
Obi Kaufmann, naturalist and best-selling author, joins Gang Green to talk about his new book, The Coasts of California: A California Field Atlas. Like...
Big Doings on the Beautiful Eel River
On this weeks EcoNews Report, Scott and Alicia from Friends of the Eel River join Gang Green to talk about damn removal and FERC...
Healing Humboldt’s Wildlife
From skunks to songbirds, the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center is here is help the wildlife of the region. Gang Green sits down with Monte...
#LandBack is Environmentalism
On this week's EcoNews Report, Gang Green and special guest Melodie Meyer, staff attorney with the Yurok Tribe, talks about the Land Back movement—the...