Solutions Summit
by Michael D. Pulliam
FIVE CLEAR PATHS TO LOW-COST, ZERO-CARBON AMERICA
A new study pioneered by Princeton University gives intricate detail on no fewer than five economic pathways for getting America to net-zero carbon emissions by...
Get On Board for the Climate- New HWMA Director Will Need Climate Champion Stripes
by Martha Walden for the What Now Coalition
California is cracking down on methane, a greenhouse gas that traps eighty times more heat than carbon dioxide. Any organic matter that rots under anaerobic conditions --...
Poetry: Just Us
Just Us
by Rick Rayburn
Scent of pitch and decaying wet leaves
over coarse volcanic sands
above the black lake.
My wife’s shoulder rises with each breath,
as dawn’s stars dim above sugar pines, heavy
with pulling pendulous cones.
Damp splits night...
Eye on Washington: March 2021
by Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
A New Day in DC
Americans are reminded once again: elections do indeed have consequences. From national to local elections, voters saw swings to both the left and right. Certainly,...
North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District (NCUAQMD): Charged with Monitoring and Regulating the...
by Ali Ong Lee
Here on the north coast, winter storms have roiled tributaries but have cleared the air. We have been waking-up to the new Biden-Harris Administration clearing the way to renewed environmental protection—such...
Housing the Vulnerable and Protecting the Land Don’t Need to Conflict
by Caroline Griffith
It’s no secret that California has a housing problem. Here on the North Coast, one potential housing project has gotten a lot of media attention not because of what it is, but...
Land Trusts in Humboldt County: Alternative Ways to Protect and Conserve Resources
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by donna luckey
How can we protect land in Humboldt County, this amazing place we call home? Different models exist for us to consider,...
Despite Widespread Opposition, Cannabis Mega-Grow Approved
by Caroline Griffith
Despite widespread opposition from citizens and environmental organizations, the Humboldt County Planning Commission recently approved a controversial cannabis grow near Weott. The decision could still be appealed to the Board of Supervisors....
Trinidad Opts Out, But Water Pipeline Study Moves Forward
by Caroline Griffith
In an controversial procedural move, the Trinidad City Council held a re-vote February 9 about whether or not to participate in a feasibility study with Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (HBMWD). The...
More Than Luck – Vicki Ozaki, Kin to the Earth
by Dan Sealy
Although there may have been some serendipity involved in the arrival of Vicki Ozaki from Sunnyvale, California to Humboldt State University in 1979, her journey as a Japanese American woman geologist is...
Save Money and the Planet – Get Zero Waste Certified!
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
The COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of our lives, but those of us who are concerned with the growing environmental damage caused by plastic waste have learned to adapt...
SB 1383: Reducing Food and Organic Waste to Reduce Global Warming
by Gifford Hall and Margaret Gainer
The most significant waste reduction mandate to be adopted in California in the last 30 years, SB1383, was signed into law in 2016 by California Governor Jerry Brown as...
California Refineries’ Plans to Convert to Soy Raise Doubts About Biofuels
By Gary Graham Hughes, Biofuelwatch
The recent announcements from Phillips 66 and Marathon to convert their San Francisco Bay Area refineries from processing crude petroleum to processing high deforestation-risk feedstock, such as soy, are getting...
Trinity Public Utility District Proposes Massive Clearcuts in Name of Wildfire Safety
By Kimberly Baker, EPIC Public Lands Advocate and Matt Simmons, EPIC
Sparsely populated Trinity County is defined by its granite peaks, national forests and wild and scenic rivers. These features make this an exceptional place...
Community Coastal Column
Hello! My name is Ivy Munnerlyn and I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Coastal Programs Coordinator for the NEC. I’ve been with the NEC since 2019 in the role of Coastal Programs...
Grieving the Lives Lost to Cars
by Colin Fiske
Most activists are deeply familiar with grief. Indeed, for many, it is a profound experience of loss—whether intimate or public, personal or global—that leads them to activism in the first place. Taking...
CNPS Happenings– March 2021
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Evening Program
March 10, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. "Our Precious Prairies." Coastal Prairies are a diverse habitat that sequesters carbon, prevents erosion,...
Soil Vapor Monitoring at NEC’s Ninth Street Property Points to Next Steps in Cleanup
by Jennifer Kalt
Results from sampling in November are the latest in the NEC’s multi-year effort to clean up contamination at its former headquarters near the Arcata Plaza.
On Nov. 18 and 19, NEC’s consultants (SHN...
When & How The Emerald Mile Came To Be A Critical Part of...
Story and photos by Dave Van de Mark
In this day and age, there are few “pioneers” out there discovering new landscapes or exploring places for the first time. Early mountain men of the Yellowstone...
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Does “Vegetation Management” Equal Clearcuts? Concerns Grow Over TPUD Proposal
by Caroline Griffith
In what they are calling “Proactive right of way expansion and vegetation management” in the name of fire safety, the Trinity Public Utilities District (TPUD) and the Western Area Power Authority (WAPA)...
EcoNews in the ’80s: Who Needs Computers?
Do you have memories of the early NEC that you’d like to share? Photos, recollections, poems or lessons learned from campaigns? Did the NEC launch you into a life of environmental activism? We want...
News From the Center
by Larry Glass and Carrie Tully
From the NEC Staff
The last month has brought some big changes for the NEC staff. The biggest change we have encountered is that our Coastal Programs Coordinator, Casey Cruikshank,...
Environmental Laws Crossword
Across
Acronym for 1986 act that provides assistance to local communities in protecting the public health from chemical hazards.
The ______ Prevention Act: Passed in 1990, focused on source reduction of pollution.
The...