Naturescopes: Tapping into the Elements

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Sabriyya Ghanizada, EcoNews Intern In Tropical Astrology the zodiac is divided into 12 signs. Each sign represents a part of the human body (Pisces represents...

Solutions Summit | May 2022

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Michael D. Pulliam CARBON CAPTURE IN URBAN FORESTS Researchers in Boston, MA, found that trees and soils on the edges of forests and in large city...

California Could Get Tougher Than the Feds on Super Greenhouse Gas

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Martha Walden As the world gets hotter, staying cool becomes more important. Even here on the north coast air-conditioners are becoming more common. AC, refrigerators,...

Labor and Environmental Movements

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Raven E. Marshall, EcoNews Intern Perhaps unsurprisingly a lot of overlap exists within differing social justice movements, but the ways some intersect and support the...

State Authorities Support Conversion of SF Bay Area Refineries to High Deforestation Risk Biofuels

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Gary Graham Hughes Over the last two weeks of March, the Contra Costa County Planning Commission held hearings and certified the Final Environmental Impact Reports...

Eye On Washington | May 2022

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Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst Return of an Omnibus Bill and Earmarks As the reality of 2022 elections for all members of the House of Representatives...

Demystifying The Moon

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Sabriyya Ghanizada, EcoNews Intern The word lunacy is derived from the latin word, lunaticus, which translates to moonstruck. Fables of the moon causing intermittent insanity...

Community Coastal Column: Plastics News Roundup

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Ivy Munnerlyn, Coastal Programs Coordinator Here at the NEC’s Coastal Programs, we like to focus on making change locally. Our cleanup events like Coastal Cleanup...

Introduction to Energy in California Book Review

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Ali Ong Lee With California’s floating offshore wind process underway—off the coasts of Humboldt Bay and Morro Bay—Peter Asmus’ Introduction to Energy in California might...

Farm Feature: Comida del Pueblo

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Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist In 2021, Centro del Pueblo (CdP) started Comida del Pueblo (CoDP) in response to worsening food insecurities faced by Indigenous and...

ZWH’s Food Waste Reduction Efforts in Arcata

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Juliette Bohn, Juliette P. Bohn Consulting Food waste disposed in landfills decomposes to produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG), and leachate - a potential...

California Native Plant Society | May 2022

Event Reminders: Spring Native Plant Sale, in-person, by appointment, April 30 & May 1 Wildflower Show, in-person at Jefferson Community Center, April...

EPIC and Allies File Lawsuit to Protect Redwood Forest From Logging

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Tom Wheeler, EPIC Executive Director EPIC, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Coast Action Group have filed a lawsuit to stop the Mendocino Redwood...

Fire Suppression Impacts on Wilderness

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Luke Ruediger, Siskiyou Conservation Director & Klamath-Siskiyou Fire Reports Coordinator, Klamath Forest Alliance In recent years, the impact of fire suppression activities on sensitive federal...

Citizens Seek More Voice Through Cannabis Reform Initiative

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Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist A new ballot initiative, entitled the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative, is seeking signatures in order to potentially be approved by either...

Fluidity and Sovereignty: Water and Indigenous Life

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Farzad Forouhar Despite the different narratives in Indigenous creation stories, what they all have in common is water, which has an essential part in creation....

Youth Forest Defenders in the California Capitol

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Sara Rose (Age 16), Co-founder of the Mendocino County Youth for Climate If you had asked me about Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) this time...

Is Overpopulation to Blame for Climate Change?

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Unpacking Outdated Environmental Ideologies Is Overpopulation to Blame for Climate Change?   Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist For many people who have been working in any sort of environmental...

EcoNews Asks

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Would you ever consider a car-free lifestyle? What would it take? Sabriyya Ghanizada, EcoNews Intern We stopped by the Arcata Farmers Market on April 2 to...

Activism 101: Riding Your Bike is Activism

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Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director Whether it’s the harsh realities of climate change, the rising price of gas, or a realization that fossil fuel extraction...

DIY Zero: May is Bike Month

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Susan Nolan May is Bike Month, so EcoNews stopped by Mooncycles at 1905 Alliance Road in Arcata to ask Sprout and Sage about what’s new...

News from the Center | May 2022

Larry Glass, NEC Board President Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director Green Hate As climate disruption becomes more and more undeniable, it is unfortunately human nature to point...