Naturescopes: Tapping into the Elements
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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...