The August Complex Logging Frenzy
by Kimberly Baker
The 2020 August Complex was the largest recorded wildfire in California recent history burning over 1 million acres on the Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity...
Eye On Washington: October 2020
Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
Presidents Trump’s First Term: A Look Back
It is possible that the first term of President Donald J. Trump is the...
La persistencia, convicción y ciencia ciudadana logran una victoria para el Chinook de Primavera
Por Caroline Griffith
Traducción por Johanna Rivera
El miércoles 16 de junio, la Comisión de Pesca y Caza de California votó a favor de incluir el...
EPIC: Novel Hoof Disease Threatens Elk, Pacific Fishers Denied Protection
By Tom Wheeler, Executive Director
Novel Hoof Disease Detected in Del Norte Elk
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently announced that treponeme-associated hoof disease...
Kin to the Earth: Susan Masten
by Geneva Wiki
Susan Masten is known to many people by many titles: Former Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Yurok Tribe; Past-President of the National...
Community Submissions: Eco-Poetry
Old Growth Coast Redwood
Shooting straight up into the sky,
the tallest trees in the world
see everything.
They see their kind diminishing
from drought, mega-fires,
real estate development, vineyards.
Between...
Short Bits of Interest and Positivity
by Michael D. Pulliam
HISTORIC REPRESENTATION IN WASHINGTON
In the December issue of EcoNews, we noted that progressives were calling upon the incoming Biden administration to...
Contrary to What the Plastics Industry Says, Single-Use Isn’t Safer
by Caroline Griffith
As the COVID 19 pandemic drags on, many environmentally conscious people have become frustrated by the amount of plastic and single-use packaging...
Reduce Food Waste to Reduce Climate Change
By Maggie Gainer
The connection between reducing the food we waste and global warming is not yet commonly understood. Methane emissions resulting from the decomposition...
Get on Board for the Climate | February 2024
Martha Walden
The Last Days of Fossil Fuels
“The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it’s unstoppable. It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s...
Our Land Was Taken. But We Still Hold the Knowledge of How to Stop...
Bill Tripp
This article originally appeared in The Guardian. Reprinted with permission.
As wildfires rage across California, it saddens me that Indigenous peoples’ millennia-long practice of...
Trash Art Contest Brings Awareness to Waste
by Chelsea Pulliam
We are putting out the call to all trash crafters and upcycling artists! We want you to create a piece of trash...
Get On Board for the Climate: Can We Stop Worrying Yet?
by Martha Walden for 350 Humboldt
The huge federal spending bill that was passed during the hectic last days of 2020 included an unexpected breakthrough...
Fixing the Klamath: Restoration’s Three Essential Requisites
Felice Pace, North Group Water Chair
Fixing the Klamath -- by which I mean not just the survival of Klamath Salmon but the return of...
Eye on Washington April, 2021
by Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative analyst
New Leadership
Transition for the new administration has been intentionally slowed by outgoing leadership. President Biden’s priority has been confirmation...
Ocean Night Internship
Description:
The Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) is offering an Ocean Night Internship. The NEC is one of the country’s oldest bioregional environmental organizations and manages...
Eye On Washington
By Dan Sealy and Kenny Mort
In Congress
Congressional committee hearings are planned for mid-July where budgets for departments and agencies that administer the environmental and...
News from the Center | Feb. 2024
Larry Glass, NEC Board President
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
Although we could start off 2024 talking about the extreme weather that’s sweeping across the US,...
‘How We Win’: The Social Change Playbook
Michael D. Pulliam
Whether we are looking to alter a policy at the local transit agency or overthrow a violent dictator, George Lakey's 'How We...
To Pollute and Extract: Greens Against the Military
Mox Alvarnaz, NEC Staff
The legacy of war includes toxic landscapes, land mines, and unexploded ordnance, posing persistent environmental and social threats. Military operations have...
Eye On Washington: December 2020
Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
(This Eye on Washington was written on November 8th and reflects the projected election results as of that date. Final...
News From the Center
by Larry Glass and Carrie Tully
Every Saturday in September 2020 is Coastal Cleanup Day!!!
A New Look...
This year’s Coastal Cleanup Day has effectively become a...
EPIC: Forging Fire Strategies
Photos and story by Kimberly Baker
The time to adapt and live with wildfire is here. Many communities across the west are working toward that...
Changing the Law Rather than Enforcing it: The County’s Response to Illegal Activity on...
Titlow Hill has been the location of illegal and unpermitted activities for decades. From building roads to sub-dividing and selling parcels, the development in...
News from the Center
Climate Crisis
Since the last issue of EcoNews was published, the climate crisis has become more real to many members of the public who normally...