by Steelhead | Feb 14, 2025 | EcoNews Report, Dam Removal, Slider, Water Rights
This week on the EcoNews Report our host Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River talks about the flurry of recent developments on Eel River dam removal. On January 31 PG&E released their final draft license surrender application, a document that outlines some...
by Steelhead | Feb 10, 2025 | Action, Dam Removal, News, Slider
PG&E released their draft license surrender application on Friday, January 31. This is the latest step in the long process of evaluating the best options for Eel River dam removal. Following the release of this draft, PG&E will accept comments from...
by Steelhead | Feb 1, 2025 | EcoNews Report, News, Slider
EcoNews Report #262: Dissecting Trump’s First Week This episode originally aired February 1st, 2025. President Trump has entered his second term with a wave of executive orders and other executive actions. These have pulled the U.S. from international...
by Steelhead | Dec 23, 2024 | EcoNews Report, News, Slider
EcoNews Report #257: What Gives You Hope? This episode originally aired December 21st, 2024. Environmentalists have a reputation for being a bit too doom-and-gloom. But what gives us hope? Jen Kalt of Humboldt Waterkeeper, Alicia Hamann of Friends of the Eel River,...
by Steelhead | Dec 17, 2024 | EcoNews Report, News, Slider
EcoNews Report #256: Earthquake This episode originally aired December 14, 2024. What’s the difference between a strike-slip fault and a subduction zone? Can a 7.0-magnitude earthquake generate a tsunami? And what on earth was going on with all that weird footage of...
by Steelhead | Dec 2, 2024 | FOER, groundwater, Slider
Well friends, I write this the day after the election and two months after the birth of my second baby. As so many of us are, I am wrestling with hope and despair. New life brings such promise, yet grave new dangers face families like mine. Our work gives me hope. But...
