Eel River News
PG&E’s Draft Dam Removal Plan Finally Released
You may have seen the news that 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...
Dissecting Trump’s First Week — EcoNews Report #262
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 climate...
Hope – EcoNews Report #257
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,...
Earthquake – EcoNews Report #256
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 Humboldt Bay last week, in the wake of the quake? Jay Patton, of Cal Poly...
Our River Needs You
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...
Pre-Election Jitters with Rep. Jared Huffman – EcoNews Report #251
Congressman Huffman is back on the show. With a major election in just a few days, what is the Congressman up to? When he isn’t calling voters in swing states — has anyone in Nevada received a call from a “Jared from California”? — he is sponsoring new legislation to...
Sonoma Groundwater – EcoNews Report #248
In late August, Russian Riverkeeper and the California Coastkeeper Alliance got what looks like a very significant ruling in their challenge to Sonoma County’s well permitting ordinance. The groups say that by allowing excessive and unmonitored groundwater extraction,...
Volunteers Needed for Crab Park Cleanup on September 14th
Join us to clean up Crab Park at the mouth of the Eel River as part of Coastal Cleanup Month 2024 on Saturday, September 14th! Coastal Cleanup Month is one of the largest volunteer events in California, and it was founded right here in Humboldt by the Northcoast...
Chevron Overturned: What It Means for Our Environment – EcoNews Report #239
Chevron deference is no more. What's Chevron deference you ask? Well, it was the backbone of our federal administrative state. Congress often passes laws that are vague or are capable of multiple interpretations. In Chevron, decided in 1984, the Supreme Court said...
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