The Big One — EcoNews Report #275

The Big One — EcoNews Report #275

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) warns that when we experience the next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, land near the coast may rise or fall significantly over a short period of time — think plus or minus five...
We Support the Right to Clean Water Act

We Support the Right to Clean Water Act

The Honorable Senator Blakespear, ChairCalifornia Senate Committee on Environmental Quality1021 O Street, Room 3230Sacramento, CA 95814   RE: Senate Bill 601 (Allen) – The Right to Clean Water Act – SUPPORT   Dear Chair Blakespear and Members of the...

A Leap in Lampreys: Unlovely Fish Make Welcome Comback

POTTER VALLEY, Mendocino County — This year’s historic gush of water through California’s rivers brings the dawning of a renaissance for lampreys, a peculiar fish that migrates upstream to spawn but without the fanfare of its salmon and steelhead compatriots. Climbing...

California Legislature Votes to Keep Dam-Safety Plans Secret

Fresh off the Oroville Dam crisis, California lawmakers on Thursday voted to make dam-safety plans secret through language that was quietly inserted into a budget-related bill. The legislation, which requires Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature before becoming law, says...