December 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: A Geological Perspective on Last Week’s Quake

November 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Solar is Coming to Hydesville!

Judge Tosses the Latest Injunction From Environmental Groups Over Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Improvement Project

State Awards $3.1 Million to Yurok Tribe for Prairie Creek Floodplain Restoration Project

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Election Recap — It Wasn’t All Bad!

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Proposed Wood Pellet Biofuel Project Draws Criticism

October 2024

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Nearly $46 Million for Ecosystem Restoration Projects in Klamath Basin

TODAY in SUPES: Board and Public Voice Concerns About Wood Pellet Biofuel Project; Sheriff Proposes Advisory Council in Lieu of Oversight Committee

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Is Humboldt a ‘Climate Refuge?’

To Atone for its Extensive Air Travel, Cal Poly Humboldt’s Administration Will Buy ‘Carbon Offsets’ From the City of Arcata’s Community Forest

First California Project to Bury Climate-Warming Gases Wins Key Approval

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Pre-Election Jitters, With Rep. Jared Huffman

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Lessons Learned in a Week Without Driving

Yurok Tribe Nabs $18M Grant, Resumes Revegetation Work Behind Former Klamath Dams

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Wolves are Returning to California

September 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: How Will Groundwater be Regulated After This Significant Court Ruling?

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Draft Climate Act Plan Released

Helicopter Logging … for the Environment! Mattole Restoration Council Project Will Remove 400 ‘Encroaching’ Doug Fir Trees in the Petrolia Area Next Week

THE ECONEWS REPORT: What If Measure F Passes?

GOOD FIRE: Prescribed Burns Planned in Northern Humboldt Over the Next Few Months

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Letting Go of Your Eco-Grief

Blue Lake Rancheria Nabs $12 Million EPA Pollution Reduction Grant; Funds Will be Used to Acquire and Restore Local Coastal and Forest Land, Feds Say

August 2024

You, Humboldt County Human, Are Invited to a Public Meeting on the Regional Climate Action Plan

Harbor District Board Orders Environmental Study of Billboard Rebuild Project

THE ECONEWS REPORT: How to Think About Fire (From a Fire Expert)

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Clean Water on the Ballot

An Environmental Dispute Over Kernen Construction is Tormenting a Glendale Neighborhood and Taking Up a Lot of Government Time

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Northwest Forest Plan at 30

Health Department Warns Swimmers to Stay Away From Toxic Blue-Green Algae at Local Rivers and Lakes

July 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Gang Goes to Norway

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Top 10 Questions About Offshore Wind

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Chevron Overturned: What It Means for Our Environment

Fire, Flood and Ice: Local Scientists Document Climate Threshold Crossed in the Klamath Mountains

June 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Project 2025 and the Environment

THE ECONEWS REPORT: A Controversial Biomass Proposal’s Tie to Humboldt County

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Rising Seas and the Future of Humboldt Bay, Part 3

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Wiyot Tribe and BLM Partner for Stewardship of Headwaters

PG&E Asks for Delay in Eel River Dam Decommissioning

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Great Opportunities and Challenges for the Great Redwood Trail

May 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Offshore Wind Ocean Floor?

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Remembering Petey Brucker

THE ECONEWS REPORT: In-Stream Flows Set to Expire for Klamath Tributaries. What’s Next?

[UPDATED] Coastal Commission Approves Humboldt Bay Seawater Intake System Upgrades Needed for Nordic Aquafarms Project

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Protecting In-Stream Flows in the Mad River

April 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Toxic Soup in the Smith River

‘We Must Do Better’: Rep. Jared Huffman Responds to Statewide Salmon Fishery Closure

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Coping with Climate Anxiety

March 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: How Do Fish Get Counted, and Why Does Genetic Diversity Matter?

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Can We Clean Up Humboldt Bay Before the Sea Rises?

THE ECONEWS REPORT: You Loved the Movie. Now See Humboldt’s Dunes!