November 2019
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Here Comes the Electric Vehicle Parade!
The Planning Commission Could Reach a Decision on the Humboldt Wind Energy Project Tonight
THE ECONEWS REPORT: ‘We Cannot Move Fast Enough on This’
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Is Your Pot Killing Northern Spotted Owls?
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Living Through a Firestorm, with Jon Humboldt Gates
October 2019
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Where’s the Mercury in Humboldt Bay Coming From?
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Massive Bird Declines Foretell a Silent Spring
THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Klamath River is a Person, My Friend
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Trump’s Cartoon Supervillains and Their Surprising Ally in Gov. Gavin Newsom
September 2019
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Let’s Not Deify People, Even If They’re Awesome Activists Like Greta Thunberg
PETA Buys Bus Ads Opposing Fish Farm on Samoa Peninsula: ‘You Can’t Be a Fish-Eating Environmentalist’
(PHOTOS + VIDEO) The Yurok Tribe is Leading a Massive Restoration Project on the Trinity River, and the Fish are Coming Back
THE ECONEWS REPORT: What Can Tsunamis Teach Us About Combating Climate Change?
THE ECONEWS REPORT: It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And We’re SO DEPRESSED)
Local Enviro Groups Demand Changes to Proposed Terra-Gen Wind Energy Project Slated for Ridges South of Rio Dell
THE ECONEWS REPORT: They’re Back! Your Loveable Environmental Curmudgeons Have a New Show on KHUM and LoCO
August 2019
Yurok Tribe Acquires 50,000 Acres From Green Diamond; Land Along Blue Creek, Other Klamath Tributaries Will Be Managed for Conservation
July 2019
Federal Agencies Looking to Expand Humboldt County’s Open Ocean Dumping Grounds, Where We Put All the Dredge Spoils
June 2019
Humboldt County Joins North Coast Coalition Seeking to Take Over the Potter Valley Project, Which Diverts Water from the Eel River
Yurok Biologist Discovers New Subspecies of Klamath Lamprey; Leads Team-Written Paper Published in Scientific Journal
In Midst of Unusual Marine Mammal Die-Off, Humboldt State Team Surveys the Coast and Looks for Answers
California Fish and Game Commission to Begin Listing Summer Steelhead Runs as Endangered, Following Petition From Friends of the Eel
A Fight Between Humboldt Stakeholders Over the Klamath Dams is Impacting Environmental Protections Across the Country
New Eureka High Sidewalk Mural Reminds You Everything that Flows Down Storm Drains Ends Up in the Bay
Check Out This 59-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Who’s Swimming the Eel River From Benbow to the Ocean
Rio Dell City Government is the Latest Organization to Give the Terra-Gen Wind Power Project a Big Thumbs Down
May 2019
Humboldt Wind Energy Project Proponents Give Presentation to Skeptical Crowd in Ferndale
Caltrout Gets Big State Grant to Return 950 Acres of Cannibal Island to Marshland
Stakeholders Voice Concerns and Cautious Optimism About Offshore Wind Energy at McGuire-Hosted Hearing
April 2019
Feds to Consider Adding Northern California Summer Steelhead to Endangered Species List
Wind Energy Project Near Scotia Would Impact Birds and the View, Report Finds; Public Scrutiny Invited
March 2019
Trinidad Rancheria Wants Harbor Property Placed in Federal Trust, Raising Concerns About Public Access, Environment and Tribal Rights
February 2019
MORE SEWAGE STILL! Turns Out Fortuna Contributed Another 14,000 Gallons of the Raw Stuff to the Eel Yesterday; Tiny Ferndale Also Chipped In
OH, SHIT! More Than 10,000 Gallons of Raw Sewage Were Dropped Into the Bay This Morning, and More Into the Eel This Afternoon
Weed and Water Diversion: State Fish and Wildlife Service Studying Environmental Effects of Cultivation in the Upper Mattole This Year
Humboldt Baykeeper Says: Samoa Fish Farm Proposal Looks Good So Far, But the Devil Will Be in the Details
Big Week for Klamath Dam Removal: State Panel to Hold Hearings in Arcata, Orleans, Sacramento
(PHOTOS) Inmate Work Crew Cleans Up Homeless Encampment on the Banks of the Mad River
January 2019
Rep. Huffman Set to Bird-Dog Trump Administration’s Environmental Shenanigans, if Those Exist, as Chair of Prestigious New Natural Resources Subcommittee
(UPDATE) PG&E Says It Will Abandon Efforts to Sell or Relicense Eel River-Diverting Dams at Potter Valley
Surfrider Foundation Wants You to Post Photos of Washed Up Shotgun Wads to Its Data Collection Map
November 2018
Big Tributary of the Eel Opens Up for Fish Passage After San Francisco-Based Non-Profit Removes Dead Railroad Tracks
Crab Fishermen Sue Oil Companies for Screwing Up the Planet and Lying About Climate Change
October 2018
(MAP, PHOTOS) Rancher’s Deal With Northcoast Regional Land Trust Preserves 15,000 Acres in the Mad River Watershed
Large-Scale Wind Farm South of Scotia Should Be Up and Running in Roughly Two Years, Project Director Says
Part of the Waterfront Trail Will be Temporarily Closed For Invasive Plant Eradication This Week
September 2018
PG&E Announces That It’s Now Accepting Bids on Potter Valley Dams, Which Take Water From the Eel Put it in the Russian
August 2018
Mendo County Stakeholders Want to Take Over the Potter Valley Project, Which Diverts Water From the Eel; Local Enviros Say That Spells Trouble
July 2018
Huffman Introduces ‘Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act’ To Restore and Protect Local Land
(VIDEO) Protestors Lock Themselves to Gate to Prevent HRC Logging of Mattole Forest