Forest. The scientists who will advise development of marine life protection areas on the North Coast of California have been appointed — by outgoing Department of Fish and Game Director Donald Koch, who resigned last week and whose last day in office will be Nov. 1. The science team includes several notables — but not […]
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Iced Tea Party
The Humboldt Tea Party Patriots, perhaps inspired by the wide-ranging scope of ideas recently exhibited by member/Fortuna Councilman Dean Glaser , are expanding their horizons: taking on the nefarious myth of global warming. This Sunday evening at the Veterans Hall in Fortuna, the HTPP will screen Not Evil Just Wrong , a documentary by Irish […]
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Pedaling for the Climate
Got any plans for the Saturday before Halloween? If not, walk, cycle or Segway (?) over to the Arcata Plaza and you, yes you , can become a human pixel in a giant formation of the number 350. Said photo, along with snapshots of many other human 350s taken around the world, will be displayed […]
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Attack of the Copepods
Hardcore! Photo by Alessandro Catenazzi From National Geographic News comes this: Once the parasitic crustaceans enter the gills of a tadpole victim, they feed off the tadpole’s tissues until male and female parasites mate. The male dies soon after. Meanwhile the fertilized female bores her way partially out of the tadpole. Yes, and then the […]
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A Beery Exultation
Greenopia, a research company that puts together “green guides,” has declared Eel River Brewing Co. among the saintliest when it comes to green beer production. In a ranking system where four “Greenopia leafs” gains you entry to hopsy sainthood, Eel River earned three. Here’s what Greenopia said: Eel River is a small craft brew that […]
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Hunter: ‘Time to do other things’
Dennis Hunter won’t be running for re-election to the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District, leaving his Eureka-based seat up for grabs in the Nov. 3 election. “I promised my constituents I would finish out the term,” Hunter told the Journal by phone Tuesday evening. “I think it’s time to do other things.” Former […]
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The NEC’s Subprime Mortgage
Real estate deals may not have impoverished the Northcoast Environmental Center, but they sure didn’t help By now we’ve all heard plenty of stories about people who bought houses they couldn’t afford, at the top of the market and with no money down. Those luckless homeowners, many of them foreclosed upon long ago, will forever […]
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Food Freedom! Laundry Liberation!
Because what could be more liberating than financial independence? Oh, sure, life and liberty and the whole pursuit of happiness thing factor in, but have you priced them lately? Well, I can’t solve your big problems – refusing to save, spending more than you earn, insisting on indulging in those optional treats like education, health […]
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Save-The-Redwoods Signs Off On Richardson Grove
Attention Jeff Muskrat: The list of corporate cronies being paid off under the table to not care about the dastardly Wal-Mart-driven plan to slightly tweak the course of Highway 101 through Richardson Grove grows longer every day. This time the Save-The-Redwoods League has sold its immortal soul to AmeriKKKan greed! In a letter dated Friday, […]
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Paging Fhyre Phoenix!
We need white roofs and light-colored cars to cool our overheating planet , says Energy Secretary Chu. What next, white streets ? Well, why not? According to Agence France-Presse: Making roads and roofs a paler colour could have the equivalent effect of taking every car in the world off the road for 11 years, Chu […]
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More General Plan Alternatives Released
This just in: The General Plan Update (GPU) alternatives for the following sections have been released and will soon be subject to public debate: Agricultural Resources, Forest Resources and Public Lands. All of these sections fall under the larger header of the GPU’s Land Use Element. Sure-to-be-lively public hearings on the Land Use Element (featuring […]
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Obama Signs Wilderness Bill
desperation.Obama Signs Wilderness Bill: The Huffungton Post reports that, with one swoop of the presidential pen yesterday, Obama set aside almost as much wilderness as W. managed in two full terms. “The law — a collection of nearly 170 separate measures — represents one of the largest expansions of wilderness protection in a quarter-century.” Among […]