Save The Redwoods League: Returning ’O Rew -- Redwood lands back in Yurok hands
As Yurok Tribal Chairman Joseph James drives past the place his people call ‘O Rew... he says a prayer of joy and happiness for ancestral land renewed and returned. Only five years ago, the view from Highway 101 was of a derelict sawmill…
The Guardian: Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends after largest winter decline on record
A previously recorded slowdown in Arctic sea ice decline has ended, according to a new study, with the largest year-to-year wintertime reduction ever recorded. Using the most recent satellite observations of sea ice coverage,..
Canary Media: California to offer a novel $3,500 rebate for first-time EV buyers
Research shows that once drivers try an EV, they stick with them. That’s why these incentives target those who’ve never owned one to maximize the bang for the buck…
EcoMotion: Coffee comes with huge hidden costs: poverty, child labor, and slave labor plus deforestation.
“If you are drinking coffee, you are definitely drinking poverty,” states Etelle Higonnet, Founder of Coffee Watch. Only a very few coffee companies pay a living income for the world’s 125 million coffee growers. Many are paid $2 – 3 a day,
CalMatters: California can’t (currently) replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires
Over the past quarter century, high-severity wildfires have burned 2.3 million acres of California’s forestland so completely that the trees are unlikely to return on their own. And to replant even a quarter of the privately owned forestlands in the state, California would need to increase seed bank capacity by roughly 300%…
Lookout: Homeless Garden Project clears final roadblock to owning Natural Bridges Farm
Homeless Garden Project is one big step closer to owning its Natural Bridges Farm after a green light from Santa Cruz’s zoning administration on Wednesday morning. The zoning administrator approved the nonprofit’s application for a minor land division…
Bioneers: Ferris Jabr – Becoming Earth, How Our Planet Came to Life, Video
Western science has long resisted and even ridiculed the idea that our planet is alive, but many scientists now recognize that Earth and life continually coevolve and that, together, they form a single, interconnected, living system. Ferris Jabr, NYT bestselling author…
Fix The News: Solar Panels on Swiss Dam Very Productive in Winter
Planning ahead (it’s not always summer) Switzerland has bolted 5,000 solar panels to an Alpine dam, where they work best in winter. The AlpinSolar plant on the Muttsee dam, about an hour outside Zurich, sits at 2,500m…
Happy Eco News: Everglades Restoration Effort Advances with Major Project Moved Ahead of Schedule
Federal and state partners have approved an accelerated plan to advance the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir —- the centerpiece of Everglades restoration—moving its completion five years ahead of schedule, from 2034 to 2029…
Happy Eco News: The First Ever Global Winners of the Earth Prize are from Youth from India
In June, 16-year-olds Vivaan Chhawchharia, Ariana Agarwal and Avyana Mehta were crowned Global Winners of The Earth Prize, the world’s largest environmental competition for teenagers. Their solution, Plas-Stick, uses discarded tamarind seeds to remove microplastics from drinking water, …
Center For Biological Diversity:Trump Administration Kills Protections for Endangered Wildlife Habitat
July 10 -- The Trump administration today finalized a rule removing nearly all habitat protections for endangered species. This decision will leave imperiled species at even greater risk of going extinct. The Endangered Species Act prohibits “take” of endangered species, including actions that harm species.
Canary Media: New Qcells plant doubles current US capacity to make solar cells
For five years straight, the U.S. power sector has built more solar farms than any other kind of power plant. However the production of solar cells — the high-value component that converts sunlight into electricity — has lagged far behind.
Inside Climate News: Herring and Herons: Signs of the Charles River’s Vast Improvement
From Boston’s Museum of Science to the Watertown Dam, the Charles River this spring was rife with river herring swirling in the water. Near the dam, dozens of the aptly named herring gulls perched on rocks and plunged for the fish….
Earthjustice: SoCal clean air rule upheld for boilers, water heaters
On July 2, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) zero-emission standard for boilers and water heaters, rejecting an industry challenge to a landmark clean air rule that will clean up pollution from industrial and commercial equipment. ..
Earthjustice: Proposed Louisiana “Blue” Hydrogen and Ammonia Plant Abandoned
Air Products has cancelled the so-called Louisiana ‘Clean Energy’ Complex. The company had planned to produce blue hydrogen and ammonia from methane gas, then pump its industrial carbon dioxide waste from Cancer Alley
Optimist Daily: California’s first eight-hour grid battery now online
Tumbleweed, a 125-megawatt battery installation, went online as the first major storage facility in the U.S. capable of discharging for eight hours straight. It’s the only one of its kind in the country right now.
Earthjustice: A win for bears and trout in Montana
A judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the Endangered Species Act with a plan to allow more roads in Bitterroot National Forest. The government must now assess how this plan affects grizzlies and bull trout. Earthjustice sued the Trump administration, building on decades of work…
Inside Climate News: Why General Motors Is Betting on Sodium-Ion Batteries
Peak Energy announced (in June) that it has entered a new partnership with General Motors to manufacture sodium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. Sodium-ion batteries use super abundant sodium not lithium and thus are lower fire-risk…
Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network: The Science & Stewardship Symposium, Resources for the Public
On January 30, 2026, the Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network held the Science & Stewardship Symposium, bringing together more than 250 leaders working on scientific research and hands-on land stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains region…
Colorado Sun: New Colorado law to recycle EV batteries is a model for rest of nation to follow
Colorado has just become the first state in the nation to establish a comprehensive framework for the reuse, repurposing, and recycling of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Governor Jared Polis's signing of Senate Bill 003 marks a significant milestone for responsible transportation electrification.