PG&E’s draft decommissioning plan in November will include removal of all dams and river features unless an entity steps forward with a proposal to take over facilities.
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Sunflower sea star finally could be listed under ESA, 10 years after “zombie apocalypse of the sea”
NOAA’s public comment on the proposed listing of pycnopodia will remain open until May 15.
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Fishing and conservation groups sue FERC over “fish-killing” Potter Valley Project
“The dams are killing and harming far more fish than anybody thought when the current license terms were developed,” one representative said.
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Necropsy planned Tuesday for dead sperm whale found in Mendocino Bay
The endangered whale’s cause of death remains a mystery, but the Noyo Center for Marine Science is on the case.
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Trump admin slashes 3.4 million acres of protected habitat for northern spotted owl
As the Trump administration’s time comes to a close, the Department of the Interior gave a last minute gift to the timber industry, taking away more than 3.4 million acres of protected land from the Northern Spotted Owl and subsequently opening the area to logging.