This month marks the 4th anniversary of the launch of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s Community Choice Energy Program. The central objective of the program since we began providing electricity to customers in 2017 has been to advance the use of renewable resources to affordably meet our community’s energy needs. Despite the challenges of the…
Letters to the Editor, May 5, 2021
Dogged by reality I sent a letter on the mega-grow and tragedy of the Dog “Sophie,” which thankfully missed deadline or whatever. Anyway, after reading the Arcata City Council’s opinion (Union, April 28) I realize that I may not know what I am talking about and I don’t live in Arcata. I don’t know why…
The Arcata City Council’s letter to the Planco re: the Bottoms mega-grow
April 22, 2021 Humboldt County Planning Commission 3015 H Street Eureka CA 95501 SENT VIA EMAIL TO: [email protected] Re: Arcata Land Company, LLC Commercial Cannabis Project Application No. 12255 Dear Humboldt County Planning Commission: The City of Arcata is writing this letter in response to the overwhelming public comment received from Arcata constituents. The Arcata…
Margaret Gainer: Conditions leading to recycling contamination
To improve efficiency of collecting more recyclables at the curb, in the early 2000s, many communities changed from source separation of all the materials before set-out on the street, to dual stream. With dual stream collection, paper and cardboard are sorted from the plastic, metal and glass beverage containers – with further separation after collection…
Letters to the Editor, April 21, 2021
Defining Arcata Sun Valley is hopeful that we will all be grateful for their plan to reduce the size of their grow. What they don’t understand is that we LIVE HERE, right next door to this very large planned grow. I see a different future for Arcata. I see expansion of neighborhoods with planned CSAs…
Maggie Gainer: How we got here – the early development of recycling
Zero Waste Humboldt emphasizes waste prevention strategies at the point of purchase and materials reuse. However, we regularly receive inquiries about recycling collection, which materials are recyclable, and how to avoid contaminating the recycling cart at the curb. An average of 25 percent of recyclables collected at the curb in Humboldt County are contaminated and…
Lucy Salazar: Valley West is full of positive directions, and deserves better
Gillen Martin’s letter from March 31 is right on the mark. Words do matter, and the never-ending putdown of Valley West continues the view that this neighborhood is beyond hope. The rare mention of Valley West in the Mad River Union is found in the Police Log. If that’s all that people ever hear about…
Letters to the Editor, April 7, 2021
Love Over Hate On Sunday, March 21, Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders (HAPI) in Solidarity hosted a vigil, “Love Over Hate,” to honor and remember the victims of the tragic Atlanta shootings. This peaceful, thoughtful, and loving walking vigil was held on the grounds of the Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (HUUF) in Bayside. We want…
Jim Cotton: Downsized grow project still needs a full EIR
Wait, did he not say that all these things were mitigated for in his earlier statement? He clearly states here that there WILL be odor, noise, traffic, increased water and energy use when earlier in this same letter he claims all these would have been mitigated!
Letters to the Editor, March 24/31, 2021
Help stop the Arcata Bottom mega-grow I urge all Humboldt County residents to participate in this Thursday’s (April 1) planning commission meeting at 6 p.m. via zoom, to voice your opinion on the Sun Valley proposed 23 acre cannabis grow destined for the Arcata bottom just outside the city limit. This area is not conducive to…