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| Voice of the Environment's mission is to educate the public regarding the transfer of public trust assets into private, mostly corporate, hands. | ||
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Ukiah office: 1330 Boonville Rd Ukiah, CA 95482 707-467-0329 |
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Napa office: 391 Crystal Springs Rd St. Helena, CA 94574 707-963-8264 |
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| For two decades, Voice of the Environment has stood up for the people and our communities against the avarice of corporations and the misguided policies of the corporate-dominated state. |
June 27, 2005 When a Corporate Raider Claims Economic Hardship Senior North Coast attorney Jared Carter's insider influence has left grimy fingerprints all over the recent Humboldt County Superior Court decision to dismiss the Humboldt County DA's fraud case against Pacific Lumber. ... more June 17, 2005 Pacific Lumber logging blocked The State Water Resources Board, in a unanimous decision, blocked the Pacific Lumber Co. from starting to log in two silt-damaged watersheds in Humboldt County. ... more June 10, 2005 Logging plans at issue The North Coast regional water board’s handling of highly controversial timber harvest plan (THP) approvals for the Pacific Lumber Co. (PACLO) could cost some members their seats on the board, as the polarizing issue continues to grate both the logging company and environmentalists. ... more June 6, 2005 In the Northwest: Conservation icon plans a final campaign: Sequoia The Grande Ronde rocks, and so does 88-year-old boatman Martin Litton as his dory plunges through waves on the remote river where three Northwest states come together. ... more May 9, 2005 State water board: PL's peril its own making A state regulatory agency's geologist and economist claims that Pacific Lumber Co. parent Maxxam Inc. has sucked more than $724 million from its subsidiary by cutting trees at unsustainable rates while keeping Palco running with a precarious strategy. ... more April 7, 2005 State water official halts logging plan In a major setback for Pacific Lumber Co., a state water official Wednesday temporarily banned additional logging in two Humboldt County watersheds. ... more March 17, 2005 Board lets Pacific Lumber log more A state water board Wednesday overruled its own staff and gave Pacific Lumber Co. approval to log even more in two impaired North Coast watersheds. ... more March 14, 2005 Big timber's last stand ... more February 14, 2005 Palco's bad deal is everyone's bad deal ... more February 13, 2005 Logging push a dilemma for Schwarzenegger Hurwitz's Maxxam Corp. had grabbed control of Pacific Lumber Co. and its immense stands of redwood trees on California's North Coast in 1986, using junk bonds brokered by Michael Milken and financed by Executive Life, a company later seized by the state Department of Insurance. ... more February 13, 2005 Headwaters Headache One of California's biggest environmental deals is near a breaking point. A giant redwood lumber company wants speeded-up timber-cutting approvals -- or it may go out of business. ... more January 25, 2005 Bankruptcy Warning Wields an Ax Pacific Lumber seeks new logging, warns that safeguards for redwoods may topple. ... more July 20, 2004 Pass the Heritage Tree Preservation Act Now! On June 14, the California Heritage Tree Preservation Act (SB 754) received a big boost when the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources approved the bill on a 7-3 vote. The next scheduled stop is the Assembly Appropriations Committee on August 4. The bill has already passed the full Senate, 25-13. ... more May 28, 2004 Writer disagrees with logic of quoted lumberman’s remarks The recent editorial by syndicated columnist Thomas D. Elias titled “Peace in the woods is a possibility” offers a good perspective on the current politics of old-growth preservation in California. ... more |
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Voice of the Environment is a 501 (c-3) not-for-profit Montana-based corporation formed in 1991.
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