You may have heard rumblings about a new bill working its way through Congress that is splitting the environmental community. The Manchin-Schumer Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022 (EISA) is the result of a side deal that Democratic Party leadership agreed to in order to win the support of Senator Joe Manchin during the debate over the Inflation Reduction Act. To some, this side deal is necessary to fight climate change. To others, the bill, nicknamed the “Dirty Dea

California’s cap-and-trade marketplace allows private forest landowners to enroll “improved forest management” projects into the carbon market. Conceptually, these forests are supposed to sequester more carbon under this “improved” management—less intense logging and more forest protection, for example—than under their ordinary management, with the increased carbon stored available to sell to polluters elsewhere in the state. This requirement of “additionality”—for projects t

EPIC, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying endangered species protection to West Coast fishers. Fishers are relatives of mink, otters and wolverines, and live in old-growth forests. The Service had previously determined that fishers warranted protection across the West Coast, but in 2020 reversed course and only protected them in the southern Sierra Nevada. Fur trapping took a toll

On behalf of EPIC's staff and board, you are warmly invited to join us for EPIC's 45th Annual Fall Celebration! The gathering will take place on Saturday, October 8th from 2-5pm at Southern Humboldt Community Park, located at 1144 Sprowl Creek Road in Garberville, and feature hors d'oeuvres catered by Local Flavors, live music by the Yarduties band, and an open bar with libations donated by Violet Green Winery, Frey Vineyards, and Lost Coast Brewery. We are so looking forward

On August 25th, CAL FIRE announced that logging would resume in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). CAL FIRE made this announcement without informing Chairman Michael Hunter of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians beforehand. Before that announcement was made, the Coalition to Save Jackson State Forest felt like we were making progress with the State. CAL FIRE had made several concessions and released their vision for the future the previous week. But the sudden anno