Tell the Mendocino Board of Supervisors to send a letter of support in favor of AB 2494 to the State Legislature!

The California State Water Board has opened a comment period for the draft General Waste Discharge Requirements for Commercial Lily Bulb Operations in the Smith River Plain and the draft Environmental Impact Report. These permits will regulate the ongoing pollution from commercial lily bulb operations in the Smith River Estuary. Ongoing pesticide pollution of the Smith River Estuary puts at risk the air and water quality for the community of Smith River, the health of residen

On March 23, at 2:30 p.m., EPIC’s sponsored legislation AB 2494 that will end the commercial logging in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest, will be heard in its first committee meeting in the California State Legislature.

EPIC staff recently sat down with researchers at the Schatz Energy Research Center to learn more about the proposed Humboldt transmission projects for an episode of the EcoNews Report. Click here to read a transcript or listen.

The federal government has just taken a step that could open the door to new offshore oil drilling off California’s coast. On February 26, 2026, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it will prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for proposed offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Northern, Central, and Southern California planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf. 

We need your help! EPIC’s case against the Richardson Grove project has an oral argument on Monday, March 16, 2026, at 1:30 PM at the Court of Appeals in San Francisco (350 McAllister Street, 4th floor courtroom). We need to pack the house with supporters of Richardson Grove! RSVP here so we know how many supporters to expect. With construction looming, we are also working to restore a powerful symbol of this movement: Save the Richardson Grove sign, an iconic piece of EPIC h