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.