Category Archives: ECOS in the news

North Natomas industrial project clears final regulatory hurdle, March 5, 2026, The Sacramento Bee

By Chaewon Chung | March 5, 2026 | The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission voted in favor of the Airport South Industrial Project in North Natomas on Wednesday, marking the final stage in the regulatory process for the proposal to move forward.

“This project is in the wrong location, it will worsen our air pollution problem, threatening the health of school children and nearby residents when there is already plenty of land within the city that is zoned as industrial and listed as vacant,” Fargo said on Thursday.

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Environmental groups file lawsuits against 440-acre project near Sacramento airport, January 6, 2026, The Sacramento Bee

By Mathew Miranda | January 6, 2026 | The Sacramento Bee

The lawsuits, filed on Dec. 30 and Monday against the city and developer NorthPoint Development, allege that the Sacramento City Council unlawfully approved the project’s environmental impact report last month. The development, known as the Airport South Industrial, would build warehouses, hotels and restaurants in an unincorporated area of Sacramento County.

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SMUD cancels controversial Coyote Creek Project PPA that would remove 3500 trees, January 5, 2026, Daily Kos

By Dan Bacher | January 5, 2026

This is a partial victory for the environmental groups and Indian Tribes, including the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and the Wilton Rancheria, who opposed the project that would remove nearly 3500 trees from habitat draining a tributary of Deer Creek, in turn a tributary of the Cosumnes River, the last undammed Central Valley river.

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