Category Archives: ECOS in the news

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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SMUD ends power deal for Coyote Creek solar project tied to environmental suit, January 5, 2026, The Sacramento Bee

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

“The impacts of this project would have had on parks, on the environment, and especially on tribes, would have been devastating, and it would not have aligned with the values that SMUD has preached,” Lim said. “As far as we’re concerned, this project is still alive, even if SMUD isn’t the one purchasing the power from DESRI…our litigation is still standing because we don’t think that this project is CEQA compliant.”

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Groups file lawsuit against Sacramento County’s approval of Coyote Creek Solar Project that would wipe out 3,000 old growth oaks, January 1, 2026, SN&R

By Dan Bacher | January 1, 2026 | Sacramento News and Review

In late December, two environmental organizations, the California Native Plant Society and the Environmental Council of Sacramento, filed a lawsuit against the County of Sacramento for its recent approval of the Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Ranch project. That initiative, also known as the CCAR, is slated for the rolling hills and grazing lands of eastern Sacramento County between Prairie City SVRA and the Deer Creek Hills Preserve.

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