Pollinator Stewardship Council and the American Beekeeper Federation challenged the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s decision to approve the insecticide sulfoxaflor for use in California. Sulfoxaflor is an insecticide linked to nationwide honey bee die-offs and known for killing other pollinators too, including the imperiled monarch butterfly that migrates through California every year. Petitioners alleged that the Department violated CEQA by failing to analyze the project’s significant impacts in an EIR. In 2021, the trial court invalidated the Department’s action. It found that there was a fair argument, based on substantial evidence in the record, that the use of this pesticide could significantly impact the environment.
CEQA Successes
- Reversing Approval of Insecticide Use in California That Could Cause Bee Colonies to Collapse
- Rare Wildlife Habitat, Old Growth, Headwaters Protected from Church of the Woods Development Above Lake Arrowhead
- Mitigating Wildlife and Climate Impacts of Large Mixed-Use Development in Remote, Fire-Prone Area of San Diego County
- Ensuring Protection of Coho Salmon in Lagunitas Creek
- Averting Destructing of Habitat, Cultural Sites by Geotechnical Investigations for Pacheco Dam Project
- Protecting Lake Tahoe’s Water Quality from Discharges of Dangerous Herbicides
- “Forcing a Large Industrial Park to Confront an Inadequate Water Supply”
- Ensuring Protection of Water Quality in the Eel River from Large Infrastructure
- Requiring a Water Supply for a Large Housing Development in Contra Costa County
- Establishing and Improving San Dieguito River Park