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Lame Settlement on Alkali Lake Toxic Waste Dump Thwarted
2 May 2012
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25 Apr 2012
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Nestlé Issue Transcends Environmental Movement
30 Mar 2012
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Lame Settlement on Alkali Lake Toxic Waste Dump Thwarted
News Archive
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Klamath National Forest Rescinds Controversial Mining Project
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsGold prices recently skyrocketed, causing a corresponding increase in the number of claims for gold mines. One such proposed mining project in the Klamath National Forest in northern California would have drawn significant amounts of water from McNeal Creek, a key watershed for federally protected... -
Neighbors Hail Ruling Protecting Oregon Farm and Forestland
Posted on July 20, 2010 | 2 CommentsIn a decision issued today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals took a big step to preserve Oregon farm and forest lands from large developments proposed under former Measure 37 claims. The Court reversed an Oregon District Court decision that found that Measure 37 waivers... -
Crag Settles Ocean Acidification Case – Requires EPA to Issue National Policy
Posted on March 11, 2010 | 1 CommentThe Crag Law Center and its client, the Center for Biological Diversity, announced today that they reached a settlement with EPA on a first-of-its kind lawsuit targeting the agency’s regulation of ocean acidification – the “other CO2 problem.” Crag filed the case in May of... -
Challenging Arctic Oil Drilling to Protect Native Fishing Grounds
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsThe Crag Law Center today filed a legal challenge to an offshore exploration plan approved by the Minerals Management Service in the Beaufort Sea in Alaska. Crag is working with local Native groups, including the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, a regional tribal government,... -
Suit Filed to Protect Polar Bear from Pesticide Contamination.
Posted on December 3, 2009 | 1 CommentCrag Law Center files suit for the Center for Biological Diversity to force EPA to curtail contamination of the Artic. On behalf of its client, the Center for Biological Diversity, Crag Law Center has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to... -
Umatilla National Forest Rescinds Third Controversial Logging Project
Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments(Pendleton, Oregon). For the third time in recent months, the Forest Service has withdrawn a scientifically-controversial large-scale timber sale sparing beautiful forests, wildlife, and spring fed salmon waterways from damaging logging. The Umatilla National Forest Supervisor withdrew the Wildcat timber sale before the Forest Service... -
EPA Ordered to Reform Office of Civil Rights To Address Environmental Degradation
Posted on November 2, 2009 | 1 CommentObama Official Orders Reforms in EPA Office of Civil Rights For over five years now, the Crag Law Center has represented the Rosemere Neighborhood Association of Vancouver, Washington. Rosemere Neighborhood Association filed a complaint with the US EPA that detailed how the City of Vancouver... -
Umatilla Ranger District Rescinds Scientifically Controversial Logging Project
Posted on October 30, 2009 | 1 CommentEarlier this week, the District Ranger of the North Fork John Day Ranger District, Umatilla National Forest issued a one line statement pulling the Farley logging project in the face of objections from scientists. The Farley project proposed thousands of acres of logging in the rugged high elevation headwaters of the North Fork John Day River. The agency claimed it was restoring health to drier Ponderosa pine dominated forests at lower elevations, but it was mostly logging more complex moist and sub-alpine forests located at moderate to higher elevations. This landscape is home to the last best strongholds of wild fish in the interior and wildlife like wolves and goshawk. At the higher elevations it is marked by steep roadless areas. -
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Announces Civil Rights Reforms
Posted on September 29, 2009 | No CommentsIn response to Crag’s recent environmental justice victory, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has ordered reforms at the Office of Civil Rights to speed the processing of discrimination claims. In addition to ordering her staff “in the strongest terms, to review and reform the Title VI... -
Crag and NEDC Announce Stormwater Settlement with ODOT
Posted on September 25, 2009 | No CommentsCrag’s client, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, just settled a Clean Water Act enforcement actions against the Oregon Department of Transportation. NEDC and Crag provided notice of intent to sue ODOT to enforce the terms of its Clean Water Act stormwater permit. The settlement avoids...