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Lame Settlement on Alkali Lake Toxic Waste Dump Thwarted
2 May 2012
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Do You Need To See It To Believe It?
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
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Lame Settlement on Alkali Lake Toxic Waste Dump Thwarted
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No CommentsAlmost a half century ago, a company that is now owned by Bayer Cropscience made and profited from the sale of toxic chemicals known as Agent Orange that were used in the Vietnam War. The Department of Defense bought tens of millions of gallons of... -
Do You Need To See It To Believe It?
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments“It really touched me how [a blind lady shopping for produce] did not need to see something to believe it was there. It’s a lot like climate change actually, you can’t just deny all the evidence that climate change is there because we can’t see... -
Nestlé Issue Transcends Environmental Movement
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsThis week Crag Law Center filed protests of two Water Resources Department decisions that start the approvals process for a Nestlé water bottling plant in the Columbia Gorge. The decisions under protest are integral to a water rights exchange between the Oregon Department of Fish... -
Protests Filed to Protect Oregon Spring Water from Nestlé
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 3 CommentsOn behalf of Bark and Food and Water Watch, Crag filed two protests challenging the Oregon Water Resources Department’s (Water Department) approval of permits that move Nestlé one key step closer to bottling and selling Oregon’s water. Crag is donating our services to protest the... -
Something so important, so essential…
Posted on March 16, 2012 | No CommentsWith all the buzz about the amazing Stories of Trust films Our Children’s Trust, WITNESS, and iMatter are putting together documenting the stories of the youth plaintiffs who are pursuing Atmospheric Trust Litigation (ATL) cases against their government, we thought it would be helpful to... -
White Salmon River Valley Water Threatened
Posted on March 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe Crag Law Center represents the Friends of the White Salmon River, the Friends of the Columbia Gorge and Citizens for Common Sense on the White Salmon in a challenge to a proposal floated by Klickitat County to rezone over 1,000 acres of land in... -
Trout Creek Update
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsEarlier this month, the Bureau of Land Management issued a last minute closure of Trout Creek, one of Oregon’s most beloved rock climbing destinations. The climbing community absolutely shares BLM’s interest in protecting habitat for golden eagles, but the lack of public involvement, environmental analysis... -
Trout Creek Closed to Climbing
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe Trout Creek climbing area in Central Oregon – one of Oregon’s truly unique and treasured recreational resources – was closed by the Bureau of Land Management on February 1, 2012. Rock climbers from around the country have traveled to Central Oregon to experience the... -
Climate Change is the Issue for the Day
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsCrag staff attorney Tanya Sanerib appeared in Lane County Circuit Court on Monday (1/23/12) to defend a lawsuit filed by our clients – 11 year old Olivia Chernaik and 15 year old Kelsey Juliana – demanding that the state of Oregon and Governor John Kitzhaber... -
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Marbled Murrelets from Clearcutting in Oregon State Forests
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsToday Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Audubon Society of Portland gave the State of Oregon and its forestry departments notice of their intent to file a lawsuit to protect the federally threatened marbled murrelet. Marbled murrelets are rare seabirds that nest inland...