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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... -
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... -
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... -
The Report from the Crag Offices on NEDC v. Brown
Posted on August 19, 2011 | No CommentsOver the past several weeks, we’ve had several questions from our supporters and other members of the public about NEDC v. Brown, the recent Ninth Circuit case involving logging road pollution and water quality. Working with our client, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center , and... -
Crag Goes Kayaking
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsInterning at Crag Law Center is not your usual summer job. As many of my law school friends sat in cubicles writing memos and filing papers for court one summer Tuesday, I had the great opportunity to whitewater kayak the Clackamas River with the Crag... -
Proposed Budget Seeks to Cut Funding for the Environment
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsOn July 27, The Oregonian reported that the House rejected a rider to a GOP-proposed spending bill that would have stripped funding for the listing of new species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bill would have only funded the removal of species from... -
Crag’s Spring Newsletter is here!
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsCrag is now 10 years old, and we are celebrating our anniversary with a special newsletter, a reggae benefit this spring and our Wild Shots photography auction this fall…. You can now download the Spring 2011 Summit directly from our website and save paper. If... -
Bioenergy from Burning Wood?
Posted on December 17, 2010 | 1 CommentThe other day, I read a thought provoking opinion piece on Biomass Energy written by Franz Matzner, Jeanne Roy and Lisa Arkin in the Oregonian. I encourage all of you to check it out. The gist of the piece is that while burning wood for... -
LNG Proposal Takes Knock-Out Punch
Posted on November 3, 2010 | 3 CommentsIn a decision issued today, the Oregon Court of Appeals hammered what could be the final nail in the coffin for the Bradwood Landing LNG project. Opponents of liquefied natural gas (LNG) celebrated earlier this year when the company announced it was filing for Chapter...