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Farmers & Vintners Cheer Ruling Protecting Oregon Wine Country
1 Sep 2010
In a decision issued today, the Oregon Court of Appeals…
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Crag Announces Job Opening – Development Coordinator
18 Aug 2010
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR JOB DESCRIPTION: The Crag Law Center is a…
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Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Clean Water Act & Logging Roads
17 Aug 2010
Appeals Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Stormwater and Logging Roads…
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Klamath National Forest Rescinds Controversial Mining Project
2 Aug 2010
Gold prices recently skyrocketed, causing a corresponding increase in the…
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Support Crag As You Paddle from Portland to Astoria!
31 Jul 2010
Crag Law Center supporter Sam Drevo is offering a unique…
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Farmers & Vintners Cheer Ruling Protecting Oregon Wine Country
Environmental Justice Archive
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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,... -
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... -
Blogging the Environmental Justice Victory
Posted on September 24, 2009 | No CommentsOur friend Professor Noah Hall from Wayne State University maintains an excellent blog about the Great Lakes ecoregion. He just published a guest post by Staff Attorney Chris Winter about our recent environmental justice victory with the Rosemere Neighborhood Association. Many groups in the Great... -
Crag Goes to Court for Environmental Justice
Posted on April 16, 2009 | No CommentsChris Winter of the Crag Law Center argued a potential landmark case under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act this past Tuesday. Crag represents the Rosemere Neighborhood Organization (RNA) in Vancouver, WA with respect to a civil rights complaint filed by RNA. Title VI... -
Crag Wins a Big Victory for Inupiat Eskimos
Posted on November 20, 2008 | No CommentsToday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an exploration plan proposed by Royal Dutch Shell in the Beaufort Sea because of potential impacts to Inupiat Eskimos and their subsistence traditions. Here is the opinion. More background on Crag’s Environmental Justice work with Inupiat...
