by Crag Law Center | Mar 25, 2014 | Environmental Health News, News
On behalf of Beyond Toxics, Crag Legal Fellow Maura Fahey drafted a petition to pressure the Department of Agriculture to release records regarding an investigation into a potentially illegal aerial herbicide spraying near Gold Beach. As a result, the Department of...
by Crag Law Center | Mar 30, 2016 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Crag Law Center led a diverse coalition of eleven environmental and social justice groups, who submitted comments on a proposed temporary rule that would regulate emissions of air toxics from colored glass manufacturing facilities. The temporary rule was proposed by...
by Ralph Bloemers | Mar 27, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Right now in Oregon’s state capital politicians are discussing the future safety of Oregon’s drinking water, schools and homes from the aerial spraying of toxic pesticides and herbicides. Senator Chris Edwards of Eugene has convened a work group to assess the...
by Megan Gleason | Nov 14, 2022 | Environmental Justice
Hot off the Mic: Rebeka featured on Beyond Toxics podcast If you read our summer newsletter, you already know that Crag attorney Rebeka Dawit has been working with environmental justice-focused, community-based organizations for over a year to advance legal and policy...
by Lizzy Gazeley | Mar 1, 2022 | Communities, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice
Air pollution in West Eugene from JH Baxter. Image sourced from our client, Beyond Toxics. After over a decade of public pressure and legal action, JH Baxter announced that they would shut down operations on January 31st, 2022. JH Baxter is a producer of...