by Megan Gleason | May 30, 2023 | Crag Blog, Environmental Justice
What President Biden’s recent Executive Order means for our Environmental Justice work by Rebeka Dawit | May 31, 2023 What is an Executive Order? An Executive Order is a written and signed directive from the President, issuing mandatory requirements for Executive...
by Megan Gleason | Jan 1, 2023 | Environmental Justice, Environmental Justice News, Newsletter
Achieving Environmental Justice through Legislation by Rebeka Dawit| May 8, 2023 How do you fight for environmental justice, when there are no concrete environmental justice laws? This is the question that community organizers and community-based lawyers alike...
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 | May 19, 2022 | Communities, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice
Yacolt Mountain Quarry by Lizzy Gazeley | January 18, 2022 Photo provided by The East Fork Community Coalition. 40 miles north of Portland, in Clark County, a mining quarry poses significant risk to the health and safety of the residents of Yacolt and the surrounding...
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...
by Lyla Boyajian | May 7, 2019 | Communities, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice
Restoring Portland Harbor Crag represents the Nez Perce Tribe’s interests in the Portland Harbor Superfund project on the Willamette River. The lower stretch of the Willamette River, near its confluence with the Columbia River, has long been central to the livelihoods...