by Crag Law Center | May 9, 2018 | Communities News, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News
Take a drive down the winding rural roads north of Clatskanie, Oregon. Meandering through this part of Columbia County, one cannot help but feel a sense of appreciation while observing some of the best farmland in the country. On these agricultural lands in the...
by Crag Law Center | May 9, 2018 | Fighting Fossil Fuels News
On behalf of a large coalition of local interests, Crag Law Center recently challenged a major expansion of the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes, Washington. Tesoro wants to produce a new fossil fuel-based product—mixed xylenes—that would be manufactured from crude...
by Maura Fahey | Jan 4, 2018 | Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News
Today, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed, in large part, a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision that invalidated Portland’s landmark Fossil Fuel Terminal Zoning Amendments, passed unanimously in December 2016. The Court ruled that Portland did not violate the...
by Crag Law Center | Dec 15, 2017 | Climate Justice News, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, News
On behalf of a large coalition of groups, Crag Law Center recently challenged a major expansion of the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes, Washington. The refinery wants to install new infrastructure that would allow it to produce a new fossil fuel-based product –...
by Courtney Johnson | Nov 28, 2017 | Coastal Law Project News, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News
On November 27, 2017, Crag and our client Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition secured another major victory in the long running fight against fossil fuel infrastructure in Oregon. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) issued a unanimous decision rejecting Coos...
by Crag Law Center | Jun 15, 2017 | Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News
June 15, 2017 (Salem, OR) – The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) heard oral arguments today about a challenge to Portland’s landmark fossil fuel ordinance. In 2016, the City of Portland passed the land use ordinance restricting development of new major fossil...
