by Suzanne Savell | Jun 30, 2020 | Environmental Health News, Features
On Friday, June 26th, the Oregon Legislature passed new forestry reforms and directed the state to set up a mediation process for comprehensive protections for salmon streams on non-federal forests. In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, both chambers of the Oregon...
by Maura Fahey | Mar 31, 2017 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
On March 30, Crag filed a protest to water rights for a proposed 30,000-head mega dairy near the Columbia River on behalf of a coalition of water protection, public health, and animal welfare organizations. The facility would be one of the nation’s largest dairy...
by Jordan Bollmann | Jun 22, 2016 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Synthetic pesticides are once again prohibited in compost used for organic production, thanks to a federal court in the Northern District of California. Earlier this week, the court issued a decision in a case that Crag and Center for Food Safety filed on...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 25, 2016 | Environmental Health News, News
In response to the recent crisis over air toxics in Southeast Portland, the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) issued a temporary rule that applies to colored art glass manufacturers, including the Bullseye and Uroboros companies. A Forest Service moss study and...
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 Maura Fahey | Oct 1, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Land Use News, News
Earlier today, Crag filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Rogue Advocates against the Mountain View Paving asphalt batch plant to enforce the company’s Clean Air Act permit for the protection of the surrounding community. The lawsuit comes in the wake of last...
