by Maura Fahey | Oct 1, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Yesterday a federal court in California denied a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its allowance of pesticide-contaminated compost in organic food production without a formal rulemaking and a public comment period. Crag...
by Maura Fahey | Sep 9, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
On September 4th, Crag Law Center secured federal court approval of an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the City of Molalla for violations of the Clean Water Act brought on behalf of local conservation group, Bear Creek Recovery. The agreement is the result of...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 15, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Yesterday, Crag Law Center and Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a new federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program’s (NOP) failure to follow the law in making a substantial rule change to the USDA organic standard. ...
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 Crag Law Center | Aug 13, 2014 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Today, the Crag Law Center filed a first-of-its kind lawsuit to protect families in rural Oregon from chemical trespass and exposure to toxic herbicides and pesticides. In October of 2013, the rural community of Gold Beach, Oregon was sprayed by a soup of toxic...
by Crag Law Center | Aug 6, 2014 | Environmental Health News, Environmental Justice News, News
Today, the Crag Law Center, along with client Beyond Toxics filed a civil rights and environmental justice complaint against the Lane County Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA). The complaint was filed with EPA’s Office of Civil Rights and relates to...
