by Ralph Bloemers | Jan 21, 2010 | Blog, Land Use News, News
In early January, Crag Law Center Staff Attorney Ralph Bloemers, argued two key cases before the Oregon Court of Appeals. Both of the cases involve the continuing legality of two subdivisions that were proposed to be developed under Oregon’s controversial...
by Crag Law Center | Dec 15, 2009 | Environmental Justice News, Features, News
The Crag Law Center today filed a legal challenge to an offshore exploration plan approved by the Minerals Management Service in the Beaufort Sea in Alaska. Crag is working with local Native groups, including the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, a regional...
by Crag Law Center | Dec 3, 2009 | Environmental Health News, News, Wildlife News
Crag Law Center files suit for the Center for Biological Diversity to force EPA to curtail contamination of the Artic. On behalf of its client, the Center for Biological Diversity, Crag Law Center has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
by Ralph Bloemers | Nov 2, 2009 | Environmental Health News, Environmental Justice News
Obama Official Orders Reforms in EPA Office of Civil Rights For over five years now, the Crag Law Center has represented the Rosemere Neighborhood Association of Vancouver, Washington. Rosemere Neighborhood Association filed a complaint with the US EPA that detailed...
by Ralph Bloemers | Oct 15, 2009 | Land Use News
In 2004, a majority of Oregonians voted for ballot initiative Measure 37 only to later discover that the measure threatened to unravel Oregon’s land use system. The measure permitted landowners to file claims demanding that all land use regulations be removed...
by Crag Law Center | Sep 24, 2009 | Blog, Environmental Justice News, News
Our friend Professor Noah Hall from Wayne State University maintains an excellent blog about the Great Lakes ecoregion. He just published a guest post by Staff Attorney Chris Winter about our recent environmental justice victory with the Rosemere Neighborhood...