by Suzanne Savell | 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...
by Crag Law Center | Jul 30, 2014 | Features, News, Wildlife News
This month, Crag won an injunction compelling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take action on listing the Leona’s little blue butterfly under the Endangered Species Act after years of delay. The Leona’s little blue butterfly was discovered in 1995. It is found...
by Suzanne Savell | Jun 11, 2014 | Climate Justice News, Features, News
For the last two years, the Crag Law Center has represented two courageous kids from Eugene, Oregon – Olivia Chernaik and Kelsey Juliana – who are both concerned that the State of Oregon is failing to take action to prevent catastrophic global warming. ...
by Maura Fahey | Apr 25, 2014 | Features, News
Crag is representing a coalition of conservation groups in seeking long-range planning and protection for five Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges. Today we filed a complaint in Federal Court on behalf of Audubon Society of Portland, Oregon Wild, and WaterWatch...
by Courtney Johnson | Apr 23, 2014 | Features, Land Use News, News
In a decision issued yesterday, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected Jackson County’s approval of an asphalt batch plant operating without any land use permits in the floodway of Bear Creek near Talent, Oregon. Crag filed the appeal on behalf of Rogue...
