by Crag Law Center | Mar 11, 2010 | Native Fish News, News
The Crag Law Center and its client, the Center for Biological Diversity, announced today that they reached a settlement with EPA on a first-of-its kind lawsuit targeting the agency’s regulation of ocean acidification – the “other CO2 problem.” ...
by Ralph Bloemers | Jan 21, 2010 | Wildlife News
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected a timber industry petition to strip the marbled murrelet of Endangered Species Act protections. The Pacific Northwest seabird is declining in population because of habitat loss and fragmentation and should remain listed as...
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 16, 2009 | Blog, Native Fish News, News, Public Lands News, Wildlife News
(Pendleton, Oregon). For the third time in recent months, the Forest Service has withdrawn a scientifically-controversial large-scale timber sale sparing beautiful forests, wildlife, and spring fed salmon waterways from damaging logging. The Umatilla National Forest...