by Crag Law Center | Dec 22, 2020 | Climate Victories, Coastal Law Project Victories, Fighting Fossil Fuels News
Land Use Board of Appeals Delivers Another Blow to Jordan Cove LNG 2020 Local land use permits overturned for LNG export terminal in Oregon On December 22, 2020, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) overturned Coos County’s permits for the construction of...
by Crag Law Center | Jul 21, 2020 | Climate News, Climate Victories, Coastal Law Project Victories, Community Victories, Features
New Setback for Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal 2020 Aeriel view of Jordan Cove from the north. Photos courtesy of Alex Derr. On July 17, 2020, the Land Use Board of Appeals overturned the City of North Bend’s land use permit that would have allowed the...
by Bridget O'Brien | Jul 14, 2020 | Climate Victories, Victories
Victory Halts Portland Fossil Fuel Development 2019 On December 18, 2019, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to re-adopt a city ordinance restricting fossil fuels. Portland’s Fossil Fuel Ordinance sharply restricts large new oil train terminals and other...
by Bridget O'Brien | Dec 15, 2019 | Climate Victories, Victories
Crag Halts Oil Refinery Expansion on the Salish Sea 2019 In December 2019, Crag helped Puget Sound area communities effectively halt plans to expand the Anacortes Oil Refinery for the production and export mixed xylenes—a petrochemical product used to make plastics....
by Patricia Donohue | May 22, 2019 | Climate Victories, Victories
Oregon Farmland Protected from Proposed Methanol Refinery at Port Westward! 2019 On May 22, 2019, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals’ finding that Columbia County failed to comply with Oregon’s land use law by doubling...
by Rena Kittredge | Oct 27, 2017 | Climate Victories, Community Victories
Crag Stops Nestlé From Bottling Water in the Columbia Gorge 2017 In October 2017, after a long-fought battle, Crag and local conservation groups defeated Nestlé’s plan to bottle water from a pristine section of the Columbia River National Scenic Area and to build a...
