by Courtney Johnson | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog
When the Oregon Department of State Lands denied Ambre Energy’s permit application for a coal terminal near Boardman in August, Crag and its allies in the Power Past Coal coalition were thrilled. The permit would have allowed the construction of a dock in the...
by Courtney Johnson | Sep 29, 2014 | Features, News, Wildlife News
The U.S. District Court in Anchorage issued a decision Friday on the Islands Wolf lawsuit centered in Southeast Alaska. The decision has now, for the second time, stopped four Tongass National Forest logging projects. Crag has represented Greenpeace and Cascadia...
by Courtney Johnson | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog
We at Crag have been celebrating a lot of victories lately, and it’s got me thinking about the keys to our success. Over the summer, I read the July/August issue of The Atlantic magazine, which focused on creativity. As part of the series, Joshua Wolf Shenk’s...
by Courtney Johnson | Aug 27, 2014 | Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News, News
Today, Crag celebrates with our longtime client Columbia Riverkeeper another victory for protection of the Columbia River. In a unanimous decision, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) rejected the Port of St. Helens’ proposal to rezone 837 acres of farmland...
by Courtney Johnson | Aug 27, 2014 | Environmental Justice News, Land Use News
Crag Law Center secured a victory today, on behalf of Rogue Advocates and local residents in Talent, Oregon, to uphold the rights of the public to participate in the local land use decision making process. Today’s decision from the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) is...