by Ralph Bloemers | May 2, 2012 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Almost a half century ago, a company that is now owned by Bayer Cropscience made and profited from the sale of toxic chemicals known as Agent Orange that were used in the Vietnam War. The Department of Defense bought tens of millions of gallons of Agent...
by Ralph Bloemers | Mar 6, 2012 | Blog, Features, Land Use News, Native Fish News, News
The Crag Law Center represents the Friends of the White Salmon River, the Friends of the Columbia Gorge and Citizens for Common Sense on the White Salmon in a challenge to a proposal floated by Klickitat County to rezone over 1,000 acres of land in the White Salmon...
by Ralph Bloemers | Sep 16, 2011 | Blog, Features
Dennis Chaney, our client with Friends of Mt. Hood, and I traveled up to Mt. Hood yesterday with KGW 8 Reporter Keely Chalmers and her cameraman Ken. We visited Ski Bowl first to see the downhill mountain bike course there. Then we crossed over Highway 26 and drove...
by Ralph Bloemers | Dec 17, 2010 | Blog
The other day, I read a thought provoking opinion piece on Biomass Energy written by Franz Matzner, Jeanne Roy and Lisa Arkin in the Oregonian. I encourage all of you to check it out. The gist of the piece is that while burning wood for energy sounds like a good idea...
by Ralph Bloemers | Dec 14, 2010 | Land Use News, News, Water Conservation News
Local Citizens Hail Court Ruling Protecting Rural South Salem Hills from Sprawling Development (Salem, Oregon) In a decision issued today, Senior Judge Nely Johnson reversed a decision issued by the Marion County Board of Commissioners that had opened up rural farm...
