CLIMATE NEWS
Crag Joins City of Portland to Defend Denial of Zenith
Willamette and Columbia Riverkeepers Intervene at LUBA to Reinforce Portland’s Denial of Zenith’s Oil-by-Rail Facility On behalf of our clients Willamette Riverkeeper and Columbia Riverkeeper, Crag filed a Motion to Intervene in support of the City of Portland's...
Dredging Permits Denied for Jordan Cove Fracked Gas Terminal
Dredging Permits Denied for Jordan Cove LNG Terminal2021Oregon Court Strikes Down Two Additional Permits for Jordan Cove LNG The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals reverses two local dredging permits for the fledgling Jordan Cove LNG project citing impacts to the Coos...
Victory Over Fracked Gas Power Plant
Victory Over Fracked Gas Power PlantLast updated October 13, 2022With the cancellation of the Perennial Wind Chaser power plant, scenes like this from the natural gas-fired Chehalis Generation Facility in Washington won’t be coming to Hermiston any time soon. Photo by...
COMMUNITIES NEWS
Stopping Shoreline Armoring
Protecting Public Beach Access Challenging Shoreline Armoring by Lizzy Gazeley | June 16, 2022Riprap in Neskowin Beach, OR. Preserving public access to beaches is cherished by Oregonians and a defining feature of our state. Oregon is one of only three states in the...
Legal Fight Continues to Protect Farmland & Wetlands
Crag challenges Columbia County’s third attempt to rezone hundreds of acres to Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals On behalf of Columbia Riverkeeper and 1000 Friends of Oregon, Crag filed a legal challenge to Columbia County’s controversial decision to rezone over 830...
Another Victory against Jordan Cove LNG for Coasts, Communities, and the Climate
Another Victory Against Jordan Cove LNG for Coasts, Communities, and the Climate 2021On February 8th, 2021 Crag won another victory against the proposed Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and fracked gas pipeline in Southern Oregon. The US...
THE WILD NEWS
Early victory in McKenzie River hatcheries case
Early Victory in McKenzie River hatcheries case Lawsuit proceeds to discovery after defeating motion to dismiss last updated June 8, 2023 The McKenzie River basin provides clean drinking water for over 200,000 Oregonians, and spawning and rearing grounds for native...
Early victory in case to protect Siuslaw River Watershed
Early victory in case to protect Siuslaw River Watershed Magistrate Judge allows suit against BLM logging project to move forward April 21, 2023 | by Kenji GulloJudge Kasubhai’s ruling affirms that we will get our day in court to challenge this massive logging...
Holding the line against logging in old-growth and ”reserve” forests
Holding the line against logging in old-growth and ”reserve” forests Crag and conservation groups file challenge to BLM scheme to log 17,000 acres of protected forest April 10, 2023 We’re suing the Bureau of Land Management to stop the Penn Butte timber sale, which...