CLIMATE NEWS
Protests Filed to Protect Oregon Spring Water from Nestlé
On behalf of Bark and Food and Water Watch, Crag filed two protests challenging the Oregon Water Resources Department’s (Water Department) approval of permits that move Nestlé one key step closer to bottling and selling Oregon’s water. Crag is donating our services...
Something so important, so essential…
With all the buzz about the amazing Stories of Trust films Our Children’s Trust, WITNESS, and iMatter are putting together documenting the stories of the youth plaintiffs who are pursuing Atmospheric Trust Litigation (ATL) cases against their government, we thought it...
Climate Change is the Issue for the Day
Crag staff attorney Tanya Sanerib appeared in Lane County Circuit Court on Monday (1/23/12) to defend a lawsuit filed by our clients - 11 year old Olivia Chernaik and 15 year old Kelsey Juliana - demanding that the state of Oregon and Governor John Kitzhaber take...
COMMUNITIES NEWS
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Environmental Justice Community from Columbia River Crossing Impacts
On July 2, 2012 the Crag Law Center and Organizing People-Activating Communities (OPAL) launched a lawsuit challenging the Columbia River Crossing project on behalf of an environmental justice community living on Hayden Island. Local citizens living in the low-income...
Crag Thwarts Bayer Cropscience’s Attempt to Shirk Responsibility for Alkali Lake Toxic Waste Dump
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...
White Salmon River Valley Water Threatened
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...
THE WILD NEWS
Keep a Bird on It! Lawsuit filed to Protect the Marbled Murrelet in Oregon’s Coastal Forests
Today, the Crag Law Center launched a lawsuit against Governor Kitzhaber to protect threatened marbled murrelets from Oregon’s practice of clearcutting mature and old-growth trees in Oregon’s state-owned forests. Crag is representing Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for...
White Salmon River Valley Water Threatened
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...
Trout Creek Update
Earlier this month, the Bureau of Land Management issued a last minute closure of Trout Creek, one of Oregon’s most beloved rock climbing destinations. The climbing community absolutely shares BLM’s interest in protecting habitat for golden eagles, but the lack of...