CLIMATE NEWS
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...
Debunking the Energy Independence Myth
Happy New Year and welcome to an election year in which the truth is even harder than usual to find. I wanted to start off the new year by debunking a tale that is commonly spun by the oil and gas industry. Whether it is a proposal for drilling in the Arctic,...
Darkness, Light and Hope
The Winter Solstice – the darkest day of the year – is my favorite holiday. It offers the opportunity to reflect on the darkness of the past four seasons, to embrace that darkness and all it has taught us, and to let the darkness go and quest for light and hope. The...
COMMUNITIES NEWS
Oregon Supreme Court Victory for Farm and Forestlands!
Oregon's epic battle over land use and property rights in Measure 37 and Measure 49 closed a chapter this week. Yesterday, the Oregon Supreme Court issued its decision in Friends of Yamhill County v. Board of Commissioners of Yamhill County, finding that Yamhill...
The Report from the Crag Offices on NEDC v. Brown
Over the past several weeks, we’ve had several questions from our supporters and other members of the public about NEDC v. Brown, the recent Ninth Circuit case involving logging road pollution and water quality. Working with our client, the Northwest Environmental...
EPA’s New Ozone Standards: Shifting the Burden of Pollution onto Big Industry
To supplement Crag’s work representing Inupiat organizations along the North Slope of Alaska on offshore oil and gas drilling matters, I’ve been researching the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed revision of current ozone health standards set to be finalized...
THE WILD NEWS
A walk in the woods with the Forest Service
Nothing beats going on a hike on a sunny day in Oregon, especially when you’re in the company of Forest Service experts. Accompanied by two Crag summer interns, Derek Leuzzi and Alix Jacobson, I recently joined a group of Hood River Valley residents, Forest Service...
Land Trade to Protect the North Side of Mt. Hood Moving Forward
The Forest Service effort to protect the North side of Mt. Hood is underway. At long last, the Forest Service and Meadows are taking the formal steps to complete the protection of the North side at Cooper Spur as Wilderness and a watershed protection zone. Senator...
Crag Files Suit to Protect Oregon Coast Residents and Wildlife
On behalf of the Oregon Coast Alliance and local residents, Crag filed a lawsuit on October 12, 2010 in federal court challenging the approval of permits for a strip mine near Bandon, Oregon. The complaint alleges that both the National Marine Fisheries Service and...