CLIMATE NEWS
LUBA delivers another blow to Jordan Cove LNG
Land Use Board of Appeals Delivers Another Blow to Jordan Cove LNG2020Local land use permits overturned for LNG export terminal in Oregon On December 22, 2020, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) overturned Coos County’s permits for the construction of Jordan...
New Setback for Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal
New Setback for Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal2020Aeriel view of Jordan Cove from the north. Photos courtesy of Alex Derr.On July 17, 2020, the Land Use Board of Appeals overturned the City of North Bend's land use permit that would have allowed the controversial...
Climate Justice Cannot Wait
Crag Files Brief Requesting Full Review of Youth Climate Case On March 12, 2020 Crag filed another amicus brief in support of the youth plaintiffs in Juliana v. U.S. on behalf of the League of Women Voters of (Oregon and National Chapters), the National Children’s...
COMMUNITIES NEWS
Oregon Passes Breakthrough Forest Bill
On Friday, June 26th, the Oregon Legislature passed new forestry reforms and directed the state to set up a mediation process for comprehensive protections for salmon streams on non-federal forests. In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, both chambers of the Oregon...
The Fight Continues: FERC Approves Jordan Cove LNG
Despite Oregon Permit Denials and Current Public Health Crisis, Federal Agency Approves Jordan Cove LNG In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic and national health emergency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved the Jordan...
Crag Files Appeal of Permit for Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon
On Monday, on behalf of Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition and Surfrider Foundation, Crag staff attorney Meriel Darzen filed an appeal of the most recent approval of the Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay. The proposed Jordan LNG pipeline and export facility...
THE WILD NEWS
Crag files lawsuit to stop illegal logging after fires
Remote road proposed for logging. Photo by Ralph Bloemers.Forest Service’s aggressive post-fire logging project is wrong approach for recovering forests. On August 18, Crag filed a new lawsuit alleging that the Willamette National Forest violated a series of...
Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest
Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest2021Crag Protects Sensitive Riparian Habitat in the Ochoco National Forest Streams, wetlands, and other sensitive riparian areas will be excluded from logging in the Forest Service's Black Mountain...
Crag Thwarts Forest Service Illegal Old-Growth Sale in the Klamath National Forest
Crag Thwarts Forest Service Proposal to Illegal Timber Sales in the Klamath River Basin2020Facing litigation that Crag filed on behalf of three conservation groups, the Forest Service withdrew its controversial and illegal approval of a timber sale threatening...