by Courtney Johnson | Aug 27, 2014 | Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News, News
Today, Crag celebrates with our longtime client Columbia Riverkeeper another victory for protection of the Columbia River. In a unanimous decision, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) rejected the Port of St. Helens’ proposal to rezone 837 acres of farmland...
by Crag Law Center | Aug 15, 2014 | Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, News
Today, a federal judge in Portland, Oregon sharply rebuked the Army Corps of Engineers for its secrecy over a coal export proposal at the Port of Morrow on the Columbia River. Despite overwhelming public concern about the impacts of the project on the Columbia River...
by Maura Fahey | May 8, 2014 | Blog, Features
For over two years, Oregonians have been faced with the daunting possibility of playing host for a coal export super-highway. A powerful coalition of groups have come together in the Power Past Coal campaign to bring the environmental and health risks associated with...
by Crag Law Center | May 9, 2013 | Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, News
Northwest citizens concerned about proposed coal export facilities along the Columbia River got some good news today. The Oregonian reported today that Kinder Morgan has decided to walk away from plans for a massive coal export terminal at Port Westward on the...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 8, 2013 | Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, News
A second coal export project in Oregon and Washington was dropped on April 1st, marking a victory for local environmental groups, and, of course, the environment itself. This is the second of five Northwest coal export projects to fail in the past year—in 2012, Rail...
