by Lizzy Gazeley | Mar 1, 2022 | Communities, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice
Air pollution in West Eugene from JH Baxter. Image sourced from our client, Beyond Toxics. After over a decade of public pressure and legal action, JH Baxter announced that they would shut down operations on January 31st, 2022. JH Baxter is a producer of...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 25, 2016 | Environmental Health News, News
In response to the recent crisis over air toxics in Southeast Portland, the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) issued a temporary rule that applies to colored art glass manufacturers, including the Bullseye and Uroboros companies. A Forest Service moss study and...
by Crag Law Center | Mar 30, 2016 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Crag Law Center led a diverse coalition of eleven environmental and social justice groups, who submitted comments on a proposed temporary rule that would regulate emissions of air toxics from colored glass manufacturing facilities.Β Β The temporary rule was proposed by...
by Bridget O'Brien | Aug 4, 2011 | Community Victories, Victories
Unfair Settlement Over Toxic Waste Dump Stopped at Alkali Lake 2012 In 2012, Crag represented local residents in the high desert of Oregon to object to a settlement between theΒ Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) andΒ Bayer Cropscience, the company that made and...