Protecting the Salish Sea from Big Oil
On behalf of a large coalition of local interests, Crag Law Center recently challenged a major expansion of the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes, Washington. Tesoro wants to produce a new fossil fuel-based product—mixed xylenes—that would be manufactured from crude...
City of Warrenton Denies Permits for Oregon LNG
City of Warrenton Denies Permits for Oregon LNG 2016 From 2011 to 2016, Crag worked with both Columbia Riverkeeper and Oregon Shores to challenge and ultimately defeat the Warrenton LNG export project because of potential risks to the community and endangered...
Industrial Expansion of Port Westward Halted
Industrial Expansion of Port Westward Halted 2014 In August 2014, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected the Port of St. Helens’ plan to rezone prime farmland for industrial development, which would double the size of Port Westward, after a challenge by...