by Crag Law Center | May 9, 2018 | Communities News, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Land Use News
Take a drive down the winding rural roads north of Clatskanie, Oregon. Meandering through this part of Columbia County, one cannot help but feel a sense of appreciation while observing some of the best farmland in the country. On these agricultural lands in the...
by Ralph Bloemers | May 7, 2018 | Climate News, Land Use News
For over a decade, Crag has been working with local communities to hold the line against new fossil fuel terminals and pipelines along the Oregon Coast, including in Coos Bay and the lower Columbia River estuary. Even though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
by Crag Law Center | Jun 15, 2017 | Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News
June 15, 2017 (Salem, OR) – The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) heard oral arguments today about a challenge to Portland’s landmark fossil fuel ordinance. In 2016, the City of Portland passed the land use ordinance restricting development of new major fossil...
by Crag Law Center | Aug 13, 2014 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
Today, the Crag Law Center filed a first-of-its kind lawsuit to protect families in rural Oregon from chemical trespass and exposure to toxic herbicides and pesticides. In October of 2013, the rural community of Gold Beach, Oregon was sprayed by a soup of toxic...
