by Maura Fahey | Sep 25, 2015 | Features, Land Use News, News
Yesterday Crag secured a favorable decision from a Jackson County Hearings Officer denying land use approval for an asphalt batch plant operation near Talent, Oregon. Crag client, Rogue Advocates, and local residents have spent over four years fighting to stop the...
by Maura Fahey | Sep 9, 2015 | Environmental Health News, Features, News
On September 4th, Crag Law Center secured federal court approval of an agreement to settle a lawsuit against the City of Molalla for violations of the Clean Water Act brought on behalf of local conservation group, Bear Creek Recovery. The agreement is the result of...
by Courtney Johnson | Dec 6, 2014 | Blog, Coastal Law Project News
What will Oregon’s beaches and coastal communities look like in 100 years? How will storm surge and sea level rise impact building flooding? Erosion? Beach access? How would that future change if we were to adopt different land use management policies now?...
by Courtney Johnson | Nov 7, 2014 | Coastal Law Project News, Features, Fighting Fossil Fuels News, News
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its long-awaited Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Jordan Cove-Pacific Connector LNG export terminal and pipeline. Crag is working with a coalition of conservation groups and individual...
by Courtney Johnson | Oct 9, 2014 | Fighting Fossil Fuels News, Native Fish News, Water Conservation News
Crag and Earthjustice are working together to represent three conservation groups defending Oregon’s denial of a key permit for the proposed Morrow Pacific coal export facility. Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Columbia Riverkeeper and the Sierra Club filed a...