by Crag Law Center | May 17, 2011 | Blog
Last week Crag filed groundbreaking climate litigation on behalf of Oregon youth and their families against the State of Oregon and Governor Kitzhaber. The lawsuit filed in Oregon was part of a hatch of litigation filed around the country and the world. The hatch...
by Crag Law Center | May 5, 2011 | Climate Justice News, Features, News
Fed up by the failure of international, national, and state governments to take appropriate action to combat the climate crisis, Oregon children and their families launched a lawsuit on May 4th against Governor Kitzhaber and the State of Oregon. The kids and parents...
by Crag Law Center | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
In an April 9 editorial, the Oregonian strongly criticizes two recent bills that would gut protections for Oregon’s state forestlands. These misguided proposals come at a critical time for our state forests, and the editorial shined a light on a long-standing dispute...
by Courtney Johnson | Apr 6, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday, OPB’s Cassandra Profita posted an article on the proposed chromite mine near Coos Bay, Oregon to her environmental blog, Ecotrope. In the Mining Weekly.com article, representatives from the mining company, Oregon Resources Corporation, stated they...
by Crag Law Center | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog
What sets Crag apart from most other environmental law centers is that a big part of our work involves community outreach and organizing. This winter and spring, I was excited to be able to connect many of our clients and supporters with Beverly May, a friend of mine...