News

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Tree Planting Spring 2020

Board members and several students showed up to plant trees with Friends of Trees near Portland. We planted over 100 native species near an important watershed to help with habitat growth and water filtration.
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Swift Watch 2k17

ELC’s annual Swift Watch was a success! The board and several other students headed out to Portland and claimed the best spot on the hill to watch the flock of Swifts descend into a local chimney. No pictures accompany this story because we were all too in the moment to photograph.

Lewis & Clark College named most beautiful in Pacific Northwest

The 130+ acres of the campus, which sit atop Portland’s Palatine Hill, are perfectly situated for stunning views of Mt. Hood.

Green River Trial Final Stages- Earthrise Seeks Cleanup

Last week, Earthrise brought the Green River in Illinois one step closer to being restored after decades of concrete dumping along its banks by an adjacent landowner and owner of a demolition and trucking company. In federal court in Rock Island, Illinois, on behalf of Quad Cities Waterkeeper and Prairie Rivers Network, Earthrise attorneys Kevin Cassidy and Lia Comerford presented evidence about the harm the unauthorized concrete dumping has caused to their clients and the Green River and urged federal judge Sara Darrow to order and oversee a comprehensive restoration plan.
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ELC’s Mushaboom! 2016

Mushaboom is our yearly adventure into the forests of Mt. Hood to enjoy nature’s bounty!

Student Commentary: Dayna Jones, 2L, writes about the Dakota Access Pipeline

Second-year law student Dayna Jones discusses the intersection of law and environmental justice concerning the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and the Dakota Access Pipeline as a guest columnist for Jurist.org.

Earthrise Helps Reach Settlement Against One of the Largest Midwest Coal Power Producers

Earthrise Law Center has helped reach a settlement a Clean Air Act citizen suit brought against three aging coal-fired power plants in the St. Louis area owned by Ameren Missouri, one of the Midwest’s largest public utilities.
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Endangered Species Act Delistings on the Rise

Professor Rohlf cautions about the need for “real, biological recovery rather than public relations recovery” before delisting Endangered Species.
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Trump’s Election Could Send Message to Malheur Occupiers

Professor Blumm comments that Trump’s presidency could signal to Bundy supporters that the country is not stacked against them.

New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

With the assistance of capital funding for sustainable transportation infrastructure, Lewis & Clark will be home to two new electric vehicle charging stations this September.
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Matthew Gulick, ’24, Awarded Prestigious Equal Justice Works Student Fellowship

Focus on environmental justice in underserved communities propelled selection among 300+ applicants.

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Clean Water: Still Relevant at 50 — Webinar April 8

Legal experts and scholars discuss the impact–good and bad–of the CWA over five decades.