Climate & Air
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Tackling the causes and impacts of global warming
Climate change, driven by diverse and disparate sources, poses an enormous threat to ecosystems worldwide. Rather than waiting for federal regulation and global consensus, Earthrise Law Center has taken the lead addressing the causes and impacts of global warming by creatively using legal tools that are already available. For example, using the Clean Air Act, Earthrise secured the closure of the only coal-fired power plant in Oregon, eliminating the largest source of carbon emissions in the state.
Similarly, Earthrise is spearheading citizen involvement in transportation choices throughout the Northwest to ensure that road and bridge construction is done wisely, so as not to promote more cars and trucks or spur more urban sprawl. Because of the success of our regional work, we are now expanding our climate change efforts to address sources of greenhouse gases across the country.
News
Glen Canyon Litigation Moves on to the Ninth Circuit
Earthrise’s legal challenge to the Long Term Management Plan for the Glen Canyon Dam is now before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Earthrise is Helping Sierra Club Oppose False Solutions to Climate Change in New England
Earthrise attorney Kevin Cassidy Receives Cape Cod Bay Life Preserver Award
Earthrise attorney Kevin Cassidy was awarded the Cape Cod Bay Life Preserver Award for 2016 by the Jones River Watershed Association (JRWA). JRWA Executive Director Pine duBois said Cassidy was being recognized for his work on the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant trial in August 2016, which challenged a permit from the Town of Plymouth, MA given to Entergy Corporation authorizing the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Pilgrim plant located on the shores of Cape Cod Bay.
Bloomberg Law talks with Professor Dan Rohlf about climate change and threatened animals
Earthrise Concludes First Trial as Lead Counsel
Earthrise concluded a six-day trial in Massachusetts Land Court in August, on the issue of whether a new long-term nuclear waste storage facility at the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts required special authorization from the Plymouth Zoning Board.
Superfund Aerial Deposit Ruling: Did Court Get it Right?
Earthrise Helps Reach Settlement Against One of the Largest Midwest Coal Power Producers
Proposed Methanol Pipeline Disrespects the Dead
NEDC files petition to redesignate Lakeview as Nonattainment
Earthrise Clients and Intel reach agreement on Clean Air Act Violation
Earthrise’s Clients Hold Intel Accountable
Neighbors for Clean Air Uncovers Flawed Permit
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Allison LaPlante
Earthrise Law Center
Lewis & Clark Law School
10101 S. Terwilliger Boulevard MSC 51
Portland OR 97219