Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC)
History & Purpose
NEDC was established by a group of professors, law students and attorney alumni at Lewis and Clark Law School in 1969. NEDC is an independent non-profit organization working to protect the environment and natural resources of the Pacific Northwest.
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Watch this video to learn about the work of NEDC from the perspective of the staff and volunteers
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Learn about NEDC’s Supreme Court Case
NEWS
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The Environmental Law symposium at Lewis & Clark on April 10, 2015 will focus on Developments in the Public Trust Doctrine. Registration is open. Students are free but please register. Reception to follow. -
NEDC and Columbia Riverkeeper submitted comments to the Port of Kalama analyzing the scope of environmental impacts the Port should consider when assessing Northwest Innovation Works’ proposed methanol export facility.
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Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality rejected a petition submitted on behalf of tens of thousands of Oregonians asking the agency to protect Oregon’s air from harmful new oil terminal pollution by requiring Global Partners to obtain a more protective air pollution permit. -
NEDC teamed up with Northwest Environmental Advocates and Columbia Riverkeeper to ask the court to overturn a water pollution permit that harms Columbia River salmon and threatens water quality. -
NEDC along with various other environmental groups filed a petition for reconsideration asking DEQ to reconsider its decision to authorize an air permit for a major crude oil transloading facility on the Columbia River.