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On October 20-22, 2011 the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School hosted its annual Environmental Law Conference. The topic this year was The Migratory Bird Treaty Act: Reshaping a Powerful Conservation Tool?
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Clinical Education
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Air
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Climate
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Endangered Species
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Public Lands
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Water
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Protecting and restoring wildlife and habitat
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Tackling global warming and fighting for clean air
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Preserving our natural heritage
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Cleaning up and cooling down waterways
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Preparing tomorrow’s advocates to defend our natural heritage
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Jocelyn Stokes ‘07, founder and director of Survival of the Sun Bears, is aiming to bring awareness of the plight of the sun bears - the smallest of all bears - whose habitat and survival is threatened.
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Don’t have time to hike all the way from Mexico to Canada on the PNT? Take a look at what Backpacker.com scouts called its “finest 2-week stretch”.
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The Portland City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday that prohibits plastic shopping bags at checkstands of major grocers and certain big-box stores. The new rules, designed to curb pollution, take effect Oct. 15. The linked video features L&C’s very own Tara Gallagher! Thanks for all your work on this, Tara!
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5/8/13 - Earthrise is representing a coalition of environmental groups opposing a hog farm that could threaten the watershed of the Buffalo National River in northwest Arkansas.
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4/29/13 - April 4th marked the inaugural event of the new Lewis & Clark Law School Environmental Moot Court Advocate of the Year competition. Earthrise students shined!
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4/17/13 - Today BBC News covered the threat of lead bullets to California Condors. Earthrise represents several environmental groups in the RCRA case challenging the use of lead bullets on Forest Service lands.
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4/11/13 - Yesterday a federal judge in Portland signed an agreement Earthrise negotiated on behalf of its client, NWEA, requiring more rigorous EPA oversight of Oregon’s setting of water temperature standards for the state’s rivers and streams.
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4/10/13 - The application period is now open for the 2013-2014 Earthrise Law Center Clinic. Learn more and download the application form.
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4/3/13 - Earthrise Clinical Director, Craig Johnston, is quoted in The Oregonian in an article about Clean Water Act violations by coal trains traveling through the Columbia River Gorge.
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3/28/13 - Earthrise clients will petition the New Jersey Supreme Court for review of an adverse decision by the Appellate Court regarding their challenge to New Jersey’s General Permit for Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).
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3/28/13 - Earthrise’s client, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, issued a press release regarding yesterday’s important court decision on in-stream gravel mining.
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3/22/13 - On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited ruling in Decker v. NEDC. Earthrise Clinical Professor Allison LaPlante, together with third year students Lia Comerford and Meredith Price, submitted an amicus brief to the Court on jurisdictional issues.
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Earthrise Law Center is accepting applications for its summer 2013 externship program.
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1/4/13 - Earthrise Law Center faculty and students gave their time and expertise to defend the Clean Water Act by writing amicus briefs related to two significant environmental cases in the Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 term.
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11/21/12 - Last Thursday, Earthrise Law Center won a ruling from the bench for its client, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, to partially vacate a US Forest Service decision that would greatly increase the use of herbicides in Oregon’s Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
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11/14/12 - Earthrise alum Lori Ann Burd ‘09 spoke on behalf of the National Wildlife Federation on two panels at a recent American Bar Association meeting of the Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources.
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11/12/12 - Meet the wonderful law clerks of Earthrise Law Center’s Fall 2012 Clinic.
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11/8/12 - At a public meeting last night, neighbors pressed the DEQ to require Daimler to clean up its air pollution problems in North Portland. Earthrise represents
Neighbors for Clean Air in this matter. Attorney Aubrey Baldwin described the meeting as “heartwrenching and inspiring.”
Many thanks to Cassie Cohen of Groundwork Portland and Jenn Bildersee of the Portland Brownfields Program for joining us for an educational lunch covering the history of brownfields, brownfields and environmental justice issues in Portland, and local, regional, and national resources.
A day of awareness and celebration of real, locally-sourced, sustainable and safe food on October 24, 2011.
These photos are from our own Torie Jarvis, co-MTR project leader. Email Torie or Mackenzie to get involved in EJA’s work on MTR issues.
For Professor of Economics and Focus the Nation Project Director Eban Goodstein, the chilly banks of the Willamette River are just another stop on the path to the elimination of global warming.
In March, senior Brendan Larsen, senior Alec Kerins, and Assistant Professor of Biology Greta Binford spent their spring break bringing lab research and global engagement together in Puerto Plata, a region in the Dominican Republic.
Students in ENVS 320, Environmental Solutions, take a trip to the Columbia Slough.
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