Check out video from the successful rally against coal export held in Portland on May 7th, 2012. Special thanks to Balance Media and Waterkeeper Alliance for sharing this footage!
Portland No Coal Export Rally w/ Robert Kennedy Jr.
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Flanked by over 600 activists in Oregon's largest demonstration opposing exporting coal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave an impassioned call for a halt to the export of North America's dirtiest fossil fuel. Coal companies are targeting the Pacific Northwest with six separate coal export terminals, which would send stunning volumes of U.S. coal from the Powder River Basin to Asia. Oregon and Washington could become the largest coal traffickers in North America with 150 million tons of coal per year through the Pacific Northwest. One proposal would send a dozen dirty coal trains rumbling through Portland neighborhoods each day. The Columbia River Gorge alone faces up to 30 dirty coal trains per day. Proposed coal export terminals include: Boardman, Clatskanie, and Coos Bay, Oregon; Longview, Grays Harbor, and Bellingham, Washington; as well as Alaska.
Chinese Waterkeeper Speaks Out Against Coal Exports
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At Oregon's largest demonstration opposing exporting coal, hundreds of activists wore surgical masks bearing slogans such as "Export Clean Air" and "Asthmatics Against Coal." Hao Xin, the Qiantang River Waterkeeper in China, spoke about the threat of coal in China. "China should not become the dumping ground for your coal industry. Our people need clean air, not dirty U.S. coal."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks Out Against Coal Exports (Full Speech)
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View Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s full speech from the hugely successful May 7th rally against coal export held in Portland.
Coal Rally Against Exporting Coal Through Pacific Northwest
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Hundreds joined Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Portland on May 7, 2012 to rally against exporting coal through Pacific Northwest to Asia. Clean Coal Is A Dirty Lie.
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