Portlanders protest city’s deals with fossil fuel companies
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Portland, Oregon For years, dozens of Portland and Oregon organizations and community members have been protesting the growth of 10 fossil fuel companies operating within a six-mile area along the Willamette River, which flows through Portland. The area is called the Critical Energy Infrastructur

Organizers have developed a slide show exposing the dangers of Zenith trains and the CEI Hub storage tanks. Their goal is to reach all 95 Portland neighborhood associations and collect residents’ signatures on a petition letter to city officials.

On Sept. 6, protesters packed the Portland City Council demanding councilors “Stop Zenith Energy” and rescind the land-use permit granted to the company.

Over the last few years, Portland and state groups and organizers have rallied, called, written, educated the public, sued the company, written songs and lobbied elected officials. Protesters dumped soil across the train tracks and planted an ad hoc garden. They held a 60-hour vigil at the facility and scheduled kayaking protest trips along the Willamette River storage facilities.

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