On Saturday, August 18 from noon to 3 p.m. a NO COAL Demonstration will be held to voice opposition to the proposed massive coal shipments from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming to Asia. Coal trains with open cars (8 full and 8 empty) plus 15 full coal barges (15 empty) will go through our Portland neighborhoods every day for decades to come and would certainly change the Northwest from green to gritty.
The No Coal Demonstration is a chance for neighbors to voice their objections. People are encouraged to bring signs and banners and/or wear costumes. Demonstrators will assemble at the St Johns RR Cut near the Peninsula Fred Meyer on N Lombard. Handouts, black balloons and some signs and banners will be available to people who don't bring their own. We plan to create a ribbon of citizens against coal along Lombard from the Cut toward the Portsmouth RR tunnel where 2 more trains are slated. The coal transports will impact all Metropolitan Portland—and beyond. The Rail Road Cut was selected as the starting point of the No Coal Demonstration because the Cut and the near-by Portsmouth Tunnel contain both routes of the coal trains in close proximity. People from everywhere are invited to participate.
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