Robert F. Kennedy Jr. coming to Portland to protest coal


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is coming to headline a rally in Portland protesting coal export plans in the Pacific Northwest.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is coming to headline a rally in Portland protesting coal export plans in the Pacific Northwest.

Kennedy will be joined by Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogan, and a number of other activists including Hao Xin, a river advocate from Zhejang Province, China.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber asked the federal government to perform a thorough review of export proposals, expressing concern over the plan to use local ports to move the coal into the Pacific.

Read more at Sustainable Business Oregon.

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