Coal Exports Protest in Oregon

Greenpeace Field Organizer Bethany Cotton guides activist kayakers from a channel in Crims Island back to Bradbury Slough. Ambre Energy's proposed coal export project would mean a 94% increase in barge traffic on the majestic Columbia River.

Unique identifier: GP04AT5

Type: Image

Shoot date: 26/10/2010

Locations: Oregon, United States of America

Credit line: © Adam Mills Elliot / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Coal Protest Columbia River

Greenpeace Semester Students joined with Columbia Riverkeeper and local activists to display banners on the shore of the Columbia River and on the surface as well as a kayak expedition through Bradbury Slough off the main stem of the Columbia River to draw attention to the dangers of Ambre Energy's Morrow Pacific coal export proposal. Thousands of citizens are calling on Oregon Gov. John Kitzahaber to deny Ambre's plan to turn a cherished public resource, the Columbia River Gorge, into a dirty coal chute, and convert Bradbury Slough from important juvenile salmon habitat into a coal barge parking lot.

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