Portland investment activists plan to hit City Hall

Portland Business Journal:

Activists from the group 350PDX plan to ask Portland Mayor Charlie Hales for a little love at lunchtime today.

The group, which prods officials to divest holdings of companies that don't practice sustainably, wants Hales to follow through on promises to remove coal, oil and gas companies from the city's investments.

Hales had pledged to remove such holdings in June 2013.

"He promised us he'd bring a resolution to City Council," said 350PDX divestment coordinator, Sandy Polishuk, in a release.…

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