Portland Rising Tide activists celebrated a victory this morning in true activist fashion: with a protest!

Tim Norgren, a member of Teamsters Local 320, has himself chained to a cement-filled 55-gallon drum and is blockading the train tracks on Arc Logistics' property, protesting the export of fossil fuels out of the Port of Portland.

"We need to offer a more solid resistance to globalization efforts like the (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and recognize these short term extraction for profit/privatization projects as a symptom of those destructive policies," Norgren said. "We can and must overcome that, and lead the way to a sustainable infrastructure and a sustainable economy."

Just this morning, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales announced he no longer supports construction of a $500 million propane storage and export facility, citing re-election environmental concerns. Hales' announcement comes just one day after a train carrying crude oil exploded in North Dakota, forcing the evacuation of a nearby town.

While Hales' flip-flop is a victory for the project's opposition, activists aren't letting "Fossil Fuel Charlie" rest on his newfound environmentalism laurels.

"We want the local government to put a moratorium on all fossil fuel exports out of Portland," says Nick Caleb, who's campaigning to take Commissioner Steve Novick's seat in 2016. "Hales switched his position on Pembina because of community pressure, but it's not enough. The city needs to do everything it can to keep fossil fuels in the ground and that means a moratorium on all fossil fuel exports."

At last check, Norgren was still out there, and says he's "prepared to shut it down all day."

He's not the only one protesting TPP. President Obama is in Portland today, and 350 PDX has this downtown protest scheduled for 4:45pm.