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Climate Activism
6:36 pm
Thu December 27, 2012

Mayor McGinn Calls On Seattle To Divest From Fossil Fuels

Historic gas pump
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A historic gas pump in Issaquah, Wash. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn wants his city to not invest in oil and gas companies.
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Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn wants the city to get its money out of fossil fuels. He has called on the city’s two main retirement funds to divest millions of dollars invested in oil and gas companies.

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Arctic Drilling
6:39 am
Fri December 14, 2012

Shell Ready To Try Again With Rebuilt Oil-Spill Dome

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The Garth Foss tug and Shell's Arctic Challenger barge in Bellingham Bay
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White triangles show the path of Shell's Arctic Titan tug as it accompanied the Arctic Challenger to its test site (then returned to Bellingham).
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The path of Shell's Arctic Titan tug, hard at work with the Arctic Challenger at its field-testing location off the tip of Samish Island, Wash.
Damaged oil-spill containment dome
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The Arctic Challenger's containment dome, crumpled after its September field test in Puget Sound
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Shell contractors at the Bellingham Shipping Terminal repair and upgrade the containment dome in November
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The Arctic Challenger left Puget Sound's Bellingham Bay Wednesday night and arrived at a deep-water anchorage near Anacortes, Wash., Thursday morning. The barge is part of Shell Oil’s fleet of vessels aimed at exploring the Arctic Ocean for oil.

The Arctic Challenger’s oil-spill containment system failed its first field test off Anacortes in September. Since then, Shell has rebuilt a 20-foot oil-containment dome that was “crushed like a beer can” in the first test.

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Energy Independence
11:36 am
Thu December 13, 2012

Amory Lovins On Reinventing Fire

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Amory Lovins, head of the Rocky Mountain Institute, sees a future beyond oil and he has a plan to take the country there.
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Energy expert Amory Lovins outlines a path to eliminate use of oil and coal in the United States by the year 2050 in his new book "Reinventing Fire." Lovins says the path will grow the US economy by 158 percent, and it can happen with no new federal taxes or subsidies.

Ross Reynolds talks with Rocky Mountain Institute co-founder Amory Lovins about energy independence.

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Freedom Of Information
6:15 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

UPDATE: Congressman Seeks Answers In Arctic Oil-Spill Gear's Failure

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The Shell Oil's oil-spill containment dome, crumpled after a field test in Puget Sound
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A KUOW investigation has led a top congressman to demand answers about Shell Oil's underwater accident this fall in Puget Sound.

As we reported on Friday, an underwater test near Anacortes left Shell's first-of-its-kind oil-spill equipment “crushed like a beer can.”

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