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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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Environment
9:00 am
Thu December 13, 2012

Coal Port Hearings In Seattle

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Coal transported by train through Bellingham in 2009.
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Officials from the US Army Corps of Engineers and state Department of Ecology hear public comment in Seattle this afternoon about a plan to build the largest coal export terminal on the West Coast near Bellingham. KUOW's Ashley Ahearn joins us with details. Then, we look at Michigan's new "right to work" legislation and the possible ripple effects in Washington state with University of Washington Professor Jim Gregory.

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Coal Terminal Conversations
9:30 am
Wed December 12, 2012

Where Coal Divides, Community Remains

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Lisa McShane and Mark Lowry are long-time Bellingham residents and friends. They disagree on the issue of exporting coal but they're still talking about it
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Exporting coal via the Northwest has become an issue so divisive that old friendships and alliances strain under the pressure. No matter how you feel about climate change or construction jobs or any number of issues bound to the five coal export terminals under consideration around the Northwest, chances are you know someone who feels differently about the issue than you do.

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