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Tsunami
7:10 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Lull Or Tail End Of Japanese Tsunami Debris?

Credit Tom Banse / Northwest News Network
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Originally published on Fri December 7, 2012 12:22 pm


LONG BEACH, Wash. – It’s been more than four months since the last confirmed piece of Japanese tsunami debris washed ashore on the Pacific Northwest coast. Even sightings of suspected disaster debris have tapered way off in recent months. Does that mean we’re just in a lull or past the worst of it?

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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

Credit BSEE (via KUOW FOIA request)
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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Climate Change
12:07 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

Landslides And Climate Change: Lessons From Alaska For Seattle

Credit Ground Truth Trekking
Near the edge of Alaska's Malaspina Glacier, erosion is so rapid that even the bear trails can't keep up and forests wash into the sea.
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Landslide season has begun. That's when we hear stories about houses sliding down Seattle's famously steep slopes. But according to geologist "Hig" Higman, landslide season is about to get even hairier.

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Environment
8:41 am
Wed December 5, 2012

Oil Trains On The Rise In The Northwest

Credit Katie Campbell
Ann Jones watches a train pass in front of her home outside of Bellingham. Trains carrying oil through the Northwest are on the rise.
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As regulators in the region weigh the potential impacts of trains full of coal moving along the Columbia River and the shores of Puget Sound, trainloads of oil are quietly on the move. There are billions of barrels of oil in the Bakken shale formation – located in North Dakota and Montana mainly. And some of that oil is now making its way to refineries in Puget Sound.

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