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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
Credit John Ryan
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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Natural Gas Safety
6:11 pm
Thu December 27, 2012

State Commission Finds PSE At Fault For Gas Explosion

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Aerial view of a North Seattle home after it exploded in 2011.
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A state report has found Puget Sound Energy at fault for a gas explosion that injured two people in September 2011. The blast destroyed the North Seattle home of the Ingham family.

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Backscatter scanners
11:07 am
Thu December 27, 2012

No End In Sight For Sea-Tac Airport’s X-Ray Scanners

SEa-Tac security
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TSA officials say the new scanners can shorten the wait at security checkpoints, like this one at Sea-Tac Airport.
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The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly replacing passenger-screening machines at some of the nation’s largest airports. The TSA has been moving them to smaller airports and replacing them with security scanners that don’t use X-rays.

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Economy
11:02 am
Thu December 27, 2012

Sen. Reid: Looks Like We're Headed Over The 'Fiscal Cliff'

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., addresses reporters about ongoing discussions about the so-called fiscal cliff on Dec. 18.
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Originally published on Thu December 27, 2012 12:18 pm

Even as Air Force One was about to land in suburban Maryland this morning — bringing President Obama back from his vacation in Hawaii to resume negotiations aimed at avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax increases and spending cuts — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was on the floor of the Senate warning that a dive off that cliff seems inevitable.

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