Again Seattle says: Shell No!
Mayor Murray's announcement gives Seattle's Port Commissioners an opportunity to reconsider their mistake. Let's tell them now: keep Shell's Arctic drillng operation out of Seattle's Port!
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Utility wants to buy a coal plant ... just to shut it down
Solar plane begins round-the-world journey, India levies coal tariff to pay for renewables, McKibben floats ‘fossil freeze,’ and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
A Rubber stamp for the nation's biggest oil-by-rail proposal?
Despite the growing controversy over exploding oil trains and their obvious potential for disaster, the Army Corps of Engineers intends to rubber stamp the largest oil-by-rail terminal proposed in the US using a one-size-fits-all nationwide permit. This is unacceptable.
Arctic drilling? Seattle is Shell-shocked
This Tuesday, help deliver a message to the Port of Seattle--Seattle won't play a part in Shell's reckless damage to our climate and the Arctic environment.
Keystone veto, solar to eclipse fossil fuel in decade
Eiffel Tower sporting turbines; acid oceans pose threat to shellfish; coffee and whiskey fodder for biofuels; coal no longer King in China; and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.
How to keep low gas prices from tanking the climate
Fluctuating gas prices affect Americans' willingess to purchase fuel efficient cars, but clean fuel and fuel economy standards can keep our psyches from having an outsized impact on the climate.
Bringing the fight to Mordor
Sometimes our collective battles against Big Oil and Big Coal seem like Frodo and Sam’s many challenges on the way to Mount Doom.
Clean Power, solar rules topics of state maneuvering
Illinois considers auction of carbon permits for electricity generation, 100% renewable microgrid in the California desert, $100 billion from Citigroup for green projects, and more stories of the week in clean energy solutions.
Oil trains, big city, century-old tunnel. What could go wrong?
Every day, millions of gallons of highly flammable Bakken crude roll beneath the streets of downtown Seattle, through a tunnel with decades-old safety systems. This Tuesday afternoon, join us downtown as we say NO to bomb trains beneath our streets!
Shell and high water: Will Seattle take a stand… or a cut of the Arctic drilling action?
The Port of Seattle signed a lease with Shell that would make Seattle the staging area for the most reckless, extreme oil drilling adventure ever, leaving locals to ask: Is resistance futile?
Oil companies want you to skip this
Oil companies think they can pollute our planet and our politics while leaving us no choice. Together, we can prove them wrong.
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