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Oil-drilling controversy in Seattle stirs old bitterness Alaska
Posted by Seattle Times: Hal Bernton on May 16th, 2015
Seattle Times: A month ago, the Alaska House of Representatives took time out from struggling to forge a state budget in the face of plummeting oil prices to talk about Washington state.
For nearly an hour, they debated the wording of a five-page resolution that blasted Evergreen State politicians for their opposition to Shell’s offshore oil exploration in the Arctic and mockingly called for a different tack on combating climate change.
Rather than try to block offshore oil development in the Arctic, the...
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Comments Off on Oil-drilling controversy in Seattle stirs old bitterness AlaskaAllen finances lawsuit targeting coal leasing on federal lands
Posted by Seattle Times: Hal Bernton on November 27th, 2014
Seattle Times: Mercer Island billionaire and Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen has jumped into the battle over the future of coal leasing on federal lands.
A federal lawsuit financed by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, seeks to force the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct a review of the effect of leasing coal on the global climate.
"The leasing of coal from federal lands undermines President Obama's climate policy goals,' Allen wrote in a column published in The Huffington Post. "We have...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Allen finances lawsuit targeting coal leasing on federal landsIn the Northwest, Rising Coal Exports to Asia Stir Huge Fight
Posted by Seattle Times: Hal Bernton on April 29th, 2013
Seattle Times: At Spring Creek Mine, a broad black seam of coal, reaching depths of 80 feet, runs like a subterranean river through arid, sagebrush-covered hills.
This is a world-class seam formed from the remnants of ferns, grasses and other plants that flourished here more than 50 million years ago, when this part of Montana was a humid marsh.
Cloud Peak Energy, operators of this mine, and other companies have proposals that could eventually double the state's coal production -- part of the push...
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