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Arctic Drilling In Doubt
5:06 pm
Wed February 13, 2013

Shell's Arctic Vessels: To Asia For Major Repairs, Anacortes Area For Tests

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The semi-submersible Mighty Servant 3 carrying an oil rig in 2006. Shell plans to use similar ships to haul two Alaskan oil rigs to Asia.
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Shell's Kulluk rig, under tow to Alaska's Kodiak Island in January after running aground.
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Shell's Arctic Challenger barge during testing in December in Puget Sound off Samish Island, Wash.
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UPDATE: Shell plans to use three tugs to tow the damaged Kulluk oil rig to Dutch Harbor in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, where it will await a longer trip to an unnamed Asian drydock. Shell and the US Coast Guard have disbanded the joint command formed after the Seattle-bound rig broke free from its sole tugboat, then ran aground. Officials said the Kulluk's outer hull was damaged but not breached. They did not specify the degree of damage, saying only, "The outer hull did receive damage as expected with a vessel being aground during adverse weather." 

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Presidential Politics In The Northwest
9:07 am
Wed February 6, 2013

REI Executive Tapped For Interior

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Sally Jewell, president and CEO of REI, who is in line to be the next secretary of interior.
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Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 11:29 am

Update at 2:25 p.m. ET. It's Official:

Praising Sally Jewell as an executive who turned outdoors equipment retailer REI into one of the nation's most successful and environmentally conscious companies, President Obama just said he is nominating her to be his next interior secretary.

Noting that Jewell, who in a previous job worked as an engineer for Mobil, has also climbed mountains in Antarctica, the president joked about that being "just not something I think of doing."

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Crude-By-Rail
8:55 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Northwest On Verge Of Becoming Pacific Crude Oil Gateway

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Originally published on Thu January 31, 2013 7:19 pm

ABERDEEN, Wash. – The Northwest is on the verge of becoming a gateway for crude oil. Three different developers have plans to use docks on Grays Harbor, Washington to transfer crude oil from trains to ships. Other projects are getting off the ground in Tacoma, Vancouver, B.C. and on the lower Columbia River.

There was a huge turnout Wednesday night at an introductory public workshop in Aberdeen, Washington. The response indicates crude-by-rail may be the region’s next big environmental controversy.

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Energy Independence
12:20 pm
Fri January 25, 2013

Addressing Climate Change In The Northwest

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Energy expert Amory Lovins says the United States can replace all oil and coal by the year 2050, without nuclear power, new federal taxes or subsidies, or new inventions. At the same time, we can grow the US economy by 158 percent.

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Shell Under Scrutiny
9:05 am
Wed January 9, 2013

Interior Dept., Coast Guard To Probe Shell’s Arctic Drilling Mishaps

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Shell's Kulluk oil rig, aground in the Gulf of Alaska.
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The Kulluk, under tow to Kiliuda Bay on Alaska's Kodiak Island after running aground.
Damaged oil-spill containment dome
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The Arctic Challenger's containment dome, "crushed like a beer can" after a failed test in Puget Sound.
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The Obama administration launched a sweeping inquiry into Shell Oil’s Arctic drilling program on Tuesday. The probe, to be completed within 60 days, will look at the company’s mishaps in Alaska and in Puget Sound.

The announcement from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar comes a week after Shell’s Kulluk oil rig ran aground in the Gulf of Alaska.

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