Tag: Energy / Environment

11th LD General Meeting – 11/19/2013

Our next general meeting will be next Tuesday, November 19th 2013 at 7pm.  It’ll be at the usual place, Renton Carpenter’s Hall (231 Burnett Ave North, Renton WA).  The agenda is as follows: 7:00 Welcome/Pledge of Allegiance Approval of last meeting’s minutes Approval of meeting agenda 7:10 King County Elections Sherril Huff, Director 7:35 Duwamish …

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EIS public scoping meeting on Gateway Pacific Terminal, Cherry Point (Coal trains) – 12/13

The EIS public scoping meeting for the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal is coming up soon! 4-7 p.m. Thursday, December 13 Washington State Convention Center, Ballroom 6F 800 Convention Place Seattle, WA   The facility will ship Powder River Basin (WY) coal overseas, with the coal traveling from WY to Cherry Point via downtown Seattle in …

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Gas Prices

As the rhetoric heats up this election season, I’m sure all sorts of blame will go around on gas prices.  People will, again, suggest that we increase our domestic gas production (damaging the environment in the process) to try to lower those prices. A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. …

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Elwha River Restoration

Larry Grubb and Jim Flynn took a visit to the Elwha River Dam this week.  They made a Youtube video of the experience.   From Jim:

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Representatives Hudgins, Rolfes & Upthegrove talk Oil Spill Prevention and Cleanup

Representatives Hudgins, Rolfes & Upthegrove talk Oil Spill Prevention and Cleanup