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Article Archive

Tue, Aug 29, 2017

What the World Needs Now...

by Dan Savage

Mon, Dec 5, 2016

Three Things This Activist Learned at Standing Rock

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Dec 5, 2016

Guest Editorial: An Open Letter to My Son on Why His Veteran Dad Deployed Himself to Standing Rock

by Gavin MacPherson

Sun, Dec 4, 2016

Celebration and Tears at Standing Rock as Obama Administration Halts Plans to Drill Under the Missouri River

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Nov 28, 2016

Activists Sue North Dakota Law Enforcement Over Alleged Excessive Force at Standing Rock

by Sydney Brownstone

Tue, Nov 8, 2016

What Happened When #NoDAPL Activists Interrupted an Inslee Clean Energy Rally Last Week

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Oct 31, 2016

Guest Editorial: Standing Rock Is a Wake-Up Call to All Americans

by Tracy Rector

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

Seattle Activist Supporting Standing Rock Asks: "When Does the Genocide Stop?"

by Sydney Brownstone

Tue, Oct 25, 2016

Washington Tribes to Obama: "The System Is Broken and Needs to Be Fixed"

by Sydney Brownstone

Tue, Oct 11, 2016

Seattle Activists Arrested After Joining Attempt to Shut Down Four Tar Sands Pipelines

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Oct 10, 2016

"There's Nothing Protecting Us": Federal Appellate Court Denies Standing Rock Emergency Injunction

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, Oct 7, 2016

Whatcom County Bans New Fossil Fuel Export Projects for the Next Six Months

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Jun 27, 2016

An Amtrak Locomotive Derailed in Tukwila This Weekend

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, Jun 24, 2016

Before Tonight's Fundraiser with President Obama, Governor Inslee Meets with Feds Over "Bomb" Trains

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Jun 6, 2016

Union Pacific Has Started Running Trains in Mosier Again—Next to Leaking, Derailed Cars

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, Jun 3, 2016

A Train of Crude Oil Has Derailed in the Columbia River Gorge

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Mar 28, 2016

State Senator Asks Washington Attorney General to Investigate Exxon Mobil

by Sydney Brownstone

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

Report from UK Social Justice Organization Criticizes Gates Foundation's Giving, Including Stance on Climate Change

by Sydney Brownstone

Tue, Jan 19, 2016

A Teenager Just Told Senate Republicans That Their Anti-Carbon Cap Bill Is a Dumb Idea

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, Jan 15, 2016

Delta 5 Trial Update: Jury Is Not Allowed to Consider "Necessity Defense" Testimony

by Sydney Brownstone

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

One of the Most Important Climate Change Trials in the Country Is Happening in Lynnwood Right Now

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Nov 30, 2015

You Don't Have to Be in Paris to Watch a Big Climate Change Debate (There's One Happening Right Here in Seattle)

by Sydney Brownstone

Wed, Nov 4, 2015

Two Senators Have Proposed a Plan to Outlaw All New Drilling and Coal Mining on Federal Lands

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Nov 2, 2015

Keystone Pipeline Halted by Company Behind Keystone Pipeline

by Christopher Frizzelle

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Shell Releases Report Showing How Awesome Shell's Arctic Missions Are for Puget Sound

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, Aug 14, 2015

A Hearing Is Under Way to Determine Whether Shell’s Arctic Drilling Fleet Can Legally Return to Seattle's Terminal 5

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, Jul 24, 2015

An Open Letter to Warren Buffett: Put Public Safety Before Profit and Prioritize Oil Train Regulation

by Mike O'Brien

Wed, Jul 22, 2015

Mike O'Brien and the Mayor Have a New Oil Train Safety Resolution. But Will It Actually Protect Us?

by Sydney Brownstone

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

Local Environmental Think Tank Sues Obama Administration over Records Request Related to Crude Oil Exports

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Jun 15, 2015

As the Polar Pioneer Left Seattle This Morning, 24 Kayaktivists Got Detained and Fined

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, Jun 12, 2015

Slog Poll: Are Shell's Attractivists Hotter Than Greenpeace's?

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Jun 8, 2015

PHOTOS: Kayaktivists Held a Peaceful Demonstration on the Water Friday Night

by Sydney Brownstone

Thu, Jun 4, 2015

Sightline Institute: Pacific Northwest Could Become "Speed Bump on a Fossil-Fuel Highway to Asia"

by Sydney Brownstone

Wed, May 27, 2015

King County Tells Shell to Take Its Shit Elsewhere

by Sydney Brownstone

Wed, May 27, 2015

Maritime CEO Paul Stevens Dishes on the Polar Pioneer, Business in the Arctic, and His Frustration with Mayor Murray

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, May 22, 2015

State Says Shell's Polar Pioneer Is Manspreading Near Elliott Bay

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, May 22, 2015

The Polar Pioneer Failed an Important, Basic Coast Guard Inspection This Week

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, May 15, 2015

Welcome to Seattle, You Planet-Destroying Piece of Shit

by Christopher Frizzelle

Fri, May 8, 2015

Records Show Shell Arctic Drilling Vessel Has "Unusually High" Number of Spills in Washington Waters

by Sydney Brownstone

Tue, May 5, 2015

Is the Port About to Debate the Shell Arctic Drilling Decision Behind Closed Doors?

by Sydney Brownstone

Fri, May 1, 2015

Feds Finalize Rules for Crude-Oil Trains, and Some (Including Senator Maria Cantwell) Aren't Very Happy About It

by Sydney Brownstone

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

Report Predicts 2,000 New Tankers and Barges Carrying Sticky Crude in Local Waters—and Rules on Barges Are Lacking

by Sydney Brownstone

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Did a "Bomb" Train Full of Volatile Crude Oil Pass By Tuesday's Mariners Game?

by Sydney Brownstone

Tue, Apr 14, 2015

A "First Amendment" Area for Arctic Drilling Protesters Is Coming to Elliott Bay

by Sydney Brownstone

Wed, Apr 8, 2015

Washington Senators Are Trying to Pressure the Feds into Enacting Oil-Train Safety Rules... Now

by Sydney Brownstone

Mon, Feb 9, 2015

Hundreds of Shale Rigs Are Now in "Hibernation"

by Charles Mudede

Mon, Feb 2, 2015

Local Union President Says National Oil Refinery Strike Isn’t About Wages, It's About Safety

by Sydney Brownstone

Thu, Jan 22, 2015

Defeating Keystone XL Would Be a Victory for Environmentalists, But It Might Mean More Dangerous Tar Sands Oil Moving Through Seattle

by Sydney Brownstone

Wed, Jan 21, 2015

Guest Editorial: Seattle Port Commissioners Turn a Blind Eye to Climate Change

by Emily Johnston, Annie Leonard, Mike McGinn and Jesse Piedfort

Thu, May 15, 2014

The Love Kit, the Exciter, Ride the Tiger

by Trent Moorman