@3: I doubt the lawsuit against the Port Of Seattle will be effective, Foss is not doing anything at terminal 5 that's not done at every other commercial terminal in Seattle and even if the Port Of Seattle refuses to lease space to Foss, someone else will.

Unfortunately ending our dependence on fossil fuels anytime soon is unlikely, but protecting a fragile and unique eco-system is within our reach.

An oil spill in either the Beaufort or Chukchi Sea would be one of the most devastating environmental disasters in human history.

Unlike most of the rest of you I have been offshore in the Chukchi Sea, and the environment there is brutal, brutal enough that I will say that if we drill there it will not be a question of if, but when a major spill happens.

But silly hipsterish games of "oh those rigs are scary and ugly, so lets put them in Tacoma" simply will not do, we need to prevent drilling offshore in the Arctic, and this can only be done at the federal level.

If it makes you happy go ahead and give the Port commission hell, but spend more time giving hell to the Department of The Interior.

That way at least some of what you do will make a difference.