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King County worriedly preps for oil train fire
Executive Dow Constantine says a training exercise helps but the region needs a reduction or elimination of the dangerous trains.
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Inslee to lay out ideas for cap-and-trade, carbon tax
The governor's office will ask a task force to focus on those two approaches as keys in fighting global warming.
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Protesters stall an oil train for hours at Anacortes
An act of civil disobedience on the refinery tracks brings three arrests.
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Coal trains pose economic, traffic worries for Puget Sound region
A coal port proposed north of Bellingham could provide some jobs there while creating big costs elsewhere.
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What the Carlton Complex wildfire left behind
I went to the Methow for the Winthrop blues festival. What I found were the stories the Carlton Complex fire left behind.