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Climate change is darkening Seattles water forecast
2015-09-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Investigate West: One of the countrys fastest-growing cities suddenly has a long-term water problem. The weather was uncharacteristically drizzly for late summer when Seattle Public Utilities tour guide Ralph Naess, tooling along a backroad in the city-protected Cedar River watershed, suddenly looked skyward with alarm at a sudden sunbreak. Hey -- the sun is coming out. Bad news! Naess exclaimed. Turning to visitors, he explained: We would much prefer a dousing rain for a month. Its not unusual for...
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China's woes inject uncertainty into Seattle's real estate market
2015-08-25 00:15:39| Real Estate - Topix.net
Two weeks after a Hong Kong company bought Seattle's tallest tower, the future of additional real estate investment by Chinese investors in the Puget Sound region is up in the air. China's recent devaluation of the yuan made buying all things American - including residential and commercial real estate - more expensive.
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Seattle's Amazonian Lending Scene
2015-07-20 15:00:00| National Real Estate Investor
The real estate boom in Seattle, one of the countrys fastest-growing cities, is causing many to sit up and take notice. The latest sign? Two of the largest loans (or at least largest CMBS loans) nationally in 2015 were made to Seattle. read more
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Seattle's 'kayaktavists' protest against plans Royal Dutch Shell drill for oil in Arctic
2015-05-17 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The first drilling rig was met by a flotilla. On kayaks and other improvised rafts, hundreds of protesters took to the waters of Elliot Bay to oppose Royal Dutch Shells plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. A second rig is expected in Seattle this week as part of the oil companys efforts to use the citys port as a base where the rigs can be outfitted before being taken to the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. So, too, are more protests as kayaktivism campaigners vow to fight Shells plans on land and...
You have to see these pictures of Seattles kayaking climate protesters
2015-05-17 06:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: An estimated 500 climate activists took to kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and even a solar-powered party barge on Saturday to tell Shell to get the hell out of Seattle. Rallying cry: #sHellNo! The oil giant brought a huge drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, to the city`s port on Thursday, over objections from the mayor, city council, and a whole lot of pissed-off Seattleites. Shell plans to use the port as a staging ground for oil drilling operations in the Arctic over the next two years. The kayaktivists...
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