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Amazon.com announces Tucson as 4th Well Read City in America, Seattle ranks number 1
2015-06-02 18:56:30| IT Services - Topix.net
TUCSON, AZ - Are you a bookworm? Amazon.com announced its fifth annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America. To come up with the list, Amazon compiled data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format from April 2014 to April 2015, in cities with more than 500,000 people.
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Wayward drone tangles with Seattle high-voltage line
2015-05-31 11:29:16| Energy - Topix.net
Seattle City Light crews freed a drone Saturday that had been stuck in a high-voltage transmission line over Lake Union for nearly a week. "This like the I-5 of the power industry," said Bernie Ziemianek, Seattle City Light.
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Shell vows explore Arctic despite Seattle protests
2015-05-19 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell will press on with a campaign to explore the Arctic for oil this summer despite protests in the port city of Seattle, chief executive officer Ben van Beurden said on Tuesday. Hundreds of environmental activists have fanned out across the Seattle Bay in recent days to disrupt the Anglo-Dutch company's rigs from entering the port en route to the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, saying drilling in the remote Arctic waters could lead to an ecological catastrophe. Van Beurden however dismissed...
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Activists blockade Seattle port to protest Shells Arctic drilling plans
2015-05-19 03:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: For the second time in three days, Seattle is the vibrant center of the global climate movement. On Saturday, hundreds of kayaktivists took to the water to protest the recent arrival of a Shell oil drilling rig. On Monday, hundreds of activists blocked road traffic to the port where the rig is stationed, preventing the majority of port workers from getting to their jobs. The immediate target of protest is Shells Polar Pioneer rig, which arrived in Puget Sound last Thursday. Shell intends to...
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Protesters gather in Seattle to block access to Shell oil rig
2015-05-18 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: About 200 protesters gathered at the Port of Seattle on Monday to block access to a Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig headed for the Arctic this summer to resume exploration for oil and gas reserves. Holding signs reading "Shell No" and "Seattle Loves the Arctic," protesters gathered early to prevent workers from reaching the rig, one of two that Shell will store in Seattle before sending to the Chukchi Sea off Alaska. Environmental groups have planned days of demonstrations over Shell's plans,...
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