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Daily Archives: December 13th, 2012

LIVE from Seattle: Huge turnout for final scoping hearing on Gateway Pacific Terminal

Excerpt: This after­noon, the U.S. Army Corps of Engi­neers, Wash­ing­ton State Depart­ment of Ecol­o­gy, and What­com Coun­ty (the co-lead agen­cies) are hold­ing the sev­enth in a series of scop­ing meet­ings to deter­mine how to best pro­ceed with an envi­ron­men­tal impact state­ment for the pro­posed Gate­way Pacif­ic Ter­mi­nal and Custer rail­road spur at the Wash­ing­ton State Con­ven­tion […]
Published at:5:27 PM on Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Economic Security, Our Environment, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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LIVE: Van Jones at the Washington State Budget and Policy Center Conference

Excerpt: NPI live­blogs Jones speaks at the Bud­get and Pol­i­cy Cen­ter lunch, lay­ing out a vision nationally:  12:35 PM: “If your news sta­tion is named after a sneaky and preda­to­ry animals…you might ques­tion whether your news is fair and balanced.”  12:37 PM: “If we just stand our ground, we can final­ly bring the Rea­gan val­ues to […]
Published at:12:38 PM on Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Written by:Patrick Stickney
Categories:Unscheduled Programming
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