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Monday, August 25th, 2008
"If the federal government is not going to sign on to the Kyoto Protocol," he said in his State of the City speech, "why can't we just do it at the local level?" Since then, 850 cities have signed onto Nickels's brainchild, the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. They've ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Though it took root this summer, the seed for Nickelsville was planted years ago with the creation of the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. The idea, as the name suggests, is to end homelessness by building more permanent low-income housing, and to lead people toward self-sufficiency by weaning them (and ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
"I think Kapow! has found themselves a wonderful way to make more money poking fun at Paul Allen than selling coffee," said Vulcan spokeswoman Lyn Tangen. "I'm pretty skeptical anyone could do a 300-foot statue anywhere in the neighborhood or anywhere in the city." That same coffee shop, she ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Heavy traffic and hot weather pushed the Seattle area over the legal limit for smog this weekend, violating the federal Clean Air Act for the first time in more than a decade. The infraction saddles local officials with the responsibility of drafting a new plan to improve air quality, ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Seattle's brown summer skies have never been much of a secret: The Seattle area is on the verge of getting a brown smudge on its green reputation. A combination of thousands of tailpipes and factories, summer sunshine and stricter pollution standards is putting the region on the brink of ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Now, three years after the official dedication of the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel, the state is reeling under a legacy of debt left by the massive project. In all, the project will cost an additional $7 billion in interest, bringing the total to a staggering $22 billion, according to a ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
About 40 percent of the proposed units - a 55-unit building for seniors and 15 duplexes for 30 families - would be set aside for the formerly homeless. Six town homes would be allotted to Habitat for Humanity. The rest would be market-rate town homes and single-family houses starting at ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
A handful of spikes - metal rods roughly 2 or 3 feet long - were found Sunday night by a man wading near the boating center at the south end of the lake. After he alerted city parks staff, Seattle police divers on Monday found 39 spikes buried in the ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
To some low-income-housing advocates, spending $1,115 a month to rent a studio apartment in Seattle does not sound affordable. Mayor Greg Nickels and the Seattle City Council say it is.Read the full story
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
AFS Trinity's prototype sport utility vehicles can go 40 miles on a single charge from a standard electric outlet, at which point a gas-powered engine takes over. The SUVs reach top speeds of 90 mph on the highway -- and accelerate without a hitch, as Furia demonstrated while speeding Monday ...
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