13-03-2015 21:40 via thestranger.com

Judge Will Rule Next Week on Seattle Environmental Groups' Motion in Arctic Drilling Case

An Episcopal priest at the port's public meeting on Tuesday asked a room packed with protesters to raise hands if they opposed the lease for Shell's Arctic drilling rigs. Alex Garland
Does mooring Shell's Arctic drilling fleet in a Seattle terminal change how that terminal should be used? And did the Port of Seattle violate state law and its own rules when it agreed to lease the terminal for that purpose?
Those are the questions behind the lawsuit environmental groups have fi
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