Why We Should Be Giving Port Commissioner Stephanie Bowman Hell

Port Commissioner Stephanie Bowman said she didn't like Arctic drilling, but also said she couldn't take a position on it for lack of "guiding principles." Don Wilson/Port of Seattle
Last month, five elected officials at the Port of Seattle agreed to let Shell keep its Arctic oil drilling rigs in Seattle. The Port of Seattle's slogan is "Where a sustainable world is headed." Recent research shows that burning any oil and gas from the Arctic could help tip global warming past tw