Here are some recent headlines that make Safe Shippers very happy.

 Norway’s sovereign wealth fund will sell off its coal assets

Business Insider. May 28, 2015

http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-told-to-sell-coal-assets-2015-5

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Tsleil-Waututh First Nation rejects Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion

Vancouver Observer. May 27, 2015

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/tsleil-waututh-first-nation-rejects-kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-expansion

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Hometown environmental advocate takes plunge into Seattle port commission race

The Journal of the San Juan Islands. May 27, 2015

http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/lifestyle/305233071.html#

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Burnaby Mayor ready to lie down in front of bulldozers to stop Kinder Morgan pipeline

National Observer. May 22, 2015

http://snip.ly/v7hJ#http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/05/22/news/burnaby-mayor-ready-lie-down-front-bulldozers-stop-kinder-morgan-pipeline

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Judge grants county’s motion to dismiss Shell lawsuit; EIS to continue as planned

Skagit Valley Herald. May 21, 2015

http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/judge-grants-county-s-motion-to-dismiss-shell-lawsuit-eis/article_96139fc3-17a5-5af7-9f42-ed9c322cf222.html

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Leftist Party’s Win in Alberta May Affect Future of Oil Sands

The New York Times. May 6, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/world/americas/leftist-party-in-alberta-ends-long-dominance-of-conservatives.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

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Swinomish tribe sues to block Bakken oil trains

The Seattle Times. April 7, 2015

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/swinomish-sue-to-get-bakken-oil-trains-off-tribal-lands/

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Fourth baby orca born this season

CNN. March 31, 2015

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/us/orca-baby-boom/