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• Liquified “Natural” Gas Is One of the Most Pressing Risks to Our Climate

  28-05-2024 19:22 via thestranger.com
  
  LNG is one of the most pressing risks to our climate and communities in the US, but because of the fossil fuel industry’s false advertising, most people have never heard of it.by Emma CoopersmithOutside the office building, we paused to hand out signs. A bright orange-and-yellow sun with the phrase “Defend Environmental Justice” written on it, “People Over Fossil Fuels” written on used cardboard, and the shortest on—”Stop LNG” written in Sharpie. T
  
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• The Top 35 Events in Seattle This Week: May 28–June 2, 2024

  28-05-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales, Pearl Jam, and More Top Picksby EverOut StaffThis week, we're closing May out strong and diving right into June, thanks in part to stellar events from Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Together Again, Again! to Pearl Jam and from MoPOP's Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival to Bacon Eggs & Kegs.
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  Having opened for pop royalty like Olivia Rodrigo and Girl in Red, British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone has co
  
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• Seattle’s Winter and School-Year Eviction Moratoriums Could Be on the Chopping Block

  28-05-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A big affordable housing developer wants to roll back tenant protections, and the council won't say if it's sympathetic.by Hannah KriegThe Seattle City Council is on a crusade to undo the previous council’s marginal progressive wins—from a promise to reinstate archaic anti-loitering laws to an attempt to gut the historic gig worker minimum wage. It appears the hard-fought eviction moratoriums could be next on the chopping block. Those protections keep kids and teachers housed during
  
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• Slog AM: City Council Votes on Gig Worker Minimum Wage Repeal, Israel Bombs Tent Camp in Rafah, Bill Walton Dies

  28-05-2024 17:27 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigGood morning! Expect a rainy day today after 10 am and a high of 59 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. I really need summer to come a little faster because they've turned off the central heat in my apartment building. 
  City Council to vote on rolling back "Pay Up" ordinance: The council plans to vote at 2 pm today on Council President Sara Nelson's bill to lower the minimum wage for gig workers in Seattle. Lots to watch
  
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