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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Comment Period Ends for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company’s Power Deal (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Editorial - State Renewable Energy Act Past Due for Major Overhaul (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Data Centers – Washington State Ecology Issues More Generator Permits (Wenatchee World, WA)
Budget Cuts Threaten NOAA’s Weather Forecasts (National Public Radio)
Belfair Water District Newsletter Slams County, One of Its Own Commissioners (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Comment Period Ends for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company’s Power Deal
- Editorial - State Renewable Energy Act Past Due for Major Overhaul
- California - Substandard Pipeline Just One of Pacific Gas & Electric’s San Bruno Failures, Federal Board Finds
- Natural Gas Rises as Power Demand Returns in East
- How One Co-op Coped with Irene
- Dominion Linemen Risk Danger to Restore Power
- Iowa - Missouri River Energy Services Plans to Build Hydro Facility
- West Virginia Jury Awards $7 Million in 2007 Electric Plant Explosion Death
- Baltimore Gas & Electric Weighs Text, Email Notifications for Peak Rewards Members
- Smaller Fish Tags Improves Monitoring Fish Survival
- Shellfish Farmers Confront Silent Watershed Crises
- Belfair Water District Newsletter Slams County, One of Its Own Commissioners
- Study Finds Bacteria from Dog Feces in Detroit’s Sky
- Arizona - Owner of Shutdown-Plagued Snowflake Biomass Power Plant Improves Operations
- Rising Biomass Demand Could Drive Land Grabs
- Clallam County PUD & N Olympic Library System Partner to Help Save Energy
- Consumer Reports: Are New LED Light Bulbs As Good As the Inefficient Incandescents?
- Texas Drought Could Threaten Endangered Species
- Can Water Treaties Be Climate-Proofed?
- Portland Plans for Transit All Powered by Electricity
- Fancy Batteries in Electric Cars Pose Recycling Challenges (
- Sierra Magazine – University of Washington: America’s No. 1 Green Campus
- Scientists Discover Microbes That Turn Newspaper Into Biofuel
- Data Centers – Washington State Ecology Issues More Generator Permits
- US Files Suit to Block AT&T Merger With T-Mobile
- Intel Forms Unit to Focus on Supercomputers for US
- hieve ‘100 Percent Renewable Energy’ Milestone
- Politico: McKenna/Inslee No. 1. Governor’s Race in USA
- Feds’ COBRA Subsidy to End
- Budget Cuts Threaten NOAA’s Weather Forecasts
- Mason Commissioners Revise Qualifications for Candidates to Fill Vacancy on Board
- Fire Ban in Effect So Be Careful In the Woods During the Holiday Weekend
- Another Severed Foot Found in British Columbia Waters
- If the Pacific Northwest Had a Massive Earthquake: What Would Happen
- Bainbridge Chamber Hires Ex-North Mason Chamber CEO Frank Kenny
- Lost Trust in Trust Exercise - Student Says Leadership Class Ruined Him
WORD OF THE DAY
Torpor • \TORE-perr\ • Noun - 1a : a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility b: a state of lowered physiological activity typically characterized by reduced metabolism, heart rate, respiration, and body temperature that occurs in varying degrees especially in hibernating and estivating animals 2: apathy, dullness
Like lizards on a cold day, the cubicle dwellers on the tenth floor began falling into torpor at their desks; their QWERTY keyboards making square impressions into their flaccid faces. “My nefarious plan worked,” the young mail boy mused as he strolled, unencumbered, through the maze of offices. “A full serving of doughnuts and glazed pastries at mid-morning…sugar crash by noon. Excellent.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Comment Period Ends for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company’s Power Deal (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Editorial - State Renewable Energy Act Past Due for Major Overhaul (Tri-City Herald, WA)
California - Substandard Pipeline Just One of Pacific Gas & Electric’s San Bruno Failures, Federal Board Finds (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Natural Gas Rises as Power Demand Returns in East (Associated Press)
How One Co-op Coped with Irene (Electric Co-Op Today)
Dominion Linemen Risk Danger to Restore Power (National Public Radio)
Iowa - Missouri River Energy Services Plans to Build Hydro Facility (Echo Press, Alexandria, MN)
West Virginia Jury Awards $7 Million in 2007 Electric Plant Explosion Death (Insurance Journal)
Baltimore Gas & Electric Weighs Text, Email Notifications for Peak Rewards Members (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Smaller Fish Tags Improves Monitoring Fish Survival (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Shellfish Farmers Confront Silent Watershed Crises (Crosscut Seattle)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Belfair Water District Newsletter Slams County, One of Its Own Commissioners (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Study Finds Bacteria from Dog Feces in Detroit’s Sky (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Arizona - Owner of Shutdown-Plagued Snowflake Biomass Power Plant Improves Operations (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
Rising Biomass Demand Could Drive Land Grabs (CNET News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Clallam County PUD & N Olympic Library System Partner to Help Save Energy (Electric Energy Online)
Consumer Reports: Are New LED Light Bulbs As Good As the Inefficient Incandescents? (Consumerist)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Texas Drought Could Threaten Endangered Species (Associated Press)
Can Water Treaties Be Climate-Proofed? (NY Times)
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/can-water-treaties-be-climate-proofed/?partner=rss&emc=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Portland Plans for Transit All Powered by Electricity (NY Times)
Fancy Batteries in Electric Cars Pose Recycling Challenges (NY Times)
Sierra Magazine – University of Washington: America’s No. 1 Green Campus (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Scientists Discover Microbes That Turn Newspaper Into Biofuel (Green Car Reports)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Centers – Washington State Ecology Issues More Generator Permits (Wenatchee World, WA)
US Files Suit to Block AT&T Merger With T-Mobile (USA Today)
Intel Forms Unit to Focus on Supercomputers for US (Associated Press)
Level 3’s Data Center Facilities in London & Amsterdam Achieve ‘100 Percent Renewable Energy’ Milestone “…including wind power, hydroelectric power & solar power…” (TMC-Net)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Politico: McKenna/Inslee No. 1. Governor’s Race in USA (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Feds’ COBRA Subsidy to End (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Budget Cuts Threaten NOAA’s Weather Forecasts (National Public Radio)
Mason Commissioners Revise Qualifications for Candidates to Fill Vacancy on Board (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Fire Ban in Effect So Be Careful In the Woods During the Holiday Weekend (Seattle Times)
Another Severed Foot Found in British Columbia Waters (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
If the Pacific Northwest Had a Massive Earthquake: What Would Happen (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Bainbridge Chamber Hires Ex-North Mason Chamber CEO Frank Kenny (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal)
Lost Trust in Trust Exercise - Student Says Leadership Class Ruined Him (Courthouse News Service)
DIVERSIONS
All in the Head: Why the Return Trip Always Seems Shorter
Eww! Fish Guts Spill Onto Street
Oops: $53,000 in Gold, Jewelry Thrown Away
‘Blind’ Man To Sail Around the World Alone
SONG OF THE DAY
Christopher Cross - Sailing
