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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
BC Hydro Plays NAFTA Card in Bid to Win Green
Status in California - Energy-trading arm claims clean-energy exemption for US
power supplier is discriminatory (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Most Energy-Efficient State? California No Longer
Tops List - Massachusetts takes the top spot, California takes second place,
followed by New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Rhode Island, Minnesota,
Connecticut & Maryland (USA Today)
Winter Forecast Cold, Wet With Increased Mountain
Snow for Northwest (Associated Press)
Inspection Prompts Pacific Gas & Electric to
Examine Overhead Electrical Lines - inspectors had falsely claimed to have
checked underground electrical gear (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Plan for Huge Fish Farm in Strait of Juan de Fuca
Roils the Waters (Seattle Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BC Hydro Plays NAFTA Card in Bid to Win Green Status in California
- Inspection Prompts Pacific Gas & Electric to Examine Overhead Electrical Lines
- Grays Harbor PUD Looks to Sell “Pain In The” Turbines
- Utility Worker in East Texas Electrocuted
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Won’t Install Highway 50 Solar Panels
- Virginia - Dominion Says Nuclear Reactors Ready to Restart
- GOP Candidates’ Backing of Yucca Closure Draws Anger in Washington State
- Lines Go Up to Ferry Wind Energy to Major Cities
- US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Summary Box: Copper Prices Fall On Demand Worries
- Folk Icon’s Time at Bonneville Power Administration Celebrated in Film
- On This Day: Thomas Edison Develops Incandescent Light Bulb
- How The New Mars Rover’s Power Supply Works - This Sucker’s Nuclear!
- Plan for Huge Fish Farm in Strait of Juan de Fuca Roils the Waters
- Closures Implemented for Breach of White Salmon River’s Condit Dam
- Pacific Gas & Electric, Sempra Get Approvals for Western US Solar Deals
- Despite Solyndra’s Collapse, Other Government Bets Pay Off
- Solyndra Puts Off Asset Auction Until November 18
- Energy Storage Key for Wind Power Producers
- $165 Million Biomass-Fired Plant Earmarked for Heart of Oil Country
- The Biomass Carbon Debate: When to Start Counting
- Renewable Energy Development: Smaller Projects That Think Big
- United Kingdom Boosts Support for Marine, Biomass Power
- United Kingdom - Japanese Firm to Test Tide-Power System in Orkney
- Japan Eyes Renewable Energy Deregulation: Report
- Most Energy-Efficient State? California No Longer Tops List
- California Approves Carbon Market Rules
- A Skeptical Physicist Ends Up Confirming Climate Data
- Clark County Electric Vehicles Generating Buzz
- Beyond Green: A Net-Zero College Community
- Getting That Last Mile Coax Run Can Be Costly
- Seattle City Income Tax? A Resolution as Symbol
- White House Adds to ‘Excess’ Federal Properties List
- Winter Forecast Cold, Wet With Increased Mountain Snow for Northwest
- Two Floating ‘Mystery Feet’ Linked to Canadian Woman
- Seattle - Alaskan Way Viaduct Nine-Day Closure Begins Tonight
- Mason County Ballots in the Mail for November 8 General Election
- Washington’s Wine Industry Feeling the Squeeze of Cold Weather
- 23 WA companies named in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500
WORD OF THE DAY
QWERTY • \KWERT-tee\ • Noun - A standard typewriter or computer keyboard
- called also QWERTY keyboard.
I know you just looked down at your keyboard.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BC Hydro Plays NAFTA Card in Bid to Win Green
Status in California - Energy-trading arm claims clean-energy exemption for US
power supplier is discriminatory (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Inspection Prompts Pacific Gas & Electric to
Examine Overhead Electrical Lines - inspectors had falsely claimed to have
checked underground electrical gear (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Grays Harbor PUD Looks to Sell “Pain In The”
Turbines (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Utility Worker in East Texas Electrocuted (Associated
Press)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Won’t Install
Highway 50 Solar Panels – High bid, complex right of way issues cited (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Virginia - Dominion Says Nuclear Reactors Ready to
Restart (Associated Press)
GOP Candidates’ Backing of Yucca Closure Draws
Anger in Washington State (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Lines Go Up to Ferry Wind Energy to Major Cities (NY
Times)
US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Summary Box: Copper Prices Fall On Demand Worries (Associated
Press)
Folk Icon’s Time at Bonneville Power Administration
Celebrated in Film (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
On This Day: Thomas Edison Develops Incandescent
Light Bulb (Finding Dulcinea)
How The New Mars Rover’s Power Supply Works - This
Sucker’s Nuclear! (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Plan for Huge Fish Farm in Strait of Juan de Fuca
Roils the Waters (Seattle Times)
Closures Implemented for Breach of White Salmon
River’s Condit Dam (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Pacific
Gas & Electric, Sempra Get Approvals for Western US Solar Deals (Bloomberg
News)
Despite
Solyndra’s Collapse, Other Government Bets Pay Off (Seattle Times)
Solyndra
Puts Off Asset Auction Until November 18 (SF Chronicle)
Energy
Storage Key for Wind Power Producers - Profit would increase if electricity
delivered on demand, study finds (Edmonton Journal, AB)
$165
Million Biomass-Fired Plant Earmarked for Heart of Oil Country (Renewable
Energy Magazine)
The
Biomass Carbon Debate: When to Start Counting (Renewable Energy World)
Renewable
Energy Development: Smaller Projects That Think Big (Renewable Energy World)
United
Kingdom Boosts Support for Marine, Biomass Power (Reuters)
United
Kingdom - Japanese Firm to Test Tide-Power System in Orkney (Scotsman, UK)
http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/japanese_firm_to_test_tide_power_system_in_orkney_1_1921991
Japan
Eyes Renewable Energy Deregulation: Report (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Most Energy-Efficient State? California No Longer
Tops List - Massachusetts takes the top spot, California takes second place,
followed by New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Rhode Island, Minnesota,
Connecticut & Maryland (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Approves Carbon Market Rules (Reuters)
A
Skeptical Physicist Ends Up Confirming Climate Data (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clark
County Electric Vehicles Generating Buzz - Officials told cars could serve many
purposes in county (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Beyond
Green: A Net-Zero College Community (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Getting That Last Mile Coax Run Can Be Costly - Time
Warner Wants $20,000 for 2,583 Feet of Cable (Broadband Reports)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Seattle City Income Tax? A Resolution as Symbol (Seattle
Times)
White House Adds to ‘Excess’ Federal Properties
List (Puget Sound Business Journal)
GENERAL NEWS
Winter Forecast Cold, Wet With Increased Mountain
Snow for Northwest (Associated Press)
Two Floating ‘Mystery Feet’ Linked to Canadian Woman
(KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Seattle - Alaskan Way Viaduct Nine-Day Closure
Begins Tonightn (Northwest Cable News)
Mason County Ballots in the Mail for November 8
General Election (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington’s Wine Industry Feeling the Squeeze of
Cold Weather (Crosscut Seattle)
23 WA companies named in Deloitte’s Technology Fast
500 (Puget Sound Business Journal)
DIVERSIONS
A Smelly Spot: Luvs Diaper Commercial Voted ‘Worst
Ad in America’
Tattooed Barbie? No Way, Some Say
Streaking Referee Starts Brawl at UCLA-Arizona Game
Man
Jailed After Trying to Turn Feces into Gold – Burns down Entire Block in Effort
SONG OF THE DAY
Shirley
Bassey – Goldfinger
