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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Huge
Hole in Condit Dam’s Base Sets White Salmon River Free - It’s the
second-tallest dam ever to be breached in the US (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Feds Will Redirect Phone Subsidy to Broadband
(Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/morning_call/2011/10/feds-will-redirect-phone-subsidy-to.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/morning_call/2011/10/feds-will-redirect-phone-subsidy-to.html
WaferTech to Save Cool $200K on Power - New
energy-efficient system’s $1.6 million cost largely publicly financed
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Citizens Groups Propose New Route for Bonneville
Power Administration Transmission Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
Huge
Solar Power Plants Are Blooming In California’s Southern Deserts (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Citizens Groups Propose New Route for Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Line
- Nippon Paper Mill Won’t be Charged Base Electrical Rate, Port Angeles Council Decides
- Douglas County PUD Distribution Budget Adopted
- Idaho - Extra Hydro for Black Canyon Diversion Dam
- Itron to Close Six Sites, Cut Jobs - Liberty Lake Location, Workers Not Affected
- TransAlta Officially Opens US Headquarters in Olympia
- Bad Wiring Blamed for Yakima House Fire
- Indiana - Duke Executives Testify About Plant’s Out-Of-Hand Costs
- Higher Electric Prices, Lower Reliability Expected in Texas
- US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Japan Gets Electricity Wake-Up Call
- Dressing Up Power Lines Comes With Limits
- Huge Hole in Condit Dam’s Base Sets White Salmon River Free
- Condit Dam Breaching Required a Lot of Preparation, Planning on Tight Schedule
- With A Boom & A Flash of Light, Condit Dam is Breached & White Salmon River Unleashed
- Video: Breaching the Condit Dam
- Drifting Along, Tumbleweeds Are Piling Up Across the Plains
- Huge Solar Power Plants Are Blooming In California’s Southern Deserts
- Mapping a Future for Tidal Energy
- New Google Map Reveals US Geothermal Resources Ten Times Greater than Coal
- The Rebirth of Renewable Energy
- WaferTech to Save Cool $200K on Power
- Local Volunteers Weatherize Home for Future Low-Income Buyer
- The Daily Show - Jon Stewart Makes Fun of Seattle Weatherization Program
- Editorial - Carbon Credits Like Medieval Indulgences
- Pacific Ethanol Profits from Record Sales
- Feds Will Redirect Phone Subsidy to Broadband
- CenturyLink Cable Cut for Second Time near Pasco
- Facebook’s Swedish data center mostly powered by clean energy
- Oregon Officials Run Afoul of Facebook Over Data Center Taxes
- Tennessee US Senator Crafting Legislation for Amazon, Online Retailers
- Thunder in Them Thar Clouds
- Union Opposes Washington State Governor’s Suggestion to Cut Benefits
- Washington State Pares 5,700 Government Jobs in Past Four Years
- 47 Percent ‘Turnout’ Predicted or Washington State Election
- Public Records Penalty - Garnishment for Belfair Water District
- Three Corrections Officers Fired at Monroe Prison Following Jayme Biendl’s Death
- Radioactive Used Cars Turn Up for Sale in Japan
WORD OF THE DAY
Hoyden • \HOY-dunn\ • Noun - A girl or woman of
saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior
Amazonians
The ultimate hoyden clan
Don’t cross them buddy
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Citizens Groups Propose New Route for Bonneville
Power Administration Transmission Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
Nippon Paper Mill Won’t be Charged Base Electrical
Rate, Port Angeles Council Decides (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Douglas County PUD Distribution Budget Adopted (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Idaho - Extra Hydro for Black Canyon Diversion Dam
(Water Power Magazine)
Itron to Close Six Sites, Cut Jobs - Liberty Lake Location,
Workers Not Affected (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
TransAlta Officially Opens US Headquarters in Olympia
(Olympian, WA)
Bad Wiring Blamed for Yakima House Fire (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Indiana - Duke Executives Testify About Plant’s
Out-Of-Hand Costs (Indianapolis Star, IN)
Higher Electric Prices, Lower Reliability Expected
in Texas (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Japan Gets Electricity Wake-Up Call (NY Times)
Dressing Up Power Lines Comes With Limits (NY
Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Huge
Hole in Condit Dam’s Base Sets White Salmon River Free - It’s the
second-tallest dam ever to be breached in the US (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Condit
Dam Breaching Required a Lot of Preparation, Planning on Tight Schedule - Salmon
were captured, relocated (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
With
A Boom & A Flash of Light, Condit Dam is Breached & White Salmon River Unleashed
(Oregonian, Portland)
Video: Breaching the Condit Dam (YouTube)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Drifting
Along, Tumbleweeds Are Piling Up Across the Plains (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Huge
Solar Power Plants Are Blooming In California’s Southern Deserts (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Mapping
a Future for Tidal Energy - Snohomish PUD is studying an underwater site at
Admiralty Inlet to build tidal generators (Daily Journal of Commerce, Seattle)
New
Google Map Reveals US Geothermal Resources Ten Times Greater than Coal (Talking
Points Memo)
The
Rebirth of Renewable Energy (Cable News Network)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
WaferTech to Save Cool $200K on Power - New
energy-efficient system’s $1.6 million cost largely publicly financed (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Local Volunteers Weatherize Home for Future
Low-Income Buyer (Bonneville Power Administration)
The Daily Show - Jon Stewart Makes Fun of Seattle Weatherization
Program (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial
- Carbon Credits Like Medieval Indulgences (National Post, Canada)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Pacific
Ethanol Profits from Record Sales (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Feds Will Redirect Phone Subsidy to Broadband (Kansas
City Business Journal, MO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/morning_call/2011/10/feds-will-redirect-phone-subsidy-to.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/morning_call/2011/10/feds-will-redirect-phone-subsidy-to.html
CenturyLink Cable Cut for Second Time near Pasco (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Facebook’s Swedish data center mostly powered by
clean energy – “…Good old hydropower (water & dams), which is still the
hands-down cheapest kind of clean power available…” (GigaOM)
Oregon Officials Run Afoul of Facebook Over Data
Center Taxes (Oregonian, Portland)
Tennessee US Senator Crafting Legislation for Amazon,
Online Retailers (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Thunder in Them Thar Clouds (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Union Opposes Washington State Governor’s
Suggestion to Cut Benefits (Seattle Times)
Washington State Pares 5,700 Government Jobs in
Past Four Years (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
47 Percent ‘Turnout’ Predicted or Washington State Election
(Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Public Records Penalty - Garnishment for Belfair
Water District (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Three Corrections Officers Fired at Monroe Prison
Following Jayme Biendl’s Death (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Radioactive Used Cars Turn Up for Sale in Japan (USA
Today)
DIVERSIONS
Airline Finds Long-Lost Cat In Airport - Jack the
Cat’s Plight at JFK Became Online Sensation
Whopping Fine in Italy on Parked Car Dating Back to
208 AD
Why Would Thieves Steal A Bridge?
With Uniforms & Budget in Poor Repair, Oregon High
School Band Marches On, Casually
SONG OF THE DAY
For
all those Condi Dam explosion watchers:
Pat
Travers - Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) Studio Version
