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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Return of Standard Time Means Getting Back That Hour
of Sleep Lost Last Spring (Washington Post)
Biggest
Jump Ever Seen in Global Warming Gases (Associated Press)
Idaho
- Activists: Wind Energy Projects Mean Power Bill Hikes (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls,
ID)
Study: Toxics in Puget Sound Come from All of Us
(Associated Press)
Unable
to Pay Bill, Michigan City Turns Off Lights “…elected
officials not only turned off 1,000 streetlights. They had them ripped out -
bulbs, poles and all…” (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Unable to Pay Bill, Michigan City Turns Off Lights
- A Smart Pacific Northwest Power Grid? The Potential vs. Reality
- Op/Ed - Shale Gas Revolution
- Part of Sun Turns into Stormy ‘Benevolent Monster’
- Saber-Toothed Squirrel from Age of Dinosaurs Discovered
- Debris Fills White Salmon River After Dam Breach
- Let the Learning Begin: Elwha Restoration a Living Laboratory
- A Thousand Rainbow Trout Arrive at Kamiakin High School
- California Farmers Face Off over Water Proposals Some Believe Would Hurt Delta Area to Help South
- Asian Carp Invasion: Can We Fish Our Way Out of the Problem?
- Study: Toxics in Puget Sound Come from All of Us
- Japan’s Tsunami Debris Headed for Washington, Likely to Hit in Late ‘13
- EPA to Probe ‘Fracking’s’ Toll on Drinking Water
- Fatal Sewer Line Accident in North Texas
- America’s Greatest Outdoor Spots? Obama Picks 100- Includes Spots in the Pacific Northwest
- Idaho - Activists: Wind Energy Projects Mean Power Bill Hikes
- Beacon Power: We’re Broke, But We’re No Solyndra
- First Solar Brings German Solar Plant to Full Production
- California Utilities Worry Biogas Won’t Qualify as Renewable
- Solar Intermittency: How Big is the Problem?
- Lightning Is Nemesis of Windmills, Threatening Japan’s Renewable Energy Campaign
- Winner of Northwest ENERGY STAR® Homes’ $25,000 Welcome Home Campaign Prize Announced – Clark Public Utilities Customer
- China to Phase Out Energy-Inefficient Light Bulbs
- Biggest Jump Ever Seen in Global Warming Gases
- Birds Fly in the Face of Climate Change Expectations
- NASA Sees Giant Crack Forming in Antarctic Glacier
- Global Carbon Markets in Doldrums
- Report Outlines Oregon's Clean Energy Economy Leadership
- Welsh: Recycling Meets Green Building
- Facebook Getting Friendly with Seattle, Ready to Expand
- Colorado - Comcast, CenturyLink Fail to Stop Longmont Fibe
- Amazingly, AOL Still Has 3.5 Million Dialup Subscribers
- 115 Washington State Mayors (Including Shelton’s Tarrant) Call Budget Cuts ‘Intolerable’
- PDF of Washington Mayors’ letter
- Washington State - Representative Hudgins to Run for Secretary of State, Senator Pridemore for State Auditor
- Autumn’s Gloomy Days Are Washington State AG McKenna’s Springtime
- Return of Standard Time Means Getting Back That Hour of Sleep Lost Last Spring
- Possible Fire Bombing Investigated in Satsop
- Boys & Girls Club Curtailing Some North Mason Programs
- Shelton School District Bond Refinance Saves Taxpayers
- Son of Missing Mom Gets Ransom Note Demanding $250,000
- Gregoire Sends Inmates to Help Amid Washington State Apple-Picker Shortage
- Redmond Rejects Red-Light Ticketing Cameras
- Family Sued After Second Serious Injury from Buried Grape Residue
WORD OF THE DAY
Onomatopoeia • \awn-uh-mah-tuh-PEE-yuh\ • Noun - 1:
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated
with it (as buzz, hiss) 2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
Fred was the company’s resident Onomatopoeian. He
had trouble describing things with words, so he instead communicated through
clicks, flabby mouth noises and other bodily actions or “sounds” which
represented the information he needed to convey. Surprisingly, it worked rather
well.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Unable
to Pay Bill, Michigan City Turns Off Lights “…elected
officials not only turned off 1,000 streetlights. They had them ripped out - bulbs,
poles and all…” (Associated Press)
A Smart Pacific Northwest Power Grid? The Potential
vs. Reality (Oregon Public Radio)
Op/Ed - Shale Gas Revolution (NY Times)
Part of Sun Turns into Stormy ‘Benevolent Monster’ (Associated
Press)
Saber-Toothed Squirrel from Age of Dinosaurs
Discovered (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Debris Fills White Salmon River After Dam Breach (Olympian,
WA)
Let the Learning Begin: Elwha Restoration a
Living Laboratory (Seattle Times)
A Thousand Rainbow Trout Arrive at Kamiakin High
School (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
California Farmers Face Off over Water Proposals
Some Believe Would Hurt Delta Area to Help South (Associated Press)
Asian Carp Invasion: Can We Fish Our Way Out of the
Problem? (Christian Science Monitor)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study: Toxics in Puget Sound Come from All of Us (Associated
Press)
Japan’s Tsunami Debris Headed for Washington, Likely
to Hit in Late ‘13 (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
EPA
to Probe ‘Fracking’s’ Toll on Drinking Water (Associated Press)
Fatal
Sewer Line Accident in North Texas (Associated Press)
America’s
Greatest Outdoor Spots? Obama Picks 100- Includes Spots in the Pacific
Northwest (USA Today)
PDF
File of the Report (Department of the Interior)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
- Activists: Wind Energy Projects Mean Power Bill Hikes (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls,
ID)
Beacon
Power: We’re Broke, But We’re No Solyndra (CNET News)
First
Solar Brings German Solar Plant to Full Production (Phoenix Business Journal,
AZ)
California
Utilities Worry Biogas Won’t Qualify as Renewable (Waste Business Journal)
Solar
Intermittency: How Big is the Problem? (Renewable Energy World)
Lightning
Is Nemesis of Windmills, Threatening Japan’s Renewable Energy Campaign (Mainichi
Daily News, Japan)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Winner of Northwest ENERGY STAR® Homes’ $25,000
Welcome Home Campaign Prize Announced – Clark Public Utilities Customer
(MarketWatch)
China to Phase Out Energy-Inefficient Light Bulbs (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Biggest
Jump Ever Seen in Global Warming Gases (Associated Press)
Birds
Fly in the Face of Climate Change Expectations (NY
Times)
NASA
Sees Giant Crack Forming in Antarctic Glacier (Associated Press)
Global
Carbon Markets in Doldrums (The Daily Star)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Report
outlines Oregon's clean energy economy leadership (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Welsh:
Recycling Meets Green Building (Sustainable Business
Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Facebook Getting Friendly with Seattle, Ready to
Expand (Techflash)
Colorado - Comcast, CenturyLink Fail to Stop
Longmont Fiber: City Will be Allowed to Use its Own Fiber Network (Broadband
Reports)
Amazingly, AOL Still Has 3.5 Million Dialup
Subscribers (Splatf)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
115 Washington State Mayors (Including Shelton’s
Tarrant) Call Budget Cuts ‘Intolerable’ (Associated Press)
PDF of Washington Mayors’ letter (Association of
Washington Cities)
Washington State - Representative Hudgins to Run for
Secretary of State, Senator Pridemore for State Auditor (Seattle Times)
Autumn’s Gloomy Days Are Washington State AG McKenna’s
Springtime (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Return of Standard Time Means Getting Back That
Hour of Sleep Lost Last Spring (Washington Post)
Possible Fire Bombing Investigated in Satsop (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Boys & Girls Club Curtailing Some North Mason
Programs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton School District Bond Refinance Saves
Taxpayers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Son of Missing Mom Gets Ransom Note Demanding
$250,000 (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Gregoire Sends Inmates to Help Amid Washington
State Apple-Picker Shortage (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Redmond Rejects Red-Light Ticketing Cameras (Associated
Press)
Family Sued After Second Serious Injury from Buried
Grape Residue (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Germany: Cleaning Woman Damages Sculpture
No More ‘Relaxation Brownies’ at the Pumps
Seattle Pastor Mark Driscoll Says Yoga Is Demonic
Oregon Balloonist Headed to Iraq for ‘Dream’ Flight
SONG OF THE DAY
Van
Morrison - Cleaning Windows
