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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Western Area Power Administration Seeks Comments on
Draft Recommendations to Implement Chu Memo (American Public Power Association)
Ice
Sheets Melting at Poles Faster Than Before (USA Today)
Public Invited to Reception Honoring Grays Harbor
PUD Commissioner Tom Casey (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Hog Waste at Heart of Google Project (SF Chronicle)
South Kitsap Hatchery Helping Restore Idaho
Salmon Run (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Western Area Power Administration Seeks Comments on Draft Recommendations to Implement Chu Memo
- Public Invited to Reception Honoring Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Tom Casey
- A Welcome Thanksgiving: Bonneville Power Administration Crews Return Safe from Sandy Response
- Pacific Gas & Electric Driver Dies in West Sacramento Crash during Storm
- California - Berkeley Studying Electrical Power Options
- Duke Energy CEO to Leave in North Carolina Merger Settlement
- South Kitsap Hatchery Helping Restore Idaho Salmon Run
- Hungry Salmon A Problem for Restoration Efforts
- California Oyster Farm Booted to Clear Way for Marine Wilderness Area
- Pasco Officials Warn Residents about Water Quality Telephone Scam
- San Jose Solar Firm That Got $26M in Mississippi Loans is Closing
- A Smarter Thermostat to Save Energy
- Light Bulb Maker Osram Cutting 4,700 Jobs in Germany
- How to Make a Bundle on Energy Efficiency
- Ice Sheets Melting at Poles Faster Than Before
- 13 Things to Know About California’s Cap-And-Trade Program
- Hog Waste at Heart of Google Project
- Washington State Governor-Elect Inslee Names Renton Schools Superintendent as Chief of Staff
- Washington State Senator Brown to Lead WSU-Spokane
- U-S Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler Wins Seat on House Appropriations Committee
- Congressman McDermott’s Pricey Bali Trip Apparently Sets Record
- Suspect in String of Ecoterrorism Fires Surrenders in Blaine
- Frustrated Riders Demand Answers to Ongoing Ferry Problems
- Grand Jury Indicts Clackamas County Worker for Alleged Ballot Tampering
- Twinkies Maker Hostess Ready for Its Big Bake Sale
WORD OF THE DAY
Cathexis
• \kuh-THECK-sis\ • noun - Investment of mental or emotional energy in a
person, object, or idea
Campaigns
are over
Accounting
of cathexis
Tank
is empty
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Western Area Power Administration Seeks Comments on
Draft Recommendations to Implement Chu Memo (American Public Power Association)
Public Invited to Reception Honoring Grays Harbor
PUD Commissioner Tom Casey (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
A Welcome Thanksgiving: Bonneville Power
Administration Crews Return Safe from Sandy Response (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Pacific Gas & Electric Driver Dies in West
Sacramento Crash during Storm (Sacramento Bee, CA)
California - Berkeley Studying Electrical Power Options
(San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Duke Energy CEO to Leave in North Carolina Merger
Settlement (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
South Kitsap Hatchery Helping Restore Idaho
Salmon Run (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Hungry Salmon A Problem for Restoration Efforts (Phys.Org)
California Oyster Farm Booted to Clear Way for
Marine Wilderness Area (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pasco
Officials Warn Residents about Water Quality Telephone Scam (Tri-City Herald, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
San
Jose Solar Firm That Got $26M in Mississippi Loans is Closing (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Smarter Thermostat to Save Energy (Northwest
Public Radio)
Light Bulb Maker Osram Cutting 4,700 Jobs in Germany (Associated Press)
How to Make a Bundle on Energy Efficiency (Slate
Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Ice
Sheets Melting at Poles Faster Than Before (USA Today)
13
Things to Know About California’s Cap-And-Trade Program (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hog Waste at Heart of Google Project (SF Chronicle)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor-Elect Inslee Names Renton
Schools Superintendent as Chief of Staff (Seattle Times)
Washington State Senator Brown to Lead WSU-Spokane (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
U-S Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler Wins Seat
on House Appropriations Committee (Oregonian, Portland)
Congressman McDermott’s Pricey Bali Trip Apparently
Sets Record (Seattle Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect in String of Ecoterrorism Fires Surrenders
in Blaine (Associated Press)
Frustrated Riders Demand Answers to Ongoing Ferry
Problems (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Grand Jury Indicts Clackamas County Worker for
Alleged Ballot Tampering (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Twinkies Maker Hostess Ready for Its Big Bake Sale
– Oh, and the execs got the OK for their $1.8 million bonuses (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Redwood City Man Tried to Mail Meth, Cocaine with
FedEx – Arrested after checking on delivery
‘Santa’
Showers $100 Bills on Storm-Hit New Jersey, New York
Jesus
Statue: Lawsuit Filed By Atheists to Remove It from Montana Mountain
Congress
Looks At Doing Away with the $1 Bill
SONG OF THE DAY
James
Taylor - Shower the People
