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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Air Stagnation Advisory Continues For the Interior
of Western Washington through Friday Morning (National Weather Service,
Seattle)
Cowlitz PUD Commission: Campaign 'Improprieties'
Behind GM's Firing (Longview Daily News, WA)
January 16 - CEO
& Administrator for Bonneville Power Administration to Speak in Shelton
(Mason County PUD No. 3)
Orcas tracked to waters off San Francisco (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Bonneville
Power Administration Becomes First Federal Agency to Win City of Portland's
Gold Sustainability Certification (Oregonian,
Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cowlitz PUD Commission: Campaign 'Improprieties' Behind GM's Firing
- Possible Rate Hikes for Benton & Franklin PUD
- Kennewick - Over $130,000 in Utility Bills Went Unpaid in 2012
- January 16 - CEO & Administrator for Bonneville Power Administration to Speak in Shelton
- Texas Power Adequacy Still a Serious Concern
- Norway Needs New Power Cables to Boost Hydro, Statkraft CEO Says
- Apprenticeships a Little-Traveled Path to Jobs
- Orcas tracked to waters off San Francisco
- Orca Defenders Can't Keep Fight in California
- Study: Pacific Ocean Helps Predict Salmon Returns to Columbia River
- Three Elma Hunters Kill 83 Protected Shorebirds
- Ken Salazar's Legacy Includes Push for Wind, Solar Energy
- Repeal of Virginia Renewable Energy Incentives Proposed
- 50-State Map Tracks Climate-Related 2012 Weather Records
- Bonneville Power Administration Becomes First Federal Agency to Win City of Portland's Gold Sustainability Certification
- Green Power, Biofuels Manufacturer, Fails to Deliver Cash Owed to the Port of Pasco
- The Heat is on as the New York Times Closes Its Environment Desk
- Gregoire Next? Salazar Stepping Down as Interior Secretary
- Air Stagnation Advisory Continues For the Interior of Western Washington through Friday Morning
- Jay Inslee Taking Office as Washington State Governor Today
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cowlitz PUD Commission: Campaign 'Improprieties'
Behind GM's Firing (Longview Daily News, WA)
Possible Rate Hikes
for Benton & Franklin PUD (KVEW TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Kennewick - Over $130,000 in Utility Bills Went
Unpaid in 2012 (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
January 16 - CEO
& Administrator for Bonneville Power Administration to Speak in Shelton (Mason
County PUD No. 3)
Texas Power Adequacy Still a Serious Concern (Forbes
Magazine)
Norway Needs New Power Cables to Boost Hydro,
Statkraft CEO Says (Renewable Energy World)
Apprenticeships a Little-Traveled Path to Jobs - Apprenticeships
can mean high-paying jobs without degrees, but boosting the system may not work
in the U-S (U-S News & World Report)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Orcas tracked to waters off San Francisco (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Orca Defenders Can't Keep Fight in California (Courthouse
News Service)
Study: Pacific Ocean Helps Predict Salmon Returns
to Columbia River (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Three Elma Hunters Kill 83 Protected Shorebirds
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ken
Salazar's Legacy Includes Push for Wind, Solar Energy (Politico, Washington,
D-C)
Repeal of Virginia Renewable Energy Incentives
Proposed (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
50-State
Map Tracks Climate-Related 2012 Weather Records (USA
Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bonneville
Power Administration Becomes First Federal Agency to Win City of Portland's Gold
Sustainability Certification (Oregonian, Portland)
Green
Power, Biofuels Manufacturer, Fails to Deliver Cash Owed to the Port of Pasco (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
The
Heat is on as the New York Times Closes Its Environment Desk (The Guardian, UK)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Gregoire Next? Salazar Stepping Down as Interior
Secretary (KING-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Air Stagnation Advisory Continues For the Interior of
Western Washington through Friday Morning (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Jay Inslee Taking Office as Washington State Governor
Today (KING-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
From Miley Cyrus to Miles Davis in 18 Songs
Boil the Frog Website
Survey Says: We're Pet People in the Northwest
It can now be Revealed - 18 Heads Found At Airport:
Shocking Shipment Bound for Cremation
SONG OF THE DAY
Miles
Davis - Kind of Blue
