PROGRAM NOTE
The
energy news digest will be on the road the week of March 11, so it will default
to the “Hot Shots” format during that time. After surviving jet lag, the clocks
“springing forward” & general malaise, it will return to its full wilted flower,
maybe not so rested & relaxed the week of March 18.
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon
Gives Tribes Top Claims to Water in Much of Klamath Basin (Oregonian, Portland,
OR)
Sierra Club Files Suit Against Puget Sound Energy
over Montana Coal Generator (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Large
Rise in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Sounds Climate Change Alarm (The Guardian, UK)
High-Speed Broadband Expansion Connects Communities
across Washington State (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Washington
State House Oks Bill for Hydroelectricity in Canals (Tri-City Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sierra Club Files Suit Against Puget Sound Energy over Montana Coal Generator
- Energy Secretary Nominee - Sally Jewell’s Links to Conservationists Draw GOP Questions during Confirmation Hearing
- Bonneville Power Administration Declines to Meet with Clark County Officials
- Washington Supreme Court Rejects EMF Damages Claim Against Puget Sound Energy & Kirkland, Relieving Major Liability Concern
- Jury Finds Tax Protester Chester Davis Guilty of Tax Evasion
- Chief Joseph Hatchery to Open This Summer
- Oregon Gives Tribes Top Claims to Water in Much of Klamath Basin
- Idaho Adopts New State Water Plan
- Washington State House Oks Bill for Hydroelectricity in Canals
- Bonneville Power Administration Says a Smaller Chance of Wind Energy Curtailment in Pacific Northwest This Spring
- Nebraska Tax Breaks - Legislative Committee Draws Ire for Advancing Wind Energy Bill
- Solar Batteries Could Be Utilities’ Next Headache
- Large Rise in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Sounds Climate Change Alarm
- Bill Gates Favors Nuclear Power to Help Limit Climate Change
- Environmental Coalition Urges British Columbia to Raise & Expand Carbon Tax
- Oregon’s Governor OKs Electric Vehicle Push
- California Town Could Require Solar Power on Every New House
- Power from the People - How Brazil Turned Urine into Electricity
- High-Speed Broadband Expansion Connects Communities across Washington State
- Clackamas County & Oregon City Approve Settlement over Installation of Broadband in City Right of Way
- Georgia - Municipal Broadband Bill Shot Down By State House
- Where Does the Web Live? Surprisingly, Houston Is a Popular Neighborhood
- Facebook Puts Focus on Photos in New Look; May Boost Ads
- Inside the World of Business Lobbying in Olympia
- Michigan – U-S Senator Carl Levin’s Decision Opens Seat in 2014
- $435,000 Grant for Mason County Volunteer Firefighter Programs
- Violence Against Women Act Gives Tribes New Authority Over Non-Indians
- Daylight Saving is Time to Check Smoke Detectors
- What is International Women’s Day?
- Inappropriate Much? Players Sent to Find Dates for Softball Coach
WORD OF THE DAY
Patois
• \PAT-twah\ • Noun - 1a: a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
b: uneducated or provincial speech 2: the characteristic special language of an
occupational or social group: jargon
P-P-C
patois
B-P-A,
CRACS, BiOp, Yikes!
Language
deep and dense
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Sierra Club Files Suit Against Puget Sound Energy
over Montana Coal Generator (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Energy Secretary Nominee - Sally Jewell’s Links
to Conservationists Draw GOP Questions during Confirmation Hearing (Seattle Times, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Declines to Meet
with Clark County Officials - Proposed power line would have been discussed (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Washington Supreme Court Rejects EMF Damages
Claim Against Puget Sound Energy & Kirkland, Relieving Major Liability
Concern (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Jury Finds Tax Protester Chester Davis Guilty of
Tax Evasion “…sold software to commercial power users, including the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration, & General Electric…” (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chief Joseph Hatchery to Open This Summer (Quad
City Herald, Brewster, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon
Gives Tribes Top Claims to Water in Much of Klamath Basin (Oregonian, Portland,
OR)
Idaho Adopts New State Water Plan (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State House Oks Bill for Hydroelectricity in Canals (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Bonneville
Power Administration Says a Smaller Chance of Wind Energy Curtailment in
Pacific Northwest This Spring (North American Wind Power)
Nebraska
Tax Breaks - Legislative Committee Draws Ire for Advancing Wind Energy Bill
(Lincoln Journal Star, NE)
Solar Batteries Could Be Utilities’ Next
Headache (Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Large
Rise in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Sounds Climate Change Alarm (The Guardian, UK)
Bill
Gates Favors Nuclear Power to Help Limit Climate Change (Reuters)
Environmental
Coalition Urges British Columbia to Raise & Expand Carbon Tax (Vancouver
Sun, BC)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon’s
Governor OKs Electric Vehicle Push (Sustainable Business Oregon)
California
Town Could Require Solar Power on Every New House (Grist Online)
Power
from the People - How Brazil Turned Urine into Electricity (Huffington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
High-Speed Broadband Expansion Connects Communities
across Washington State (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Clackamas County & Oregon City Approve
Settlement over Installation of Broadband in City Right of Way (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Georgia - Municipal Broadband Bill Shot Down By
State House (WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA)
Where Does the Web Live? Surprisingly, Houston Is a
Popular Neighborhood (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2013/03/07/where-does-the-web-live-surprisingly-houston-is-a-popular-neighborhood/
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Puts Focus on Photos in New Look; May
Boost Ads (Reuters)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inside the World of Business Lobbying in Olympia (Northwest
Public Radio)
Michigan – U-S Senator Carl Levin’s Decision Opens
Seat in 2014 (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
$435,000 Grant for
Mason County Volunteer Firefighter Programs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Violence Against
Women Act Gives Tribes New Authority Over Non-Indians (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Daylight Saving is
Time to Check Smoke Detectors (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
What is
International Women’s Day? (Christian Science Monitor)
Inappropriate Much?
Players Sent to Find Dates for Softball Coach (Seattle Times, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Champion
Tree Climber Putting His Skills to Good Use - Saving Cats
Daylight
Savings Doesn’t Have to Be Nightmare for Sleep Deprived
Lone
tree stolen from World’s Smallest Park in Portland
Which
Hurts More, AC or DC Electricity?
SONG OF THE DAY
Jefferson
Starship – Miracles
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some
media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in
broken links in the future.
Note
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may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash.
However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month
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