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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
New Lewis County PUD Chief Selected (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 - Give Up Control of Your Water
Heater for the Environment (KING-TV, Seattle)
Renewable
Energy Needs Tighten for Clallam PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Tidal
Energy - Aquamarine Power Leaves Oregon Citing Regulatory Uncertainty (Sustainable Business Oregon)
http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/11/aquamarine-power-leaves-oregon-citing.html
Alaska Faces One of Its Worst Storms Ever,
Forecasters Say (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- New Lewis County PUD Chief Selected
- Mason County PUD 3 - Give Up Control of Your Water Heater for the Environment
- Pacific Northwest - Recruiting Energy Customers to Use More
- Local Group Fights Idaho Falls Power Expansion
- Southern Montana Electric Cooperative Details Financial Problems in Latest Bankruptcy Records
- California - Pacific Gas & Electric to Pay Record $38 Million Fine in Deadly Rancho Cordova Blast
- Frustration in Connecticut as Wait for Power Drags On
- Dynegy Subsidiary Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- What’s Behind Dynegy’s Unusual Bankruptcy
- Keystone XL Pipeline Decision to be Investigated
- Missouri – Lake of the Ozarks Residents Upset by FERC Order to Move Lake Homes
- Colorado - Pueblo Voters Grant Co-op Franchise
- Nuclear Industry Fears Fallout from Solyndra Story
- Report Says Cutting French Nuclear Share Would Boost Bills
- Operational Risk Becoming More Complex for Hydro Generators
- How Three Gorges Dam Powers Shanghai
- In Smart Grid Debate, Co-ops Pick Hard-Wire over Wireless to Cut Cost
- Invasive Mussels Found in Idaho, Washington State Inspections
- State to Cast Wide Net for Asarco Smelter Pollution
- The Hazy Tale of Air Pollution
- US Army Corps of Engineers Plans to Raise Toutle Volcano Sediment Dam
- US House Bill Aims to Allow States to Revoke, Replace Federal Haze Plans
- Renewable Energy Needs Tighten for Clallam PUD
- Tidal Energy - Aquamarine Power Leaves Oregon Citing Regulatory Uncertainty
- Canada - Small Turbines Generate Huge Sales Potential
- New York - Tapping the Tappan Zee for Wind
- Daughter Convinces Washington Couple to Invest in Solar
- Op/Ed - Here Comes the Sun
- Green Energy Trade Disputes Mount
- Alternative Energy Companies Form United Front
- US Department of Energy Recognizes Winners of 2011 DOE Sustainability Awards - Includes: Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Idaho & Richland Operations Offices
- Heat Your Home This Winter without Burning it Down
- Australia Passes Controversial Carbon Pollution Tax
- Pine Trees Help Reconstruct a Long-Ago Drought
- Could Old Age Lessen Climate Change? Study Sees Promise
- Plastic Bag Ban Pits Idaho Students Against Bag Maker
- Used Cooking Oil Fuels Seattle to Portland Flights
- Hybrid Cars in Florida to Get Solar Charging – With Shade
- The Dark Side of the ‘Green’ City
- Kansas City’s Google Superhighway Has Unclear Destinations
- Yahoo’s Latest Moves Baffle Some
- Washington Secretary of State: As Many as 21,000 Ballots Not Sent
- Three Initiatives in Focus on Washington Election Day
- Alaska Faces One of Its Worst Storms Ever, Forecasters Say
- Shelton Gas Leak Forces Evacuations
- Employers Post Most Job Openings in Three Years
- Homes Being Built Smaller; Are We Seeing the Death of the McMansion?
- Asteroid 2005 YU55: What Could be Gleaned from Its Close Flyby
- Former Heavyweight Champ Joe Frazier Dead at 67
WORD OF THE DAY
Archipelago • \ark-uh-PELL-uh-goe\ • Noun - 1: an
expanse of water with many scattered islands 2: a group of islands 3: something
resembling an archipelago; especially: a group or scattering of similar things
Emerald blue water, whitewashed houses tumbling down rocky slopes to the
waters’ edge, island time could truly be summed up by a summer in the Aegean archipelago
of Greece; far from the madding crowds of Athens.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
New Lewis County PUD Chief Selected (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 - Give Up Control of Your Water
Heater for the Environment (KING-TV, Seattle)
Pacific Northwest - Recruiting Energy Customers to
Use More (NY Times)
Local Group Fights Idaho Falls Power Expansion
(KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
Southern Montana Electric Cooperative Details
Financial Problems in Latest Bankruptcy Records (Billings Gazette, MT)
California - Pacific Gas & Electric to Pay
Record $38 Million Fine in Deadly Rancho Cordova Blast (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Frustration in Connecticut as Wait for Power Drags
On (NY Times)
Dynegy Subsidiary Files for Bankruptcy Protection (Associated
Press)
What’s Behind Dynegy’s Unusual Bankruptcy (NY
Times)
Keystone XL Pipeline Decision to be Investigated (NY
Times)
Missouri – Lake of the Ozarks Residents Upset by FERC
Order to Move Lake Homes (Associated Press)
Colorado - Pueblo Voters Grant Co-op Franchise
(Electric Co-op Today)
Nuclear Industry Fears Fallout from Solyndra Story
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Report Says Cutting French Nuclear Share Would
Boost Bills (Reuters)
Operational Risk Becoming More Complex for Hydro
Generators (Risk.Net)
How Three Gorges Dam Powers Shanghai (Gizmodo)
In Smart Grid Debate, Co-ops Pick Hard-Wire over
Wireless to Cut Cost (Vermont Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Invasive Mussels Found in Idaho, Washington State
Inspections (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
State
to Cast Wide Net for Asarco Smelter Pollution (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
The
Hazy Tale of Air Pollution - Industrial polluters foul our air, but woodstoves &
cars are even worse (Sightline Daily)
US
Army Corps of Engineers Plans to Raise Toutle Volcano Sediment Dam (Associated
Press)
US
House Bill Aims to Allow States to Revoke, Replace Federal Haze Plans (Platts)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable
Energy Needs Tighten for Clallam PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Tidal
Energy - Aquamarine Power Leaves Oregon Citing Regulatory Uncertainty (Sustainable Business Oregon)
http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/11/aquamarine-power-leaves-oregon-citing.html
Canada
- Small Turbines Generate Huge Sales Potential (Globe & Mail)
New
York - Tapping the Tappan Zee for Wind (NY Times)
Daughter
Convinces Washington Couple to Invest in Solar “…in 2009 Washington drew nearly
75 percent of its electricity from renewable sources…” (Get Solar)
Op/Ed
- Here Comes the Sun (NY Times)
Green
Energy Trade Disputes Mount - Green energy is such an internationally
competitive area, trade frictions are popping up in various green energy
industries (Christian Science Monitor)
Alternative
Energy Companies Form United Front (SF Chronicle)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
US Department of Energy Recognizes Winners of 2011
DOE Sustainability Awards
- Includes: Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho National Laboratory, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, Idaho & Richland Operations Offices. (US Department of Energy)
See the List of Award Winners Here (US Department
of Energy)
Heat Your Home This Winter without Burning it Down
(Gizmodo)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Australia
Passes Controversial Carbon Pollution Tax (Physorg)
Pine
Trees Help Reconstruct a Long-Ago Drought (NY Times)
Could
Old Age Lessen Climate Change? Study Sees Promise (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Plastic
Bag Ban Pits Idaho Students Against Bag Maker (USA
Today)
Used
Cooking Oil Fuels Seattle to Portland Flights (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Hybrid
Cars in Florida to Get Solar Charging – With Shade (Christian Science Monitor)
The
Dark Side of the ‘Green’ City (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Kansas City’s Google Superhighway Has Unclear
Destinations (Kansas City Star, MO)
Yahoo’s Latest Moves Baffle Some (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington Secretary of State: As Many as 21,000
Ballots Not Sent (KING-TV, Seattle)
Three Initiatives in Focus on Washington Election
Day (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Alaska Faces One of Its Worst Storms Ever,
Forecasters Say (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma, WA)
Shelton Gas Leak Forces Evacuations (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Employers Post Most Job Openings in Three Years (Associated
Press)
Homes Being Built Smaller; Are We Seeing the Death of
the McMansion? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Asteroid 2005 YU55: What Could be Gleaned from Its
Close Flyby (Christian Science Monitor)
Former Heavyweight Champ Joe Frazier Dead at 67
(KCPQ-TV, Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Non-Mad Scientists Say They’ll Turn Rice into Blood
Bremerton Suspect Arrested After Pants Fall Down
White House Says No Evidence of Extraterrestrials
Okanogan Girl Trapped Inside Washing Machine
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy
Preston - Will It Go Round in Circles
