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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Lights Go Out, People Flee Storm Ravaging Alaska
Coast (Associated Press)
Klamath River Basin Water Bill Is Landmark, But
Will It Pass Congress? (Oregonian, Portland)
Klamath River Basin Water Bill Is Landmark, But
Will It Pass Congress? (Oregonian, Portland)
New Energy Contracts Give Chelan PUD a Big Budget
Boost (Wenatchee World, WA)
Bigger than WPPSS - Alabama County Files for
Largest Municipal Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Lights Go Out, People Flee Storm Ravaging Alaska Coast
- Connecticut Grills Utility after Days in Dark
- Utility Offers $10 Million Fund for Conn. Outage Relief
- New Energy Contracts Give Chelan PUD a Big Budget Boost
- Southern Montana Electric Co-Op General Manager Gregori Retires
- US Energy Use Back Up in 2010 after 2009 Dip
- US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Lake of the Ozarks property owners remain in limbo
- FERC Sets Record Straight on Shoreline Plan at Lake of the Ozarks
- Vermont Electric Cooperative: Pleasing People during Outages
- What Your Electric Utility Bill Is NOT Telling You - One-quarter of electric utility bills DO NOT show the rate being charged
- France Can’t Afford to Give Up Nuclear Energy, Utility Chief Says
- Klamath River Basin Water Bill Is Landmark, But Will It Pass Congress?
- ‘Salmon Anemia’ Scare Has PUD on Alert
- Coho Salmon Numbers on the Rise, Saved by Fallen Trees – LWD
- White Salmon Cuts New River Bed after Condit Dam Breach
- Throwing a Threatened Pilgrim-Era Fish a Line
- Parks Chief Blocked Plan for Grand Canyon Bottle Ban
- US Department of Commerce Will Investigate Chinese Solar Subsidies
- Solar Drags Siemens’ Renewables Division into Fourth-Quarter Loss
- U.S. Wind Market May ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ in 2013, Vestas CEO Says
- Ocean Energy Is a Vast, Unproven Resource
- Blunt Words from Canada - Believers in Massive Renewable Energy Expansion are ‘Smoking Dope’
- Balancing Act: How Can We Deal with Variability
- Efficiency Takes Hold in Northwest
- Dishwashers vs. Hand-Washing: Which is Cheaper
- When Do We Hit the Point of No Return for Climate Change?
- Could Biofuel Bring Down the Cost of an Airline Ticket?
- Amazon Confirms Its Data Center near Boardman Has Begun Operating
- Deal Keeps Spokane Area Rural Internet Alive
- Digital Gap between Rural & Urban, Black & White Persists, US Census Shows
- How Solar Can Make Data Centers More Efficient
- Apple, Steve Jobs Win Flash Battle vs. Adobe
- Google’s Chief Works to Trim a Bloated Ship
- US Senators Introduce Online Sales Tax Bill
- Bigger than WPPSS - Alabama County Files for Largest Municipal Bankruptcy
- Washington State’s Out of the Liquor Business. Now What?
- Mason County Commissioner Ring-Erickson to Launch House Campaign
- Snohomish County Council Members, Assessor Easily Win Re-Election - PUD Commissioner Vaughn trailing in council race
- Washington State Election May Result In Mid-Legislative-Session Seat Swap
- Weather Eye: Begin to Prepare Now in Case Thanksgiving Turns Wintry
- Houses Swept from Japan About to Reach Our Shores
- Mason County Departments - No More Cuts
- Occupy Shelton Movement Friday
- Christmas Tree Tax: White House Pulls It, For Now
WORD OF THE DAY
Ziggurat • \ZIG-uh-ra \ • noun - An ancient
Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in
successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top; also: a
structure or object of similar form
“They’ll never find me under this ziggurat of couch
cushions,” muttered Abercrombie with glee. Unfortunately, the tipsy structure
in his palatial office was topped with his “employee of the month” trophy,
which upset the entire pile, burying him under soft, velour boulders for the
rest of the day.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Lights Go Out, People Flee Storm Ravaging Alaska
Coast (Associated Press)
Connecticut Grills Utility after Days in Dark “…elected
officials & union leaders said they suspected that the root of the problem
was reluctance by the company to spend money…” (NY Times)
Utility Offers $10 Million Fund for Conn. Outage
Relief (Associated Press)
New Energy Contracts Give Chelan PUD a Big Budget
Boost (Wenatchee World, WA)
Southern Montana Electric Co-Op General Manager
Gregori Retires (Billings Gazette, MT)
US Energy Use Back Up in 2010 after 2009 Dip (USA
Today)
US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Lake of the Ozarks property owners remain in limbo
(St Louis Dispatch, MO)
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/lake-of-the-ozarks-property-owners-remain-in-limbo/article_db185132-0926-5fff-82f4-c651d1653eec.html
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/lake-of-the-ozarks-property-owners-remain-in-limbo/article_db185132-0926-5fff-82f4-c651d1653eec.html
FERC Sets Record Straight on Shoreline Plan at Lake
of the Ozarks (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Vermont Electric Cooperative: Pleasing People
during Outages (GreenTech Grid)
What Your Electric Utility Bill Is NOT Telling You
- One-quarter of electric utility bills DO NOT show the rate being charged (The
Energy Collective)
France Can’t Afford to Give Up Nuclear Energy,
Utility Chief Says (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Klamath River Basin Water Bill Is Landmark, But
Will It Pass Congress? (Oregonian, Portland)
‘Salmon Anemia’ Scare Has PUD on Alert (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Coho Salmon Numbers on the Rise, Saved by Fallen
Trees – LWD (Huffington Post)
White Salmon Cuts New River Bed after Condit Dam
Breach (NW Cable News)
Throwing a Threatened Pilgrim-Era Fish a Line (USA Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Parks
Chief Blocked Plan for Grand Canyon Bottle Ban (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
US
Department of Commerce Will Investigate Chinese Solar Subsidies (Oregonian, Portland)
Solar
Drags Siemens’ Renewables Division into Fourth-Quarter Loss (Business Green)
U.S.
Wind Market May ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ in 2013, Vestas CEO Says (Bloomberg News)
Ocean
Energy Is a Vast, Unproven Resource (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Blunt
Words from Canada - Believers in Massive Renewable Energy Expansion are ‘Smoking
Dope’: Energy Agency Exec (Canada.com)
Balancing
Act: How Can We Deal with Variability - Fire up those natural gas peaking
plants! (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Efficiency Takes Hold in Northwest (Electric Co-op
Today)
Dishwashers vs. Hand-Washing: Which is Cheaper (Christian
Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
When
Do We Hit the Point of No Return for Climate Change? (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Could
Biofuel Bring Down the Cost of an Airline Ticket? (KING-TV, Seattle)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Amazon Confirms Its Data Center near Boardman Has
Begun Operating (Oregonian, Portland)
Deal Keeps Spokane Area Rural Internet Alive - Companies,
counties reach tower-use pact (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Digital Gap between Rural & Urban, Black &
White Persists, US Census Shows (Oregonian, Portland)
How Solar Can Make Data Centers More Efficient (GigaOM)
Apple, Steve Jobs Win Flash Battle vs. Adobe
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Google’s Chief Works to Trim a Bloated Ship (NY
Times)
US Senators Introduce Online Sales Tax Bill (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Bigger than WPPSS - Alabama County Files for
Largest Municipal Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
Washington State’s Out of the Liquor Business. Now
What? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Commissioner Ring-Erickson to Launch
House Campaign (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Snohomish County Council Members, Assessor Easily
Win Re-Election - PUD Commissioner Vaughn trailing in council race (Everett
Herald, WA)
Washington State Election May Result In Mid-Legislative-Session
Seat Swap (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Weather Eye: Begin to Prepare Now in Case
Thanksgiving Turns Wintry (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Houses Swept from Japan About to Reach Our Shores -
Tsunami debris could arrive within days (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Mason County Departments - No More Cuts (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Occupy Shelton Movement Friday (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Christmas Tree Tax: White House Pulls It, For Now (Christian
Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
‘Second Paris’ Built Towards End of First World War
to Fool Germans
Suck on These Single-Serving Coffee Sacks
Traditional Turkey Dinner Costs 13 Percent More
Thais Celebrate Water Festival Despite Floods
SONG OF THE DAY
Georg
Friedrich Händel - Water Music, Suite No. 2 (It becomes familiar at about 2:00)
