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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Special Weather Statement - A Vigorous Frontal
System Will Bring Windy Conditions to Most of Western Washington Wednesday
through Wednesday Night (National Weather Service, Seattle)
SolarWorld’s
Stock Plunges after the German Company, Which Makes Solar Products in
Hillsboro, Reports Losses (Oregonian, Portland)
Solyndra:
Energy Dept. Pushed Firm to Keep Layoffs Quiet until after Midterms (Washington Post)
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to
Expand & Improve Broadband Services in Rural Areas - Inland Telephone
Company & Toledo Telephone Co. Get Funds (USDA)
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/11/0485.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/11/0485.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent
Biofuel
Flights are Off the Ground, But Can the Industry Get Enough? (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Spokane Heating Assistance Program Expects Less Federal Aid
- Editorial - What’s Next for Troubled Southern Montana Electric & Its Co-Ops?
- Keystone Pipeline Will Be Rerouted
- Illinois - Coal Power Project Hits Snag as a Partner Backs Off
- Michigan Coalition Calls Energy Surcharge for Transmission a Bad Deal
- Ameren Offers Hotline for Lake of the Ozarks Property Owners
- Op/Ed - Pricing of Electricity Could Use a Jolt
- Germany Faces Sticker Shock as It Looks to Replace Nuclear With Renewables
- Department of Energy Funding Debuts Another Success: Fish-Friendly Hydropower
- California Birds Mysteriously Growing Bigger Since Hitchcock’s Film
- Columbia River Gorge Air Quality Focus of Lawsuit
- City of Shelton Considering Sewer Rate Increase
- Dog Waste Plagues Nisqually Reach, Henderson Inlet
- SolarWorld’s Stock Plunges after the German Company, Which Makes Solar Products in Hillsboro, Reports Losses
- Solyndra: Energy Dept. Pushed Firm to Keep Layoffs Quiet until after Midterms
- California Ratepayer Advocate Complains of High Solar Power Costs
- California – Pacific Gas & Electric Solar Projects Concern Fresno County Leaders
- Editorial - Jumbo-Sized Solar is a Jumbo-Sized Mistake
- Montana - Flathead Electric Cooperative to Begin Exploratory Geothermal Drilling
- Gold Rush of Federal Subsidies for Clean Energy
- Alaska - Kodiak Electric Association Touts Wind Power
- Wind Electricity to be Fully Competitive with Natural Gas by 2016
- Wisconsin - Oneida Biomass Plant Gets Final Approval
- Wood Use Mitigates Climate Change
- Two Homes at PNNL to Compare Energy Efficiency
- Fluorescent Lights to Save More Energy
- Michigan - City Of Flint Appealing Termination of $1.1-Million Energy Grant & Demand for Repayment
- Energy Efficiency: The New “First Fuel”
- Let’s Have an Energy ‘Black Friday’
- How to Save on Christmas Lights
- PNNL Confirms Air Pollution Impacts Climate
- BBC: Climate Change Episode of Frozen Planet Won’t Be Shown in the US as Viewers Don’t Believe in Global Warming
- Closeup: Climate Extremes & Global Warming
- Biofuel Flights are Off the Ground, But Can the Industry Get Enough?
- How to Choose the Right Woodstove
- Gas Inserts Can Turn a Fireplace into an Efficient Source of Comfort
- Empty Green Promises
- Lessons from America’s Surprising No. 1 Bike Town – No, it’s not Portland, OR
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Expand & Improve Broadband Services in Rural Areas - Inland Telephone Company & Toledo Telephone Co. Get Funds
- Seattle, UW, Bringing High-Speed Internet to UW Neighborhoods
- Google Says Gmail & Google+ are Keys to its Strategy on the Cloud
- Will Cloud Computing Make Everything (and Everyone) Work Harder?
- Q&A: Finding Fonts for All
- Former Washington State Senator Joins Secretary of State Race
- Special Weather Statement - A Vigorous Frontal System Will Bring Windy Conditions to Most of Western Washington Wednesday
- Another La Niña Winter May Mean another Epic Ski Season
- Belfair Home Invasion Robbery Suspects Held On $500,000 Bail
- Shelton Development Incentives Discussed
- Starbucks Drops “Hidden” Bean Surcharge
WORD OF THE DAY
Hoosegow • \HOOS-gow (as in cow)\ • Noun – Jail
“Time for a rest in the gray-bar motel, the
hoosegow, the big house, up river…” drawled the small town sheriff to his
struggling prisoner. “I get the idea,” whined the two-bit hustler. “You’re
putting me in jail.”
Origin of HOOSEGOW - Spanish juzgado panel of
judges, courtroom, from past participle of juzgar to judge, from Latin judicare
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Spokane Heating Assistance Program Expects Less
Federal Aid (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Editorial - What’s Next for Troubled Southern
Montana Electric & Its Co-Ops? (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Keystone Pipeline Will Be Rerouted (NY Times)
Illinois - Coal Power Project Hits Snag as a
Partner Backs Off (NY Times)
Michigan Coalition Calls Energy Surcharge for
Transmission a Bad Deal (Detroit News, MI)
http://www.detnews.com/article/20111115/BIZ/111150323/1001/biz
http://www.detnews.com/article/20111115/BIZ/111150323/1001/biz
Ameren Offers Hotline for Lake of the Ozarks Property
Owners (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
Op/Ed - Pricing of Electricity Could Use a Jolt (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
Germany Faces Sticker Shock as It Looks to Replace
Nuclear With Renewables (Minyanville)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Department of Energy Funding Debuts Another
Success: Fish-Friendly Hydropower (Clean Technica)
California Birds Mysteriously Growing Bigger
Since Hitchcock’s Film (Mother Nature Network)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia
River Gorge Air Quality Focus of Lawsuit - Friends says panel’s approval of
strategy fails to protect area (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
City
of Shelton Considering Sewer Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Dog
Waste Plagues Nisqually Reach, Henderson Inlet (Olympian,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SolarWorld’s
Stock Plunges after the German Company, Which Makes Solar Products in Hillsboro,
Reports Losses (Oregonian, Portland)
Solyndra:
Energy Dept. Pushed Firm to Keep Layoffs Quiet until after Midterms (Washington Post)
California
Ratepayer Advocate Complains of High Solar Power Costs (Los Angeles Times, CA)
California
– Pacific Gas & Electric Solar Projects Concern Fresno County Leaders: PG&E
undoes contracts to use ag lands for alt energy (Fresno Bee, CA)
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/11/12/2612682/solar-projects-in-fresno-county.html
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/11/12/2612682/solar-projects-in-fresno-county.html
Editorial
- Jumbo-Sized Solar is a Jumbo-Sized Mistake (GigaOM)
Montana
- Flathead Electric Cooperative to Begin Exploratory Geothermal Drilling (Flathead
Beacon, MT)
Gold
Rush of Federal Subsidies for Clean Energy (Seattle Times)
Alaska
- Kodiak Electric Association Touts Wind Power (Electric Co-op Today)
Wind
Electricity to be Fully Competitive with Natural Gas by 2016, Says Bloomberg
New Energy Finance (Renewable Energy World)
Wisconsin
- Oneida Biomass Plant Gets Final Approval: Dept. of Energy says study isn’t
needed (Green Bay Press-Gazette, WI)
Wood
Use Mitigates Climate Change (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Two Homes at PNNL to Compare Energy Efficiency (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Fluorescent Lights to Save More Energy (Courthouse
News Service)
Michigan - City Of Flint Appealing Termination of
$1.1-Million Energy Grant & Demand for Repayment – Feds claim “serious
mismanagement & misuse” of the funds (Flint Journal, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/11/city_of_flint_appealing_termin.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/11/city_of_flint_appealing_termin.html
Energy Efficiency: The New “First Fuel” (Huffington
Post)
Let’s Have an Energy ‘Black Friday’ (Everett
Herald, WA)
How to Save on Christmas Lights - Energy-efficient
LED lights will save you money over time, but you should buy them after the
holidays (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
PNNL
Confirms Air Pollution Impacts Climate (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
BBC:
Climate Change Episode of Frozen Planet Won’t Be Shown in the US as Viewers Don’t
Believe in Global Warming (The Daily Mail, UK)
Closeup:
Climate Extremes & Global Warming (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Biofuel
Flights are Off the Ground, But Can the Industry Get Enough? (KING-TV, Seattle)
How
to Choose the Right Woodstove (Mother Earth News)
Gas
Inserts Can Turn a Fireplace into an Efficient Source of Comfort (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Empty
Green Promises - Why government attempts to encourage a “green economy” are
almost always a bad idea (Slate Magazine)
Lessons
from America’s Surprising No. 1 Bike Town – No, it’s not Portland, OR (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to
Expand & Improve Broadband Services in Rural Areas - Inland Telephone
Company & Toledo Telephone Co. Get Funds (USDA)
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/11/0485.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2011/11/0485.xml&navid=NEWS_RELEASE&navtype=RT&parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&edeployment_action=retrievecontent
Seattle, UW, Bringing High-Speed Internet to UW Neighborhoods
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/11/14/seattle-uw-bringing-high-speed.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/11/14/seattle-uw-bringing-high-speed.html
Google Says Gmail & Google+ are Keys to its
Strategy on the Cloud (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Will Cloud Computing Make Everything (and Everyone)
Work Harder? (NY Times)
Q&A: Finding Fonts for All (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Former Washington State Senator Joins Secretary of
State Race (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Special Weather Statement - A Vigorous Frontal
System Will Bring Windy Conditions to Most of Western Washington Wednesday through
Wednesday Night (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Another La Niña Winter May Mean another Epic Ski
Season (Olympian, WA)
Belfair Home Invasion Robbery Suspects Held On
$500,000 Bail (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Shelton Development Incentives Discussed (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Starbucks Drops “Hidden” Bean Surcharge (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Oregon Man’s Iraq Lawn-Chair Flight Grounded
New Way to Mourn in South Korea: Cremated Remains
Become Gemlike Beads
The Most Expensive Photograph Ever Sold
World’s Most Expensive Tea Made with Panda Dung
SONG OF THE DAY
Ringo
Starr – Photograph
