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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wind Coming, Followed by Chilly Nights (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Report Calls for Changes in the Energy Department
“the department spent nearly $13 billion a year to run 16 separate laboratories
but that only about half of that money went toward actual research…” (NY Times
– Note, not unusual: see university/higher ed grant overhead)
Columbia River Treaty a ‘Once in a Generation’
Chance (Invermere Valley Echo, BC)
Editorial - PUDs Shouldn’t Sell Broadband
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Northeast
US Carbon Trading Initiative a Success, Study Says (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Columbia River Treaty a ‘Once in a Generation’ Chance
- Lower Columbia CAP Flooded with Applications for Home Energy Aid
- BC Hydro Ignites Hart Dam Project on Campbell River
- Thirsty Power Plants Threaten Watersheds, Study Finds
- Report Calls for Changes in the Energy Department
- Florida - Progress Energy Bills Likely to Rise to Pay for Cost of Idle Nuclear Plant
- A Long, Long Road to Recycling Nuclear Fuel
- DTE Energy Offers Winter Storm Tips
- These Are the Most Horrible Clowns I’ve Seen
- Columbia River Pikeminnow Reward Program Reveal Angler Earnings Dip from Past Years
- Vestas Launches LinkedIn Marketing Campaign
- Beacon Power Says It May Have to Liquidate
- Does the US Spend Too Much on Green Energy - or Not Enough?
- New York - Vote Nears on Trash to Energy
- The Power to Persevere: How One City Is Rebuilding Itself through Biomass
- Iowa - County Looks to Remove Barriers for Those Who Want Wind Turbines
- Restored Italian Mill Generates Clean Micro-Hydroelectric Power
- Saving Money through Energy Efficiency
- Northeast US Carbon Trading Initiative a Success, Study Says
- Report: Greenhouse Gas Pact Contributes $500M to Massachusetts Economy
- Study: More Recycling Could Add 1.5 Million US Jobs
- Natural Gas: A Threat to Biofuels?
- Editorial - PUDs Shouldn’t Sell Broadband
- Facebook Warns of Recent Wave of Spam
- Web Giants at Odds with Chamber of Commerce over Piracy Bill
- Viewers Tuning In to Online Video for Longer Periods of Time
- The Internet Isn’t Just Pipes, It’s a Belief System
- The First Gigabit Wi-Fi Chip for Consumer Devices is Here
- Steve Gonzalez Appointed to Washington State Supreme Court
- Washington State Adjusts Workers’ Pensions
- US Postal Service Loses $5.1 Billion, Could Face Default This Week as Financial Woes Mount
- Wind Coming, Followed by Chilly Nights
- November Storm is Chance to Test New Doppler
- Snow Reported Near Seabeck, Belfair
- Crystal Mountain Resort Might Open this Friday Becoming the First State Ski Area to Begin Winter Operations
- Idaho Man Sought in White House Shooting
- Search Resumes for Lindsey Baum in McCleary
- Police Nab Suspected Military Headstone Thief
- Murray, Dicks Present Version of Olympic National Park Wilderness Additions
- Target Employee Petitions Store to Close on Thanksgiving
WORD OF THE DAY
Anachronism • \ uh-NAH-kruh-nizz-um\ • noun - 1: an
error in chronology; especially: a chronological misplacing of persons, events,
objects, or customs in regard to each other 2: a person or a thing that is
chronologically out of place; especially: one from a former age that is incongruous
in the present 3: the state or condition of being chronologically out of place.
Bobby had to smile every time he filled out a form
for a software upgrade for his turbo charged office PC. The order forms were
only available as multi part NEC documents. The irony of this anachronism was
not lost on him, especially since the documents required him to use his 1949
Royal Standard typewriter to fill them out.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Columbia River Treaty a ‘Once in a Generation’
Chance (Invermere Valley Echo, BC)
Lower Columbia CAP Flooded with Applications for
Home Energy Aid (Longview Daily News, WA)
BC Hydro Ignites Hart Dam Project on Campbell River
- Utility issues information request, wants replacement by 2017 (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
Thirsty Power Plants Threaten Watersheds, Study
Finds (NY Times)
Report Calls for Changes in the Energy Department “the
department spent nearly $13 billion a year to run 16 separate laboratories but
that only about half of that money went toward actual research…” (NY Times –
Note, not unusual: see university/higher ed grant overhead)
Florida - Progress Energy Bills Likely to Rise to
Pay for Cost of Idle Nuclear Plant (St Petersburg Times, FL)
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/progress-energy-bills-likely-to-rise-to-pay-for-cost-of-idle-nuclear-plant/1201876
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/progress-energy-bills-likely-to-rise-to-pay-for-cost-of-idle-nuclear-plant/1201876
A Long, Long Road to Recycling Nuclear Fuel (NY
Times)
DTE Energy Offers Winter Storm Tips (Electric
Energy Online)
These Are the Most Horrible Clowns I’ve Seen—And
They May Give You Cancer Too (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Pikeminnow Reward Program Reveal
Angler Earnings Dip from Past Years (Seattle Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Vestas
Launches LinkedIn Marketing Campaign (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Beacon
Power Says It May Have to Liquidate (Associated Press)
Does
the US Spend Too Much on Green Energy - or Not Enough? (TIME Magazine)
New
York - Vote Nears on Trash to Energy: DEC warns against aid change without new
edge for wind, solar power (Albandy Times Union, NY)
The
Power to Persevere: How One City Is Rebuilding Itself through Biomass (Renewable
Energy World)
Iowa
- County Looks to Remove Barriers for Those Who Want Wind Turbines (Iowa City
Press-Citizen, IA)
Restored
Italian Mill Generates Clean Micro-Hydroelectric Power (Plant Engineer)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Saving Money through Energy Efficiency (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Northeast
US Carbon Trading Initiative a Success, Study Says (NY Times)
Report:
Greenhouse Gas Pact Contributes $500M to Massachusetts Economy (Boston Herald,
MA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study:
More Recycling Could Add 1.5 Million US Jobs (USA
Today)
Natural
Gas: A Threat to Biofuels? (Des Moines Register, IA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial - PUDs Shouldn’t Sell Broadband (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Facebook Warns of Recent Wave of Spam (Associated
Press)
Web Giants at Odds with Chamber of Commerce over
Piracy Bill (Washington Post)
Viewers Tuning In to Online Video for Longer
Periods of Time (GigaOM)
The Internet Isn’t Just Pipes, It’s a Belief System
(GigaOM)
The First Gigabit Wi-Fi Chip for Consumer Devices is
Here (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Steve Gonzalez Appointed to Washington State
Supreme Court (Associated Press)
Washington State Adjusts Workers’ Pensions (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
US Postal Service Loses $5.1 Billion, Could Face
Default This Week as Financial Woes Mount (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Wind Coming, Followed by Chilly Nights (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
November Storm is Chance to Test New Doppler (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Snow Reported Near Seabeck, Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Crystal Mountain Resort Might Open this Friday
Becoming the First State Ski Area to Begin Winter Operations (Seattle Times)
Idaho Man Sought in White House Shooting (Oregonian,
Portland)
Search Resumes for Lindsey Baum in McCleary (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Police Nab Suspected Military Headstone Thief
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Murray, Dicks Present Version of Olympic National
Park Wilderness Additions – Includes Land in Mason County (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Target Employee Petitions Store to Close on
Thanksgiving
DIVERSIONS
Owner Finds His Used Car Was Fully Loaded - With
Cocaine
Canada Introduces Plastic $100 Bill
Amnesiac Cellist Astounds Doctors with Musical
Memory
Publicity Hounds - PETA to Kids: Would You Eat Your
Dog for Thanksgiving?
SONG OF THE DAY
Jackson
Browne - Cocaine
J.J.
Cale – Cocaine (original version)
