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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy
Northwest Cancels First Large-Scale Project on Washington State’s West Side
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Backers Await
Word on Bonneville Power Administration Contract (KAJ-TV, Kalispell, MT)
Federal Government Announces Approach to Court
Order on Columbia River Salmon Plan (Bonneville Power Administration)
Washington State Economists to Issue New Revenue
Forecast (Associated Press)
Puget Sound Lowlands May See Snow on Friday (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Backers Await Word on Bonneville Power Administration Contract
- Seattle City Light Warns of Tree Trimming Scam
- Oregon - Eugene Water & Electric Board Mulls Water, Electric Rate Increases
- Missouri - Vandals at Spokane substation leave behind more than damage: Sheriff finds charred remains of human ear at scene
- Constellation, Exelon Shareholders Approve $7.9B Merger
- Renewable Energy in Constellation Deal Questioned
- 34 Cents per kWh - Hawaiian Electric Rates on Oahu Hit Record High in November
- Federal Government Announces Approach to Court Order on Columbia River Salmon Plan
- Outdoor Outlook: Chum Salmon Showing Up Right on Schedule
- Large Woody Debris - Public Meeting to Discuss Dosewallips River
- Idaho Mulls Bonneville Power Administration Offer on Winter Lake Plan
- Washington State DNR: Action Needed on Bug-Infested Forests
- Energy Northwest Cancels First Large-Scale Project on Washington State’s West Side
- Marbled Murrelet Singlehandedly Stops Wind Farm
- Wind Project in Pacific County Killed
- Controversial Coastal Wind Farm Cancelled
- SolarWorld Taking Steps to File China Trade Complaint in Europe
- Energy Secretary Chu Presents Strong Defense of Solyndra Loan Guarantee
- Hybrid Solar-Wind Power Connects Rural Navajos
- Energy Department Recognizes Nation’s Top Green Power Programs
- A Phone App for Switching Out Your Light Bulbs
- US Senator Demands Probe into Possible Human Rights Abuses Wrought by Carbon Credit Market
- IdaTech settles with Element One over Hydrogen Technology
- The Greening of Olympia’s New City Hall Continues
- Firm Says it Was Sold Phony Renewable Fuel Credits
- US Navy Tests Biofuel to Power Ship in Its Largest Alternative Fuel Demonstration to Date
- How Fiber Broadband Changes a City
- AT&T U-Verse Boxes in San Francisco Hit another Delay
- Washington State Economists to Issue New Revenue Forecast
- Cantwell, McMorris-Rodgers Are Among Millionaires in Congress
- Puget Sound Lowlands May See Snow on Friday
- Mother Nature Skipping Fall, Going Right to Winter?
- Boeing Gets Biggest Order Ever from Lion Air
- Employee Says Snohomish County Executive Used County Trips for Affair
- Reception for Retiring Mason Transit Leader Dave O’Connell Friday
- Special Place in Hell Department - Kitsap County Detectives Arrest 3 More In Theft Of Veterans’ Grave Markers
WORD OF THE DAY
Haberdasher • \HABB-err-dash-err\ • Noun - 1: a
dealer in notions 2: a dealer in men’s clothing and accessories
One of the country’s most celebrated presidents,
Harry Truman, was a successful haberdasher in Kansas City until the recession
of 1921 put him out of business.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Backers Await
Word on Bonneville Power Administration Contract (KAJ-TV, Kalispell, MT)
Seattle City Light Warns of Tree Trimming Scam (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Oregon - Eugene Water & Electric Board Mulls
Water, Electric Rate Increases (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)
Missouri - Vandals at Spokane substation leave
behind more than damage: Sheriff finds charred remains of human ear at scene
(Christian County Leader, MO)
Constellation, Exelon Shareholders Approve $7.9B Merger
(Baltimore Business Journal)
Renewable Energy in Constellation Deal Questioned (Associated
Press)
34 Cents per kWh - Hawaiian Electric Rates on Oahu Hit
Record High in November (Pacific Business News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Federal Government Announces Approach to Court
Order on Columbia River Salmon Plan (Bonneville Power Administration)
Outdoor Outlook: Chum Salmon Showing Up Right on
Schedule (Everett Herald, WA)
Large Woody Debris - Public Meeting to Discuss
Dosewallips River (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho
Mulls Bonneville Power Administration Offer on Winter Lake Plan (Bonner County
Daily Bee, Sandpoint ID)
Washington
State DNR: Action Needed on Bug-Infested Forests (Wenatchee World, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Energy
Northwest Cancels First Large-Scale Project on Washington State’s West Side (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Marbled
Murrelet Singlehandedly Stops Wind Farm (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, Wa)
Wind
Project in Pacific County Killed - Participating utilities cite objections over
marbled murrelet (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Controversial
Coastal Wind Farm Cancelled (Oregon Public Radio)
SolarWorld
Taking Steps to File China Trade Complaint in Europe (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Energy
Secretary Chu Presents Strong Defense of Solyndra Loan Guarantee (Washington Post)
Hybrid
Solar-Wind Power Connects Rural Navajos (CNET News)
Energy
Department Recognizes Nation’s Top Green Power Programs (Power Industry News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Phone App for Switching Out Your Light Bulbs (NY
Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
US
Senator Demands Probe into Possible Human Rights Abuses Wrought by Carbon
Credit Market (The Daily Caller)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
IdaTech
settles with Element One over Hydrogen Technology (Sustainable Business Oregon)
The
Greening of Olympia’s New City Hall Continues - A new garden will replace a
flat surface that produced a glare (Olympian, WA)
Firm
Says it Was Sold Phony Renewable Fuel Credits (Courthouse News Service)
US
Navy Tests Biofuel to Power Ship in Its Largest Alternative Fuel Demonstration
to Date (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
How Fiber Broadband Changes a City (GigaOM)
AT&T U-Verse Boxes in San Francisco Hit another
Delay (SF Chronicle)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Economists to Issue New Revenue
Forecast (Associated Press)
Cantwell, McMorris-Rodgers Are Among Millionaires in
Congress (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Puget Sound Lowlands May See Snow on Friday (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Mother Nature Skipping Fall, Going Right to Winter?
(KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Boeing Gets Biggest Order Ever from Lion Air (Associated
Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016788555_apusboeingbiggestorder1stldwritethru.html
Employee Says Snohomish County Executive Used
County Trips for Affair (Seattle Times)
Reception for Retiring Mason Transit Leader Dave O’Connell
Friday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Special Place in Hell Department - Kitsap County Detectives
Arrest 3 More In Theft Of Veterans’ Grave Markers (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Cheese Made Out of Real Gold… Costs £60 Per Slice
Walking Through Doorways Causes You to Forget,
Stupid
King James Bible Anniversary Marked by Queen
Congress: Schools Can Count Pizza as a Vegetable
Congress’s Unpopularity in One Hilarious Chart
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Cramps - Green Door
Jim
Lowe - Green Door (Original)
