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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
First Bankruptcy Hearing for Southern Montana
Electric Co-Op to Be Held (KAJ-TV, Kalispell, MT)
US Senator Cantwell Warns Seniors, Low Income Could
Lose Heating Aid (Seattle Times)
Sea Lions Raid Columbia, Grow Taste for Sturgeon
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Clark
County Event Center Gets Energy Boost - Solar panels installed free of charge
will reap savings for county (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Data Centers in Oregon: High Tech Meets High Desert
(Three Part Series) (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- First Bankruptcy Hearing for Southern Montana Electric Co-Op to Be Held
- US Senator Cantwell Warns Seniors, Low Income Could Lose Heating Aid
- Snohomish PUD Low-Income & Senior Energy Assistance Available
- Chelan PUD Advises Winter Prep for Outages
- Tennessee Valley Authority Revenue Rises Almost Nine Percent in Fiscal 2011
- Pay Freeze for Tennessee Valley Authority Employees, But CEO Salary Up $352,000 to $3.95 Million
- Massachusetts Legislature - Frustrated Senators Ready for Look at Energy Industry
- Northeast US - Don’t Overlook Electricity’s Power
- Cyberattack on Illinois Water Utility May Confirm Stuxnet Warnings
- Hacker Says Texas Town Used Three Character Password to Secure Internet Facing SCADA System
- Sea Lions Raid Columbia, Grow Taste for Sturgeon
- Pelicans Face New Threat on Oregon Coast: Junk Food
- Squaxin Tribe, Three Local South Puget Sound Cities to Run Water-Restoration Fund
- Ocean Advisory Group Maps Out What Works for Oregonians & Oregon's Coast
- Clark County Event Center Gets Energy Boost
- Editorial - Energy Northwest Makes Wise Choice on Radar Ridge
- SolarWorld, Its California Plant Gone Dark, Prepares in Oregon for Industry Shakeout While Battling China
- Bankrupt Energy Firm Beacon Power to Sell Assets
- Kitzhaber Joins Call for Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension
- Oregon - Plant Would Convert Waste to Energy
- Mason County PUD 3 Partner Wins 'Smart Power' Prize
- As New Wind Farm Looms, Wyoming County Eyes Its Wind Projects, Power Lines
- British Columbia - Wind Power Project Generates Learning Opportunity
- New Hydropower Development: Alaskan Opportunity
- Op/Ed - NorthWestern Energy Defends Its Energy Efficiency Programs
- Snohomish PUD - Alstom Selected for Washington State Smart Grid Project
- Tennessee - Habitat Gets High Marks for Low-Energy Homes
- Holiday Lights That Dazzle - Electric Bills That Shock
- AT&T Developing a Home Energy Service
- UN: Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases Hit Record
- Congress Kills Request for National Climate Service
- What Will Climate Change Mean for California?
- San Francisco May Not Be as Green as Advertised, Energy Experts Say
- Electric Car Drivers Eschew Public Charging Stations So Far
- Hybrid Cars Safer - And More Dangerous
- Report: Washington State Residents Use 2 Billion Plastic Bags Each Year
- Longview Reaping Benefits from Recycling
- Data Centers in Oregon: High Tech Meets High Desert (Part 1 of 3)
- Google Searches for Privacy, Finds a Community (Part 2 of 3)
- Oregon is a Great Deal for Server Farms. Is the Deal Too Good? (Part 3 of 3)
- CenturyLink Is Imposing Usage Caps - 150 GB for Slower than 1.5 Mbps, 250 GB Otherwise
- Clearwire Slammed as CEO Reportedly Mulls Default
- Gates Testifies In $1 Billion Lawsuit against Microsoft
- As Washington State Makes Cuts, Lawsuits Are Flying
- Public Records Ruling - Record-Breaking Judgment against DSHS
- Federal Debt Supercommittee Members Brace for Failure
- The Deficit Deal That Wasn’t: Hopes Are Dashed
- Stimulus Funds Helped Some Stocks Soar
- Prepare for a Wet & Windy Thanksgiving Week
- Washington State Scrambles To Fight Massive Tree Die-Offs
- State Treasurer Requests Bill to Prevent Wenatchee Arena Default
- Editorial - What Choice Do We Have? We Unwisely Borrowed $42 Million for an Arena without a Firm Means to Repay
- Lewis County Museum to Reopen amid Cash Probe
- A Familial Plug - Marysville Ready to Hang Artists’ Wreaths throughout City (Everett Herald, WA – Go Big Sister!)
WORD OF THE DAY
Eschew • \ess-SHOO or ess-SCUE\ • Verb - To avoid
habitually especially on moral or practical grounds: shun
Even as a child I eschewed hot cereal; there was
something about the texture of the gloppy stuff. I warned my gramma that I
couldn’t keep it down; she didn’t believe me, until I had my first bite. She
was a believer then.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
First Bankruptcy Hearing for Southern Montana
Electric Co-Op to Be Held (KAJ-TV, Kalispell, MT)
US Senator Cantwell Warns Seniors, Low Income Could
Lose Heating Aid (Seattle Times)
Snohomish PUD Low-Income & Senior Energy
Assistance Available (Arlington Times, WA)
Chelan PUD Advises Winter Prep for Outages (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Tennessee Valley Authority Revenue Rises Almost
Nine Percent in Fiscal 2011 (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Pay Freeze for Tennessee Valley Authority
Employees, But CEO Salary Up $352,000 to $3.95 Million (USA Today)
Massachusetts Legislature - Frustrated Senators
Ready for Look at Energy Industry (Boston Herald, MA)
Northeast US - Don’t Overlook Electricity’s Power (NY
Times)
Cyberattack on Illinois Water Utility May Confirm
Stuxnet Warnings (Christian Science Monitor)
Hacker Says Texas Town Used Three Character
Password to Secure Internet Facing SCADA System (Threat Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lions Raid Columbia, Grow Taste for Sturgeon (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Pelicans Face New Threat on Oregon Coast: Junk
Food (Daily Astorian, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Squaxin Tribe, Three Local South Puget Sound Cities
to Run Water-Restoration Fund (Olympian, WA)
Ocean
Advisory Group Maps Out What Works for Oregonians & Oregon's Coast – The
“Visual-Shed Component?” (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Clark
County Event Center Gets Energy Boost - Solar panels installed free of charge
will reap savings for county (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Editorial
- Energy Northwest Makes Wise Choice on Radar Ridge (Tri-City Herald, WA)
SolarWorld,
Its California Plant Gone Dark, Prepares in Oregon for Industry Shakeout While
Battling China (Oregonian, Portland)
Bankrupt
Energy Firm Beacon Power to Sell Assets (Associated Press)
Kitzhaber
Joins Call for Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Oregon
- Plant Would Convert Waste to Energy: A new Eugene company wants to use farm
and food byproducts to make gas and generate electricity (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Mason
County PUD 3 Partner Wins 'Smart Power' Prize (South Sound Business Examiner,
WA)
As
New Wind Farm Looms, Wyoming County Eyes Its Wind Projects, Power Lines (Casper
Star-Tribune, WY)
British
Columbia - Wind Power Project Generates Learning Opportunity (Penticton Western
News, BC)
New Hydropower Development: Alaskan Opportunity
(Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Op/Ed - NorthWestern Energy Defends Its Energy
Efficiency Programs (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Snohomish PUD - Alstom Selected for Washington
State Smart Grid Project (Smart Meters)
Tennessee - Habitat Gets High Marks for Low-Energy
Homes (The Tennessean, Nashville)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111120/NEWS11/311200049/Habitat-gets-high-marks-low-energy-homes
Holiday Lights That Dazzle - Electric Bills That
Shock (Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL)
AT&T Developing a Home Energy Service (GigaOM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
UN:
Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases Hit Record (Associated Press)
Congress
Kills Request for National Climate Service (Washington
Post)
What
Will Climate Change Mean for California? (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
San
Francisco May Not Be as Green as Advertised, Energy Experts Say (NY Times)
Electric
Car Drivers Eschew Public Charging Stations So Far (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Hybrid
Cars Safer - And More Dangerous (Christian
Science Monitor)
Report:
Washington State Residents Use 2 Billion Plastic Bags Each Year (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Longview
Reaping Benefits from Recycling (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Data Centers in Oregon: High Tech Meets High Desert
(Part 1 of 3) (Oregonian, Portland)
Google Searches for Privacy, Finds a Community
(Part 2 of 3) (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon is a Great Deal for Server Farms. Is the
Deal Too Good? (Part 3 of 3) (Oregonian, Portland)
CenturyLink Is Imposing Usage Caps - 150 GB for
Slower than 1.5 Mbps, 250 GB Otherwise (Broadband Reports)
Clearwire Slammed as CEO Reportedly Mulls Default (Associated
Press)
Gates Testifies In $1 Billion Lawsuit against
Microsoft (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
As Washington State Makes Cuts, Lawsuits Are Flying
(Seattle Times)
Public Records Ruling - Record-Breaking Judgment
against DSHS (KING-TV, Seattle)
Federal Debt Supercommittee Members Brace for
Failure (Washington Post)
The Deficit Deal That Wasn’t: Hopes Are Dashed (NY
Times)
Stimulus Funds Helped Some Stocks Soar (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Prepare
for a Wet & Windy Thanksgiving Week (Seattle Times)
Washington
State Scrambles To Fight Massive Tree Die-Offs (Seattle
Times)
State Treasurer Requests Bill to Prevent Wenatchee
Arena Default (Associated Press)
Editorial - What Choice Do We Have? We Unwisely
Borrowed $42 Million for an Arena without a Firm Means to Repay (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Lewis
County Museum to Reopen amid Cash Probe (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
A Familial Plug - Marysville Ready to Hang Artists’
Wreaths throughout City (Everett Herald, WA – Go Big Sister!)
DIVERSIONS
Students Fight Back Against Chocolate Milk Ban
Chinese Children Endure 'World's Most Dangerous
School Run'
Theft Victim Catches Alleged Crook Returning
Merchandise at Store
SONG OF THE DAY
Marvin
Gaye & Tammy Terell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (A Cappella)
Michael
McDonald - Ain`t No Mountain High Enough
