Federal Judge James A. Redden to Step Down After a Decade on
the Northwest's Biggest Salmon Lawsuit (Oregonian,
Portland)
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Energy News Digest for November 23, 2011
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the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some
media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in
broken links in the future.
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Another Storm on Its Way for Thanksgiving (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
BPA Locker Could Yield New Clues in Weflen
Disappearance (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Google Shuts Down Its Initiative to Reduce
the Cost of Clean Power (Gigaom)
Salmon Recovery Groups Asking Courts to Shake Things
Up (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
California - Firm Pulls Plug on Wind Farm
near Winters, Citing Risk to Birds (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA Locker Could Yield New Clues in Weflen Disappearance
- UPDATE - Mason County PUD 3 Working to Restore Electricity to 400 Lake Cushman Area Customers
- Grays Harbor Power Outage Update – 5:30 AM
- Winds Knock Over Truck, Leave Thousands Without Power
- BPA & California ISO Enhance Regional Coordination with Faster Response in Energy Scheduling
- California State Regulators Reveal ‘Opt-Out’ Plan for PG&E Smartmeters
- Texas - When Smart Meters Aren’t So Smart
- Pumped Hydro Not a Magic Bullet for Energy Storage
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission to Hold Hearing on 2012 Budget
- Twelve Charged in Huge Hood Canal Shellfish Poaching Case
- Salmon Recovery Groups Asking Courts to Shake Things Up
- Come Celebrate Returning Salmon This Friday at a Creek Right in the Heart of Seattle
- Feds: No Hacking in Illinois Water Pump Failure
- Google Shuts Down Its Initiative to Reduce the Cost of Clean Power
- California - Firm Pulls Plug on Wind Farm near Winters, Citing Risk to Birds
- Solyndra Unable to Find a Buyer, Looks to Sell Assets Separately
- Solar Manufacturers Expect Tough Times for 2012
- Solar Savior - California School District to Save Millions on Energy Bills
- Hacked ‘Climategate’ Emails ‘Truly Pathetic,’ Says Climate Scientist
- Illinois - Carbon Dioxide Burial Experiment Commences
- What’s Wrong with the Electric Car? Psychology, Perhaps
- Comcast Raises Oregon Rates for the Second Time in 2011
- Tech Coalition Backs Off SOPA Support
- Internet Search Engine Duel Escalates as Microsoft Licenses Rudolph Characters to Promote Bing
- Washington State Redistricting Commission Confident It Can Meet Deadline
- Another Storm on Its Way for Thanksgiving
- ‘Ark’ & Ride? More Storms on the Way This Week
- Oregon Governor Bans Death Penalty for Rest of Term
- Bellingham Boy Shoots Mom’s Attacker in Face with BB Gun
- Who’s on the Line? Increasingly, Caller ID Is Duped
WORD OF THE DAY
Postprandial • \post-PRAN-dee-ull\
• Adjective - Occurring after a meal
Looking startlingly like the banker on
those “Monopoly” cards, Samuel Insull eased his way from the Thanksgiving
dinner table, cautiously tottering to the living room for his postpradial
football feast and tryptophan induced stupor by the second quarter of the
Dallas Cowboys game.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA Locker Could Yield New Clues in Weflen
Disappearance (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
UPDATE - Mason County PUD 3 Working to Restore
Electricity to 400 Lake Cushman Area Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Grays Harbor Power Outage Update – 5:30 AM (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Winds Knock Over Truck, Leave Thousands Without
Power (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
BPA & California ISO Enhance Regional
Coordination with Faster Response in Energy Scheduling - Joint pilot tests the
trading of green imports every half-hour (MarketWatch)
California State Regulators Reveal ‘Opt-Out’
Plan for PG&E Smartmeters (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Texas - When Smart Meters Aren’t So Smart
(Eastex Advocate, TX)
Pumped Hydro Not a Magic Bullet for Energy
Storage (Midwest Energy News)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission to Hold
Hearing on 2012 Budget (Mason County PUD No. 3)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Twelve Charged in Huge Hood Canal Shellfish
Poaching Case (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
Salmon Recovery Groups Asking Courts to Shake
Things Up (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Come Celebrate Returning Salmon This Friday at a
Creek Right in the Heart of Seattle (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Feds: No Hacking in Illinois Water Pump
Failure (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Google Shuts Down Its Initiative to Reduce
the Cost of Clean Power (Gigaom)
California - Firm Pulls Plug on Wind Farm
near Winters, Citing Risk to Birds (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Solyndra Unable to Find a Buyer, Looks to
Sell Assets Separately (Associated Press)
Solar Manufacturers Expect Tough Times for
2012 (Renewable Energy World)
Turbine
Towers Gaining Ground on Cornstalks (Sioux City Journal, SD)
Solar Savior - California School District
to Save Millions on Energy Bills (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hacked ‘Climategate’ Emails ‘Truly
Pathetic,’ Says Climate Scientist (Christian Science Monitor)
Illinois - Carbon Dioxide Burial Experiment
Commences (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
What’s
Wrong with the Electric Car? Psychology, Perhaps (Washington
Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Raises Oregon Rates for the Second
Time in 2011 (Oregonian, Portland)
Tech Coalition Backs Off SOPA Support
(Washington Post)
Internet Search Engine Duel Escalates as Microsoft Licenses
Rudolph Characters to Promote Bing (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Redistricting Commission
Confident It Can Meet Deadline (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Another Storm on Its Way for Thanksgiving (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
‘Ark’ & Ride? More Storms on the Way This Week (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Oregon Governor Bans Death Penalty for Rest of Term
(Associated Press)
Bellingham Boy Shoots Mom’s Attacker in
Face with BB Gun (KING-TV, Seattle)
Who’s on the Line? Increasingly, Caller ID
Is Duped (NY
Times)
DIVERSIONS
Foreclosure Mill That Mocked Homeless for
Halloween is Shutting Down, Blames NY Times
Typo Leads to Wrong Candidate’s Election in
Connecticut
Tanker Truck Leaks Sticky Goo Along 40-Mile
Stretch of Pennsylvania Turnpike, Disabling Over 100 Cars
Elephant
Picks WSU to Defeat UW in Apple Cup Game
VIDEO CLIP SONG OF THE DAY
Da
Vinci Science Center Presents: Can Turkeys Fly?
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