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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Columbia
Salmon Case Assigned to New Judge (Associated Press)
Google Plans to Grow in the Dalles (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Raucous Protests Fill Washington State Capitol
Steps & Senate Galleries, Shut Down Committee (Olympian, WA)
Minnesota Utility Shutters Recently-Completed Coal
Plant (Associated Press)
Former Shelton Police Chief Dies (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Minnesota Utility Shutters Recently-Completed Coal Plant
- Arizona Utility Takes on Big Railroads, Wins $63M
- Oregon - Port Of Morrow Approves Bonds for Bonneville Power Administration
- Washington State PUD Annual Conference Wednesday in Pasco
- Bird-Related Outage - Service Restored to More Than 3,400 Pacific Power Customers in North Portland
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for November 22, 2011
- Mason County PUD 3 Scheduled Outage on Strong Road - November 30
- Snohomish County PUD Reminder: Keep Your Meters Clear for Access
- Questions & Answers about Southern Montana Electric
- Study: Californians Must Make Big Shift to Electric Power to Meet Long-Term Energy Goals
- Columbia Salmon Case Assigned to New Judge
- Congress: Hastings Ready to Tackle Endangered Species Act
- High Water from Rain Doesn’t Disrupt Work at Elwha, Glines Canyon Dams
- Op/Ed - Power Alliance Will Protect Irrigators
- Burning For You: Forget Nuclear Power, Torching Trees Might Just be the Answer to Our Energy Needs
- Wood Chips Market Filled as Connecticut Towns, State Agencies Seek to Dump Post-Storm Trees, Limbs
- Long-Discussed Manure Digester to be Built on Enumclaw Farm
- Renewable Energy Corporation Announces 60 Percent Capacity Reduction
- As Federal Funds Dry Up, Beacon Power Still Has Reason for Hope
- Evergreen Solar Finds Chinese Buyer for Its Technology
- Windmills, Solar Panels Lead Pack in Attracting Investment
- Renewables in the US: Growing Fast, But Not Fast Enough
- Georgia - Jefferson County Biomass Plant to Turn Wood & Tires into Electricity
- A Coquille Great-Grandmother’s 1937 Fridge Becomes Part of an Energy-Saving Campaign
- Energy Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters May be Option
- Warmth in Winter: Smart Windows to Let Heat In
- Watch Out for ‘Phantom Loads’ That Make Your Power Bill Rise
- Biodiesel Company Will Take Your Old Cooking Grease
- Oregon - TriMet’s Plan for Solar Panels at Green Line Station May Take Decades to Pay Off
- Map of Hybrid/Electric Vehicle Sales Across the US
- Google Plans to Grow in the Dalles
- Arena Debt Bill for Wenatchee Area Project Approved
- Former Shelton Police Chief Dies
- Raucous Protests Fill Washington State Capitol Steps & Senate Galleries, Shut Down Committee
- Car Exports Growing at Port of Grays Harbor
- Downtown Shelton Neon Signs Restored
WORD OF THE DAY
Coquetry • \KOE-kut-tree\ • Noun - A flirtatious
act or attitude
Fluttering lace fan
Sparking eyes, a hidden smile
Southern coquetry
“Oh captain, I do declare!”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Minnesota Utility Shutters Recently-Completed Coal
Plant (Associated Press)
Arizona Utility Takes on Big Railroads, Wins $63M (Associated
Press)
Oregon - Port Of Morrow Approves Bonds for Bonneville
Power Administration (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Washington State PUD Annual Conference Wednesday in
Pasco (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Bird-Related Outage - Service Restored to More Than
3,400 Pacific Power Customers in North Portland (Oregonian, Portland)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for November
22, 2011 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Mason County PUD 3 Scheduled Outage on Strong Road
- November 30 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Snohomish County PUD Reminder: Keep Your Meters
Clear for Access (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)
Questions & Answers about Southern Montana
Electric (Billings Gazette, MT)
Study: Californians Must Make Big Shift to Electric
Power to Meet Long-Term Energy Goals (Miami Herald, FL)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia
Salmon Case Assigned to New Judge (Associated Press)
Congress: Hastings Ready to Tackle Endangered
Species Act (Tri-City Herald, WA)
High Water from Rain Doesn’t Disrupt Work at
Elwha, Glines Canyon Dams (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Op/Ed
- Power Alliance Will Protect Irrigators (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Burning
For You: Forget Nuclear Power, Torching Trees Might Just be the Answer to Our
Energy Needs (The Source Weekly, Bend OR)
Wood
Chips Market Filled as Connecticut Towns, State Agencies Seek to Dump
Post-Storm Trees, Limbs (Associated Press)
Long-Discussed
Manure Digester to be Built on Enumclaw Farm (Enumclaw Courier-Herald, WA)
Renewable
Energy Corporation Announces 60 Percent Capacity Reduction (Evertiq)
As
Federal Funds Dry Up, Beacon Power Still Has Reason for Hope (Boston Globe, MA)
Evergreen
Solar Finds Chinese Buyer for Its Technology (Renewable Energy World)
Windmills,
Solar Panels Lead Pack in Attracting Investment (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Renewables
in the US: Growing Fast, But Not Fast Enough “…Non-hydro renewables remain a
small part…the sexy renewables - solar, wind, & geothermal - are a rounding
error…” (Grist Online)
Georgia
- Jefferson County Biomass Plant to Turn Wood & Tires into Electricity (The
Augusta Chronicle, GA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A
Coquille Great-Grandmother’s 1937 Fridge Becomes Part of an Energy-Saving
Campaign (Oregonian, Portland)
Energy
Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters May be Option (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Warmth
in Winter: Smart Windows to Let Heat In (National Public Radio)
Watch Out for ‘Phantom Loads’ That Make Your Power
Bill Rise (State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Biodiesel
Company Will Take Your Old Cooking Grease (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Oregon
- TriMet’s Plan for Solar Panels at Green Line Station May Take Decades to Pay
Off (Oregonian, Portland)
Map
of Hybrid/Electric Vehicle Sales Across the US (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Plans to Grow in the Dalles (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Arena Debt Bill for Wenatchee Area Project Approved
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Former Shelton Police Chief Dies (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Raucous Protests Fill Washington State Capitol
Steps & Senate Galleries, Shut Down Committee (Olympian, WA)
Car Exports Growing at Port of Grays Harbor (Olympian, WA)
Downtown Shelton Neon Signs Restored (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Greatest Guitarist of All Time? Rolling Stone Says
Hendrix
Former Paraplegic Now a Butt-Kicking Pro Cyclist
Dog Guards Owner’s Grave
New “Sun Worship” Sites Found at Stonehenge
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimi
Hendrix Experience - Like a Rolling Stone
