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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Supreme
Court Hears Dispute Over Ownership of Montana’s Rivers (PBS)
Nuke Chief Who Opposes Yucca Accused of Damaging Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (Associated Press)
Climate
Conference Approves Landmark Deal (Associated Press)
Top Five Places to Build a New Data Center - Hello
Eastern Washington! (GigaOM)
Columnist
- FERC Sends Message That Wind Power Has Priority in the Pacific Northwest
(Idaho Statesman, Boise)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Nuke Chief Who Opposes Yucca Accused of Damaging Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Thieving Crew Clearing Out Houses, Pretending to be from Pacific Power
- New Twist: BPA Pays Customers to Consume More at Times of Plenty
- City Of Portland Tells Investors Utility Lawsuit Could Top $50 Million if it Loses on All Points
- Grant PUD Customers Help Share the Warmth
- Northeast States Cut Heating Aid to Poor
- Who’s Killing the Coal-Fired Power Plant?
- Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky & Texas are Top States in Terms of Toxic Power Plant Air Pollution
- Fracking: Pollution Finding Could Hurt Gas Drilling
- Hot Diggity Dams, They Store Lots of Energy
- The Future of the Electric Grid May be More Costly & Less Reliable
- Battersea Power Station - White Elephant for Sale in London, Again
- Nez Perce Hatchery Strategy Pays Big Dividends for Snake River Fall Chinook - Raises Big Questions for Pacific Northwest
- Columbia River Tribes Try Selective Fishing to Boost Catch without Harming Wild Salmon
- Hood Canal salmon projects total nearly $4 million
- Tightened Catch Limits Alarm Halibut Fisheries
- Op/Ed – Bill Taylor: Shellfish Growers Will Create Jobs & Help Clean Up Puget Sound
- New Rule on Endangered Species Would End State-By-State Listing for Threatened Plants, Animals
- Salmon Raised at Bellingham College Donated to Food Bank
- Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over Ownership of Montana’s Rivers
- Bonneville Power Administration Lake Plan Irks Pend Oreille Basin Commission
- California - Napa River Restoration Project Serves as Model
- Renewable Energy Thirst Fueled Wind Farms on Gusty Ridges
- Wind, Hydro Operations Create Balancing Act for Regulators
- Bat Deaths Mount near Wind Farms
- For Near Neighbors, Turbines a Noisy Prospect
- Wind Power Helps Keep Maryhill Museum in Business
- Columnist - FERC Sends Message That Wind Power Has Priority in the Pacific Northwest
- Editorial - Wind Wins & You Lose
- Stevens County - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle All In A Biomass Project
- North Carolina - US Fish & Wildlife Service Objects to Pantego Wind Farm
- Op/Ed - An Unfair Fight for Renewable Energies
- Reining In the ‘Soft Costs’ of Solar
- Eastside Organizations Expect Combined Savings of $482,000 through Puget Sound Energy Program
- Nonprofit’s Program Lets TV Viewers Tune in to Energy Savings
- Now Is the Perfect Time to Winterize Your Home
- Can Space Heaters Lower Your Energy Bill?
- Energy Efficiency First, Renewables Later
- Climate Conference Approves Landmark Deal
- Tennessee - Charging Stations for Electric Cars are Mostly Idle
- Electric Vehicles Carry Unfamiliar Challenges for Drivers & Mechanics
- Top Five Places to Build a New Data Center - Hello Eastern Washington!
- AT&T Sues FCC over Universal Service Fund Reform for Broadband
- Op/Ed - Bust the Broadband Trusts, Obama!
- University Place’s Credit Rating Downgraded
- Muni Bonds Still Safe, Tax-Free Option Despite Doomsday Talk
- Washington State Budget Cuts Cause Concerns over Digital Record Preservation
- Occupy Protests Underway at Portland, West Coast Ports
- Metal Theft Rates Spike, Harming Local Businesses & Schools
- Forbes: Washington Ranks No. 7 for Doing Business
- Outer Space Weather Forecast for Earth Contains Plenty of Solar Wind
WORD OF THE DAY
Zeitgeist • \ZITE-guy-st\ • Noun - The general intellectual, moral, and
cultural climate of an era.
“This is just GREAT,” moaned 52-year old Abernathy to his aging bar
pals. “The 40’s had the battle against fascism in World War Two; the 60’s had a
social revolution and upheaval over Viet Nam; and what is MY generation’s
Zeitgeist? – Disco!”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Nuke Chief Who Opposes Yucca Accused of Damaging
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Associated Press)
Thieving Crew Clearing Out Houses, Pretending to be
from Pacific Power (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
New Twist: BPA Pays Customers to Consume More at
Times of Plenty (AOL Energy News)
US to Seek Submersible Power Cable for 980-MW McNary
(HydroWorld)
City Of Portland Tells Investors Utility Lawsuit
Could Top $50 Million if it Loses on All Points (Oregonian, Portland)
Grant PUD Customers Help Share the Warmth (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Northeast States Cut Heating Aid to Poor (Associated
Press)
Who’s
Killing the Coal-Fired Power Plant? (Politico)
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky & Texas
are Top States in Terms of Toxic Power Plant Air Pollution (Environmental
Integrity)
Fracking: Pollution Finding Could Hurt Gas Drilling
(Christian Science Monitor)
Hot
Diggity Dams, They Store Lots of Energy (Kearney Hub, NE)
The
Future of the Electric Grid May be More Costly & Less Reliable (AOL News)
Battersea Power Station - White Elephant for Sale
in London, Again (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Nez Perce Hatchery Strategy Pays Big Dividends
for Snake River Fall Chinook - Raises Big Questions for Pacific Northwest (Oregonian, Portland)
Columbia River Tribes Try Selective Fishing to
Boost Catch without Harming Wild Salmon (High Country News)
Hood Canal Salmon Projects Total Nearly $4
Million (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Tightened Catch Limits Alarm Halibut Fisheries (Associated
Press)
Op/Ed – Bill Taylor: Shellfish Growers Will
Create Jobs & Help Clean Up Puget Sound (Olympian, WA)
New Rule on Endangered Species Would End
State-By-State Listing for Threatened Plants, Animals (Associated Press)
Salmon Raised at Bellingham College Donated to
Food Bank (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Supreme
Court Hears Dispute Over Ownership of Montana’s Rivers (PBS)
Bonneville
Power Administration Lake Plan Irks Pend Oreille Basin Commission (Bonner
County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
California
- Napa River Restoration Project Serves as Model (SF Chronicle)
SPOKESMAN REVIEW IS ALL ABOUT WIND LAST WEEKEND
Renewable
Energy Thirst Fueled Wind Farms on Gusty Ridges (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Wind,
Hydro Operations Create Balancing Act for Regulators (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Bat
Deaths Mount near Wind Farms (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
For
Near Neighbors, Turbines a Noisy Prospect (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Wind
Power Helps Keep Maryhill Museum in Business (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Columnist
- FERC Sends Message That Wind Power Has Priority in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Editorial
- Wind Wins & You Lose (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Stevens
County - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle All In A Biomass Project (AOL News)
North
Carolina - US Fish & Wildlife Service Objects to Pantego Wind Farm “...filing
did not stipulate what the impact might be but rather than a determination
would require a scientific study which might take two to three years…” (Beaufort
Observer, Washington, NC)
Op/Ed
- An Unfair Fight for Renewable Energies (Washington
Post)
Reining
In the ‘Soft Costs’ of Solar (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Eastside Organizations Expect Combined Savings of
$482,000 through Puget Sound Energy Program (Electric Energy Online)
Nonprofit’s Program Lets TV Viewers Tune in to
Energy Savings (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Now Is the Perfect Time to Winterize Your Home (Electric
Energy Online)
Can Space Heaters Lower Your Energy Bill? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Energy Efficiency First, Renewables Later (The
Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Conference Approves Landmark Deal (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tennessee
- Charging Stations for Electric Cars are Mostly Idle (The Tennessean,
Nashville)
Electric
Vehicles Carry Unfamiliar Challenges for Drivers & Mechanics (Sacramento Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Top Five Places to Build a New Data Center - Hello
Eastern Washington! (GigaOM)
AT&T Sues FCC over Universal Service Fund
Reform for Broadband - As Will the Cable Industry, State PUCs (Broadband
Reports)
Op/Ed - Bust the Broadband Trusts, Obama! (Slate)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
University Place’s Credit Rating Downgraded (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Muni Bonds Still Safe, Tax-Free Option Despite
Doomsday Talk (USA Today)
Washington State Budget Cuts Cause Concerns over
Digital Record Preservation (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Occupy Protests Underway at Portland, West Coast
Ports (Northwest Cable News)
Metal Theft Rates Spike, Harming Local Businesses
& Schools (Longview Daily News, WA)
Forbes: Washington Ranks No. 7 for Doing Business (Olympian, WA)
Outer Space Weather Forecast for Earth Contains
Plenty of Solar Wind (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
Stolen Guitar Recovered in Vermont, Pearl Jam Autographs
Gone
Follow-Up File - Dutch Firm Sorry For High-Rise Design
Resembling 9/11 Attack
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Dutch-firm-sorry-for-design-resembling-9-11-attack-2396438.php
Louie Louie, Oh Babe, Where’s the $200,000?
“Angry Birds” Developer Aims Slingshot at
Playground
SONG OF THE DAY
Pearl
Jam – Alive
