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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Weekend Weather - Special Weather Statement for
Rain & Possible Breezy Conditions (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Fire near Shelton in Western Washington Raises
Fears for Spawning Salmon (Northwest Public Radio)
Klamath Tribes Get Share of Record Salmon Run
(Associated Press)
SolarWorld
Wins More Tariffs, But Chinese Companies Can Evade Them (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S Electric Grid Gets Regulatory Jolt into 21st
Century (Bloomberg News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Electric Grid Gets Regulatory Jolt into 21st Century
- Editorial - Common Ground: Public Power Lights the Past, the Future
- Thurston County Public Power Campaign Responds to Gregoire
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for October 9, 2012
- Electric Co-Op Insists 'Smart Meters' Not Capable of Monitoring Appliance Use
- Fire near Shelton in Western Washington Raises Fears for Spawning Salmon
- Klamath Tribes Get Share of Record Salmon Run
- Vancouver Island - Heber River Dam near Gold River Removed, Water Flows on Natural Beds
- Idaho Fish & Game Puzzled at Squirrel Slaughter
- SolarWorld Wins More Tariffs, But Chinese Companies Can Evade Them
- Oregon - Iberdrola's Lakeview Biomass Plans Call for More Emissions
- Oregon - Combustion Chambers Arrive at Wallowa Biomass Mill
- Wind Turbine Manufacturer Suzlon Set to Default on Bond Debt
- Seattle Communities Are Going Solar Together, Tapping Rooftops for Clean Energy
- Michigan Voters to Decide Renewable Energy Mandate
- As Cold Returns, Tips for Saving on Heating Costs
- “Rock the Bulb” Offers Bellevue Puget Sound Energy Customers Free LEDs
- Editorial - Conservation Is the Best ‘Green' Energy
- Scientists: Growing Antarctic Ice is Strange Sign of Global Warming
- China’s Emissions Trading May Spur Global Accord, Report Says
- Op/Ed - Subsidizing Green Industry Is like Propping up a Kid’s Lemonade Stand
- Running on Sunshine: How to Charge Your Electric Car with Solar Panels
- Move Over Electric: Are Natural Gas Vehicles the Future of Cars?
- Congressman Dicks Warns of Possible 'Cyber 911,' Urges Government Action
- News Release - Frontier Communications Speeds Broadband Deployment to State of Washington
- News Release - Frontier Communications Speeds Broadband Deployment to Oregon
- Broadband Bargain Reached Between Oregon City & Clackamas County
- T5 Data Centers Plans Hillsboro Server Farm, Joining Stampede into Oregon
- 35th District, Position 1: Griffey, Haigh Square Off in Rematch
- 35th District, Position 2: MacEwen, Ring-Erickson Vie for Open Seat
- Washington Gubernatorial Race - Inslee's Green-Economy Bets Aren't a Sure Thing
- Tourism Group Plans to Ask Legislature for OK to Assess Mandatory Fee on Businesses for Marketing
- Weekend Weather - Special Weather Statement for Rain & Possible Breezy Conditions
- Central Washington State’s Table Mountain Fire Contained, Smoke Clears Out
- California Gas Prices Take a Dip, Amid Calls to Investigate the Spike
- Mason County Safety Day Saturday
- Pacific No More? Mounting Legal Claims Could Bankrupt City
WORD OF THE DAY
Rectitude
• \RECK-tuh-tood\ • Noun - 1: the quality or state of being straight 2: moral
integrity: righteousness 3: the quality or state of being correct in judgment
or procedure
Don’t
tell lies buddy
Video
can show the truth
Rectitude
gets smashed
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Electric Grid Gets Regulatory Jolt into 21st
Century (Bloomberg News)
Editorial - Common Ground: Public Power Lights the
Past, the Future (Wenatchee World, WA)
Thurston County Public Power Campaign Responds to
Gregoire (OlyBlog)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for October 9,
2012 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Electric Co-Op Insists 'Smart Meters' Not Capable of
Monitoring Appliance Use (Laconia Daily Sun, NH)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fire near Shelton in Western Washington Raises
Fears for Spawning Salmon (Northwest Public Radio)
Klamath Tribes Get Share of Record Salmon Run (Associated
Press)
Vancouver Island - Heber River Dam near Gold
River Removed, Water Flows on Natural Beds (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Idaho Fish & Game Puzzled at Squirrel
Slaughter (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SolarWorld
Wins More Tariffs, But Chinese Companies Can Evade Them (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon
- Iberdrola's Lakeview Biomass Plans Call for More Emissions (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Oregon
- Combustion Chambers Arrive at Wallowa Biomass Mill (LaGrande Observer, OR)
Wind
Turbine Manufacturer Suzlon Set to Default on Bond Debt (Renewable Energy
World)
Seattle
Communities Are Going Solar Together, Tapping Rooftops for Clean Energy (American Public Power Association)
Michigan
Voters to Decide Renewable Energy Mandate (National Public Radio)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
As Cold Returns, Tips for Saving on Heating Costs (Associated
Press)
“Rock the Bulb” Offers Bellevue Puget Sound Energy
Customers Free LEDs (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Editorial - Conservation Is the Best ‘Green' Energy
(Glenwood Springs Post-Independent, CO)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scientists:
Growing Antarctic Ice is Strange Sign of Global Warming (Associated Press)
China’s
Emissions Trading May Spur Global Accord, Report Says (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Op/Ed
- Subsidizing Green Industry Is like Propping up a Kid’s Lemonade Stand (Seattle Times)
Running
on Sunshine: How to Charge Your Electric Car with Solar Panels (Christian Science Monitor)
Move
Over Electric: Are Natural Gas Vehicles the Future of Cars? (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Congressman Dicks Warns of Possible 'Cyber 911,'
Urges Government Action (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
News Release - Frontier Communications Speeds
Broadband Deployment to State of Washington (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
News Release - Frontier Communications Speeds
Broadband Deployment to Oregon (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Broadband Bargain Reached Between Oregon City &
Clackamas County (Oregonian, Portland)
T5 Data Centers Plans Hillsboro Server Farm,
Joining Stampede into Oregon (Oregonian, Portland)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
35th District, Position 1: Griffey, Haigh Square
Off in Rematch
35th District, Position 2: MacEwen, Ring-Erickson Vie
for Open Seat (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Washington Gubernatorial Race - Inslee's
Green-Economy Bets Aren't a Sure Thing (Associated Press)
Tourism Group Plans to Ask Legislature for OK to
Assess Mandatory Fee on Businesses for Marketing (Puget Sound Business Journal,
WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Weekend Weather - Special Weather Statement for
Rain & Possible Breezy Conditions (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Central Washington State’s Table Mountain Fire
Contained, Smoke Clears Out (KING-TV, Seattle)
California Gas Prices Take a Dip, Amid Calls to
Investigate the Spike (Christian Science Monitor)
Mason County Safety Day Saturday (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Pacific No More? Mounting Legal Claims Could
Bankrupt City (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Study Links Eating Chocolate to Winning Nobels
Researcher Says ‘Super-Earth’ Planet Made of
Diamonds
Study Says Mice Can Sing
Kennewick Man Wasn’t from Columbia Valley
SONG OF THE DAY
Shirley
Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
