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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S
TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power
Administration’s Aluminum Company Deal Beats Challenge in Ninth Circuit
(Courthouse News Service)
Draft Proposal from DOE Would Eliminate Use of
Electric Resistance Water Heaters (American Public Power Association)
Rogue ‘Geoengineer’ Dumps Iron into the Pacific to
Create Massive Algal Bloom (Grist Online)
Stormwater Called the "Single Largest
Contributor to Urban Pollution (Northwest Public Radio)
Biomass meet in Sequim draws a crowd of protesters
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
(Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Aluminum Company Deal Beats Challenge in Ninth Circuit
- Grays Harbor PUD Rate Hike Could be in Store
- Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Gets Green Light for $38.4M Low-Interest Loan
- BPA Turns 75 - A Look Back & a Look Ahead
- Tree Pruning is Important in Providing Reliable, Safe Chelan PUD Service
- Three Mason County PUD 3 Customers Win Conservation Prize Packages during Public Power Week
- California - Report Clears Redding Electric Utilities Executives of Alleged Wrong-Doing
- Anti-Nuclear Plan Cutting into Germany's Families
- Stormwater Called the "Single Largest Contributor to Urban Pollution
- Environmental Group Sues Idaho over Plans to Dredge River for Gold
- Biomass Meet in Sequim Draws a Crowd of Protesters
- Can Big Wind Wake from Its Recurring Nightmare?
- Draft Proposal from DOE Would Eliminate Use of Electric Resistance Water Heaters
- John Hoffman, Father of EnergyStar, a Force in Energy Efficiency, Dies at 62
- How to Reduce Your Utility Bills this Winter
- Rogue ‘Geoengineer’ Dumps Iron into the Pacific to Create Massive Algal Bloom
- Environment: California Greenhouse Gas Rules on Shaky Ground in Appeals Court
- Oregon Number 5, Washington State Number 4 for Green Jobs in New Analysis
- Here’s The Report - Counting Up to Green: Assessing the Green Economy & Its Implications for Growth & Equity
- Chelan PUD Changes Fiber Line Policy Despite Lobbyist Protest
- Google Opens Window into Secretive Data Centers
- The Brain of the Beast: Google Reveals the Computers Behind the Cloud
- FCC Lets Cable Companies Encrypt Signals to Foil Theft
- Lawsuit over Fatal Washington State Goat Attack Dismissed
- Bremerton’s Harrison Hospital Joining Franciscan Health System
- Mason County Fairgrounds - Mission Impossible
- Mason County Clerk Appointed
WORD OF THE DAY
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equal to 220 yards (about 201 meters)
Length of a furlong
Riding a horse or running
Two football fields worth
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Grays Harbor PUD Rate Hike Could be in Store (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Gets Green Light for $38.4M
Low-Interest Loan (San Juan Journal, Friday Harbor, WA)
BPA Turns 75 - A Look Back & a Look Ahead (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Tree Pruning is Important in Providing Reliable, Safe Chelan PUD Service
(North Central Washington TV)
Three Mason County PUD 3 Customers Win Conservation Prize Packages
during Public Power Week (Mason County PUD No. 3)
California - Report Clears Redding Electric Utilities Executives of
Alleged Wrong-Doing (Redding Record-Searchlight, CA)
Anti-Nuclear Plan Cutting into Germany's Families (Forbes Magazine)
WATER
& THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental
Group Sues Idaho over Plans to Dredge River for Gold (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
Can Big Wind Wake
from Its Recurring Nightmare? (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
John Hoffman,
Father of EnergyStar, a Force in Energy Efficiency, Dies at 62 (NY Times)
How to Reduce Your Utility Bills this Winter (Fox Business News)
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/10/17/how-to-reduce-your-utility-bills-this-winter/
CLIMATE
CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Environment:
California Greenhouse Gas Rules on Shaky Ground in Appeals Court (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
BARREL
O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon Number 5,
Washington State Number 4 for Green Jobs in New Analysis (Sustainable Business
Oregon)
Here’s The Report
- Counting Up to Green: Assessing the Green Economy & Its Implications for
Growth & Equity (Economic Policy Institute)
TECHNOLOGY
& TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chelan PUD Changes Fiber Line Policy Despite Lobbyist Protest (Wenatchee World, WA)
Google Opens Window into Secretive Data Centers (Associated Press)
The Brain of the Beast: Google Reveals the Computers Behind the Cloud
(National Public Radio)
FCC Lets Cable Companies Encrypt Signals to Foil Theft (Associated
Press)
GENERAL
NEWS
Lawsuit over Fatal Washington State Goat Attack Dismissed (Associated
Press)
Bremerton’s Harrison Hospital Joining Franciscan Health System (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Fairgrounds - Mission Impossible? (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Clerk Appointed (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Magic Fingers Still
Alive, But Nearing Its Finale
Forget Civets -
Elephant-Poop Coffee Costs $50 a Cup
SONG OF THE DAY
Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
