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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
BPA Decision Threatens Proposed Transmission Line
between Montana, Idaho (Associated Press)
Federal Electricity Grid Plans Have Montana
Electric Co-Ops Concerned (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Snake
River - Toxic Algae Warning Issued for Little Goose Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Weather
Deals Setback to Oregon Wave Energy Project - Firm will not deploy first test
buoy off Reedsport until the spring (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
Oregon,
Washington in Top Ten Energy Efficient States (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA Decision Threatens Proposed Transmission Line between Montana, Idaho
- Federal Electricity Grid Plans Have Montana Electric Co-Ops Concerned
- Corker Fears Feds May ‘Destroy’ Tennessee Valley Authority
- Struggling with Bills? Snohomish PUD Offers Resources That Can Help
- Okanogan PUD Receives Three 2012 Excellence in Communication Awards from NWPPA
- Troubled California Nuclear Energy Plant Aims to Restart Reactor
- Europe’s Nuclear Reactors Need Repair or Upgrades
- Metal Theft Laws Beefed Up in California
- Columbia River Coho Salmon Return Updated, And Lower Than Anticipated
- Tidal Connections Restored at Otter Point for First Time in More Than a Century
- Decision on Pocket Gopher’s Endangered Species Status Delayed
- Snake River - Toxic Algae Warning Issued for Little Goose Dam
- Skagit PUD Water Rates May Go Up Next Year
- New Utility Charge Coming for Port Angeles – To Pay for Pollution Studies
- Weather Deals Setback to Oregon Wave Energy Project
- Scientists Identify Massive Geothermal Hotspot in Utah
- Green Power on the Edge of Practicality
- Oregon, Washington in Top Ten Energy Efficient States
- States Boost Energy Efficiency, But Which Do Best?
- Oregon Looks At Options for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
- Could Controversy Surrounding Global Warming Cool Down?
- Facebook Tops 1 Billion Active Users
- United Kingdom - Whistleblower Sacked Over British Telecom Rural Broadband Leak
- Social Media Renders Rapid Judgment on Wednesday’s Presidential Debate
- North of Shelton - All Lanes of SR 3 to Reopen Friday at 5pm
- EIS Comments Deadline Extended for Major Shelton Area Development
- Pleasant Weather Might Be a Sign of a Mild Winter to Come
- Idaho Firefighter Charged with Arson Bonds Out of Jail
- Mason County Sheriff Graduates from FBI National Academy
WORD OF THE DAY
Placate
• \PLAY-kayt\ • Verb - To soothe or mollify especially by concessions: to calm
the anger or bitterness of
“Now,
now” purred the speech coach to her shattered student. “We win the speech
contest every time.” Her efforts to placate the young William Jennings Bryant
must have made some impression, as he turned out to be one of the greatest
orators in U-S political history. Unfortunately for him, he was a much better
orator than Presidential candidate.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA Decision Threatens Proposed Transmission Line
between Montana, Idaho (Associated Press)
Federal Electricity Grid Plans Have Montana Electric
Co-Ops Concerned (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Corker Fears Feds May ‘Destroy’ Tennessee Valley
Authority “…might be better off if it came out from under federal oversight…”
(WPLN Radio, Nashville, WA)
Struggling with Bills? Snohomish PUD Offers
Resources That Can Help (South Everett Beacon, WA)
Okanogan PUD Receives Three 2012 Excellence in
Communication Awards from NWPPA (North Central Washington TV)
Troubled California Nuclear Energy Plant Aims to
Restart Reactor (Associated Press)
Europe’s Nuclear Reactors Need Repair or Upgrades (NY
Times)
Metal Theft Laws Beefed Up in California (Electric
Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Coho Salmon Return Updated, And
Lower Than Anticipated (Seattle Times)
Tidal Connections Restored at Otter Point for First
Time in More Than a Century (Bonneville Power Administration)
Decision on Pocket Gopher’s Endangered Species
Status Delayed (Olympian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snake
River - Toxic Algae Warning Issued for Little Goose Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Skagit
PUD Water Rates May Go Up Next Year (KAPS Radio, Mount Vernon, WA)
New
Utility Charge Coming for Port Angeles – To Pay for Pollution Studies (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Weather
Deals Setback to Oregon Wave Energy Project - Firm will not deploy first test
buoy off Reedsport until the spring (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
Scientists
Identify Massive Geothermal Hotspot in Utah (Christian
Science Monitor)
Green
Power on the Edge of Practicality (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon,
Washington in Top Ten Energy Efficient States (Northwest Public Radio)
States Boost Energy Efficiency, But Which Do Best? (USA
Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon
Looks At Options for Greenhouse Gas Reductions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Could
Controversy Surrounding Global Warming Cool Down? (U-S News & World Report)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Facebook Tops 1 Billion Active Users (NY Times)
United Kingdom - Whistleblower Sacked Over British
Telecom Rural Broadband Leak (The Guardian, UK)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Social Media Renders Rapid Judgment on Wednesday’s
Presidential Debate (U-S News & World Report)
GENERAL NEWS
North of Shelton - All Lanes of SR 3 to Reopen
Friday at 5pm (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
EIS Comments Deadline Extended for Major Shelton
Area Development (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Pleasant Weather Might Be a Sign of a Mild Winter
to Come (Everett Herald, WA)
Idaho Firefighter Charged with Arson Bonds Out of
Jail (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
Mason County Sheriff Graduates from FBI National
Academy (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
The Sound Of James Bond: Vic Flick’s Surf Guitar
Dog
Survives 11-Mile Trip in Grille of Car; Police Searching for Owner
Insects Destroy Idaho County’s Historic Documents
Lost Egyptian Pyramids Found?
SONG OF THE DAY
Alan
Parsons Project – Pyramania
