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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Series of Pacific Northwest Storms Ready to Roll
over the Region - Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service
(Mason County PUD No. 3)
Puget
Sound Energy Buys Ferndale Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant (Associated Press)
Round Two - JPMorgan Accused of Blocking California
Power Plan (Sacramento Bee, CA)
California
Holds First-Ever Auction of Greenhouse Gas Pollution Credits (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
Canada
- Columbia Basin Preparing for River Treaty Re-Negotiation (Columbia Valley
Pioneer, Canada)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Buys Ferndale Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant
- Round Two - JPMorgan Accused of Blocking California Power Plan
- Report: Hundreds of U-S Coal Plants ‘Ripe for Retirement’
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week
- Suffering on Long Island as Power Agency Shows Its Flaws
- New York Governor Cuomo Orders Post-Sandy Special Investigation of Utilities
- Lessons from Sandy: How One Community in Storm’s Path Kept Lights On
- Power Outage Time after Sandy Not Extraordinary
- Tennessee Valley Authority Touts $5.9 Billion Economic Impact
- Tennessee Valley Authority Boosts Bonuses to Nearly 12,000 Workers
- Alcoa Finalizes Sale of Tapoco Hydroelectric Project to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners
- Must Read: The Onion Makes Fun of Our Obese Salmon
- Elwha River Unleashed: Images of a Landscape Transformed
- Canada - Columbia Basin Preparing for River Treaty Re-Negotiation
- Several Express Interest in Managing Bainbridge’s Water Utility - Including Kitsap PUD
- Washington State Investigating How Olympia Sewage Spill Went Undetected
- Washington State Governor-Elect Inslee Maintains Commitment to Working for a Healthy Puget Sound
- Vancouver Island Tidal Turbine Feedback Deadline Extended
- Bowing to Biomass Bloviation - ORCAA Funds Air-Quality Monitors for Olympic Peninsula
- U-S Renewable Electricity: How Does Wind Generation Impact Competitive Power Markets?
- Investing: Alternative Energy Stocks Are Still Dim
- Judge OKs Sale of Former Solyndra Headquarters
- ‘Smart Glass’ Windows the Cool New Thing
- s Pollution Credits
- In the Future, Wind Turbine Blades Could Be Made Out of Vegetables
- Solar Cars Roll across Earth’s Driest Desert
- Google Fiber User Delivers Details on Network Speed
- The Growing Energy Need of the Internet
- Seattle No. 4 - 2012 Digital Cities Survey Winners Announced
- Thieves Stole $1.5 Million of iPad Minis from JFK
- Another GOP Coup in the Washington State Senate Possibly in Works
- Patty Murray to Lead U-S Senate Budget Panel
- Retiring Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed Reiterates Need for Election Reforms, Discusses Future of GOP
- Series of Pacific Northwest Storms Ready to Roll over the Region - Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service
- Federal Ruling that China Could Be Dumping Plywood Unites Oregon Delegation
- Washington State Ready to Hang Up on Mandatory Delivery of White Pages
- Twinkies-Maker Hostess Brands to Close Down
WORD OF THE DAY
Ratiocination
• \rat-ee-oh-suh-NAY-shun\ • Noun - 1: the process of exact thinking: reasoning
2: a reasoned train of thought
In
the absence of his brain, which was on vacation for tax purposes after a trying
month of “Scrabble” tournaments, Billy’s ratiocination was on the fritz. Even
simple questions from his wife, such as “did you put on your shoes today,” were
met with sullen, monosyllabic grunts. (By the way, Bill was not wearing shoes,
or socks.)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget
Sound Energy Buys Ferndale Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant (Associated Press)
Round Two - JPMorgan Accused of Blocking California
Power Plan (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Report: Hundreds of U-S Coal Plants ‘Ripe for
Retirement’ (Christian Science Monitor)
U-S
Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week (Associated Press)
Suffering
on Long Island as Power Agency Shows Its Flaws (NY Times)
New
York Governor Cuomo Orders Post-Sandy Special Investigation of Utilities (New
York Business Journal, NY)
Lessons from Sandy: How One Community in Storm’s
Path Kept Lights On (Christian Science Monitor)
Power Outage Time after Sandy Not Extraordinary (Associated
Press)
Tennessee
Valley Authority Touts $5.9 Billion Economic Impact (Memphis Business Journal,
TN)
Tennessee Valley Authority Boosts Bonuses to Nearly
12,000 Workers - Up 32% from Last Year (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
Alcoa Finalizes Sale of Tapoco Hydroelectric
Project to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (BusinessWire)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Must Read: The Onion Makes Fun of Our Obese
Salmon (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Elwha River Unleashed: Images of a Landscape
Transformed (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Canada
- Columbia Basin Preparing for River Treaty Re-Negotiation (Columbia Valley
Pioneer, Canada)
Several
Express Interest in Managing Bainbridge’s Water Utility - Including Kitsap PUD (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Washington
State Investigating How Olympia Sewage Spill Went Undetected (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Washington
State Governor-Elect Inslee Maintains Commitment to Working for a Healthy Puget
Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Vancouver
Island Tidal Turbine Feedback Deadline Extended (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Bowing
to Biomass Bloviation - ORCAA Funds Air-Quality Monitors for Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
U-S
Renewable Electricity: How Does Wind Generation Impact Competitive Power
Markets? (Congressional Research Service)
Investing:
Alternative Energy Stocks Are Still Dim (USA Today)
Judge
OKs Sale of Former Solyndra Headquarters (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
‘Smart Glass’ Windows the Cool New Thing (SF
Chronicle)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Holds First-Ever Auction of Greenhouse Gas Pollution Credits (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
In
the Future, Wind Turbine Blades Could Be Made Out of Vegetables (Grist Online)
Solar
Cars Roll across Earth’s Driest Desert (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber User Delivers Details on Network Speed
(Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
The Growing Energy Need of the Internet (The Energy
Collective)
Seattle No. 4 - 2012 Digital Cities Survey Winners
Announced (Government Technology)
Thieves Stole $1.5 Million of iPad Minis from JFK
(Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Another GOP Coup in the Washington State Senate
Possibly in Works (Olympian, WA)
Patty Murray to Lead U-S Senate Budget Panel (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Retiring Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed
Reiterates Need for Election Reforms, Discusses Future of GOP (Seattle Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Series of Pacific Northwest Storms Ready to Roll
over the Region - Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service (Mason
County PUD No. 3)
Federal Ruling that China Could Be Dumping Plywood
Unites Oregon Delegation (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Ready to Hang Up on Mandatory
Delivery of White Pages (Northwest Public Radio)
Twinkies-Maker Hostess Brands to Close Down
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
DIVERSIONS
A Ring’s Incredible Journey: From Afghanistan to
Oregon Owner
Wedding Protest: Hundreds Furious After Bride
Demands Cash
Washington State Man Who Posted Videos of Stolen
Guns Sentenced
SONG OF THE DAY
The
5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues
