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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Series of Storms Blowing In - Officials Tell
Drivers to Slow Down, Pay Closer Attention (Olympian, WA)
Klamath
Tribes & Farmers Consider Extending Water Agreement (Northwest Public Radio)
Clark County Property Owners Unhappy about
Bonneville Power Administration’s Preferred Route for New Transmission Line
(Oregonian, Portland)
Phone Companies Say Reception for Washington State
Regulator Unrelated to Proposed Fee (Northwest Public Radio)
Scientists
at Central Oregon Geothermal Site Record Dozens of ‘Mini-Earthquakes’ (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Clark County Property Owners Unhappy about Bonneville Power Administration’s Preferred Route for New Transmission Line
- Idaho Nuclear Company Head Resigns amid Federal Probe
- Idaho Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission Delays Recommendation
- Bankrupt Montana Electric Co-Op Trustee Seeks More Time
- Port Angeles’ Options Presented for Morse Creek Hydro-Power Plant
- Ice Harbor Dam’s Lock Reopens for Commercial Traffic
- Sandy Reveals Long Island Utility’s ‘Boondoggle’ Past
- Hurricane Sandy Uprooted Trees by the Thousands in New York, New Jersey
- Utility Mergers Rising but Picking Partners is Tricky
- How Droughts Can Cause Power Outages
- Op/Ed - Vancouver Island’s Cowichan River Woes Foreshadow Future
- Fish Counting at Eight Federal Dams Moves from State of Washington to Normandeau Associates
- Long-Time Director of Belfair Salmon Center Leaves Legacy of Education
- Op/Ed - The Danger of an Invasive Mussel Infestation in Pacific Northwest Waters
- Klamath Tribes & Farmers Consider Extending Water Agreement
- Pioneer Water Project Good for Irrigators, Fish
- Toutle River Sediment Dam Project Seems to be Working
- Scientists at Central Oregon Geothermal Site Record Dozens of ‘Mini-Earthquakes’
- Washington State: Geothermal Bill Could Reappear in Next Legislative Session
- Oregon - Coos Bay Considers Installing 70-Foot Urban Wind Turbines
- Oregon’s Thermal Opportunity Would Put Forest Waste to Work
- Solar Storm as Desert Plan to Power Europe Falters
- The Wind Industry Doesn’t Seem to Know How to Win the Most Important Fight of Its Life
- LEED Losing Its Luster among Business Executives
- Opower, The Big Data Energy Player to Beat
- Space Heaters Are One of Many Ways to Cut Energy Bills – Really?
- California Cap & Trade May Be Plum for Homeowners
- Dust Bowl Lesson: We Can Heal Ecological Disaster
- Phone Companies Say Reception for Washington State Regulator Unrelated to Proposed Fee
- USDA Rural Utilities Service Wants to Increase Rural Broadband Access
- Google Considering Wireless Network
- North Carolina - Time Warner Cable Opens $82 Million Data Center
- Chief of Intel to Retire in May
- Washington State Legislative Races Show that Money Can’t Buy Everything
- Series of Storms Blowing In - Officials Tell Drivers to Slow Down, Pay Closer Attention
- National Weather Service - Special Statement for Western Washington
- Small Earthquake Hits Portland Area
- One-Cent Increase to Stamp Price Gets Regulatory OK
- Washington State, Oregon Counting the Days Till Marijuana’s Legal
- Dream Job for New Olympic National Park Leader
- Soundings: Mason County Chorale Headed for Radio City Music Hall
- Twinkies May Survive? Yes, If There’s a Buyer
WORD OF THE DAY
Coaming
• \KOE-min\ • Noun - A raised frame (as around a hatchway in the deck of a
ship) to keep out water
“All
that is holy,” exclaimed the utility building and grounds supervisor gazing
darkly at the unrelenting downpour. “Even with all these rain gardens and
stormwater ponds I knew we should have installed coamings on all of our
exterior doors; trip hazard be darned.” These were the last words heard by the
mildly curious meter readers as the supervisor strode past them to the furthest
reaches of the warehouse property, muttering something about “40 cubits.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Clark County Property Owners Unhappy about
Bonneville Power Administration’s Preferred Route for New Transmission Line (Oregonian,
Portland)
Idaho Nuclear Company Head Resigns amid Federal
Probe (Associated Press)
Idaho Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission
Delays Recommendation (Northwest Public Radio)
Bankrupt Montana Electric Co-Op Trustee Seeks More
Time (Associated Press)
Port Angeles’ Options Presented for Morse Creek Hydro-Power
Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Ice Harbor Dam’s Lock Reopens for Commercial
Traffic (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Sandy Reveals Long Island Utility’s ‘Boondoggle’
Past (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/17/165321973/sandy-reveals-troubled-past-for-long-island-utility?ft=1&f=7
Hurricane Sandy Uprooted Trees by the Thousands in New
York, New Jersey (Associated Press)
Utility Mergers Rising but Picking Partners is
Tricky (Forbes Magazine)
How Droughts Can Cause Power Outages (Mashable)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Op/Ed - Vancouver Island’s Cowichan River Woes
Foreshadow Future (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Fish Counting at Eight Federal Dams Moves from State
of Washington to Normandeau Associates (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Long-Time Director of Belfair Salmon Center
Leaves Legacy of Education (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Op/Ed - The Danger of an Invasive Mussel Infestation
in Pacific Northwest Waters (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Klamath
Tribes & Farmers Consider Extending Water Agreement (Northwest Public Radio)
Pioneer
Water Project Good for Irrigators, Fish (Wenatchee World, WA)
Toutle
River Sediment Dam Project Seems to be Working (Longview Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Scientists
at Central Oregon Geothermal Site Record Dozens of ‘Mini-Earthquakes’ (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Washington
State: Geothermal Bill Could Reappear in Next Legislative Session (Renewable
Energy World)
Oregon
- Coos Bay Considers Installing 70-Foot Urban Wind Turbines (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon’s
Thermal Opportunity Would Put Forest Waste to Work (Sustainable Business Oregon)
http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/11/oregons-thermal-opportunity-would-put.html
Solar
Storm as Desert Plan to Power Europe Falters (British Broadcasting Corporation)
The
Wind Industry Doesn’t Seem to Know How to Win the Most Important Fight of Its
Life (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LEED Losing Its Luster among Business Executives (Columbus
Business Journal, OH)
Opower, The Big Data Energy Player to Beat (GigaOM)
Space Heaters Are One of Many Ways to Cut Energy
Bills – Really? (Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Cap & Trade May Be Plum for Homeowners (SF Chronicle)
Dust
Bowl Lesson: We Can Heal Ecological Disaster (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Phone Companies Say Reception for Washington State
Regulator Unrelated to Proposed Fee (Northwest Public Radio)
USDA Rural Utilities Service Wants to Increase
Rural Broadband Access (Courthouse News Service)
Google Considering Wireless Network (Mashable)
North Carolina - Time Warner Cable Opens $82 Million
Data Center (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/outside_the_loop/2012/11/time-warner-cable-opens-82m-data-center.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/outside_the_loop/2012/11/time-warner-cable-opens-82m-data-center.html
Chief of Intel to Retire in May (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Legislative Races Show that Money
Can’t Buy Everything (Seattle Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Series of Storms Blowing In - Officials Tell
Drivers to Slow Down, Pay Closer Attention (Olympian, WA)
National Weather Service - Special Statement for
Western Washington (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Small Earthquake Hits Portland Area (Oregonian,
Portland)
One-Cent Increase to Stamp Price Gets Regulatory OK
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State, Oregon Counting the Days Till
Marijuana’s Legal (NY Times)
Dream Job for New Olympic National Park Leader (Associated
Press)
Soundings: Mason County Chorale Headed for Radio
City Music Hall (Olympian, WA)
Twinkies May Survive? Yes, If There’s a Buyer (Christian
Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
Goat Named Voldemort Trees a 14-Year-Old Boy
Don’t Worry, Hostess’ Top Executives Still Got
Richer as Company Collapsed
Google Takes You on a Mind-Boggling Trip to 100,000
Stars
Northern B-C Jackpot Winner Apparently Handing Out
$100 Bills & $10,000 Checks
SONG OF THE DAY
Ides
of March – Vehicle
