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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Puget Sound Energy Has Given [Spent] Thousands to Fight
Thurston Public Power (Olympian, WA)
Barclays Traders Rigged American Electricity Prices
to Boost Their Own Profits & Bragged About It in Damning E-Mails (The Daily
Mail, UK)
Seattle City Light Personnel Sent to New York for
Sandy Relief – Trucks Being Airlifted (KING-TV, Seattle)
No 'Smoking Gun' for Canada’s Fraser River
Sockeye Salmon Collapse (CBC News)
Portland Aims To Reduce Carbon Footprint with
'Kilowatt Crackdown' (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Light Personnel Sent to New York for Sandy Relief – Trucks Being Airlifted
- New Yorkers’ Wait for Power May Linger for Some
- Getting Lights Back On Can Be Maddeningly Complex
- Sandy Highlights Fragile Infrastructure
- A State-By-State Look at Hurricane Sandy’s Effects
- In Crisis, Public Officials Embrace Social Media
- Puget Sound Energy Has Given [Spent] Thousands to Fight Thurston Public Power
- Barclays Traders Rigged American Electricity Prices to Boost Their Own Profits & Bragged About It in Damning E-Mails
- FERC Takes Aim at Wall Street
- FERC Stays the Course, Denies Rehearing of Its Landmark Order No. 1000
- Snohomish PUD Targeting Trouble-Making Trees to Keep Lights On
- Trees One of East Coast Storm's Biggest Killers
- BPA Powered the Industry That Helped Win World War II
- Costs at Ailing California Nuclear Plant Top $300 Million
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Texas - Texas Power Grid Expects to Have Enough Capacity to Meet Winter Demand
- No 'Smoking Gun' for Canada’s Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Collapse
- Kitsap County’s Bainbridge Creek Sees Return of Long-Sought Salmon
- Vancouver Island - Despite Spills, Colquitz Coho Return above Average
- Study Links Climate Change to Warmer Oregon Streams
- Shellfish Beds near Belfair to Reopen
- Divers Outraged over Seattle Octopus Hunt
- Skagit PUD Won’t Weigh in on Court Battle over Water
- Corvallis Area Greenbelt Lands $1.5M Bonneville Power Administration Grant
- Did Hurricane Sandy Bolster the Case for 'Green' Energy?
- Portland Aims To Reduce Carbon Footprint with 'Kilowatt Crackdown'
- Ephrata Tries to Improve, Save on Energy Efficiency – Hires McKinstry to Help
- Tip: Save Money on Electric Bill by Unplugging Devices
- Editorial - Was Hurricane Sandy a Wake-Up Call on Climate Change?
- Editorial - It's Global Warming, Stupid
- Op/Ed - California Cap & Trade Should Look to Broader Goals
- Plastic-Bag Ban Begins in Port Townsend
- Sewage: A Secret Power Source?
- Clearwire Investor Demands Sale of Spectrum
- Audit: Seattle Fails to Track Millions of Federal Dollars
- Candidates for Governor Differ in Approach on Environment
- City of Spokane’s PR Firm Contract Should Be Troubling
- One Dead in Officer-Involved Shooting in Littlerock
- Dangerous Recalled Cadet Heaters Still Used In the Pacific Northwest
- Gas Price Wars Breaking Out In Pierce County
- Wild Olympics Says Plan Won't Cut Jobs; Loggers Disagree
- Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday As We Dial Clocks Back an Hour
- Judge's Order Bars Ex-Student from Releasing Ramtha Videos
- Football: MMK Ranked; NM & SHS Open Post Season Play
WORD OF THE DAY
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HURRICANE SANDY NEWS SHELTER
Seattle City Light Personnel Sent to New York for
Sandy Relief – Trucks Being Airlifted (KING-TV, Seattle)
New Yorkers’ Wait for Power May Linger for Some (NY
Times)
Getting Lights Back On Can Be Maddeningly Complex (USA
Today)
Sandy Highlights Fragile Infrastructure (SF
Chronicle)
A State-By-State Look at Hurricane Sandy’s Effects (Associated
Press)
In Crisis, Public Officials Embrace Social Media (NY
Times)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy Has Given [Spent] Thousands to
Fight Thurston Public Power (Olympian, WA)
Barclays Traders Rigged American Electricity Prices
to Boost Their Own Profits & Bragged About It in Damning E-Mails (The Daily
Mail, UK)
FERC Takes Aim at Wall Street (NY Times)
FERC Stays the Course, Denies Rehearing of Its
Landmark Order No. 1000 (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Snohomish PUD Targeting Trouble-Making Trees to
Keep Lights On (Everett Herald, WA)
Trees One of East Coast Storm's Biggest Killers (USA
Today)
BPA Powered the Industry That Helped Win World War
II (Bonneville Power Administration)
Costs at Ailing California Nuclear Plant Top $300
Million (Associated Press)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Texas - Texas Power Grid Expects to Have Enough
Capacity to Meet Winter Demand (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
No 'Smoking Gun' for Canada’s Fraser River Sockeye
Salmon Collapse (CBC News)
Kitsap County’s Bainbridge Creek Sees Return of
Long-Sought Salmon (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Vancouver Island - Despite Spills, Colquitz Coho
Return above Average (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Study Links Climate Change to Warmer Oregon Streams
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Shellfish Beds near Belfair to Reopen (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Divers Outraged over Seattle Octopus Hunt (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Skagit
PUD Won’t Weigh in on Court Battle over Water (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon,
WA)
Corvallis
Area Greenbelt Lands $1.5M Bonneville Power Administration Grant (Corvallis
Gazette Times, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Did
Hurricane Sandy Bolster the Case for 'Green' Energy? (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland Aims To Reduce Carbon Footprint with
'Kilowatt Crackdown' (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Ephrata Tries to Improve, Save on Energy Efficiency
– Hires McKinstry to Help (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Tip: Save Money on Electric Bill by Unplugging
Devices (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial
- Was Hurricane Sandy a Wake-Up Call on Climate Change? (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA)
Editorial
- It's Global Warming, Stupid (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Op/Ed
- California Cap & Trade Should Look to Broader Goals (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Plastic-Bag
Ban Begins in Port Townsend (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Sewage:
A Secret Power Source? (Midwest Energy News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire Investor Demands Sale of Spectrum (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Audit: Seattle Fails to Track Millions of Federal
Dollars (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Candidates for Governor Differ in Approach on
Environment (Seattle Times)
City of Spokane’s PR Firm Contract Should Be
Troubling (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
One Dead in Officer-Involved Shooting in Littlerock
(Olympian, WA)
Dangerous Recalled Cadet Heaters Still Used In the
Pacific Northwest (Northwest Cable News Network)
Gas Price Wars Breaking Out In Pierce County (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Wild Olympics Says Plan Won't Cut Jobs; Loggers
Disagree (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday As We Dial Clocks
Back an Hour (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Judge's Order Bars Ex-Student from Releasing Ramtha
Videos (Olympian, WA)
Football: MMK Ranked; NM & SHS Open Post Season
Play (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Doing Math Can Literally Hurt Your Brain
Legal Fight over Transgender in Evergreen College
Locker Room
Drivers Should Not Swerve to Avoid Deer, Oregon
Authorities Advise
Lonely Elephant in South Korean Zoo Imitates Human
Speech
SONG OF THE DAY
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