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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wind, Rain Pummel Pacific Northwest, Cause One
Death (Associated Press)
California’s
First Cap-And-Trade Auction a Sellout (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Editorial - A Once-Docile Agency Finally Shows Its
Fangs: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has grown adult teeth, finally
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
Fear
of Harming Whale Habitat Sidelines Vancouver Island Tidal Turbine Project
(Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
The Extraordinary Effort to Save Sockeye Salmon
(Seattle Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Thousands Lose Power as Winds Topple Trees
- Editorial - A Once-Docile Agency Finally Shows Its Fangs: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has grown adult teeth, finally
- Oregon - Umatilla Electric Co-Op Seeks to Build Power Line across Depot
- Jefferson County Luncheon Set on Balancing Energy Sources
- It’s Game on for Japan’s Smart Grid - And Itron Jumps In
- The Extraordinary Effort to Save Sockeye Salmon
- Why Sockeye Crashed: Dams, Poison & More
- Bi-State Group Proposes New Gillnet Rules for Lower Columbia River
- Vancouver Island Chum Fishery Best in Years, Says Director of Fish & Oceans
- Fear of Harming Whale Habitat Sidelines Vancouver Island Tidal Turbine Project
- Wind-Energy Backers Fear Loss of Federal Subsidies
- Should Washington, D-C Extend Tax Credits for Wind Power?
- Five Ways Wind Power Can Survive without Tax Credit Extension
- Montana - NorthWestern Energy & Compass Wind close on Spion Kop Wind Project
- Solar Companies Seek Ways to Build an Oasis of Electricity in Northeast U-S
- Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Cancer Scare Debunked
- Keep Energy Bill Low by Warming Up Décor
- California’s First Cap-And-Trade Auction a Sellout
- United Nations Says Greenhouse Gases at Record High in 2011
- Are Renewables Stormproof? Hurricane Sandy Tests Solar, Wind
- Mr. Floatie Shut Out of Vancouver Island Green Party Rally
- Bristol, another Tennessee Town is Getting Gigabit Broadband
- Icann Net Address Endings to Face Government Objections
- Microsoft Pilot Data Center in Wyoming to be Powered by Manure, Other Waste
- Washington State’s Public Employees Retirement Plan Decision Might Vex State Budget
- Hard-Hit Gold Bar May Be at the End of the Road
- Wind, Rain Pummel Pacific Northwest, Cause One Death
- Inundated West Sound Deals with Flooded Roads, Downed Power Lines, Sewer Overflows
- More Rain Coming this Afternoon, But a Lot Less
- Moderate Flooding Expected on Chehalis River
- Radar Ridge - Winds Gust to 114 Mph Monday Morning
- Washington Ski Areas Set to Open Thanks to Heavy Snow
- State Audit Reveals ‘Failure’ & ‘Pattern of Noncompliance’ on Highway 520 Bridge Project
- Police Make Arrest after Monkey Dies at Idaho Zoo
- Hope for Twinkies as Hostess, Union Go to Mediation
WORD OF THE DAY
Ramose
• \RAY-mohss\ • Adjective - Consisting of or having branches
The
planning meeting drug on for what seemed like hours. The snapping necks of the
rank and file provided a comical backdrop to the hushed sound of pencils moving
rapidly across surplus, pulp paper pads as attendees took notes as a way to
keep their eyes open and concentration focused. The presentation was designed
to teach the municipal minions how to follow a decision tree when routing a
building permit; its ramose process lines drew the permit progression down so
many dead ends that it was clear that the entire exercise was designed not to
approve a permit, but to kill it in its infancy.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Thousands Lose Power as Winds Topple Trees - Nearly
Two inches of rain fall in Olympia area, with more on the way (Olympian, WA)
Editorial - A Once-Docile Agency Finally Shows Its
Fangs: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has grown adult teeth, finally (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Oregon - Umatilla Electric Co-Op Seeks to Build
Power Line across Depot (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Jefferson County Luncheon Set on Balancing Energy
Sources (Peninsula Daily News’ Port Angeles, WA)
It’s Game on for Japan’s Smart Grid - And Itron Jumps
In (Smart Grid News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Extraordinary Effort to Save Sockeye Salmon
(Seattle Times)
Why Sockeye Crashed: Dams, Poison & More
(Seattle Times)
Bi-State Group Proposes New Gillnet Rules for
Lower Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)
Vancouver Island Chum Fishery Best in Years, Says
Director of Fish & Oceans (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Fear
of Harming Whale Habitat Sidelines Vancouver Island Tidal Turbine Project (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
Wind-Energy
Backers Fear Loss of Federal Subsidies - That Would Cripple Industry, Some Say (Olympian, WA)
Should
Washington, D-C Extend Tax Credits for Wind Power? (The Energy Collective)
Five
Ways Wind Power Can Survive without Tax Credit Extension (Christian Science Monitor)
Montana
- NorthWestern Energy & Compass Wind close on Spion Kop Wind Project (Oil
Voice)
Solar
Companies Seek Ways to Build an Oasis of Electricity in Northeast U-S (NY
Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Cancer Scare
Debunked (Electric Co-op Today)
Keep Energy Bill Low by Warming Up Décor (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California’s
First Cap-And-Trade Auction a Sellout (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
United
Nations Says Greenhouse Gases at Record High in 2011 (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Are
Renewables Stormproof? Hurricane Sandy Tests Solar, Wind (Christian Science Monitor)
Mr.
Floatie Shut Out of Vancouver Island Green Party Rally (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bristol, another Tennessee Town is Getting Gigabit
Broadband (GigaOM)
Icann Net Address Endings to Face Government
Objections (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Microsoft Pilot Data Center in Wyoming to be
Powered by Manure, Other Waste (Seattle Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State’s Public Employees Retirement Plan
Decision Might Vex State Budget (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Hard-Hit Gold Bar May Be at the End of the Road (Seattle
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Wind, Rain Pummel Pacific Northwest, Cause One
Death (Associated Press)
Inundated West Sound Deals with Flooded Roads,
Downed Power Lines, Sewer Overflows (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
More Rain Coming this Afternoon, But a Lot Less (Seattle
Times)
Moderate Flooding Expected on Chehalis River (Associated
Press)
Radar Ridge - Winds Gust to 114 Mph Monday Morning
(Chinook Observer)
Washington Ski Areas Set to Open Thanks to Heavy
Snow (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
State Audit Reveals ‘Failure’ & ‘Pattern of
Noncompliance’ on Highway 520 Bridge Project (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Police Make Arrest after Monkey Dies at Idaho Zoo (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Hope for Twinkies as Hostess, Union Go to Mediation
(CBS News)
DIVERSIONS
Whoops!
Taliban Spokesperson Accidentally CC’s Entire Mailing List
More
than 38 Million Online Americans Shopped While on the Toilet
Is
the Toilet Seat Really the Dirtiest Place in the Home? Not by a Long Shot
Artist
Makes Apple Orchard into a Giant Living Battery
SONG OF THE DAY
Electric
Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
