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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Climate
Skeptics Target States’ Energy Laws (Oregonian, Portland)
Cyber Monday: Deals Could Lead to Biggest Online
Sales Day (Christian Science Monitor)
Washington
State Restricts Water Use in Sequim Area (Associated Press)
A
Lot of People Don’t Want Their Electric Meters ‘Smart’ (NY Times)
Shelton-Area
Woman Shot Answering Door Dies (Olympian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- A Lot of People Don’t Want Their Electric Meters ‘Smart’
- Power Line Shortage in Oklahoma Hampers Oil Production
- FERC Denies Market Manipulation Complaint against National Grid Generation
- Canadian Tribe’s Ocean Fertilization Project Attempts to Boost Salmon Population
- Sea Changes Harming Ocean Now Could Someday Undermine Marine Food Chain
- New State Equipment Tests for ‘Emerging’ Shellfish Toxin
- Washington State Restricts Water Use in Sequim Area
- Victoria B-C Sewage-Dumping Hurts Region’s Image: Tourism Group
- Human Values Count in Puget Sound Recovery
- Climate Skeptics Target States’ Energy Laws
- Britain Revives Regulation in a Push for Renewable Energy
- Feeling Creative about Saving Energy? Pitch Your Ideas to Seattle City Light
- Rotten Fruit: Why ‘Picking Low-Hanging Fruit’ Hurts Efficiency & How to Fix the Problem
- California’s Cap-And-Trade Spending Legally Limited
- Will Storm-Struck U-S Deliver at Climate Talks?
- Cyber Monday: Deals Could Lead to Biggest Online Sales Day
- Google Buys Wi-Fi Provider ICOA for $400 Million
- Europe Gives Green Light to UK’s Super-Fast Rural Broadband Plan
- An Olive Branch in the Washington State Senate?
- Shelton-Area Woman Shot Answering Door Dies
- Low Bid Price for Classic State Ferry Raises Eyebrows
- Group Pushes for State Law Banning Native American Mascots
- Some States Buck the Trend & Preserve Penmanship
WORD OF THE DAY
Numen
• \Noo-munn\ • Noun - A spiritual force or influence often identified with a
natural object, phenomenon, or place
“It’s
like God’s waiting room,” whispered the awe-struck intern to his mentor. The numen
of the CEO’s outer office WAS impressive; its stark white walls, white carpet,
white furniture, and cold white lighting nearly made everything in it nearly
invisible. Visitors could almost see a white, overstuffed couch, but were
always afraid to attempt to sit on it, fearing they would miss and fall on
their keisters.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
A
Lot of People Don’t Want Their Electric Meters ‘Smart’ (NY Times)
Power Line Shortage in Oklahoma Hampers Oil
Production (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City)
FERC Denies Market Manipulation Complaint against National
Grid Generation (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canadian
Tribe’s Ocean Fertilization Project Attempts to Boost Salmon Population (KCPQ
TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Sea
Changes Harming Ocean Now Could Someday Undermine Marine Food Chain (Seattle Times)
New
State Equipment Tests for ‘Emerging’ Shellfish Toxin - The toxin appeared in higher
levels this year in Hood Canal & elsewhere (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State Restricts Water Use in Sequim Area (Associated Press)
Victoria
B-C Sewage-Dumping Hurts Region’s Image: Tourism Group (Victoria Times Colonist,
Victoria, B-C)
Human
Values Count in Puget Sound Recovery - New indicators are being developed by
the Puget Sound Partnership, now in its fifth year, to measure human health and
well-being (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Climate
Skeptics Target States’ Energy Laws (Oregonian, Portland)
Britain
Revives Regulation in a Push for Renewable Energy (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Feeling Creative about Saving Energy? Pitch Your
Ideas to Seattle City Light (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Rotten Fruit: Why ‘Picking Low-Hanging Fruit’ Hurts
Efficiency & How to Fix the Problem (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California’s
Cap-And-Trade Spending Legally Limited (SF Chronicle)
Will
Storm-Struck U-S Deliver at Climate Talks? (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cyber Monday: Deals Could Lead to Biggest Online
Sales Day (Christian Science Monitor)
Google Buys Wi-Fi Provider ICOA for $400 Million
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Europe Gives Green Light to UK’s Super-Fast Rural
Broadband Plan (Zdnet News)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
An Olive Branch in the Washington State Senate?
(The Washington State Wire, Olympia)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton-Area
Woman Shot Answering Door Dies (Olympian, WA)
Low Bid Price for Classic State Ferry Raises
Eyebrows (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Low-bid-price-for-classic-state-ferry-raises-4063064.php
Group Pushes for State Law Banning Native American Mascots
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Some States Buck the Trend & Preserve
Penmanship (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Confidential Police Docs Found in NY Macy’s Parade
Confetti Spark Investigation
Backyard Chicken Boom Produces Fowl Result:
Unwanted Roosters
18 Tons of Chocolate Stolen from Austrian Factory
Venus, Saturn Put on a Light Show this Week
SONG OF THE DAY
King
Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight
