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News Digest for November 27, 2012
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
John Whalen, Former Mason County PUD No. 3
Commissioner, Dies at Age 94 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Mason County PUD 3 Adopts $59 Million 2013 Budget –
Renewable Energy Law & Bonneville Power Administration Energy Prices Affect
Local Rates (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Idaho
Power Asks State to Cancel Contracts with Biogas Developer (Associated Press)
Dark Warnings about Future of Internet Access (NY
Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/technology/dark-warnings-about-future-of-internet-access.html?_r=0
Maverick Tim Sheldon May Become Senate President
Pro Tem (Olympian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD 3 Adopts $59 Million 2013 Budget
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve 2013 Budget
- John Whalen, Former Mason County PUD No. 3 Commissioner, Dies at Age 94
- Drop-In Sessions on SW Washington Bonneville Power Administration Line Begin Dec. 4
- Hawaii PUC Tosses Out Smart-Meter Complaint against Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
- A Nuke-Free Germany May Be Forced Into Dirty Embrace With Coal
- Species de Jour - Federal Judge Halts 11 Oregon Timber Sales over Seabird Nesting Concerns
- Washington State Panel Presses for Action on Ocean Acidity
- Vancouver Island - Greater Victoria Sewage Committee Votes to Keep Project Flowing
- Op-Ed - Hood Canal Still Needs a Pollution Fix
- Nature Reclaiming Snohomish County Marshlands after Dikes Breached
- Idaho Power Asks State to Cancel Contracts with Biogas Developer
- Wind Industry Continuing to Set New Records in Texas
- Hurricane Sandy Revives Debate over Sea-Level Rise
- Survey: Most Americans Say Nation Should Treat Global Warming, Clean Energy as a Priority
- Pot Growers Are Using, And In Some Cases Stealing, Solar Panels
- Dark Warnings about Future of Internet Access
- FCC Chief’s Painstaking Approach Earns Mixed Reviews in Turbulent Times for Telecom Industry
- ‘Do Not Track’ Internet Privacy Initiative Struggles to Keep Momentum
- Wired South Korea to Stem Digital Addiction from Age Three
- Maverick Tim Sheldon May Become Senate President Pro Tem
- Long-Running BIAW Lawsuit Roars Back to Life
- Op/Ed - Norm Dicks’ Retirement a Loss for Us & for Congress
- U-S Senators Murray, Cantwell Demand Justice Department Gas Price Probe
- Port Angeles Faces Bill of Up to $65 Million for State Environmental Mandates
- West Coast Log Exports Up, Lumber Exports Down
- Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Available to Washington State School Districts
- Police Say Mother Left Toddler in Car While Gambling
- Mariners Attendance Drop the Worst in Major U-S Sports
WORD OF THE DAY
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason County PUD 3 Adopts $59 Million 2013 Budget –
Renewable Energy Law & Bonneville Power Administration Energy Prices Affect
Local Rates (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve 2013 Budget (Longview
Daily News, WA)
John Whalen, Former Mason County PUD No. 3
Commissioner, Dies at Age 94 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Drop-In Sessions on SW Washington Bonneville Power
Administration Line Begin Dec. 4 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Hawaii PUC Tosses Out Smart-Meter Complaint against
Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (Pacific Business News, HI)
A Nuke-Free Germany May Be Forced Into Dirty
Embrace With Coal (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Species de Jour - Federal Judge Halts 11 Oregon Timber
Sales over Seabird Nesting Concerns (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State Panel Presses for Action on Ocean Acidity (Associated Press)
Vancouver
Island - Greater Victoria Sewage Committee Votes to Keep Project Flowing (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
Op-Ed
- Hood Canal Still Needs a Pollution Fix (Seattle Times)
Nature
Reclaiming Snohomish County Marshlands after Dikes Breached (Everett Herald,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
Power Asks State to Cancel Contracts with Biogas Developer (Associated Press)
Wind
Industry Continuing to Set New Records in Texas (San Antonio Business Journal,
TX)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Hurricane
Sandy Revives Debate over Sea-Level Rise (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Survey:
Most Americans Say Nation Should Treat Global Warming, Clean Energy as a
Priority (American Public Power Association)
Pot
Growers Are Using, And In Some Cases Stealing, Solar Panels (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dark Warnings about Future of Internet Access (NY
Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/technology/dark-warnings-about-future-of-internet-access.html?_r=0
FCC Chief’s Painstaking Approach Earns Mixed
Reviews in Turbulent Times for Telecom Industry (Washington Post)
‘Do Not Track’ Internet Privacy Initiative
Struggles to Keep Momentum (Washington Post)
Wired South Korea to Stem Digital Addiction from
Age Three (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Maverick Tim Sheldon May Become Senate President
Pro Tem (Olympian, WA)
Long-Running BIAW Lawsuit Roars Back to Life –
Backhanded Counterattack Could Embroil All Major Organizations in Olympia
(Washington State Wire, WA)
Op/Ed - Norm Dicks’ Retirement a Loss for Us &
for Congress (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
U-S Senators Murray, Cantwell Demand Justice Department
Gas Price Probe (KING-TV, Seattle)
Port Angeles Faces Bill of Up to $65 Million for
State Environmental Mandates (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
West Coast Log Exports Up, Lumber Exports Down (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Available to
Washington State School Districts (Associated Press)
Police Say Mother Left Toddler in Car While
Gambling (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Mariners Attendance Drop the Worst in Major U-S
Sports (KING-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Seattle’s Top Dog Names for 2012
Dog Fur Knitting New Craft, Old Northwest Tradition
A Look at Who Else Has Been Duped by the Onion
Researchers Mine 2.5 Million News Articles to Prove
What We Already Know
SONG OF THE DAY
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- Working in a Coal Mine
