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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Spokane Area Power Crews Heading to Long Island
(KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Former Duke Energy CEO Johnson to make up to $4M at
Tennessee Valley Authority (Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh, NC)
South Puget Sound Chum Salmon Return is Much
Larger than Anticipated (Seattle Times)
Conservative
Group Seeks to Repeal State Renewable Standards (Midwest Energy News)
Bellingham Becomes Ground Zero in Debate on Coal
Exports (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Spokane Area Power Crews Heading to Long Island
- Crews Work to Restore Power, And Explain the Delay
- Hurricane Sandy Utility Outages May Be Worsened by Underinvestment, Lack of Planning
- Hurricane Sandy Shows Nuclear Is Safe
- Former Duke Energy CEO Johnson to make up to $4M at Tennessee Valley Authority
- Bellingham Becomes Ground Zero in Debate on Coal Exports
- Update of Power Grid in Inland Northwest Has Begun
- (Video) Mason County PUD 3 Installs Remote Meters 3,000 Feet Up in the Olympic Mountain Foothills
- Strictly Business: Clark Public Utilities Ready for Emergency
- Op/Ed - Grant PUD President Encourages Public Participation in Budget Process
- Mason County PUD 3 Bond Sale to Refinance Debt Will Result in $200K in Annual Savings
- B-C Hydro Gets More Time for Electricity Plan
- Idaho - Simplot Sues to Drop Magic’s Water Level: Hydraulic Leak in Dam Could Cost $32,500 Per Day
- A Hard Look at U-S Reactor Hardware after Fukushima
- German Leaders Vow Better Energy Cooperation
- Utility Bill Complaint Goes Nuclear
- South Puget Sound Chum Salmon Return is Much Larger than Anticipated
- Salmon BiOp Challengers Say Agencies’ Progress Report to Court Inadequate; RiverPartners Praise
- Gill-Net Ban in Lower Columbia River Bankrolled with $500,000 from Norm Brenden
- Fish Hide from Heavy Sediment Flow in Newly Freed Elwha River
- Op/Ed - The Tribes’ View: Abundance Will Save Salmon, Not Greed
- Environmentalists Sue State of California over Flying Fish
- Washington State Weighing Options to Rebalance Area Shrimp Fishery
- Vancouver Island - Landmark Nanaimo Fishing & Swimming Holes Will Disappear with Demolition of Two Dams
- Conservative Group Seeks to Repeal State Renewable Standards
- Oregon - Fishermen: New Wave Energy Site Has a Catch
- End of Massachusetts Wood-Burning Plant Plans Sparks Reactions
- Florida - Some Businesses May Pay Thousands More Thanks to Gainesville Biomass Plant
- Boston Company Considers Hydropower for Pittsburgh Area Dams
- Germany’s Solar Power Use Jumps 50% This Year
- China Files European Union Solar Subsidy Complaint with WTO
- Wisconsin - Millions in Green Energy Grants, Loans Remain to be Used
- Making Ground Source Geothermal a Win-Win Resource for Utilities & Customers
- Study Shows Climate Change Filling Cascade Meadow with Trees
- Geoengineering - United Nations Group Clashes with First Nation over Iron Dumping
- Sugar for the Bird - Puget Sound Energy to Unveil New Electric Vehicle Charging Station
- Breaking: Portland Sustainability Chief Admits ‘Portlandia’ Isn’t Really a Parody
- Sandy Exposes Gaps in Wireless System during Emergency
- This Week in Cloud: More Outages, Fewer Data Centers
- Broadband & You: Industry Think Tank’s Top Ten Benefits
- Oregon - Clackamas County Commissioners Call Emergency Meeting Monday; Recall Effort against County Clerk Starts Amidst Ballot Tampering Investigation
- Independent-Minded Washington Poised to Lead Again
- Military Hearing in Afghanistan Massacre Begins for Lake Tapps Resident
- Measure Aimed at Curbing Costly, Frequent Metal Thefts in Tacoma
- Editorial - Winter Weather on Its Way
- Shell Midden Could Affirm Tribe’s Stories of Hood Canal
- Football: Mary M Knight & Shelton High School Lose in Football Playoffs
- California Town Pushes Back Against Industrial Pot Growers
- Historic Aircraft Carrier to Be Scrapped at Puget Sound
WORD OF THE DAY
Maieutic
• \may-YOO-tik\ • Adjective - Relating to or resembling the Socratic method of
eliciting new ideas from another.
“I
love the maieutic learning process in this class,” enthused the east coast
trust-funder to his fellow ‘Greener seminar members. “Yeah,” barked the
professor to his hipster student. “But the Socratic Method this seminar follows
requires that you read the material and participate with your opinions…not
blather on about your trip to a third world country to take in the local
scenery.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HURRICANE SANDY NEWS SHELTER
Spokane Area Power Crews Heading to Long Island
(KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Crews Work to Restore Power, And Explain the Delay (National
Public Radio)
Hurricane Sandy Utility Outages May Be Worsened by
Underinvestment, Lack of Planning (Huffington Post)
Hurricane Sandy Shows Nuclear Is Safe (Forbes
Magazine)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Former Duke Energy CEO Johnson to make up to $4M at
Tennessee Valley Authority (Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh, NC)
Former Duke, Progress Energy CEO to head Tennessee
Valley Authority (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/2012/11/former-duke-progress-energy-ceo-to.html
Bellingham Becomes Ground Zero in Debate on Coal
Exports (Associated Press)
Update of Power Grid in Inland Northwest Has Begun
- Pullman at center of project aimed at savings, efficiency (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
(Video) Mason County PUD 3 Installs Remote Meters
3,000 Feet Up in the Olympic Mountain Foothills - More Accurate & Timely
Consumption Information for Customers - Safety for Meter Readers (Mason County
PUD No. 3)
Strictly Business: Clark Public Utilities Ready for
Emergency (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed - Grant PUD President Encourages Public
Participation in Budget Process (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Bond Sale to Refinance Debt Will
Result in $200K in Annual Savings -
Bond Rating Firms Affirms PUD’s Financial Strength
(Mason County PUD No. 3)
B-C Hydro Gets More Time for Electricity Plan (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
Idaho - Simplot Sues to Drop Magic’s Water Level: Hydraulic
Leak in Dam Could Cost $32,500 Per Day (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun
Valley, ID)
A Hard Look at U-S Reactor Hardware after Fukushima
(NY Times)
German Leaders Vow Better Energy Cooperation (Associated
Press)
Utility Bill Complaint Goes Nuclear (Forbes
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
South Puget Sound Chum Salmon Return is Much
Larger than Anticipated (Seattle Times)
Salmon BiOp Challengers Say Agencies’ Progress
Report to Court Inadequate; RiverPartners Praise (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Gill-Net Ban in Lower Columbia River Bankrolled with
$500,000 from Norm Brenden (Oregonian, Portland)
Fish Hide from Heavy Sediment Flow in Newly Freed
Elwha River (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Op/Ed - The Tribes’ View: Abundance Will Save
Salmon, Not Greed (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
Environmentalists Sue State of California over
Flying Fish (Courthouse News Service)
Washington State Weighing Options to Rebalance
Area Shrimp Fishery (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Vancouver
Island - Landmark Nanaimo Fishing & Swimming Holes Will Disappear with
Demolition of Two Dams (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Conservative
Group Seeks to Repeal State Renewable Standards (Midwest Energy News)
Oregon
- Fishermen: New Wave Energy Site Has a Catch (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
End
of Massachusetts Wood-Burning Plant Plans Sparks Reactions (Associated Press)
Florida
- Some Businesses May Pay Thousands More Thanks to Gainesville Biomass Plant
(Gainesville Sun, FL)
Boston
Company Considers Hydropower for Pittsburgh Area Dams (Renewablesbiz)
Germany’s
Solar Power Use Jumps 50% This Year (USA Today)
China
Files European Union Solar Subsidy Complaint with WTO (British Broadcasting
Service)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Wisconsin - Millions in Green Energy Grants, Loans
Remain to be Used (Wisconsin State Journal, Madison)
Making Ground Source Geothermal a Win-Win Resource
for Utilities & Customers (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study
Shows Climate Change Filling Cascade Meadow with Trees (Northwest Public Radio)
Geoengineering
- United Nations Group Clashes with First Nation over Iron Dumping (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Sugar for the Bird - Puget Sound Energy to Unveil New
Electric Vehicle Charging Station (Olympian, WA)
Breaking:
Portland Sustainability Chief Admits ‘Portlandia’ Isn’t Really a Parody (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sandy Exposes Gaps in Wireless System during
Emergency (Washington Post)
This Week in Cloud: More Outages, Fewer Data
Centers (GigaOM)
Broadband & You: Industry Think Tank’s Top Ten
Benefits (WRAL Broadcasting, Raleigh, NC)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Oregon - Clackamas County Commissioners Call
Emergency Meeting Monday; Recall Effort against County Clerk Starts Amidst
Ballot Tampering Investigation (Oregonian, Portland)
Independent-Minded Washington Poised to Lead Again
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Military Hearing in Afghanistan Massacre Begins for
Lake Tapps Resident (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Robert-Bales-faces-hearing-in-Afghanistan-massacre-177258441.html
Measure Aimed at Curbing Costly, Frequent Metal
Thefts in Tacoma (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Editorial - Winter Weather on Its Way (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Shell Midden Could Affirm Tribe’s Stories of Hood
Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Football: Mary M Knight & Shelton High School
Lose in Football Playoffs (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
California Town Pushes Back Against Industrial Pot
Growers (USA Today)
Historic Aircraft Carrier to Be Scrapped at Puget
Sound - World’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
decommissioned (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
What Everyone Was Saying - ‘The Story of Ain’t’
Surprised Couple Finds ‘Huge’ Python in Storage
Unit
Hard-to-Read Fonts Will Make You Less of a Biased
Jerk
Sandy Fail: American Apparel’s Hurricane Sale Doesn’t
Go over Well
SONG OF THE DAY
Dave
Mason - We Just Disagree
