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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD Storm Cleanup Is in the Millions
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Developers
of Wind Farms Run a Race against the Calendar (NY Times)
Idaho Power Uses Cloud Seeding to Enhance Winter
Snowpack (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Call Center Companies See Potential in Inland
Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)
Developers
of Wind Farms Run a Race against the Calendar (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD Storm Cleanup Is in the Millions
- Idaho Power Uses Cloud Seeding to Enhance Winter Snowpack
- Clark Public Utilities Outgoing Commissioner: We Always Put Customers First
- Southern Company Faces Risks on Mississippi Clean Coal Power Plant
- Spring Chinook Forecast Almost Half Less of Last Year’s Return in Tributaries Above Bonneville Dam
- Hood Canal Council Faces Scrutiny from Mason County Commissioners
- Turning Christmas Trees into Salmon Habitat
- Oregon - Snapping Turtles Nearly Eradicated From Beaverton’s Koll Center Wetlands
- Mason County Boil Water Advisory Lifted
- EPA Chief Resigns: Declared Carbon Dioxide a Pollutant
- Developers of Wind Farms Run a Race against the Calendar
- Wind Energy: Boom Sputters as Industry Tax Credit is Set to Expire
- California - Panel Approves Biomass Project near Truckee
- Alaska - Biomass Saves Big Bucks to Heat, Power Rural Schools
- Ocean Energy Contenders Race to Market
- Carbon Taxes Make Ireland Even Greener
- GigaOM’s Top Ten Cleantech Posts of 2012
- Call Center Companies See Potential in Inland Pacific Northwest
- Our Broadband Coverage Maps Still Stink - Threatening Funding For Under-Connected States
- North Carolina among States Where Telecom Companies, Legislatures Limit Broadband, Bloomberg Reports
- Everyone Spent Christmas Day Activating Their Shiny New Gadgets & Downloading Apps
- Editorial - Norm Dicks: Embodiment of a Better Congress
- Washington State Lt. Governor Owen to Start Peace Talks in Senate Friday
- Storm Rakes Half of Nation; Arkansas Still Dark
- Washington Ending Year with Drier Weather
- Three Flu Deaths Already Reported in Washington State
- New Mason County Commissioner Neatherlin Sworn In
- Public Meetings for Managing Wilderness Areas in Olympic National Park
- Washington State Fines Insurance Company Aetna $1 Million
- Washington State’s Minimum Wage Goes Up on New Year’s Day
- Deep in the Woods, Pot Growing Thrives
WORD OF THE DAY
Thrall • \thrawl\ • Noun - 1a: a servant slave:
bondman; also: serf b : a person in moral or mental servitude 2a: a state of
servitude or submission b: a state of
complete absorption
Terry Jacks singing
The earworm holds me in thrall
Save me; please help me
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Storm Cleanup Is in the Millions (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Idaho Power Uses Cloud Seeding to Enhance Winter
Snowpack (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Clark Public Utilities Outgoing Commissioner: We Always
Put Customers First (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Southern Company Faces Risks on Mississippi Clean
Coal Power Plant (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spring Chinook Forecast Almost Half Less of Last
Year’s Return in Tributaries Above Bonneville Dam (Seattle Times)
Hood Canal Council Faces Scrutiny from Mason
County Commissioners (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Turning Christmas Trees into Salmon Habitat
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon - Snapping Turtles Nearly Eradicated From Beaverton’s
Koll Center Wetlands (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason
County Boil Water Advisory Lifted (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
EPA
Chief Resigns: Declared Carbon Dioxide a Pollutant (Forbes Magazine)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Developers
of Wind Farms Run a Race against the Calendar (NY Times)
Wind
Energy: Boom Sputters as Industry Tax Credit is Set to Expire (Christian Science Monitor)
California
- Panel Approves Biomass Project near Truckee (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Alaska
- Biomass Saves Big Bucks to Heat, Power Rural Schools (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
Ocean
Energy Contenders Race to Market (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon
Taxes Make Ireland Even Greener (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
GigaOM’s
Top Ten Cleantech Posts of 2012 (GigaOM)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Call Center Companies See Potential in Inland Pacific
Northwest (Associated Press)
Our Broadband Coverage Maps Still Stink - Threatening
Funding For Under-Connected States (Broadband Reports)
North Carolina among States Where Telecom
Companies, Legislatures Limit Broadband, Bloomberg Reports (Mountain Express, Ashville,
NC)
Everyone Spent Christmas Day Activating Their Shiny
New Gadgets & Downloading Apps (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Editorial - Norm Dicks: Embodiment of a Better
Congress - To understand what Washington will lose when Norm Dicks leaves
Congress five days from now, you have to meet the man (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA)
Washington State Lt. Governor Owen to Start Peace
Talks in Senate Friday (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Storm Rakes Half of Nation; Arkansas Still Dark (Associated
Press)
Washington Ending Year with Drier Weather (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Three Flu Deaths
Already Reported in Washington State (Associated Press)
New Mason County Commissioner Neatherlin Sworn In
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Public Meetings for
Managing Wilderness Areas in Olympic National Park (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Fines
Insurance Company Aetna $1 Million (Associated Press)
Washington State’s Minimum
Wage Goes Up on New Year’s Day (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Deep in the Woods, Pot Growing Thrives (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
So, You Find Certain Words Annoying? Whatever
Mason Now Top Boy Name in Washington; Sophia Still
Tops for Girls
Wild Dolphins Giving Gifts to Humans is a Real
Thing That Happens
Judge Orders Parents Away from Daughter - To her,
Mom & Dad are stalkers who tracked calls & keystrokes
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Bee Gees – Words
