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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Shrinking
Glaciers on Mount Adams Signal Growing Water Problem (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Asks Feds to
Reconsider Dispute Pitting Wind Farms against Dams (Oregonian, Portland)
Pacific Power Rate Increase Too High, Washington
State Says (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Oregon
Wind Farm a First under New Eagle Kill Rules (Associated Press)
SCOTUS
- Justices Criticize EPA’s Dealings with Idaho Homeowners (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Asks Feds to Reconsider Dispute Pitting Wind Farms against Dams
- Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Clarification & Rehearing on FERC Order on Environmental Redispatch
- Op/Ed – Bonneville Power Administration Practices: Federal Action Enforces Fairness in Electricity System
- Pacific Power Rate Increase Too High, Washington State Says
- Public Gets Say on Grand Coulee Dam Rehab’s Impact to Local Schools
- Grays Harbor - Willis Will Run, PUD Commissioner Casey Will Not
- Precision Castparts Sues Portland General Electric for Alleged Losses Due to Power Outage in May
- Columbia River PUD gives $20,000
- Alaska Energy Authority Moves a Step Forward on Susitna Dam
- Oklahoma - Woman Can’t Pay Bill, Says Will Die without Power
- Canada - A Decade after Deregulation, Alberta’s Electricity Prices are Soaring
- Editorial - Meters are Smart, Not Scary, Florida Power & Light Says
- Oregon’s Worst Invasive Species Include Mussels, Hawkweed & Feral Pigs
- Selective Salmon Fisheries Have Proved to be a Big Hit
- Canadian Salmon Probe Nets Supplier - ‘Sustainable’ Seafood Firm Caught Up in Native Fishery Investigation
- Dog Trained as Ultimate Whale Pooper Snooper
- Disease Decimating Plains Deer
- Shrinking Glaciers on Mount Adams Signal Growing Water Problem
- Army Corps Receives Funding to Raise Toutle Dam by Ten Feet
- Oregon Wind Farm a First under New Eagle Kill Rules
- Renewable Energy Projects in California Go Unused
- California - Ocean Waves Power a Prototype Generator at Newport Beach
- Biomass & Electricity, Part One
- Main Governor: Renewable Energy Mandate Pads Pockets of Special Interests
- Groups Lock Horns over Missouri’s Green Energy Future
- Did Renewables Overtake Nuclear Power In 2011? Sort Of “…The vast bulk of “renewable” power in the United States still comes from large-scale hydropower…”
- United Kingdom - Wind Farms Earn £1 Million ($1.5 M US) to Shut Down Over Christmas & New Year Gales
- Olympia Federal Savings Belfair Branch Earns LEED Gold Certification
- Kennewick Buying Street Lights, Touting Money Savings
- Wild Weather Hits Latin America
- Next Ice Age not Likely Before 1,500 Years: Study
- Op/Ed - Ineffective Eco-Fads & Unproductive New Taxes Put Carbon Reductions at Risk
- America’s Sad Love Affair with the Electric Car
- Monroe Will Get Charging Station for Electric Cars
- Oregon Test Plant Tries Turning Wood into Ethanol
- Seattle - Nickels, McGinn Have Different Green Visions for City
- British Columbia - Vancouver Tax Hike Drives Home Message That Cars Have No Place Downtown
- Don’t Run Your own Data Center if You’re a Public Infrastructure-As-A-Service Provider
- In Olympia, Volatile Mix of Budget, Social Issues
- Gonzalez Joining Washington State Supreme Court
- New Entry in Running for Washington State Lieutenant Governor
- SCOTUS - Justices Criticize EPA’s Dealings with Idaho Homeowners
- Mason Commissioners to Vote on Belfair Sewer Ordinance
- Alaska Town Tries to Dig Out after Three Weeks of Relentless Snow
- Higher Fees to Play Sports Leaves Kids on Sidelines
- He’s Given His Weight in Blood
WORD OF THE DAY
Tome • \TOME\ • Noun - 1: a volume forming part of a larger work 2:
book; especially: a large or scholarly book
Trying to impress is country brethren about the vast population of his
big city, the speaker droned on about his family’s telephone book, a weighty
tome his parents used as a booster seat. Unfortunately, the story lost a great
deal in its translation, as residents of the sleepy little plains town had not
seen a phone book any bigger than a temperance tract. “Don’t see how you can
reach the table with something that thin,” drawled the local telephone operator
to her seat-mate.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Asks Feds to
Reconsider Dispute Pitting Wind Farms against Dams (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Clarification
& Rehearing on FERC Order on Environmental Redispatch (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Op/Ed – Bonneville Power Administration Practices: Federal
Action Enforces Fairness in Electricity System (Oregonian, Portland)
Pacific Power Rate Increase Too High, Washington State
Says (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Public Gets Say on Grand Coulee Dam Rehab’s Impact to
Local Schools (Wenatchee World, WA)
Grays Harbor - Willis Will Run, PUD Commissioner Casey
Will Not (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Precision Castparts Sues Portland General Electric for
Alleged Losses Due to Power Outage in May (Oregonian, Portland)
Columbia River PUD gives $20,000 (Coast River
Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
Alaska Energy Authority Moves a Step Forward on Susitna
Dam (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Oklahoma - Woman Can’t Pay Bill, Says Will Die without
Power (KFOR-TV, Oklahoma City, OK)
Canada - A Decade after Deregulation, Alberta’s Electricity
Prices are Soaring (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
Editorial - Meters are Smart, Not Scary, Florida Power
& Light Says (Fort Meyers News Press, FL)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon’s Worst Invasive Species Include Mussels,
Hawkweed & Feral Pigs (Oregonian, Portland)
Selective Salmon Fisheries Have Proved to be a
Big Hit (Seattle Times)
Canadian Salmon Probe Nets Supplier - ‘Sustainable’
Seafood Firm Caught Up in Native Fishery Investigation (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
Dog Trained as Ultimate Whale Pooper Snooper (National
Public Radio)
Disease Decimating Plains Deer (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shrinking
Glaciers on Mount Adams Signal Growing Water Problem (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Army
Corps Receives Funding to Raise Toutle Dam by Ten Feet (Longview Daily News,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Wind Farm a First under New Eagle Kill Rules (Associated Press)
Renewable
Energy Projects in California Go Unused (Los Angeles Times, CA)
California
- Ocean Waves Power a Prototype Generator at Newport Beach (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Biomass
& Electricity, Part One (NY Times)
Main
Governor: Renewable Energy Mandate Pads Pockets of Special Interests (Associated
Press)
Groups
Lock Horns over Missouri’s Green Energy Future (St Louis Dispatch, MO)
Did
Renewables Overtake Nuclear Power In 2011? Sort Of “…The vast bulk of “renewable”
power in the United States still comes from large-scale hydropower…” (Washington Post)
United
Kingdom - Wind Farms Earn £1 Million ($1.5 M US) to Shut Down Over Christmas &
New Year Gales (The Telegraph, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Olympia Federal Savings Belfair Branch Earns LEED
Gold Certification (South Sound Business Examiner)
Kennewick Buying Street Lights, Touting Money
Savings (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Kennewick-buying-street-lights-touting-money-savings-136809998.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Wild
Weather Hits Latin America (Associated Press)
Next
Ice Age not Likely Before 1,500 Years: Study (Reuters)
Op/Ed
- Ineffective Eco-Fads & Unproductive New Taxes Put Carbon Reductions at
Risk (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
America’s
Sad Love Affair with the Electric Car (Motley Fool)
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/01/06/americas-sad-love-affair-with-the-electric-car.aspx
Monroe
Will Get Charging Station for Electric Cars (Everett Herald, WA)
Oregon
Test Plant Tries Turning Wood into Ethanol (Seattle Times)
Seattle
- Nickels, McGinn Have Different Green Visions for City (Seattle Times)
British
Columbia - Vancouver Tax Hike Drives Home Message That Cars Have No Place
Downtown (Globe & Mail, Canada)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Don’t Run Your own Data Center if You’re a Public Infrastructure-As-A-Service
Provider (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
In Olympia, Volatile Mix of Budget, Social Issues (Seattle
Times)
Gonzalez Joining Washington State Supreme Court (Associated
Press)
New Entry in Running for Washington State
Lieutenant Governor (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
SCOTUS
- Justices Criticize EPA’s Dealings with Idaho Homeowners (Associated Press)
Mason Commissioners to Vote on Belfair Sewer
Ordinance (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Alaska Town Tries to Dig Out after Three Weeks of
Relentless Snow (Christian Science Monitor)
Higher Fees to Play Sports Leaves Kids on Sidelines
(Seattle Times)
He’s Given His Weight in Blood (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
DIVERSIONS
‘Idiot’ Thieves Dump Rare Coin Collection into Coinstar
Machine, Get Only $450
With All Eyes on Their Ears, Lobe Stretchers Snip
‘No Pants’ Light Rail Ride: Seattle Goes Pantless for
a Day
Actress Who Sued Amazon over Age IDs Herself –
Still Somewhat Unknown
SONG OF THE DAY
Bruce
Springsteen - Blinded By the Light
Manfred
Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By the Light
