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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Thurston PUD Delays Decision on Electric Takeover
Study - Meeting: Both Sides Showing Passion (Olympian, WA)
Nearly 77% of PUD 3 Electricity Comes from
Renewable Sources (South Sound Business Examiner)
Governor Gregoire Calls for $3.6 Billion Washington
State Transportation Package (Associated Press)
California
- State Shift of $500 million from Carbon Fee to Deficit Questioned (SF
Chronicle)
On White Salmon River - Erosion Spooks
Northwestern Lake Cabin Owners - Landscape continues to transform two months
after breaching of Condit Dam (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Thurston PUD Delays Decision on Electric Takeover Study - Meeting: Both Sides Showing Passion
- Nearly 77% of PUD 3 Electricity Comes from Renewable Sources
- Hydropower Keeps Idaho Emissions Low - Per Capita Rate of Carbon Dioxide is Second Lowest
- EPA: Power Plants Main Global Warming Culprits
- Oregon - Power Purchase Costs Fuel Springfield Utility Board Rate Hike
- New Snohomish PUD Substation Should Limit Number, Length of Camano Island Outages
- NorthWestern & Bonneville Power Administration Agree to Discuss Ways to Collaborate on Mountain States Transmission Intertie Project
- Idaho - Man Gets Prison Sentence for Stealing Cable from Area Farmers
- Contained leak of slightly radioactive water shuts Indian Point nuclear reactor near NYC
- 14 Feet of Snow Covers Alaska Co-op
- On White Salmon River - Erosion Spooks Northwestern Lake Cabin Owners
- Thinking Outside the Pond: What’s the Best Role for Hatchery Fish?
- Editorial - Endangered Species Act Review Needs All Sides
- Report: Wastewater Preferable to Wasting Water
- Oregon Fuel Cell Maker ClearEdge Power Lands $85 Million Order from Austria’s Gussing
- Central Oregon Landfill Could be Electricity Generator if Company Can Harness Methane Gas
- Local Company Converting Cow Waste into Green Energy
- Proposed Oregon Biomass Plant Reaches Milestone
- Wave Farms Face Financial & Regulatory Obstacles
- Want Clean Energy: Try Your Utility
- Nine Things to Consider In “Going Solar” for Your Home
- CES: Energy-Saving Gadgets, Samsung Appliances Debut
- California - State Shift of $500 million from Carbon Fee to Deficit Questioned
- Statewide Washington Plastic-Bag Ban Proposed
- Biodiesel Users See Benefits in Central Oregon
- Loss of Ethanol Subsidy Boosts E85 Prices Significantly
- Who Knew? Data Center Segment Is Hot, Hot, Hot!
- Governor Gregoire Calls for $3.6 Billion Washington State Transportation Package
- Greg Nickels Considering Run for Washington’s Secretary of State
- City of Grand Coulee Reimburses Mayor for Most Recall Expenses
- California - Mountain View Council Sticks With Action Minutes
- Lowland Snow in the Forecast for Next Week
- Man Gets Five Years in Prison for Allyn Crash That Killed Three
- Belfair Sewer Law Passes after Moratorium Removed
- Judge Dismisses Hanford Whistleblower Lawsuit
- Tumwater to DuPont - Suspected Drunk Driver Hits 100 Mph Going Wrong Way on I-5
- Trend to Charge Extra for Aisle & Window Seats Helps Airlines Boost Bottom Line
WORD OF THE DAY
Encomium • \en-KOE-mee-um\ • Noun - Glowing and warmly
enthusiastic praise; also: an expression of this
Abner’s “aw shucks” manner only generated more
endearment from the crowd which had showered him with their encomium for saving
the town from the “Batfaced Boy Bandit.” “Too bad the ‘Weekly World News’ went
out of print,” he mused. “This would have been page one pulp fodder.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Thurston PUD Delays Decision on Electric Takeover
Study - Meeting: Both Sides Showing Passion (Olympian, WA)
Nearly 77% of PUD 3 Electricity Comes from Renewable
Sources (South Sound Business Examiner)
Hydropower Keeps Idaho Emissions Low - Per Capita
Rate of Carbon Dioxide is Second Lowest (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
EPA: Power Plants Main Global Warming Culprits (Associated
Press – Except in Washington State, where it is transportation)
Oregon - Power Purchase Costs Fuel Springfield
Utility Board Rate Hike: The BPA & corroding water pipes force SUB to
increase its electric & water budgets (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
New Snohomish PUD substation should limit number,
length of Camano Island outages
NorthWestern & Bonneville Power Administration Agree
to Discuss Ways to Collaborate on Mountain States Transmission Intertie Project
(Bonneville Power Administration)
Idaho - Man Gets Prison Sentence for Stealing Cable
from Area Farmers (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Contained leak of slightly radioactive water shuts
Indian Point nuclear reactor near NYC (Associated Press)
14 Feet of Snow Covers Alaska Co-op (Electric Co-op
Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
On White Salmon River - Erosion Spooks
Northwestern Lake Cabin Owners - Landscape continues to transform two months
after breaching of Condit Dam (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Thinking Outside the Pond: What’s the Best Role for
Hatchery Fish? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Editorial - Endangered Species Act Review Needs
All Sides (Tri-City Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Report:
Wastewater Preferable to Wasting Water (USA Today)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Fuel Cell Maker ClearEdge Power Lands $85 Million Order from Austria’s Gussing (Washington Post)
Central
Oregon Landfill Could be Electricity Generator if Company Can Harness Methane
Gas (Associated Press)
Local
Company Converting Cow Waste into Green Energy (Northwest Cable News)
Proposed
Oregon Biomass Plant Reaches Milestone (Biomass Power & Thermal)
Wave
Farms Face Financial & Regulatory Obstacles (SmartMeters)
Want
Clean Energy: Try Your Utility (Business Insider)
Nine
Things to Consider In “Going Solar” for Your Home (MarketWatch)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
CES: Energy-Saving Gadgets, Samsung Appliances
Debut (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
- State Shift of $500 million from Carbon Fee to Deficit Questioned (SF
Chronicle)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Statewide
Washington Plastic-Bag Ban Proposed (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Biodiesel
Users See Benefits in Central Oregon (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Loss
of Ethanol Subsidy Boosts E85 Prices Significantly (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Who Knew? Data Center Segment Is Hot, Hot, Hot! (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Governor Gregoire Calls for $3.6 Billion Washington
State Transportation Package (Associated Press)
Greg Nickels Considering Run for Washington’s Secretary
of State (Seattle Times)
City of Grand Coulee Reimburses Mayor for Most
Recall Expenses (Wenatchee World, WA)
California - Mountain View Council Sticks With Action
Minutes (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Lowland Snow in the Forecast for Next Week (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Man Gets Five Years in Prison for Allyn Crash That
Killed Three (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Belfair Sewer Law Passes after Moratorium Removed (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Judge Dismisses Hanford Whistleblower Lawsuit (Associated
Press)
Tumwater to DuPont - Suspected Drunk Driver Hits
100 Mph Going Wrong Way on I-5 (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Trend to Charge Extra for Aisle & Window Seats
Helps Airlines Boost Bottom Line (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
Handcuffed Man Takes Police Car, Radios for Help to
Find Handcuffs Key
Twinkies Maker Hostess Files for Bankruptcy
Protection
Roman Helmet Mistaken for Bucket Unveiled
National Geographic’s Photo of the Year Winners
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Last Goodnight - Pictures of You
