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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Storm Fallout Keeps Tree Service Hopping, Burns
Other Businesses (Olympian, WA)
Yucca: Panel Says Search Must Begin to Replace
Nevada Nuke Site (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Renewables
from Vestas to Suntech Plan Profit without Subsidy (Bloomberg Businesweek)
Obama
Wants a “Clean Energy Standard.” What Does That Mean? (Washington Post)
Lewis County’s High Speed Internet Project Coming
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Yucca: Panel Says Search Must Begin to Replace Nevada Nuke Site
- How to Find a New Nuclear Waste Site? Woo a Town
- Payment Settles Emerald Public Utility District Dam Deal
- Clatsop County Gets Earful on Utility Switch
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for January 24, 2012
- Oregon - Coal in Clatskanie: Commissioners Approve Two Port Westward Export Proposals
- Minnesota Power Hydroelectricity Purchase from Canada Approved
- FirstEnergy Closing Six Coal-Fired Power Plants in Pennsylvania, Ohio & Maryland
- Japan’s ‘Nuclear Alley’ Conflicted over Reactors
- Solar storm buffets Earth: How protected is the US power grid?
- Power Supplier Fired Jehovah’s Witness for Wanting One Day Off to Attend Religious Convention
- Renewables from Vestas to Suntech Plan Profit without Subsidy
- California’s Lead in Solar is Slowly Eroding
- For US Wind Industry, a Storm Before the Calm
- Storing Wind Power in Volcanic Rock
- Alaska - Southeast Energy Challenges Lead to Interest in Biomass
- Maine - Governor Says Renewable Energy Bill Would Kill Jobs
- Obama Wants a “Clean Energy Standard.” What Does That Mean?
- Germany Eyes Cutting Solar Incentives Faster
- How Does Solar Energy Work? How Solar Power Works
- Easy Ways to Reduce Your Energy Bills
- How to Lower Workplace Energy Costs
- Car Makers Support California’s New ‘Clean Car’ Regs
- This Little Piggy Made Energy - With Methane
- Lewis County’s High Speed Internet Project Coming
- Wash. Lawmakers Consider Race-Based Voting Rules
- ‘Barefoot Bandit’ to be Sentenced in Federal Court
- Storm Fallout Keeps Tree Service Hopping, Burns Other Businesses
- A Look Behind Those Washington State Jobless Numbers
- Washington State Teams with Facebook to Target Social Network’s Clicking Spam
WORD OF THE DAY
Crocodile Tears • \CROCK-uh-dile - TEERS\ • Noun -
False or affected tears; also: hypocritical sorrow
“So sorry that you have to be my lunch,” said the
sorrowful Ganges River crocodeilos to his captured prey. His crocodile tears
were not lost on the victim. “I just hope in my next life I come back as a
Louisiana Bayou hunter.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Yucca: Panel Says Search Must Begin to Replace
Nevada Nuke Site (Tri-City Herald, WA)
How to Find a New Nuclear Waste Site? Woo a Town (National
Public Radio)
Payment Settles Emerald Public Utility District Dam
Deal - The utility sued a former partner in court before it was paid for a Fall
Creek project (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Clatsop County Gets Earful on Utility Switch (The
Daily Astorian, OR)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for January
24, 2012 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Oregon - Coal in Clatskanie: Commissioners Approve
Two Port Westward Export Proposals (Longview Daily News, WA)
Minnesota Power Hydroelectricity Purchase from
Canada Approved - Agreement with Manitoba Hydro will bring cost-competitive,
clean energy to customers & strengthen grid reliability (Yahoo! Finance)
FirstEnergy Closing Six Coal-Fired Power Plants in
Pennsylvania, Ohio & Maryland (Associated Press)
Japan’s ‘Nuclear Alley’ Conflicted over Reactors (Associated
Press)
Solar storm buffets Earth: How protected is the US
power grid? (Christian Science Monitor)
Power Supplier Fired Jehovah’s Witness for Wanting
One Day Off to Attend Religious Convention (JobMouse)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewables
from Vestas to Suntech Plan Profit without Subsidy (Bloomberg Businesweek)
California’s
Lead in Solar is Slowly Eroding (NY Times)
For
US Wind Industry, a Storm Before the Calm (Midwest Energy News)
Storing
Wind Power in Volcanic Rock (Electric Co-op Today)
Alaska
- Southeast Energy Challenges Lead to Interest in Biomass (Juneau Empire, AK)
Maine
- Governor Says Renewable Energy Bill Would Kill Jobs (The Morning Sentinel,
Waterville, ME)
Obama
Wants a “Clean Energy Standard.” What Does That Mean? (Washington Post)
Germany
Eyes Cutting Solar Incentives Faster (Reuters)
How
Does Solar Energy Work? How Solar Power Works (Green Building Elements)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Easy
Ways to Reduce Your Energy Bills (Everett Herald, WA)
How to Lower Workplace Energy Costs (The Business
Journals)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Car
Makers Support California’s New ‘Clean Car’ Regs (Associated Press)
This
Little Piggy Made Energy - With Methane (Huffington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lewis County’s High Speed Internet Project Coming
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Wash. Lawmakers Consider Race-Based Voting Rules (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
‘Barefoot Bandit’ to be Sentenced in Federal Court
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Storm Fallout Keeps Tree Service Hopping, Burns
Other Businesses (Olympian, WA)
A Look Behind Those Washington State Jobless
Numbers (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Washington State Teams with Facebook to Target
Social Network’s Clicking Spam (Olympian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Babette’s errant email cripples German parliament
Woman Set to Marry Building Undeterred by
Demolition Work
Woman Repeatedly Rams Boyfriend’s Car with Mercedes
The Beaver Brigade - Northwest Trek Gets a Little,
Furry Help in Cleaning Up Storm Damage
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues
