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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration project opponent to
hold meeting on proposed I-5 corridor route (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds Told to Back Off Pacific Northwest Wind
Dispute (Electric Co-op Today)
Reward for Info about Dead Puget Sound Sea Lions
(Associated Press)
Oregon’s
Snowpack Makes a Dramatic Rebound, Doubling in 16 Days (Oregonian, Portland)
Shelton Prison Officer Surrenders after Chase in
Tacoma - Prompted Lockdown at Washington Corrections Center (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Project Opponent to Hold Meeting on Proposed I-5 Corridor Route
- Feds Told to Back Off Pacific Northwest Wind Dispute
- Op/Ed - Washington View: Power’s Back On Thanks to Hard Work
- Canada - Smart-Meter Opponents Energized: Provincial Health Officer Says BC Hydro Devices Are Not Dangerous
- Protesters Sue Tennessee Valley Authority over Costume Ban at Meetings
- Minnesota Power Makes Deal with Manitoba Hydro – Hydropower to back up wind
- Illinois Nuclear Reactor Shutdown Probed
- Massachusetts - Newburyport City Council Urges Halt to Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant Relicensing
- North Carolina Firm Set to Build Two Nuclear Power Plants
- Reward for Info about Dead Puget Sound Sea Lions
- Editorial - Klamath River Dam Removals Should Go Forth
- Crooked River Irrigation Deal Benefits Farmers & Fish
- Pacific NW Agencies Try to Head Off Bat Fungus
- Oregon’s Snowpack Makes a Dramatic Rebound, Doubling in 16 Days
- Clallam PUD Moves to Change Renewable-Energy Requirements
- Commerce Department, Siding With SolarWorld, Finds ‘Massive’ Surge of Chinese Solar Panel Shipments Ahead of Potential US Tariffs
- Avista Wants a New Source of Electricity from Kootenai Electric Co-Op
- Maine - Clean Energy Coalition Won’t Make Ballot in 2012
- Green Electricity Finds Few Customers in Massachusetts - Wind farms bring higher NStar bills
- Illinois Second in Nation for Adding Wind Turbines
- Editorial - A Misguided Effort to Aid Maryland Wind Projects
- Ocean Motion Could Produce Nine Percent of US Electricity
- Run-of-the-River Hydropower Goes With the Flow
- Germany’s Green Energy Sector: Can It Grow Without Subsidies?
- Save Money with an Energy Audit
- Opinions Differ About New Plant Hardiness Map
- Anti-Diesel Prejudice Eroding Fast in the US
- Five Solar Power Chargers to Energize Your Gadgets
- Facebook’s Oregon Data Center Uses as Much Power as the Entire County It’s In
- Washington State House Committee Approves Gay Marriage Bill
- Idaho State Treasurer under Fire for Improper Travel Accounting
- Indiana Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn after Amended to Include Testing Lawmakers
- Shelton Prison Officer Surrenders after Chase in Tacoma - Prompted Lockdown at Washington Corrections Center
- Grays Harbor County Commissioners Oppose Wild Olympics Proposal
- Fifteen Washington State Counties Are Primary Natural Disaster Areas
- Two Ratings Agencies Lower Washington State Credit Outlook
- Forty Two Washington State Lawmakers Ask Feds to Reclassify Marijuana
- Sequim Legislator Floats Rechargeable-Battery Bill
- More Northern Lights Sky Shows Coming from Solar Storms
WORD OF THE DAY
Gambol • \GAMM-bull\ • Verb - To skip about in play:
frisk, frolic
It never ceased to amaze Tommy about how the simplest pleasures
lightened the hearts of his employees. Things like the arrival of the itinerant
“tamale lady,” whose presence made many of his grizzled minions gambol about
their cubicles like small children. The after lunch torpor was another thing
altogether.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Project Opponent to
Hold Meeting on Proposed I-5 Corridor Route (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds Told to Back Off Pacific Northwest Wind Dispute
(Electric Co-op Today)
Op/Ed - Washington View: Power’s Back On Thanks to
Hard Work (Vancouver Columbian, WA – BTW, hundreds of public power line crews
& employees were in the soup on this also.)
Canada - Smart-Meter Opponents Energized: Provincial
Health Officer Says BC Hydro Devices Are Not Dangerous (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
Protesters Sue Tennessee Valley Authority over
Costume Ban at Meetings – TVA banned such getups after people protesting a nuclear
plant dressed up as zombies (Associated Press)
Minnesota Power Makes Deal with Manitoba Hydro –
Hydropower to back up wind (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
Illinois Nuclear Reactor Shutdown Probed (CBS News)
Massachusetts - Newburyport City Council Urges Halt
to Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant Relicensing (Newburyport Daily News, MA)
North Carolina Firm Set to Build Two Nuclear Power
Plants (Tri-City Herald, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Reward for Info about Dead Puget Sound Sea Lions (Associated
Press)
Editorial - Klamath River Dam Removals Should Go
Forth (SF Chronicle)
Crooked River Irrigation Deal Benefits Farmers &
Fish (Oregon Public Radio – Is it the Crooked River (yes) or a crooked deal?)
Pacific NW Agencies Try to Head Off Bat Fungus (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon’s
Snowpack Makes a Dramatic Rebound, Doubling in 16 Days (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Clallam
PUD Moves to Change Renewable-Energy Requirements (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Commerce
Department, Siding With SolarWorld, Finds ‘Massive’ Surge of Chinese Solar
Panel Shipments Ahead of Potential US Tariffs (Oregonian,
Portland)
Avista
Wants a New Source of Electricity from Kootenai Electric Co-Op (Coeur d’Alene
Press, ID)
Maine
- Clean Energy Coalition Won’t Make Ballot in 2012 (Lewiston Sun Journal, ME)
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/state/2012/01/30/clean-energy-coalition-wont-make-ballot-2012/1147846
Green
Electricity Finds Few Customers in Massachusetts - Wind farms bring higher
NStar bills (Boston Globe, MA)
Illinois
Second in Nation for Adding Wind Turbines (KMOX-TV, St Louis, MO)
Editorial
- A Misguided Effort to Aid Maryland Wind Projects (Washington Post)
Ocean
Motion Could Produce Nine Percent of US Electricity (MSNBC)
Run-of-the-River
Hydropower Goes With the Flow (Renewable Energy World)
Germany’s
Green Energy Sector: Can It Grow Without Subsidies? (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Save
Money with an Energy Audit (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Opinions
Differ About New Plant Hardiness Map (KING-TV, Seattle)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Anti-Diesel
Prejudice Eroding Fast in the US (USA Today)
Five
Solar Power Chargers to Energize Your Gadgets (USA
Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Facebook’s Oregon Data Center Uses as Much Power as
the Entire County It’s In (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State House Committee Approves Gay
Marriage Bill (Associated Press)
Idaho State Treasurer under Fire for Improper
Travel Accounting (Associated Press)
Indiana Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn after
Amended to Include Testing Lawmakers (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Prison Officer Surrenders after Chase in Tacoma
- Prompted Lockdown at Washington Corrections Center (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Grays Harbor County Commissioners Oppose Wild
Olympics Proposal (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Fifteen Washington State Counties Are Primary
Natural Disaster Areas (Associated Press)
Two Ratings Agencies Lower Washington State Credit
Outlook (Associated Press)
Forty Two Washington State Lawmakers Ask Feds to
Reclassify Marijuana (Associated Press)
Sequim Legislator Floats Rechargeable-Battery Bill (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
More Northern Lights Sky Shows Coming from Solar
Storms (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Woman Weds Warehouse amid ‘Gay Marriage’ Furor
Chronicle Takes Viral Marketing to the Sky with
Human Planes
Kansas Bill Would Make Toto Breed - Cairn Terrier -
Official State Dog
Many Younger Super Bowl Fans Can’t Crunch the
Numerals
SONG OF THE DAY
Yolanda
Adams - I Believe I Can Fly
