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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snow Falls in Parts of Washington State (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Strong
Returns of Columbia River Chinook Salmon, Coastal Coho Projected (Access
Washington)
California
– Pacific Gas & Electric Expects Gas-Safety Program to Cost $5 Billion (SF
Chronicle)
Poll:
US Belief in Warming Rises with Thermometer (Associated Press)
Senate Democrats Offer Washington State Budget
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California – Pacific Gas & Electric Expects Gas-Safety Program to Cost $5 Billion
- Claudia Andrews Named Bonneville Power Administration’s Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Interview: Viewpoints from the Board Room: Snohomish County PUD
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for February 28, 2012
- Rock Quarry - Poor Training Blamed for Oakesdale Electrocution
- Reduced Electricity Spending Offsets Rise in Gas Prices
- Ohio Nuclear Energy Plant Owner: Weather Caused Cracks
- Texting Prank Alarms Customers, Worries Ozark Electric Company
- Roadshow: Copper Thefts Leave Bay Area Motorists in the Dark
- North Carolina - Two Accused of Stealing Utility Truck
- Pennsylvania - Adams Electric Cooperative Choppers ‘Take to the Sky’
- Haiti Seeks To Rebuild, Or Just Build, Power Grid
- Strong Returns of Columbia River Chinook Salmon, Coastal Coho Projected
- Plan to Stock Elwha River with Non-Native Hatchery Fish Put Off
- Spotted Owl Recovery Plan Calls for Killing Barred Owls, Designating Habitat, Increasing Logging
- Army Corps of Engineers to Close Several Locks on Columbia, Snake Rivers March 20
- Judge Says Oregon’s River Temperature Standards Need More Scrutiny
- Stat of the Day: Power Plant Siting Problems? What Problems?
- Idaho Utility Wind Contract Approved by Regulators
- Clean Energy: Another Solar Firm Lays Off Workers
- Surprise: Chinese Suppliers Dominate Solar PV Module Rankings
- Green Energy Puts Green in Homeowner Wallets
- Projects to Add Wind Power for City Gain Momentum
- Poll: US Belief in Warming Rises with Thermometer
- Op/Ed - Canada’s Carbon Lesson: Just Put a Price on It
- Portland ‘Sustainability Center’ Hits a Wall at the Oregon Legislature
- Taco Time Northwest goes green & local to mark 50th anniversary
- Woman Arrested for Burning Down 3,500-Year-Old Tree
- The First Google Maps War
- Interpol Says Suspected Anonymous Hackers Arrested
- Senate Democrats Offer Washington State Budget
- Legislator Slips $3 Million Gift to Seattle Schools into House Budget
- Law Lets Credit Unions Accept Larger Government Deposits
- Snow Falls in Parts of Washington State
- Belfair Valley Residents Worry about Noise, Pollution at Proposed Kitsap County Track
- Timberland Library Director on Administrative Leave
- National park staffing would be cut under Obama budget
- JP Morgan Chase - No Profits from Clients with Less than $100,000 in Their Accounts
- Washington State Family Admits To Decades of Disability Fraud
- Thieves Swipe Miss Washington’s Crown, Sash, Car
- Leap Year: What Are You Doing With Your Extra Day?
WORD OF THE DAY
Viva Voce • \vie-fuh – VOE-see\ • Adverb - By word of mouth: orally
“This can’t be written, recorded or provided in any a form other than
viva voce,” the wizened blacksmith whispered hoarsely to his fresh-faced
apprentice. “Never, under any circumstances, should you give service to the
four horsemen of the apocalypse. Once they leave the barn, you won’t have the
time to enjoy your ill-gotten gains,” he rasped, “You’ll most likely be dead by
morning.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California
– Pacific Gas & Electric Expects Gas-Safety Program to Cost $5 Billion (SF
Chronicle)
Claudia Andrews Named Bonneville Power
Administration’s Chief Financial Officer (Bonneville Power Administration)
Executive Interview: Viewpoints from the Board
Room: Snohomish County PUD (Penn Energy)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for February
28, 2012 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Rock Quarry - Poor Training Blamed for Oakesdale
Electrocution (Associated Press)
Reduced Electricity Spending Offsets Rise in Gas
Prices (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Ohio Nuclear Energy Plant Owner: Weather Caused
Cracks (Associated Press)
Texting Prank Alarms Customers, Worries Ozark Electric
Company (The News-Leader, Springfield, MO)
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20120229/NEWS01/302290016/White-River-Valley-Electric-Cooperative-was-impersonated
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20120229/NEWS01/302290016/White-River-Valley-Electric-Cooperative-was-impersonated
Roadshow: Copper Thefts Leave Bay Area Motorists in
the Dark (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
North Carolina - Two Accused of Stealing Utility
Truck (Jacksonville Daily News, NC)
Pennsylvania - Adams Electric Cooperative Choppers ‘Take
to the Sky’ (Shippensburg News-Chronicle, PA)
Haiti Seeks To Rebuild, Or Just Build, Power Grid
(Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Strong
Returns of Columbia River Chinook Salmon, Coastal Coho Projected (Access
Washington)
Plan to Stock Elwha River with Non-Native
Hatchery Fish Put Off (Seattle Times)
Spotted
Owl Recovery Plan Calls for Killing Barred Owls, Designating Habitat,
Increasing Logging (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Army Corps of Engineers to Close Several Locks on
Columbia, Snake Rivers March 20 (Longview Daily News, WA)
Judge
Says Oregon’s River Temperature Standards Need More Scrutiny (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Stat
of the Day: Power Plant Siting Problems? What Problems? - New tool estimates there
is enough land & water to accommodate 958 gigawatts of clean energy
(GreenTech Media)
Idaho
Utility Wind Contract Approved by Regulators (Renew Grid)
Clean
Energy: Another Solar Firm Lays Off Workers (Christian
Science Monitor)
Surprise:
Chinese Suppliers Dominate Solar PV Module Rankings (Renewable Energy World)
Green
Energy Puts Green in Homeowner Wallets (Reuters)
Projects
to Add Wind Power for City Gain Momentum (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Poll:
US Belief in Warming Rises with Thermometer (Associated Press)
Op/Ed
- Canada’s Carbon Lesson: Just Put a Price on It (Los Angeles Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Portland
‘Sustainability Center’ Hits a Wall at the Oregon Legislature (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Taco
Time Northwest goes green & local to mark 50th anniversary (Puget Sound
Business Journal, Seattle, WA)
Woman
Arrested for Burning Down 3,500-Year-Old Tree (Grist
Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The First Google Maps War (NY Times)
Interpol Says Suspected Anonymous Hackers Arrested (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Senate Democrats Offer Washington State Budget (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Legislator
Slips $3 Million Gift to Seattle Schools into House Budget (Seattle Times)
Law Lets Credit Unions Accept Larger Government
Deposits (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Snow Falls in Parts of Washington State (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Belfair Valley Residents Worry about Noise,
Pollution at Proposed Kitsap County Track (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Timberland Library Director on Administrative Leave
(Olympian, WA)
National park staffing would be cut under Obama
budget (USA Today)
JP Morgan Chase - No Profits from Clients with Less
than $100,000 in Their Accounts – Here’s a buzzword bingo winning statement: “...”I’m
trying to give you a proxy for what the banking industry has to look forward to
if you don’t take into account business bank clients & getting more of the
affluent wealth wallet…” (Bloomberg)
Washington State Family Admits To Decades of
Disability Fraud (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Wash-family-admits-to-decades-of-disability-fraud-140786303.html
Thieves
Swipe Miss Washington’s Crown, Sash, Car (Associated Press)
Leap Year: What Are You Doing With Your Extra Day? (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
DIVERSIONS
Expensive 200-Year-Old Book Found at Centralia
College Nearly Donated
Fort Worth Marathon Winner Disqualified Because He
Didn’t Register for Race
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/28/marathon-winner-disqualified-because-he-didnt-register-for-race/
No One Knows Where “Dude” Came From
Goats apparently have accents, report goat experts
SONG OF THE DAY
David
Bowie - All the Young Dudes
