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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
State Declared Federal Disaster Area from January
Storms “…counties eligible are Clallam, Grays Harbor, King, Klickitat, Lewis,
Mason, Pierce, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, & Wahkiakum…” (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Gov. Chris Gregoire Approves Whistling Ridge Wind
Farm outside Columbia River Gorge in Washington, But Project on Hold
(Oregonian, Portland)
US Senator Wyden: Prineville to Get Power for Data
Centers (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
With Condit Dam Gone, New Growth Threatens White
Salmon River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Johns Prairie Operations Center Open for Business
April 2 (Mason Web TV)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Johns Prairie Operations Center Open for Business April 2
- Open for Business April 2, 2012 - PUD 3’s Johns Prairie Operations Center: Cost Effective – Coordinated – Future Focused
- Montana - Loss of $1.4 Million Deposit Puts Great Falls Electric City Power Deeper in the Hole
- Montana Electric Co-Ops Replace Two of Southern’s Trustees for Annual Meeting
- Too Late for These Trees in Bonneville Power Administration Right of Way
- Students Today, Lineworkers Tomorrow
- Smart Meters Can’t Trip Up Wi-Fi
- Ghana - ‘Cable Thief’ Electrocuted
- With Condit Dam Gone, New Growth Threatens White Salmon River
- Editorial – Elwha River Fish Debate Needs Time
- Examining the Financial Impacts of Endangered Species Act Lawsuits & Settlements
- Alien Plant Forms Invading Antarctica
- Northeast Oregon - Snowpack Surprise?
- Editorial – River Temperatures: A Matter of Degree
- Gov. Chris Gregoire Approves Whistling Ridge Wind Farm outside Columbia River Gorge in Washington, But Project on Hold
- Columbia Gorge Wind Farm Opponents May Go to Court
- California – Editorial: Give Hydro Power the Renewable Label
- Renewable Electricity Standards Have No Statistically Significant Impact on Rates – Yet
- After Filing Delay, Hoku Materials Reports Big Losses
- Beacon Power Sale to Private-Equity Firm Approved; US Loans to be Repaid
- Concerns over Cost of Energy Efficiency
- Regulators Approve Duke Energy LED Pilot Program
- Environmentalists Push Climate Change Suits on Behalf of Kids
- More Americans Now Believe in Global Warming
- Boulder’s Plug-In Hybrid Test Project Expands
- US Senator Wyden: Prineville to Get Power for Data Centers
- Verizon Launches Faster-Than-Wired Wireless Broadband for Homes
- Summary Box: Verizon Wireless Broadband for Homes
- Our National Broadband Map Remains Largely Useless
- United Kingdom Broadband Map About as Awful as US Version
- The World’s Worst ******* Password
- Special Washington State Legislative Session if No Budget Deal is Reached by Thursday
- Congress: Dicks’ Retirement Causes Stir in Ohio
- Can Social Media Predict Election Outcomes?
- State Declared Federal Disaster Area from January Storms
- Shelton Wal-Mart - Good Samaritan Knocked Out Trying to Stop Shoplifters
- American Indian Tribes’ Casinos See Turnaround
- Warm Winter May Bring Pest-Filled Spring
- After Ratings Drop, Ford Reworks Microsoft Touch Screens
- Cellphone Ban Cuts Traffic Deaths in California
WORD OF THE DAY
Putsch • \POOTCH - sounds like “butch”\ • noun - A
secretly plotted & suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government.
Hitler’s 1923 “Beer Hall Putsch” in Germany is
probably one of the more famous revolts, which ended in his arrest and
conviction…and gave him the free time in prison to write “Men Kampf.” The rest,
as one would say, is history.
Beer Hall Putsch, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Johns
Prairie Operations Center Open for Business April 2 (Mason Web TV)
Open
for Business April 2, 2012 - PUD 3’s Johns Prairie Operations Center: Cost
Effective – Coordinated – Future Focused (Mason County PUD No. 3
Montana
- Loss of $1.4 Million Deposit Puts Great Falls Electric City Power Deeper in
the Hole (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Montana
Electric Co-Ops Replace Two of Southern’s Trustees for Annual Meeting (Billings
Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/co-ops-replace-of-southern-s-trustees-for-annual-meeting/article_0d5c8579-d23e-5530-a2c1-ac286cff748a.html
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/co-ops-replace-of-southern-s-trustees-for-annual-meeting/article_0d5c8579-d23e-5530-a2c1-ac286cff748a.html
Too
Late for These Trees in Bonneville Power Administration Right of Way (Keizer
Times, OR)
Students
Today, Lineworkers Tomorrow (Electric Co-op Today)
Smart
Meters Can’t Trip Up Wi-Fi (SF Chronicle)
Ghana
- ‘Cable Thief’ Electrocuted (Ghana Daily Graphic)
FISH & WILDLIFE
With Condit Dam Gone, New Growth Threatens White
Salmon River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Editorial – Elwha River Fish Debate Needs Time (Olympian,
WA)
Examining the Financial Impacts of Endangered
Species Act Lawsuits & Settlements (US House of Representatives, Natural
Resources Committee)
Alien Plant Forms Invading Antarctica (Christian Science Monitor)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Northeast
Oregon - Snowpack Surprise? (Baker City Herald, OR)
Editorial
– River Temperatures: A Matter of Degree (Oregonian,
Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Gov.
Chris Gregoire Approves Whistling Ridge Wind Farm outside Columbia River Gorge
in Washington, But Project on Hold (Oregonian,
Portland)
Columbia
Gorge Wind Farm Opponents May Go to Court (Associated Press)
California
– Editorial: Give Hydro Power the Renewable Label (Modesto Bee, CA)
Renewable
Electricity Standards Have No Statistically Significant Impact on Rates - Yet (Renewable
Energy World)
After
Filing Delay, Hoku Materials Reports Big Losses (Pacific Business News, HI)
Beacon
Power Sale to Private-Equity Firm Approved; US Loans to be Repaid (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Concerns over Cost of Energy Efficiency (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Regulators Approve Duke Energy LED Pilot Program (Charlotte
Business Journal, NC)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/2012/03/regulators-approve-duke-energy-led.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/2012/03/regulators-approve-duke-energy-led.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Environmentalists
Push Climate Change Suits on Behalf of Kids (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
More
Americans Now Believe in Global Warming (Bellingham Herald, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Boulder’s
Plug-In Hybrid Test Project Expands (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_20090261
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_20090261
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
US Senator Wyden: Prineville to Get Power for Data
Centers (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
Verizon Launches Faster-Than-Wired Wireless
Broadband for Homes; Starts at $60a Month (Washington Post)
Summary Box: Verizon Wireless Broadband for Homes (Associated
Press)
Our National Broadband Map Remains Largely Useless
- More Data Collected, But the Data’s Still Wrong (Broadband Reports)
United Kingdom Broadband Map About as Awful as US
Version (Broadband Reports)
The World’s Worst ******* Password (San Francisco
Business Times, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Special Washington State Legislative Session if No
Budget Deal is Reached by Thursday (Seattle Times)
Congress: Dicks’ Retirement Causes Stir in Ohio (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Can Social Media Predict Election Outcomes? (USA
Today)
GENERAL NEWS
State Declared Federal Disaster Area from January
Storms “…counties eligible are Clallam, Grays Harbor, King, Klickitat, Lewis,
Mason, Pierce, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, & Wahkiakum…” (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Shelton Wal-Mart - Good Samaritan Knocked Out
Trying to Stop Shoplifters (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
American Indian Tribes’ Casinos See Turnaround (Associated
Press)
Warm Winter May Bring Pest-Filled Spring (Associated
Press)
After Ratings Drop, Ford Reworks Microsoft Touch
Screens (NY Times)
Cellphone Ban Cuts Traffic Deaths in California (Seattle
Times)
DIVERSIONS
If Microsoft Made Cars (Jokes Unlimited)
Oops! Miss Seattle Gets Caught Dissing the City
Detroit-Area Woman Stalked by Aggressive Turkey
Rescued shelter dog now a top New York canine crime
fighter
SONG OF THE DAY
Mason
Williams - Classical Gas
Glen
Campbell - Classical Gas
Chet
Atkins - Classical Gas
