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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Banner Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing Projected
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Evaluation
- Governor Gregoire Signs Bills Expanding Eligibility for Washington State’s
Renewable Portfolio Standard (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Belfair
Water District Commissioners Place Manager on Paid Leave (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Mason
PUD 1 & Skokomish Tribe - Wastewater Treatment Plants (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Area Lawmakers Ask State Regulators to Deny Pacific
Power & Light Rate Hike Request (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Area Lawmakers Ask State Regulators to Deny Pacific Power & Light Rate Hike Request
- Idaho Power Requests Average $3.56 Monthly Hike
- Montana - Lincoln Electric Announces Sizable Rate Increase: Higher BPA wholesale power rates to blame, co-op says
- Grant County EDC’s Terry Brewer Announces Retirement - Readies for Re-Election to Grant County PUD
- Cle Elum Businessman Enters Kittitas PUD Race
- Tacoma Power Substation among ‘Excellent 10’
- Bankruptcy Judge Denies State Agency Bid to Join Southern Montana Electric Case
- Op/Ed - Hydroelectric & Energy Efficiency Needed Now in Interior Alaska
- Japan’s Nuclear Energy Industry Nears Shutdown, At Least for Now
- Ohio: Gas-Drilling Injection Well Led to Quakes
- A Backhand Slap from End of Solar Storm
- Why Are There So Many Solar Flares These Days?
- Iowa - Voltage Problem for Dairy Cows Results in Lawsuits, Senate Bill
- Banner Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing Projected
- Montana Steps Back from Lake Trout Work
- Belfair Water District Commissioners Place Manager on Paid Leave
- New Belfair Water District Manager Addresses Public
- Mason PUD 1 & Skokomish Tribe - Wastewater Treatment Plants
- City of Bucoda Wants Back Into Flood Control Group
- Bend Votes to Delay Parts of $70 Million Water Project
- Evaluation - Governor Gregoire Signs Bills Expanding Eligibility for Washington State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard
- SoloPower Moves Fast to Fend Off Loan Guarantee ‘Curse’
- New Bill Could Remove NEPA Compliance from Some Small Hydro Projects
- Hello, Sunshine: Palo Alto Utility to Pay Locals for Solar Energy
- Milwaukee Solar Firm Blames China for Job Cuts
- United Kingdom - The Impenetrable Language of Wind Farm Fans
- Electric Power Research Institute Applauds Two Bonneville Power Administration Tech Innovation Projects
- In Life-Cycle Energy Use, Do LEDs Keep Their Edge?
- Best Light Bulb Ever Will Cost You $50
- Pacific Nation May Buy Fiji Land as Climate Refuge
- Thousands Give Up Carbon for Lent
- Oregon Sustainability Center Team to Look for Private Backers
- Tillamook Green Energy Company Tells Mayor Sam Adams Biogas Proposal is ‘Unsustainable’
- Another Company out Of the Running for Obama’s ‘Green Car’ Program
- New York Company Growing Mushrooms as Packing Material
- Verizon to Close Bellevue Call Center
- Missouri Approves Google’s Request to Set Up Video Services in Kansas City
- Gregoire Calls for Special Session of Washington State Legislature
- 6th District Congressional Candidate Nets 35 Endorsements from Notables
- Ohio Congressman Kucinich Won’t Run In Washington State, Despite Loss
- Spring Ahead: Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday
- Bidding Starts for Rights to Liquor Licenses at 167 State-Run Stores
- New Study Looks at Jobs Impacts of Wild Olympics
- US Senate Approves Rural County Timber Payments
- Raw-Log Exports Are Hurting British Columbia’s Economy
- February Marks Third Straight Month of Strong Jobs Growth
- Oregon Board of Education Inches toward Ban of Native American Mascots
- Facebook Philandering - Bigamy Charges Filed Against Pierce County Corrections Officer
WORD OF THE DAY
Winsome • \WIN-sum\ • Adjective - 1: generally
pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence 2:
cheerful, lighthearted
“I wouldn’t call her ‘winsome’,” growled ‘Daddy Warbucks’
to his flighty assistant about his new, flame-haired ward. “More like
flamboyant, hoydenesque, exuberant, or any other manner of words to describe a
saucy little girl.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Area Lawmakers Ask State Regulators to Deny Pacific
Power & Light Rate Hike Request (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Idaho Power Requests Average $3.56 Monthly Hike (Associated
Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017686718_apusidahopowerratehikeidaho.html
Montana - Lincoln Electric Announces Sizable Rate
Increase: Higher BPA wholesale power rates to blame, co-op says (Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Grant County EDC’s Terry Brewer Announces
Retirement - Readies for Re-Election to Grant County PUD (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Cle Elum Businessman Enters Kittitas PUD Race
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Tacoma Power Substation among ‘Excellent 10’ (South
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Bankruptcy Judge Denies State Agency Bid to Join Southern
Montana Electric Case (Billings Gazette, MT)
Op/Ed - Hydroelectric & Energy Efficiency
Needed Now in Interior Alaska (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK)
Japan’s Nuclear Energy Industry Nears Shutdown, At Least
for Now (NY Times)
Ohio: Gas-Drilling Injection Well Led to Quakes (Associated
Press)
A Backhand Slap from End of Solar Storm (Associated
Press)
Why Are There So Many Solar Flares These Days? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Iowa - Voltage Problem for Dairy Cows Results in
Lawsuits, Senate Bill (Des Moines Register, IA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Banner Year for Ocean Salmon Fishing Projected
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Montana Steps Back from Lake Trout Work (Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Belfair
Water District Commissioners Place Manager on Paid Leave (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
New
Belfair Water District Manager Addresses Public (Mason Web TV)
Mason
PUD 1 & Skokomish Tribe - Wastewater Treatment Plants (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
City of Bucoda Wants Back Into Flood Control Group
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Bend
Votes to Delay Parts of $70 Million Water Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Evaluation
- Governor Gregoire Signs Bills Expanding Eligibility for Washington State’s
Renewable Portfolio Standard (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
SoloPower
Moves Fast to Fend Off Loan Guarantee ‘Curse’ (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
New
Bill Could Remove NEPA Compliance from Some Small Hydro Projects (Renewable
Energy World)
Hello,
Sunshine: Palo Alto Utility to Pay Locals for Solar Energy (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Milwaukee
Solar Firm Blames China for Job Cuts - Imported units selling below cost,
Helios says (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI)
United
Kingdom - The Impenetrable Language of Wind Farm Fans (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Electric Power Research Institute Applauds Two Bonneville
Power Administration Tech Innovation Projects (Bonneville Power Administration)
In Life-Cycle Energy Use, Do LEDs Keep Their Edge?
(Midwest Energy News)
Best Light Bulb Ever Will Cost You $50 (Grist
Online)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Pacific
Nation May Buy Fiji Land as Climate Refuge (Associated Press)
Thousands
Give Up Carbon for Lent (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon
Sustainability Center Team to Look for Private Backers (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Tillamook
Green Energy Company Tells Mayor Sam Adams Biogas Proposal is ‘Unsustainable’ (Oregonian, Portland)
Another
Company out Of the Running for Obama’s ‘Green Car’ Program (Washington Post)
New
York Company Growing Mushrooms as Packing Material (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon to Close Bellevue Call Center (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
Missouri Approves Google’s Request to Set Up Video
Services in Kansas City (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
http://www.bizjournals.com//kansascity/news/2012/03/07/missouri-approves-googles-request-to.html
http://www.bizjournals.com//kansascity/news/2012/03/07/missouri-approves-googles-request-to.html
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Gregoire Calls for Special Session of Washington State
Legislature (KING-TV, Seattle)
6th District Congressional Candidate
Nets 35 Endorsements from Notables (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Ohio Congressman Kucinich Won’t Run In Washington State,
Despite Loss (Seattle Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Spring Ahead: Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday (Mason
Web TV)
Bidding Starts for Rights to Liquor Licenses at 167
State-Run Stores (Associated Press)
New Study Looks at Jobs Impacts of Wild Olympics (The
Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
US Senate Approves Rural County Timber Payments - Money
goes to about 700 counties in 41 states, with the largest share going to Oregon,
California, Washington & Idaho (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Raw-Log Exports Are Hurting British Columbia’s
Economy (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
February Marks Third Straight Month of Strong Jobs
Growth (Christian Science Monitor)
Oregon Board of Education Inches toward Ban of Native
American Mascots (Oregonian, Portland)
Facebook Philandering - Bigamy Charges Filed
Against Pierce County Corrections Officer (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Screaming Baby Airlines - Family Tossed Off JetBlue
Flight for 2-year-old’s Tantrum
On This Day: The Monitor & Merrimack Clash at
Hampton Roads
Lost Cell Phone Project Confirms People Are Jerks
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/03/08/lost-cell-phone-project-confirms-people-are-jerks-2/
Police Say Driver Gets 3 Speeding Tickets in Hour -
driver was in a hurry to make a court date on a meth possession charge
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