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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville
Power Administration Wind Power Sets New Record (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon
- Electric Utility Crews Working Around the Clock to Restore Power (KMTR-TV,
Eugene, OR)
Police
Release Name of Vermont Electric Co-Op Employee Killed in Work Accident in
Essex (Burlington Free Press, VT)
Lacey
Standoff Ends with Suspect Fatally Shooting Himself (KING-TV, Seattle)
Lacey
Standoff Ends with Suspect Fatally Shooting Himself (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Oregon - Electric Utility Crews Working Around the Clock to Restore Power
- Police Release Name of Vermont Electric Co-Op Employee Killed in Work Accident in Essex
- Oregon Utilities Asked to Plan for Flexible Power Resources to Back Up Renewables
- Flathead Electric Cooperative - Powering the Valley for 75 Years
- Alaska - Homer Electric Cooperative Returns Capital Credits to Members
- US Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- More Calls for Shutdown on Vermont Nuclear Power Plant’s Birthday
- Steven Chu Defends Alternative-Energy Policies
- Public Service Company of New Mexico Ramps Up Paperless Billing Campaign
- Three Options for Ocean Salmon Quotas
- Washington State Drops Plan to Dump Coho Fry into Ocean Shores’ Duck Lake
- US Intel: Water a Cause for War in Coming Decades
- World Water Day: Understanding Water Risk
- Bonneville Power Administration Wind Power Sets New Record
- Wind Falls - Wind Power is Too Costly, Inefficient & Won’t Stop Climate Change
- Groups File Suit against Nippon Co-Generation Permit
- Port Angeles Councilman Proposes Biomass Freeze
- Port Townsend Air Quality Monitoring Station on the Move?
- Solar Energy in Nevada. The Next Hoover Dam?
- REC to Permanently Close Norwegian Wafer Plant
- The White House’s Secret Plan to Make American Households More Energy-Efficient
- Drought Cost Texas Nearly $8 Billion in Agriculture Losses
- Electric Vehicles Face Too Many Obstacles, Report Says
- Will Vegans Drive Nissan Leafs with Leather Seats?
- Seattle - Fremont Green Building
- Sea Lions & Sustainable Development
- Power to the People: Electrifying Workout Has Rewards
- Fourth & Final Chelan PUD Fiber Meeting Held Tonight in Cashmere
- Mo’ Data Mo’ Problems: The Future of the Data Center
- 90% of Tablet Use is in Wi-Fi Mode, Not Wireless
- Franklin County Seeks $2.8 Million it Claims Manager Embezzled
- Lacey Standoff Ends with Suspect Fatally Shooting Himself
- Washington State’s Jobless Rate Falls to 8.2 Percent in February; Lowest Since January 2009
- Mysterious Booms Flummox Wisconsin City
WORD OF THE DAY
Oppugn • \uh-PYOON\ • Verb - 1: to fight against 2:
to call in question
“This is a fancy, effective, innovative and
lucrative approach to job security,” mused the business manager as his new
contract was smoothly slid across the desk for his signature. If he had the
gift of foresight he would not have affixed his signature, as shortly after the
terms were revealed the media and his customers began to oppugn the deal for
its “innovative approach.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon
- Electric Utility Crews Working Around the Clock to Restore Power (KMTR-TV,
Eugene, OR)
Police
Release Name of Vermont Electric Co-Op Employee Killed in Work Accident in Essex
(Burlington Free Press, VT)
Oregon
Utilities Asked to Plan for Flexible Power Resources to Back Up Renewables (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Flathead
Electric Cooperative - Powering the Valley for 75 Years: As cooperative hits
milestone, longest- serving employee retires (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
Alaska
- Homer Electric Cooperative Returns Capital Credits to Members (Homer Tribune,
AK)
US
Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)
More
Calls for Shutdown on Vermont Nuclear Power Plant’s Birthday (Associated Press)
Steven
Chu Defends Alternative-Energy Policies (SF Chronicle)
Public
Service Company of New Mexico Ramps Up Paperless Billing Campaign (New Mexico
Business Weekly)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Three Options for Ocean Salmon Quotas (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Washington State Drops Plan to Dump Coho Fry into
Ocean Shores’ Duck Lake (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
US Intel: Water a Cause for War in Coming Decades
(Associated Press)
World
Water Day: Understanding Water Risk (Forbes Magazine)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bonneville
Power Administration Wind Power Sets New Record (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Wind
Falls - Wind Power is Too Costly, Inefficient & Won’t Stop Climate Change
(Slate Magazine)
Groups
File Suit against Nippon Co-Generation Permit (Sequim Gazette, WA)
Port
Angeles Councilman Proposes Biomass Freeze (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles,
WA)
Port
Townsend Air Quality Monitoring Station on the Move? Jefferson Health Board
seeks relocating gear to ‘sniff’ Port Townsend paper mill (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Solar
Energy in Nevada. The Next Hoover Dam? (Christian
Science Monitor)
REC
to Permanently Close Norwegian Wafer Plant (Solar Server)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The White House’s Secret Plan to Make American Households
More Energy-Efficient (Grist Online)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Drought
Cost Texas Nearly $8 Billion in Agriculture Losses (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Vehicles Face Too Many Obstacles, Report Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Will
Vegans Drive Nissan Leafs with Leather Seats? (USA
Today)
Seattle
- Fremont Green Building (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Sea
Lions & Sustainable Development (NY Times)
Power
to the People: Electrifying Workout Has Rewards (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fourth & Final Chelan PUD Fiber Meeting Held
Tonight in Cashmere (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Mo’ Data Mo’ Problems: The Future of the Data
Center (GigaOM)
90% of Tablet Use is in Wi-Fi Mode, Not Wireless (New
Mexico Business Weekly)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Franklin County Seeks $2.8 Million it Claims
Manager Embezzled (Tri-City Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Lacey
Standoff Ends with Suspect Fatally Shooting Himself (KING-TV, Seattle)
Washington
State’s Jobless Rate Falls to 8.2 Percent in February; Lowest Since January 2009
(Olympian, WA)
Mysterious
Booms Flummox Wisconsin City (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Why
Don’t Architects Speak English? Grand plans for Seattle Center evoke hovering “Jelly
Beans,” “dematerialized urbanism,” & “catalyzing atmospheres.” That’s just
what Seattle needs: more gobbledygook
Pink-Hair
Suspension Overruled by Delaware School District
Reebok
Pulls ‘Cheat on Your Girlfriend’ Ad
Florida
- Pasco Man in Jail for Calling 911 Because Wife Wouldn’t Leave Him Alone
SONG OF THE DAY
Adele
- Rolling in the Deep
