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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington
State Nuclear Plant a Step Closer to New License (Associated Press)
More
Electric Cars on the Road Require More Power - Northwest Power &
Conservation Council (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Utilities
Battle over Renewable Energy Credits from Kootenai Electric Facility (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Kitsap
Public Utility District Gets a Little Less from Capital Budget (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Acidity
in Ocean Killed Pacific NW Oysters, New Study Says (Seattle Times, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Nuclear Plant a Step Closer to New License
- Falling Prices Benefit Natural Gas Utility Customers in Clark County
- Glut of Natural Gas Causes Price to Plummet
- Grays Harbor PUD Looking to Buy Fuller Hill Substation Property
- Smart Meters Start Getting Hacked - In Both Low Tech & High Tech Fashion
- FEMA: Keeping the Lights On - West Oregon Electric Cooperative Found a Way to End the Cycle of Outages
- Tennessee Valley Authority Tree-Cutting Plan Riles Residents
- Acidity in Ocean Killed Pacific NW Oysters, New Study Says
- Research Aims to Keep Invasive Mussels at Bay in Columbia River
- Kitsap Public Utility District Gets a Little Less from Capital Budget
- Mason County Earth Day Celebration on Oakland Bay April 22
- Huzzah! Turbine Makes Fresh Water Out Of Thin Air in the Desert
- Utilities Battle over Renewable Energy Credits from Kootenai Electric Facility
- New Report Shows Mixed Rate Impact from Renewables
- Study: No Relationship Between Renewable Energy Targets & Higher Electric Rates
- Do Energy Restrictions Raise Electricity Prices?
- Clouds on Solar’s Horizon
- Germany’s Solar Woes Dim the Promise of Green Jobs
- California - Imperial Irrigation Districts Buys 45 Megawatts of Biomass Green Energy
- JD Power & Associates Reports: Utility Customers Most Satisfied with High-Volume Website Functions, but Other Online Tools Create Challenges
- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Study Shows States & Utilities Leading the Way on Energy Efficiency Programs
- Portland Carbon Emissions Down 26 Percent Since 1990
- Canada a Patchwork of Climate Change Plans, Lacks Leadership: Report
- More Electric Cars on the Road Require More Power - Northwest Power & Conservation Council
- Is Biofuel Production Fueling a Weed Invasion?
- Bainbridge Island Bans Plastic Bags
- Tapping into a Constant Resource: Sewage’s Heat Tapping into a Constant Resource: Sewage’s Heat
- Study: Bank’s LEED-Certified Branches Outperform Peers
- Thurston County Chamber Recognizes Four Businesses for Green Practices
- Washington Governor Gregoire Says Past Session Her “Most Difficult”
- Washington State Legislature - Hostile-Work-Environment Suit over Senator Roach’s Return Looks Likely
- Municipal Bonds Offer Attractive After-Tax Yields
- Woman Fatally Shot at Lake Cushman Identified
- Earth Shaking, What Does It All Mean?
- Average Wildfire Season Expected in Washington
- Shelton Schools’ GPA Standards for Athletics Allowed to Decrease
WORD OF THE DAY
Tragus • \TRAY-guss\ • Noun - The prominence in
front of the external opening of the outer ear
Fergus was a prideful oddity for the “Upper Plains
Polled Hereford Society.” Although his group forcefully pushed the obvious advantage
of the hornless breed to the nation over the lesser beef stock, his prominent
and enormous tragus (tragi?) made it look as if he had astounding horns of his
own. “I’d get polled myself,” he often said. “But this is the most excellent
conversation starter; except during fancy dinner parties I have to watch where
I swing my head to avoid painful contact with others.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington
State Nuclear Plant a Step Closer to New License (Associated Press)
Falling
Prices Benefit Natural Gas Utility Customers in Clark County (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Glut of Natural Gas Causes Price to Plummet (SF
Chronicle)
Grays
Harbor PUD Looking to Buy Fuller Hill Substation Property (Aberdeen Daily
World, WA)
Smart
Meters Start Getting Hacked - In Both Low Tech & High Tech Fashion
(Broadband Reports)
FEMA: Keeping the Lights On - West Oregon Electric
Cooperative Found a Way to End the Cycle of Outages (7th Space
Interactive)
Tennessee
Valley Authority Tree-Cutting Plan Riles Residents (Chattanooga Times Free
Press, TN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Acidity
in Ocean Killed Pacific NW Oysters, New Study Says (Seattle Times, WA)
Research
Aims to Keep Invasive Mussels at Bay in Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kitsap
Public Utility District Gets a Little Less from Capital Budget (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Mason
County Earth Day Celebration on Oakland Bay April 22 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Huzzah!
Turbine Makes Fresh Water Out Of Thin Air in the Desert (Grist Online)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Utilities
Battle over Renewable Energy Credits from Kootenai Electric Facility (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
New
Report Shows Mixed Rate Impact from Renewables (Midwest Energy News)
Study:
No Relationship Between Renewable Energy Targets & Higher Electric Rates
(Think Progress)
Do
Energy Restrictions Raise Electricity Prices? (Christian Science Monitor)
Clouds
on Solar’s Horizon (NY Times)
Germany’s
Solar Woes Dim the Promise of Green Jobs (Christian
Science Monitor)
California
- Imperial Irrigation Districts Buys 45 Megawatts of Biomass Green Energy
(Imperial Valley Press, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
JD
Power & Associates Reports: Utility Customers Most Satisfied with
High-Volume Website Functions, but Other Online Tools Create Challenges (Electric
Energy Online)
American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Study Shows States & Utilities
Leading the Way on Energy Efficiency Programs (American Public Power
Association)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Portland
Carbon Emissions Down 26 Percent Since 1990 (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Canada
a Patchwork of Climate Change Plans, Lacks Leadership: Report (The Tyee,
Canada)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
More
Electric Cars on the Road Require More Power - Northwest Power &
Conservation Council (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Is
Biofuel Production Fueling a Weed Invasion? (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Bainbridge
Island Bans Plastic Bags (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Tapping
into a Constant Resource: Sewage’s Heat Tapping Into a Constant Resource:
Sewage’s Heat (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)
Study:
Bank’s LEED-Certified Branches Outperform Peers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Thurston
County Chamber Recognizes Four Businesses for Green Practices (Olympian, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington Governor Gregoire Says Past Session Her “Most
Difficult” (Associated Press)
Washington State Legislature - Hostile-Work-Environment
Suit over Senator Roach’s Return Looks Likely (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Municipal Bonds Offer Attractive After-Tax Yields (USA
Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Woman
Fatally Shot at Lake Cushman Identified (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Earth
Shaking, What Does It All Mean? (KING-TV, Seattle)
Average
Wildfire Season Expected in Washington (Associated Press)
Shelton
Schools’ GPA Standards for Athletics Allowed to Decrease (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
DIVERSIONS
Alleged
Car Thief ‘Pocket Dials’ 911 While Stealing Car
Vermont Governor Chased by Four Bears in Backyard
Teller Sues to Protect Rose-Pruning Illusion
Four Feet of Hail in Texas? Reports, Photos Cause
Quite a Storm
SONG OF THE DAY
Katrina
& the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
