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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Climate
Assessment: Near 100 Percent Chance Pacific Northwest Summer Flow Reductions by
2050, May Prompt Less Hydro (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
$10,000
in Grant County PUD Copper Stolen (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Study
a Big Step for Tidal Power in Admiralty Inlet (Everett
Herald, WA)
Are Washington’s Wild Salmon Numbers Increasing?
‘State of the Salmon’ Report Shows Mixed Answer (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Federal
Court Overturns EPA’s Biofuels Mandate (New York Times,
NY)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- $10,000 in Grant County PUD Copper Stolen
- Feds Asked to Support Historical Partnership between Power Marking Administrations & Their Customers
- BPA Employee, Portland Resident Aaron Paulson Pursues Paralympic Gold with Determination, Positive Attitude
- Bellevue First; Portland-Area Middle Schools Take Second & Third in Bonneville Power Administration Science Bowl
- Utility Stocks Offer Promise, Dependability for Your Portfolio
- Pacific Northwest Energy Whack-A-Mole: Another Pipeline Rears Its Head
- Fluke Corporation Recalls Digital Clamp Meters
- New York - Con Ed Seeks $400 Million in Rate Increases for New Flood-Repelling Equipment
- Audit Reveals Some Mismanagement of Smart Grid Demonstration Stimulus Funds
- German Industry under Strain as Energy Costs Jump
- Are Washington’s Wild Salmon Numbers Increasing?
- Elwha Manager Recognized for Dam Project
- Oregon Gold Miner Loses Case over Claim on Salmon Stream
- Corps Proposed Habitat Estuary Project to Connect Columbia River Salmonids with Isolated Lake
- Idaho Scientist to Study Trout in Priest Lake
- Fishing Derbies in Puget Sound Making a Comeback
- Oysters Rebound in Popularity with Man-Made Bounty
- Climate Assessment: Near 100 Percent Chance Pacific Northwest Summer Flow Reductions by 2050, May Prompt Less Hydro
- Faced with Aging Sewer Network, Portland Plans to Spend Millions on Repairs over Next Five Years
- Study a Big Step for Tidal Power in Admiralty Inlet
- Oregon Adds Wave & Offshore Wind Zones to Its Sea Plan
- Fate of Idaho Solar Project Unclear After Pact with Utility
- California - Greens Fight Kern County over Wind Farm
- Arizona Officials Consider Altering Renewable Energy Mandate
- California - Editorial: How Far is Too Far in Promoting Solar?
- Minnesota Sues Wind Energy Developer
- Op/Ed - David Frum: Ontario’s Expensive Power, Ruined Landscapes
- Washington State’s Snohomish PUD Plans to Install up to 38,000 LED Streetlights
- Los Angeles Saves Millions with LED Street Light Deployment
- Federal Court Overturns EPA’s Biofuels Mandate
- Editorial - Homegrown Biofuel Technology Ought to Benefit Tri-Cities
- Infinity Internet Undergoes Merger, Sale
- Editorial - The Cautionary Tale of Lake Wenatchee Fiber
- Google Fiber Provides Faster Internet And - Cities Hope - Business Growth
- German Judge Rules Internet Connectivity 'Essential' Right - And That ISPs Must Pay Compensation for Outages
- Five Tips for Leveraging Social Media for Productivity
- Are You Getting Less Spam Mail?
- Officials Seek Relief from Abuse of Public Record Access Law
- Olympic Peninsula Auditors Oppose Washington State Bill on Late Election Night Ballot Counts
- Heavy Snow Forecast in Washington State Mountains
- Winter Storm Warning Issued for the Olympic Mountains
- Flu Peaking Nationwide, Rising in Washington
- Weyerhaeuser’s Profit Doubles, But Investors Aren’t Impressed
- Washington State Reviews Plans Governing Uses in Green Mountain, Tahuya State Forests
WORD OF THE DAY
Provocateur
• \pro-vock-uh-TER\ • Noun - One who incites or stimulates another to action
After
a five minute reprieve, the six year old provocateur kicking the federal
marshal’s seat in economy class learned the meaning of a fully reclined
airliner seat…spending the remaining three hours and 55 minutes immobilized
under the back of a seat, whose magazine bin contained old “Skymall” catalogs,
crumpled peanut snack bags, and what appeared to be slightly used air travel
“discomfort” bags.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
$10,000
in Grant County PUD Copper Stolen (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Feds
Asked to Support Historical Partnership between Power Marking Administrations &
Their Customers (American Public Power Association)
BPA
Employee, Portland Resident Aaron Paulson Pursues Paralympic Gold with Determination,
Positive Attitude (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Bellevue
First; Portland-Area Middle Schools Take Second & Third in Bonneville Power
Administration Science Bowl (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Utility
Stocks Offer Promise, Dependability for Your Portfolio (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Pacific
Northwest Energy Whack-A-Mole: Another Pipeline Rears Its Head (Crosscut Seattle)
Fluke
Corporation Recalls Digital Clamp Meters (PR Newswire)
New
York - Con Ed Seeks $400 Million in Rate Increases for New Flood-Repelling
Equipment: Storm-Weary Residents Say A Bigger Bill is the Last Thing They Need
Right Now (WCBS Radio, NY)
Audit
Reveals Some Mismanagement of Smart Grid Demonstration Stimulus Funds (GigaOM)
German
Industry under Strain as Energy Costs Jump (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Are Washington’s Wild Salmon Numbers Increasing?
‘State of the Salmon’ Report Shows Mixed Answer (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Elwha
Manager Recognized for Dam Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon Gold Miner Loses Case over Claim on Salmon
Stream (Associated Press)
Corps Proposed Habitat Estuary Project to Connect
Columbia River Salmonids with Isolated Lake (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Idaho Scientist to Study Trout in Priest Lake
(KLIX Radio, Twin Falls, ID)
http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-scientist-to-study-trout-in-priest-lake/
http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-scientist-to-study-trout-in-priest-lake/
Fishing Derbies in Puget Sound Making a Comeback (Seattle Times, WA)
Oysters Rebound in Popularity with Man-Made
Bounty (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/27/170376271/oysters-rebound-in-popularity-with-man-made-bounty?ft=1&f=10
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Climate
Assessment: Near 100 Percent Chance Pacific Northwest Summer Flow Reductions by
2050, May Prompt Less Hydro (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Faced
with Aging Sewer Network, Portland Plans to Spend Millions on Repairs over Next
Five Years (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Study
a Big Step for Tidal Power in Admiralty Inlet (Everett
Herald, WA)
Oregon
Adds Wave & Offshore Wind Zones to Its Sea Plan (Northwest Public Radio)
Fate
of Idaho Solar Project Unclear After Pact with Utility (Associated Press)
California
- Greens Fight Kern County over Wind Farm (Courthouse
News Service)
Arizona
Officials Consider Altering Renewable Energy Mandate (Arizona Republic,
Phoenix, AZ)
California
- Editorial: How Far is Too Far in Promoting Solar? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Minnesota
Sues Wind Energy Developer - A wind energy developer broke promises to farmers
and left them out thousands of dollars (Grand Forks Herald, ND)
Op/Ed
- David Frum: Ontario’s Expensive Power, Ruined Landscapes (The National,
Canada)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Washington State’s Snohomish PUD Plans to Install
up to 38,000 LED Streetlights (New Streetlights)
Los Angeles Saves Millions with LED Street Light
Deployment (Forbes Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Federal
Court Overturns EPA’s Biofuels Mandate (New York Times,
NY)
Editorial
- Homegrown Biofuel Technology Ought to Benefit Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Infinity Internet Undergoes Merger, Sale - Vancouver
company started out as Pacifier; employees to relocate (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
Editorial - The Cautionary Tale of Lake Wenatchee
Fiber (Wenatchee World, WA)
Google Fiber Provides Faster Internet And - Cities
Hope - Business Growth (Washington Post)
German Judge Rules Internet Connectivity
'Essential' Right - And That ISPs Must Pay Compensation for Outages (Broadband
Reports)
Five Tips for Leveraging Social Media for
Productivity (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Are You Getting Less Spam Mail? (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Officials Seek Relief from Abuse of Public Record
Access Law (Everett Herald, WA)
Olympic Peninsula Auditors Oppose Washington State
Bill on Late Election Night Ballot Counts (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Snow Forecast in Washington State Mountains (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Winter Storm Warning Issued for the Olympic
Mountains (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)
Flu Peaking Nationwide, Rising in Washington (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Weyerhaeuser’s Profit Doubles, But Investors Aren’t
Impressed (Associated Press)
Washington State Reviews Plans Governing Uses in
Green Mountain, Tahuya State Forests (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Dead
Robins Found in Northeast Portland in Possible Rash of Binge Drinking
Dung
Beetles Look to the Stars
"Cleaning
Fairy" Arrested After Shoveling Snow without Permission
Florida
Squatter Claims Ownership of $2.5 Million Mansion
SONG OF THE DAY
Stardust
- Nat King Cole
John
Coltrane - Stardust
Mel
Torme – Stardust
