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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chinese
Wind Firm Sues to Void Oregon Sale Blocked by Obama for National Security
Reasons (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Oregon & Washington Set Spring Salmon &
Sturgeon Seasons for Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Downed Line Causes 14,000 Thurston County Puget
Sound Energy Customers to Lose Power (Olympian, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Extends Comment
Period for Transmission Line Project (Longview Daily News, WA)
Chelan PUD Weighs Lifting Moratorium on New Fiber
Hookups (Wenatchee World, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Downed Line Causes 14,000 Thurston County Puget Sound Energy Customers to Lose Power
- Power outage hits Everett
- Bonneville Power Administration Extends Comment Period for Transmission Line Project
- Thurston PUD Will Interview All Five Commissioner Applicants as a Group
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week
- Natural Gas Prices Expected to Remain Low in 2013
- Georgia Nuclear Power Plant Could be Solyndra Redux, Report Says
- Areva Sales Rise as Nuclear Business Picks Up
- Can Obama Do for the Grid What Eisenhower Did for Highways?
- Force Majeure Matters: Split Fifth Circuit Decision Reminds Energy Contract Drafters that Such Clauses Have Serious Consequences
- Pacific Gas & Electric Grants Reprieve to Oakland's Gnomes
- Oregon & Washington Set Spring Salmon & Sturgeon Seasons for Columbia River
- Columbia River Sturgeon Fisheries Face Cutbacks for the Fourth Year in a Row
- How Much Fish You Eat Determines Water Quality in Idaho
- Chinese Wind Firm Sues to Void Oregon Sale Blocked by Obama for National Security Reasons
- State of Oregon Recommends Pacific City (Again) as Wave-Energy Site
- Can the Wave Energy Industry Produce - On A Large Scale?
- Snohomish PUD Tackles Green Energy Storage Dilemma
- Air Monitoring Devices Installed in Port Angeles; One Coming to Sequim Next Month
- Facing Expiring Tax Credit, Wind Industry Posts Record Year
- Spanish Solar's Lasting PV Hangover
- France Will Dim Its Lights to Conserve Energy
- Three Things Everyone Should Know About British Columbia’s Carbon Tax
- Chelan PUD Weighs Lifting Moratorium on New Fiber Hookups
- Time Warner Boosts My Speed, Cuts My Bill: I Just Happen to Live near Google Fiber
- Here be Cables: An Old-School Map of Undersea Internet Pipes
- Large Turnout Derails Crude by Rail Workshop in Aberdeen
- Bridge over Troubled Waters - Herrera Beutler, Other Lawmakers Ask for 'Full Study' of Columbia River Crossing
- Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake near Amboy, In Southwest Washington State
- Yikes! Major Asian Gypsy Moth Infestation Discovered on Ship in Tacoma
- Personal Income Posts Biggest Gain in Eight Years
- Hostess Picks Lead Bidders for Twinkies
WORD OF THE DAY
Nomothetic
• \naw-muh-THET-ick\ • adjective - Relating to, involving, or dealing with
abstract, general, or universal statements or laws.
The
belief in a parallel universe - one in which lost pens, pencils, socks,
cellphone chargers and other missing minutiae endure in a meaningful and rich
existence – has taunted common philosophers more than the meaning of life. To make
a nomothetic statement that these items slip through a crack in time and space
that exists in sock drawers, washing machines, and poorly sewn pockets seems to
make sense. I would wonder if you could reach through such pan dimensional
rifts and pull out that missing “Cross” pen or that second argyle sock that you
desperately searched for the hour before your sousaphone recital.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Downed Line Causes 14,000 Thurston County Puget
Sound Energy Customers to Lose Power (Olympian, WA)
Power outage hits Everett (Everett Herald, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Extends Comment
Period for Transmission Line Project (Longview Daily News, WA)
Thurston PUD Will Interview All Five Commissioner
Applicants as a Group (Olympian, WA)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week (Associated Press)
Natural Gas Prices Expected to Remain Low in 2013
(San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Georgia Nuclear Power Plant Could be Solyndra Redux,
Report Says (Christian Science Monitor)
Areva Sales Rise as Nuclear Business Picks Up (Associated Press)
Can Obama Do for the Grid What Eisenhower Did for
Highways? (New York Times, NY)
Force Majeure Matters: Split Fifth Circuit
Decision Reminds Energy Contract Drafters that Such Clauses Have Serious
Consequences (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Pacific Gas & Electric Grants Reprieve to Oakland's
Gnomes (SF Chronicle, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon & Washington Set Spring Salmon &
Sturgeon Seasons for Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Columbia River Sturgeon Fisheries Face Cutbacks
for the Fourth Year in a Row (Seattle Times, WA)
How Much Fish You Eat Determines Water Quality in
Idaho (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Chinese
Wind Firm Sues to Void Oregon Sale Blocked by Obama for National Security Reasons
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
State
of Oregon Recommends Pacific City (Again) as Wave-Energy Site (Coast River
Business Journal, Astoria, WA)
Can
the Wave Energy Industry Produce - On A Large Scale? (The Energy Collective)
Snohomish
PUD Tackles Green Energy Storage Dilemma (Everett Herald Business Journal, WA)
Air
Monitoring Devices Installed in Port Angeles; One Coming to Sequim Next Month (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Facing
Expiring Tax Credit, Wind Industry Posts Record Year (The Hill, Washington,
D-C)
Spanish
Solar's Lasting PV Hangover (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
France Will Dim Its Lights to Conserve Energy (New
York Times, NY)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Three
Things Everyone Should Know About British Columbia’s Carbon Tax – In Pictures
(Sightline Daily)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chelan PUD Weighs Lifting Moratorium on New Fiber
Hookups (Wenatchee World, WA)
Time Warner Boosts My Speed, Cuts My Bill: I Just
Happen to Live near Google Fiber (Consumerist)
Here be Cables: An Old-School Map of Undersea
Internet Pipes (GigaOM)
GENERAL NEWS
Large Turnout Derails Crude by Rail Workshop in
Aberdeen (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Bridge over Troubled Waters - Herrera Beutler,
Other Lawmakers Ask for 'Full Study' of Columbia River Crossing (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake near Amboy, In Southwest
Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Yikes! Major Asian Gypsy Moth Infestation
Discovered on Ship in Tacoma (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Personal Income Posts Biggest Gain in Eight Years (Reuters)
Hostess
Picks Lead Bidders for Twinkies (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
New
Record for the Biggest Wave Ever Surfed?
Monkeys
Attack Village in Eastern Indonesia
Icelandic
Girl Wins Right to Use Her Given Name
Search
Is on for Golden Cookie Stolen in Germany
SONG OF THE DAY
Of
Course: The Beach Boys - Catch a Wave
