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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Parties File Briefs in Ninth Circuit Calling for
Dismissal of Challenge to Council’s Regional Power (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Olympic
Mountain Snowpack 211 Percent of Normal - Snowpack in Washington Cascades
ranges from about 130 to 150 percent of normal (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Bonneville
Power Administration Seeking Clearance to Disrupt Wetlands for New Transmission
Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
Gregoire Emerges as Top Contender to Boss EPA
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Editorial - Wisdom in a Wi-Fi Plan (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Seeking Clearance to Disrupt Wetlands for New Transmission Line
- Feds Rule JPMorgan Can’t Block California Power Plant Changes
- Lower Power Costs Will Trim Bills for Portland General Electric Customers
- Kittitas PUD Has New General Manager
- Cowlitz PUD to Launch Several New Online Customer Service Features
- Where We Live: How We Get Our Electric Power - We have good reasons for satisfaction with Seattle City Light
- Editorial - Extracting Great Falls from Energy Muck
- Yakima Cracks Down on Banners Over City Streets
- Electric Companies Surprising Winners in New Tax Package
- Parties File Briefs in Ninth Circuit Calling for Dismissal of Challenge to Council’s Regional Power
- Gill-Netters Challenge Oregon’s Plans to Bump Them off Columbia River’s Main Stem
- Tribes: Hard-Won Fishing Rights Here Worthless Without Fish
- New Cedar River Hatchery Could Help Revive Recreational Sockeye Fishery on Lake Washington
- Steelhead fishing in Wells Dam area should perk up this month
- How Salmon Could Save Us from Flood Damage
- Olympic Mountain Snowpack 211 Percent of Normal - Snowpack in Washington Cascades ranges from about 130 to 150 percent of normal
- Idaho - Magic Reservoir Drawdown Leaves Canal Co. Concerned for Irrigation
- Supreme Court to Decide on Texans’ Bid for Oklahoma’s Water
- Vestas Wins 121-Strong Turbine Service Deal in Iowa
- More Vestas Workers in Colorado to Get Hours Trimmed
- Nevada Co-op Moves Renewables West
- What’s in Store for Hydropower in 2013?
- Is Your Utility Ready for a Solar Rooftop Revolution?
- Pulling Carbon Dioxide Out of Thin Air
- Op/Ed - Climate Change Poses a Public-Health Threat
- Looking to Sky to Fight Climate Change
- Study Argues that Biofuels Cause Pollution, Not as Green as Thought
- As Biofuel Demand Grows, So Do Guatemala’s Hunger Pangs
- Lessons Learned from a 100 Percent Made-In-USA House
- Editorial - Wisdom in a Wi-Fi Plan
- National Cable & Telecommunications Association Explores Dropping ‘Cable’ from Brand
- Gregoire Emerges as Top Contender to Boss EPA
- John Smith Appointed to Washington State Senate
- Freshman Congressman Kilmer Named to House Tech, Science Panel
- Washington State’s Minority-Contracts Office Sees Turnaround
- Brian Sonntag: He’s Seen Good, Bad, Ugly in Government
- Shelton Man Arrested After Robbing Bank
- Stormy Weather on Tap with Two Storms Heading In
- Idaho U-S Senator Pleads Guilty to DWI Charge
- Mason County Commissioners Approve Outstanding Labor Contracts
- Low 2012 Gas Prices Will Evaporate This Year
- Who Belongs to the Snoqualmie Tribe? ‘This Is a Mess’
- Canada Ditches Its Penny: How About Us?
WORD OF THE DAY
Hypermnesia
• \highy-perm-NEE-zhee-yuh\ • Noun - Abnormally vivid or complete memory or
recall of the past
The
fictional character “Tarzan of the Jungle” was originally said to have been
based on an anonymously written diary that fell into the hands of Edgar Rice
Burroughs. Its prose (and that that followed in the other 23 “Tarzan” novels)
makes the term hypermnesia seem a weak description of the Burroughs writing
style:
And
so Tarzan always came back to Nature in the spirit of a lover keeping a long
deferred tryst after a period behind prison walls. His Waziri, at marrow, were
more civilized than he. They cooked their meat before they ate it and they
shunned many articles of food as unclean that Tarzan had eaten with gusto all
his life and so insidious is the virus of hypocrisy that even the stalwart
ape-man hesitated to give rein to his natural longings before them. He ate
burnt flesh when he would have preferred it raw and unspoiled, and he brought
down game with arrow or spear when he would far rather have leaped upon it from
ambush and sunk his strong teeth in its jugular; but at last the call of the
milk of the savage mother that had suckled him in infancy rose to an insistent
demand--he craved the hot blood of a fresh kill and his muscles yearned to pit themselves
against the savage jungle in the battle for existence that had been his sole
birthright for the first twenty years of his life.
Whew!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville
Power Administration Seeking Clearance to Disrupt Wetlands for New Transmission
Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
Feds Rule JPMorgan Can’t Block California Power
Plant Changes (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Lower Power Costs Will Trim Bills for Portland
General Electric Customers (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Kittitas PUD Has New General Manager (Ellensburg
Daily Record, WA)
Cowlitz PUD to Launch Several New Online Customer
Service Features (Longview Daily News, WA)
Where
We Live: How We Get Our Electric Power - We have good reasons for satisfaction
with Seattle City Light (Shoreline/Lake Forest Patch, WA)
Editorial - Extracting Great Falls from Energy Muck
(Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Yakima Cracks Down on Banners Over City Streets (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
Electric Companies Surprising Winners in New Tax
Package (National Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Parties File Briefs in Ninth Circuit Calling for
Dismissal of Challenge to Council’s Regional Power (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Gill-Netters Challenge Oregon’s Plans to Bump
Them off Columbia River’s Main Stem (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Tribes: Hard-Won Fishing Rights Here Worthless
Without Fish (Seattle Times, WA)
New Cedar River Hatchery Could Help Revive
Recreational Sockeye Fishery on Lake Washington (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Steelhead Fishing in Wells Dam Area Should Perk
Up This Month (Seattle Times, WA)
How Salmon Could Save Us from Flood Damage (Sightline Daily)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympic
Mountain Snowpack 211 Percent of Normal - Snowpack in Washington Cascades
ranges from about 130 to 150 percent of normal (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Idaho
- Magic Reservoir Drawdown Leaves Canal Co. Concerned for Irrigation (Twin
Falls Times-News, ID)
Supreme
Court to Decide on Texans’ Bid for Oklahoma’s Water (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Vestas
Wins 121-Strong Turbine Service Deal in Iowa (Newnet)
More
Vestas Workers in Colorado to Get Hours Trimmed (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Nevada
Co-op Moves Renewables West (Electric Co-op Today)
What’s
in Store for Hydropower in 2013? (Renewable Energy World)
Is
Your Utility Ready for a Solar Rooftop Revolution? (Grist Online)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Pulling
Carbon Dioxide Out of Thin Air (NY Times)
Op/Ed
- Climate Change Poses a Public-Health Threat (Seattle
Times)
Looking
to Sky to Fight Climate Change (SF Chronicle, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Study
Argues that Biofuels Cause Pollution, Not as Green as Thought (Reuters)
As
Biofuel Demand Grows, So Do Guatemala’s Hunger Pangs (NY Times)
Lessons
Learned from a 100 Percent Made-In-USA House (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial - Wisdom in a Wi-Fi Plan (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Explores Dropping ‘Cable’ from Brand (Fierce Cable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Gregoire Emerges as Top Contender to Boss EPA
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
John Smith Appointed to Washington State Senate (Associated
Press)
Freshman Congressman Kilmer Named to House Tech,
Science Panel (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington State’s Minority-Contracts Office Sees
Turnaround (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Brian Sonntag: He’s Seen Good, Bad, Ugly in
Government (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man Arrested After Robbing Bank (Mason
Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Stormy Weather on Tap with Two Storms Heading In (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Idaho U-S Senator Pleads Guilty to DWI Charge (Associated
Press)
Mason County Commissioners Approve Outstanding
Labor Contracts (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Low 2012 Gas Prices Will Evaporate This Year (USA
Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/04/gasoline-prices-starting-to-rise-again/1810175/
Who Belongs to the Snoqualmie Tribe? ‘This Is a
Mess’ (Seattle Times)
Canada Ditches Its Penny: How About Us? (Seattle
Times, WA)
DIVERSIONS
This Is Not How You Want to Spend Six Hours on a
Plane
Cat Caught Smuggling Escape Tools into Brazilian
Prison
Size 16 Shoes Help Lead To Washington State Man’s
Arrest
Pooch Hooch: Bend Beer-Lover
Creates Doggie ‘Brew’
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve
Miller Band - Threshold/Jet Airliner
