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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Completes Power
Transmission Line Early (Associated Press)
Bonneville Power Administration Green Lights DC Intertie
Improvements (Bonneville Power Administration)
Upcoming Salmon Forecasts Expect to Show Strong
Fall Season on Columbia River (Seattle Times)
Oregon
Governor Kitzhaber Supports Withdrawing Winter Water from Columbia River
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Chelan PUD to String Fiber for Verizon 4G
(Wenatchee World, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Completes Power Transmission Line Early
- Bonneville Power Administration Green Lights DC Intertie Improvements
- Clallam County - If You Live on the West End, Here’s Why Your Power Went Out Early Saturday
- New Montana Power Plant Runs Only to Pass Air-Quality Tests
- Phil Bussey to Fill Puget Sound Energy Executive Position Focused on Customers
- How to Earn Smart Meter Acceptance – Central Electric Co-op, Oregon
- Has Time Finally Come for a Power Grid in Rural Alaska?
- Boulder Selects Washington, DC, Law Firm in Effort to Investigate Costs of Forming a Municipal Electric Utility
- Moody’s: Outlook Remains Mixed for Power Project Sector
- Upcoming Salmon Forecasts Expect to Show Strong Fall Season on Columbia River
- Grant PUD Seeks Federal Muscle to Force White River Fish Ponds
- Tagging Under Way on Puget Sound Orcas
- Justices Won’t Enter the Fray to Stop Asian Carp
- Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Supports Withdrawing Winter Water from Columbia River
- Public Hearing on Water for Mason County PUD No. 1: March 13
- Mojave Solar-Power Project Sacrifices the Desert for the Earth
- Science Scarce on Eagle, Wind Farm Interactions
- United Kingdom - US Billionaire Donald Trump Funds £10 Million Anti-Wind Farm War Chest to ‘Preserve Nature’ - But no mention of the protected sand dunes he built on
- United Kingdom - School Wind Turbines ‘Could Cause an Injury’
- Wind Farms Axed as UK Loses Its Taste for Turbines
- Israel Nixes Solar Energy for Palestinians
- BP Solar No More
- Deal Hunter: Do Energy Audits Save Everyone Green?
- Global Warming Feeds Bark Beetles: Are They Unstoppable?
- Everest Could Soon Become Impossible to Climb Because Of Global Warming, Says Top Sherpa
- Jefferson Airport Becomes State’s First Fully Solar-Powered Airstrip
- Manure-Fueled Electricity Generator Benefits Tribe & Local Farmers
- Chelan PUD to String Fiber for Verizon 4G
- CenturyLink Will Close Gig Harbor Call Center Operation in Late April; 52 Workers Displaced
- Google to Sell Clearwire Stake at 94 Percent Loss
- It’s The End of the Line for Telco
- Will an Avalanche of iPads Crush Business Networks?
- Large Payouts Spur Proposals for Changes in Public Records Disputes
- Montana Defies Supreme Court’s Citizens United Case
- Snow Forecast in Mason County for Tuesday
- Skydiver Rescued from Brockdale Area Tree
- Ranger Killed in Holly Rd Accident Remembered for Unbridled Enthusiasm for Parks & Kids
- Kitsap Boy Who Brought Gun to School Might Get Probation
- Grant Deadline for Shelton-Based Senior Center Looming
- In San Francisco, Fighting Fire with Wood
- How You Can Harness ‘The Power of Habit’
WORD OF THE DAY
Empirical • \imp-PEER-uh-kull\ • Adjective - 1:
originating in or based on observation or experience 2: relying on experience
or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory 3: capable
of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment 4: of or relating
to empiricism
Empirical vs Anecdotal:
“What are you going to believe, me (anecdotal), or
your lying eyes (empirical).”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Completes Power
Transmission Line Early (Associated Press)
Bonneville Power Administration Green Lights DC
Intertie Improvements (Bonneville Power Administration)
Clallam County - If You Live on the West End, Here’s
Why Your Power Went Out Early Saturday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
New Montana Power Plant Runs Only to Pass
Air-Quality Tests (Billings Gazette, MT)
Phil Bussey to Fill Puget Sound Energy Executive
Position Focused on Customers (Electric Light & Power)
How to Earn Smart Meter Acceptance – Central Electric
Co-op, Oregon (Electric Co-op Today)
Has Time Finally Come for a Power Grid in Rural Alaska?
(Alaska Dispatch)
Boulder Selects Washington, D.C., Law Firm in
Effort to Investigate Costs of Forming a Municipal Electric Utility (Public
Power Daily)
Moody’s: Outlook Remains Mixed for Power Project
Sector (Public Power Daily)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Upcoming Salmon Forecasts Expect to Show Strong
Fall Season on Columbia River (Seattle Times)
Grant PUD Seeks Federal Muscle to Force White
River Fish Ponds (Wenatchee World, WA)
Tagging Under Way on Puget Sound Orcas (Seattle Times)
Justices Won’t Enter the Fray to Stop Asian Carp (Courthouse
News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon
Governor Kitzhaber Supports Withdrawing Winter Water from Columbia River
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Public
Hearing on Water for Mason County PUD No. 1: March 13 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Mojave
Solar-Power Project Sacrifices the Desert for the Earth (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Science
Scarce on Eagle, Wind Farm Interactions (Midwest Energy News)
United
Kingdom - US Billionaire Donald Trump Funds £10 Million Anti-Wind Farm War
Chest to ‘Preserve Nature’ - But no mention of the protected sand dunes he
built on (The Daily Mail, UK)
United
Kingdom - School Wind Turbines ‘Could Cause an Injury’ (John O’Groat Journal,
UK)
Wind
Farms Axed as UK Loses Its Taste for Turbines (The Guardian-UK)
Israel
Nixes Solar Energy for Palestinians (Associated Press)
BP
Solar No More (PV-Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Deal Hunter: Do Energy Audits Save Everyone Green? (Washington
Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Global
Warming Feeds Bark Beetles: Are They Unstoppable? (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Everest
Could Soon Become Impossible to Climb Because Of Global Warming, Says Top Sherpa
(The Daily Mail, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Jefferson
Airport Becomes State’s First Fully Solar-Powered Airstrip (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Manure-Fueled
Electricity Generator Benefits Tribe & Local Farmers (Indian Country Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chelan PUD to String Fiber for Verizon 4G (Wenatchee
World, WA)
CenturyLink Will Close Gig Harbor Call Center
Operation in Late April; 52 Workers Displaced (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Google to Sell Clearwire Stake at 94 Percent Loss (Associated
Press)
It’s The End of the Line for Telco (GigaOM)
Will an Avalanche of iPads Crush Business Networks?
(Wired Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Large Payouts Spur Proposals for Changes in Public Records
Disputes (Associated Press)
Montana Defies Supreme Court’s Citizens United Case
(National Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Snow Forecast in Mason County for Tuesday (Mason
Web TV)
Skydiver Rescued from Brockdale Area Tree (Mason
Web TV)
Ranger Killed in Holly Rd Accident Remembered for
Unbridled Enthusiasm for Parks & Kids (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Kitsap Boy Who Brought Gun to School Might Get
Probation (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Grant Deadline for Shelton-Based Senior Center
Looming (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
In San Francisco, Fighting Fire with Wood (Associated
Press)
How You Can Harness ‘The Power of Habit’ (National
Public Radio)
DIVERSIONS
Calvin & Hobbes Art Sells for $107,550 at
Auction
NASA Telescope Detects Massive Cloud of ‘Buckyballs’
Hurtling Through Space
Victor Hugo: Ten Quotes on His Birthday
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Lovin’ Spoonful - Daydream
