Morning Fizz
"They Get Cheap Electricity, We Get Pollution."
Caffeinated news & gossip. Your daily Morning Fizz.
1. A must-read for environmental wonks: David Roberts at Grist interviews US Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA, 1), the environmentalist nerd who's running for governor.
The Q&A takes place in the back of a Honda Fit on the hour-long drive from Seattle to Kittitas County to visit Silicon Energy's solar PV manufacturing plant, the state's first certified photovoltaic solar panel plant.
They talk about coal, China, Solyndra, and the tunnel—and Inslee gets off quotes like this:
PS: Fizz did not find any contributions from Silicon Energy to Inslee's gubernatorial campaign. Nor have they been a top donor to his past federal campaigns.
2. Another must-read: The Olympian's Brad Shannon fact checks the opponents' claims about I-1163, the union-backed initiative for longterm health care worker training.
Shannon's piece debunks claims that the initiative will cost the state $80 million over two years. It's actually $18 million.
Here's PubliCola's editorial take on I-1163.
3. Fancy DC politics blog, Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, picked up on the anti-Bill Bryant YouTube ad that local political consultant John Wyble submitted to Comcast. Bill Bryant is an incumbent Seattle port commissioner who's running against union-backed challenger, Dean Willard.
The ad was rejected for its liberal use of the word "fucking." YouTube shows the ad has been viewed by more than 5,000 people now.
4. The New York Times is all over the latest news from the Occupy Wall Street protests (with lots of video): Riot police in Oakland clashed with protesters who tried to re-enter a city hall plaza their after the space had been cleared of a protest encampment earlier in the day.
The Oakland police fired tear gas on the crowd of hundreds.
Locally, Occupy Seattle announced they're "expanding" their protest to include Seattle Central Community College. They plan to march from Westlake Park to SCCC on Saturday to set up shop there while maintaining a presence at both locations.
1. A must-read for environmental wonks: David Roberts at Grist interviews US Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA, 1), the environmentalist nerd who's running for governor.
The Q&A takes place in the back of a Honda Fit on the hour-long drive from Seattle to Kittitas County to visit Silicon Energy's solar PV manufacturing plant, the state's first certified photovoltaic solar panel plant.
They talk about coal, China, Solyndra, and the tunnel—and Inslee gets off quotes like this:
When we reduce the price of dirty electricity in China, we do two things: We subsidize their exports to us, making us less competitive, and we make it less likely that they'll develop cleaner sources of energy. They get cheap electricity, we get pollution.
PS: Fizz did not find any contributions from Silicon Energy to Inslee's gubernatorial campaign. Nor have they been a top donor to his past federal campaigns.
2. Another must-read: The Olympian's Brad Shannon fact checks the opponents' claims about I-1163, the union-backed initiative for longterm health care worker training.
Shannon's piece debunks claims that the initiative will cost the state $80 million over two years. It's actually $18 million.
Here's PubliCola's editorial take on I-1163.
3. Fancy DC politics blog, Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, picked up on the anti-Bill Bryant YouTube ad that local political consultant John Wyble submitted to Comcast. Bill Bryant is an incumbent Seattle port commissioner who's running against union-backed challenger, Dean Willard.
The ad was rejected for its liberal use of the word "fucking." YouTube shows the ad has been viewed by more than 5,000 people now.
4. The New York Times is all over the latest news from the Occupy Wall Street protests (with lots of video): Riot police in Oakland clashed with protesters who tried to re-enter a city hall plaza their after the space had been cleared of a protest encampment earlier in the day.
The Oakland police fired tear gas on the crowd of hundreds.
By Wednesday morning in downtown Oakland, a dim cloud of gas still hung in the air over Frank Ogawa Plaza, according to images broadcast on CNN. A small number of police in riot gear stood by barricades around the plaza and a handful of protesters held signs nearby.
Locally, Occupy Seattle announced they're "expanding" their protest to include Seattle Central Community College. They plan to march from Westlake Park to SCCC on Saturday to set up shop there while maintaining a presence at both locations.
