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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Tsunami Warning Lifted After 6.8 Earthquake Near
Alaska (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Upriver Salmon Runs Making a Move; Large Numbers
of Fall Chinook Passing Bonneville Dam Daily (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Supreme Inconsistency? McKenna Rulings 180 Degrees
Apart (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Wait for Electricity Frays Nerves as New England
Begins to Clean Up (Associated Press)
US
Solar Firms’ Woes Boost China (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Supreme Inconsistency? McKenna Rulings 180 Degrees Apart
- Wait for Electricity Frays Nerves as New England Begins to Clean Up
- Irene Aftermath: Which States are Restoring Power the Quickest - And Why?
- Was a Downed Power Line Used as a Weapon During Irene?
- Officials Celebrate New Moses Lake BMW Plant
- Grant PUD Plans to Refinance Debt, Construct Power Line
- Snohomish PUD’s New Control Room Will Allow for Huge Map to Track Repairs, Emergencies
- Natural Gas - NW Natural Seeks Rate Reductions in Washington & Oregon
- Idaho - Avista Rate Hearings Sept. 13 in Coeur d’Alene
- California – Pacific Gas & Electric Fires Four Inspectors over False Electrical Inspections
- California - Another Pacific Gas & Electric Blast Draws Feds’ Attention
- Quake Risk to Nuclear Reactors Greater Than Thought
- Obama Decides Against Change in Ozone Standards
- Nebraska Governor Urges Obama to Deny Cross-Country Pipeline Permit
- Keystone XL Primer: Why Nebraska is Ground Zero in the Pipeline Fight
- Editorial - Keystone Would Bring Jobs as Well as Crude Oil
- Tennessee Valley Authority among Top Utilities for Economic Development for Sixth Straight Year
- Upriver Salmon Runs Making a Move; Large Numbers of Fall Chinook Passing Bonneville Dam Daily
- Snake River Sockeye Recovery on Track This Year; 120 Trapped Fish of Natural Origin
- Fishing Boats Making a Good Haul of Pink Salmon This Season
- Op/Ed - Ensuring Fish Restoration after the Elwha Dams Come Out
- Keeping Industrial Plants Cool & Fish Alive
- Pacific County, Oysterville Sea Farms at Odds over Zoning Rules
- Study Calls for Halting Oyster Fishing in Chesapeake Bay
- Eleven Years of Warm Water in the Columbia River
- A Hiker’s Plight: How to Help When Water Runs Low
- US Solar Firms’ Woes Boost China
- Solar Power Pandemonium - House Republicans Step Up Solyndra Investigation
- Columnist - Solar Energy’s Future in Not-So-Sunny Places
- California - Measures Ease Environmental Permit Process for Renewable Energy Projects
- Editorial - Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Renewable Energy Revolution
- Portland - Timbers Park Earns High LEED Status
- Mohave Electric Goes Out on a Limb to Save Energy
- United States’ Department of Energy Selects Imperium Renewables as Part of Consortium to Continue Advances in Renewable Aviation Fuels
- Mass Layoff at Bremerton Call Center, Hello AT&T?
- Agency May Have Violated Law with Microsoft Cloud Services Contract, Judge Says
- Chrome Turns 3, Google Celebrates Web’s History
- Two California Men Charged with Selling iPhone Prototype
- Kitsap County’s Urban Growth Areas Too Large, Hearings Board Rules
- Tsunami Warning Lifted After 6.8 Earthquake Near Alaska
- Shelton School District Teachers Contract Approved
- Teachers Take Pay Cut in North Thurston School District
- Bellingham Teachers to Hit Picket Line
- Boys, 8, Face Felony Arson Charges in Idaho Brush Fire
- Two-Year Term for Ex-WA Licensing Worker for Taking Bribes
- Mason County’s Salish Cliffs Golf Course Opening
- Survey: Oregon’s Rural Roads among Worst in US
WORD OF THE DAY
Colloquial • \cull-LOW-kwee-ull\ • Adjective - 1: of or relating to
conversation: conversational 2a: used in or characteristic of familiar and
informal conversation; also: unacceptably informal b: using conversational
style
Amber stumbled from her first meeting with her utility’s energy experts
in a daze. Acronyms and specialized concepts rolled out the door behind her,
somewhat like “Fibber McGee’s Closet.” The colloquial onset was dulled somewhat
by a quick “break” at the nearby pub, where a pint of ale replaced her mental
confusion with more of a physical one.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Supreme Inconsistency? McKenna Rulings 180 Degrees
Apart (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Wait for Electricity Frays Nerves as New England Begins
to Clean Up (Associated Press)
Irene Aftermath: Which States are Restoring Power
the Quickest - And Why? (Christian Science Monitor)
Was a Downed Power Line Used as a Weapon During
Irene? (Washington Post)
Officials Celebrate New Moses Lake BMW Plant “…Washington’s
cheap power from renewable resources & its renewable-energy incentives were
factors in the decision to locate in Moses Lake…” (Associated Press)
Grant PUD Plans to Refinance Debt, Construct Power
Line (Wenatchee World, WA)
Snohomish PUD’s New Control Room Will Allow for
Huge Map to Track Repairs, Emergencies (Everett Herald, WA)
Natural Gas - NW Natural Seeks Rate Reductions in
Washington & Oregon (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/09/01/nw-natural-seeks-to-reduce-rates-in.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/09/01/nw-natural-seeks-to-reduce-rates-in.html
Idaho - Avista Rate Hearings Sept. 13 in Coeur d’Alene
(Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
California – Pacific Gas & Electric Fires Four
Inspectors over False Electrical Inspections (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
California - Another Pacific Gas & Electric
Blast Draws Feds’ Attention (SF Chronicle)
Quake Risk to Nuclear Reactors Greater Than Thought
(Associated Press)
Obama Decides Against Change in Ozone Standards (USA
Today)
Nebraska Governor Urges Obama to Deny Cross-Country
Pipeline Permit (USA Today)
Keystone XL Primer: Why Nebraska is Ground Zero in
the Pipeline Fight (Solve Climate)
Editorial - Keystone Would Bring Jobs as Well as
Crude Oil (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Tennessee Valley Authority among Top Utilities for
Economic Development for Sixth Straight Year (Electric Energy Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Upriver Salmon Runs Making a Move; Large Numbers
of Fall Chinook Passing Bonneville Dam Daily (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Snake River Sockeye Recovery on Track This Year;
120 Trapped Fish of Natural Origin (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Fishing Boats Making a Good Haul of Pink Salmon
This Season (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Op/Ed - Ensuring Fish Restoration after the Elwha
Dams Come Out (Seattle Times)
Keeping Industrial Plants Cool & Fish Alive (NY
Times)
Pacific County, Oysterville Sea Farms at Odds
over Zoning Rules (Longview Daily News, WA)
Study Calls for Halting Oyster Fishing in
Chesapeake Bay (Washington Post)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Eleven
Years of Warm Water in the Columbia River (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/11_years_of_warm_water_in_the_columbia_river/
http://news.opb.org/article/11_years_of_warm_water_in_the_columbia_river/
A
Hiker’s Plight: How to Help When Water Runs Low (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
US
Solar Firms’ Woes Boost China (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Solar
Power Pandemonium - House Republicans Step Up Solyndra Investigation (Washington Post)
Columnist
- Solar Energy’s Future in Not-So-Sunny Places (Seattle
Times)
California
- Measures Ease Environmental Permit Process for Renewable Energy Projects
(Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
Editorial
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Renewable Energy Revolution (Desert Sun, Palm
Springs, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland - Timbers Park Earns High LEED Status (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Mohave Electric Goes Out on a Limb to Save Energy
(Mohave Daily News, AZ)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
United
States’ Department of Energy Selects Imperium Renewables as Part of Consortium
to Continue Advances in Renewable Aviation Fuels (Market Watch)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mass Layoff at Bremerton Call Center, Hello
AT&T? (Seattle Times)
Agency May Have Violated Law with Microsoft Cloud
Services Contract, Judge Says (Bloomberg News)
Chrome Turns 3, Google Celebrates Web’s History (Washington
Post)
Two California Men Charged with Selling iPhone Prototype
(Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Kitsap County’s Urban Growth Areas Too Large,
Hearings Board Rules (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Tsunami Warning Lifted After 6.8 Earthquake Near
Alaska (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Shelton School District Teachers Contract Approved (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Teachers Take Pay Cut in North Thurston School
District (Olympian, WA)
Bellingham Teachers to Hit Picket Line (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Boys, 8, Face Felony Arson Charges in Idaho Brush
Fire - Playing with matches (Reuters)
Two-Year Term for Ex-WA Licensing Worker for Taking
Bribes (Associated Press)
Mason County’s Salish Cliffs Golf Course Opening (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Survey: Oregon’s Rural Roads among Worst in US
(Oregon Public Radio)
DIVERSIONS
Steamin’ Piles o’ Doo - Zoo Doo is Back for Fall
Fecal Fest at Woodland Park Zoo
JC
Penney Yanks ‘I’m Too Pretty to Do Homework’ T-Shirt after Online Outcry
Super
Mario Rides the Alaskan Way Viaduct
Fan
Boys on a Rampage - New Star Wars: Blu-Ray Release of Original Trilogy Contains
Yet More Changes
SONG OF THE DAY
Captain
Kangaroo - Animal Fair
