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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Environmental
Protection Agency Agrees to Temporary Pesticide Buffers to Protect Salmon (Associated
Press)
Mason PUD 3
Restores Electricity on Tahuya Peninsula after Moving High Voltage Power Pole
Affected by Highway 3 Project (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Oregon:
Evacuations Eased in Bend Wildfire, 2,000 Homes Still at Risk (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Oregon: Extension Granted for La Pine Biomass Project
(Bend Bulletin, OR)
Valley Cities
Turn to Utility Rates to Balance Budgets (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason PUD 3 Restores Electricity on Tahuya Peninsula after Moving High Voltage Power Pole Affected by Highway 3 Project
- Crews Repair Transmission Lines after Washington Wildfire
- Tribes Worry about Chelan PUD’s Work at Pinnacles Park
- Financial Advisor Recommends against Divesting Tennessee Valley Authority
- Canada: Hydro Imports - When Will the Bulb Go on for Ontario & Quebec?
- Two Killed in Kosovo Power Station Blast near Pristina
- Environmental Protection Agency Agrees to Temporary Pesticide Buffers to Protect Salmon
- Migrating Juvenile Sockeye in Mid-Columbia Showing High Descaling Rates; Solutions Hard to Come By
- Pikeminnow Predators - A Fishing Trip That Pays for Itself
- Valley Cities Turn to Utility Rates to Balance Budgets
- Editorial: Victoria Sewage Creates New Stink
- Not a Drop to Drink: Syrian Shortages Feed Black Market for Water
- Oregon: Extension Granted for La Pine Biomass Project
- California: State Bill Could Nix Possible Arcata Alternative Energy Program
- Open House Puts Solar Technology to the Test
- Why Buffett, Apple, Google Love Solar Power
- Colorado: Energy-Efficiency Could Be within Your Means
- EPA Proposes Limits on Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants: What It Means for the Pacific Northwest
- States Testing Obama's Carbon Limits
- Carbon Emissions Standards Delayed for Coal-Fired Plants on Reservation Land
- Planned Coal-Power Closings Won't Cut Carbon Dioxide Much
- Aussie Leader Seeks to Counter Obama on Climate Change
- 'Organic' Isn't Clean & It Isn't Toxin-Free
- Here’s a New Way to Keep Cattle Burps from Toasting the Planet
- ‘A Soup of Misery’: Over Half of People Say They’d Abandon Their Cable Company, If Only They Could
- Broadband Shouldn’t Be Like Cable TV - Why Consumers Should Care About Peering
- Without Net Neutrality, ISPs Would Destroy U-S Broadband Speeds
- The Internet of Things Isn’t about Things - It’s about Cheap Data
- Better Business Bureau: Austin Company's Bitcoin Mining Machines Don't Live Up to Promises
- Facebook's New Listening Feature an Invasion of Privacy?
- Smile & Make Someone Happy is Sacramento Woman’s Goal
- Oregon: Evacuations Eased in Bend Wildfire, 2,000 Homes Still at Risk
- Fire Danger High - 'Red Flag Warning' Issued for Parts of Central Washington State
- One Dead, another Critically Injured in Crash with Power Pole
- Seattle Pacific University Hero Jon Meis Requests 'Hate Be Met with Love,' Donations go to Victims
- Where Will Legal Marijuana Stash Its Cash?
- Uncertainty Dominates New Hemp Market
- Judge Approves Sales of Pettit Oil's Remaining Assets
- Seahawks' Richard Sherman is 'Madden 15' Cover Boy
Totem ● \TOE-tum\ ● Noun - 1: an animal or plant serving
as the emblem of a family or clan; also: a representation of such an object 2:
a revered emblem or symbol: a person or thing that represents an idea.
If Seattle gets a National Hockey League franchise, I
vote that they use the old “Seattle Totems” name. Emblematic of a region, emblematic
of a city. Got Totems!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason PUD 3
Restores Electricity on Tahuya Peninsula after Moving High Voltage Power Pole
Affected by Highway 3 Project (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Crews Repair
Transmission Lines after Washington Wildfire (Bonneville Power Administration)
Tribes Worry about
Chelan PUD’s Work at Pinnacles Park (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Financial Advisor
Recommends against Divesting Tennessee Valley Authority (American Public
Power Association)
Canada: Hydro Imports
- When Will the Bulb Go on for Ontario & Quebec? (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Two Killed in
Kosovo Power Station Blast near Pristina (British Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Environmental
Protection Agency Agrees to Temporary Pesticide Buffers to Protect Salmon (Associated
Press)
Migrating
Juvenile Sockeye in Mid-Columbia Showing High Descaling Rates; Solutions Hard to
Come By (Columba Basin Bulletin)
Pikeminnow
Predators - A Fishing Trip That Pays for Itself (Bellingham Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Valley Cities
Turn to Utility Rates to Balance Budgets (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Editorial: Victoria
Sewage Creates New Stink (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Not a Drop to
Drink: Syrian Shortages Feed Black Market for Water (Christian
Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon: Extension Granted for La Pine Biomass Project
(Bend Bulletin, OR)
California: State Bill Could Nix Possible Arcata
Alternative Energy Program (Eureka Times-Standard, CA)
Open House Puts Solar Technology to the Test (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Why Buffett, Apple, Google Love Solar Power (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/06/08/warren-buffett-apple-mojave-desert/10067283/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Colorado: Energy-Efficiency
Could Be within Your Means - Sustainable homes growing popular with
homebuilders, buyers (Durango Herald, CO)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
EPA Proposes Limits on Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants:
What It Means for the Pacific Northwest (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law
Blog)
States Testing Obama's Carbon Limits (Forbes Magazine)
Carbon Emissions Standards Delayed for Coal-Fired Plants
on Reservation Land (Associated Press)
Planned Coal-Power Closings Won't Cut Carbon Dioxide Much
(USA Today)
Aussie Leader Seeks to Counter Obama on Climate Change (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
'Organic' Isn't Clean & It Isn't Toxin-Free
(Bloomberg News)
Here’s a New Way to Keep Cattle Burps from Toasting the
Planet (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
‘A Soup of
Misery’: Over Half of People Say They’d Abandon Their Cable Company, If Only
They Could (Washington Post, DC)
Broadband
Shouldn’t Be Like Cable TV - Why Consumers Should Care About Peering (GigaOM)
Without Net
Neutrality, ISPs Would Destroy U-S Broadband Speeds (NetworkWorld)
The Internet of
Things Isn’t about Things. It’s about Cheap Data. (GigaOM)
Better Business
Bureau: Austin Company's Bitcoin Mining Machines Don't Live Up to Promises (Austin
Business Journal, TX)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Facebook's New
Listening Feature an Invasion of Privacy? (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Smile & Make
Someone Happy is Sacramento Woman’s Goal (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Oregon: Evacuations
Eased in Bend Wildfire, 2,000 Homes Still at Risk (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Fire Danger High
- 'Red Flag Warning' Issued for Parts of Central Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
One Dead,
another Critically Injured in Crash with Power Pole (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle Pacific
University Hero Jon Meis Requests 'Hate Be Met with Love,' Donations go to
Victims (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Where Will Legal
Marijuana Stash Its Cash? (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Uncertainty
Dominates New Hemp Market (Associated Press)
Judge Approves
Sales of Pettit Oil's Remaining Assets (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Seahawks'
Richard Sherman is 'Madden 15' Cover Boy (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Whiskey Shortage Possible with Soaring Demand
The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable
Thousands of Naked Bicyclists Stage Festive Portland Protest
Ride
Car with Smashed Windows another Example of Why You Don’t
Park in Front of Fire Hydrants
SONG OF THE DAY
Fredric Myrow - Soylent Green Opening Theme
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