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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Germany Decides to Abandon Nuclear Power by 2022 (Associated Press)
Bleak Outlook for Climate Change with Record CO2 output in 2010 (ZD Net News)
Kittitas County: Cle Elum Solar Farm Backers: ‘All Bets Are Off’ for $350 Million Project (Yakima Herald-Republic
Judge James Redden Won’t Guard Fish Farm from Grand Coulee Flow (Associated Press)
End of an Era: Elwha River Turbines to be Stopped Wednesday after Nearly a Century (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Germany Decides to Abandon Nuclear Power by 2022
- Germany’s Nuclear Shutdown: A Costly Gamble
- Op/Ed - The Challenges of Managing Too Much Wind Power
- The Economic Impact of New “Clean Fuel”
- Coulee Dam - The Landscape in the Backyard Is Hydroelectric
- Tri-Cities Car Dealership Blimp Causes Fire, Knocks Out Power
- Trees Felled to Protect Clallam PUD Power Line; Sequim Property Owner Angry
- Montana - Independent Group Might Benefit City of Great Falls, Power Supplier
- Expert: Loss of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Not Economic Apocalypse
- Cheap Gas Will Overtake Renewables, Energy Chief Warns
- New York Power Company Charges Town Honoring War Hero Flag Fee
- Follow-Up “FecalShine™” Award - New York Power Company Criticized for Charging American Flag Fee Says It Will Cover Cost
- Fraud Scheme Promised to Harness Lightning
- China Hikes Electricity Rates to Counter Shortage
- End of an Era: Elwha River Turbines to be Stopped Wednesday after Nearly a Century
- Elwha River Dam Removal Project Will Be Biggest In US History
- RV Park Owner Happy About Coming Elwha River Dams Commotion
- Judge James Redden Won’t Guard Fish Farm from Grand Coulee Flow
- New Fisheries Program Could be a Benefit for Northern Coastal Wild Steelhead
- Fish often mislabeled as wild salmon or red snapper, report finds
- $400,000 Worth of Seattle-Bound Crab Disappears
- Pollution Lower, Risks Remain for Marine Life
- Puyallup Fisherman Catches 178 Pound Halibut
- Sturgeon’s Death Highlights Threat to Ancient Fish
- Columbia River Remains under Flood Warning
- Op/Ed - Dams Are the Northwest Flood Busters
- State Puts Pressure on Chehalis Flood Group
- Crystal Mountain Sets Snow Record at 600 Inches
- Snowpack twice as deep as normal
- California - Yosemite Waterfalls Roar after Big Snows
- California’s Farm Pollution Laws Survive Challenge
- Central Washington Water Project Named for Adversary
- Kittitas County: Cle Elum Solar Farm Backers: ‘All Bets Are Off’ for $350 Million Project
- Money Blows in to a Patch of Oregon Known for Its Unrelenting Winds
- Wyoming Wind Farm Project Gets Bird Radar
- Wind Farms: Britain is ‘Running Out of Wind’
- Delaware Wind Power Project Wavers after Subsidy Cuts
- China - Wind Turbines Damage a Section of the Great Wall of China
- Companies Look for Power Way, Way Up In the Sky
- Op/Ed - Viewpoints: Solar Power Plants, Public Land? It’s a Good Match
- Huzzah! GE: Solar Cheapest Energy Form in 5 Years – Compared to What?
- Cowlitz PUD Non-Residential Customers Can Get Savings through CEEP
- Bulb Warnings Are Light on Facts
- Bleak Outlook for Climate Change with Record CO2 output in 2010
- Op/Ed - A ‘Progress’ Report on Climate Change: Is the planet now on the Titanic’s course?
- Australia - Hollywood Star Blanchett under Fire over Carbon Tax
- ‘Green’ Claims Begin to Sound Like White Noise to Consumers
- Op/Ed - Biofuels Needs (sic) Mass Support
- Op/Ed - How Electrical ‘Microgrids’ Might Revolutionize Power Transmission
- Climate Change Could Give You Brain Fungus
- CenturyLink - Name Not Ring a Bell? It Will
- Carolina Lawmakers for Anti-Municipal Broadband Laws
- What a Gigabit Network Can Do? Find Out
- Comcast to Offer $10 Broadband to Low Income Homes
- Ex-Microsoft Exec Heads Yahoo’s Return to Relevance
- Roadkill Caucus Largely Gets Its Way in Olympia
- Governor Reichert? Governor Constantine?
- Poll: Inslee Well Liked, Not a Shoe-In for Governor
- Former Congressman Baird Calls Chances of 1st District Run “Very Low”
- Simpson Lumber Company to Improve Shelton Rail Crossings
- Harrison’s Belfair Campus Builds Up Customer Base, Reaches for More
- Central Washington State - Canadian Fires Send Their Smoke to Us
- A Toast: Brinnon’s Geoduck Tavern Holds Spot on National Magazine’s List of ‘Best’
WORD OF THE DAY
Enfant Terrible • \on-fahnt tuh-REEB-luh\ • Noun - 1a: a child whose inopportune remarks cause embarrassment b: a person known for shocking remarks or outrageous behavior
2: a usually young and successful person who is strikingly unorthodox, innovative, or avant-garde
At 88, Barney was the youngest member of the “Shady Lanes Retirement Home.” Even at the time of life when it becomes OK to blithely blurt out what you really feel about something, He was considered the facility’s “Enfant Terrible” for his truly outrageous, yet painfully accurate, observations of life in the elder care wing.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Germany Decides to Abandon Nuclear Power by 2022 (Associated Press)
Germany’s Nuclear Shutdown: A Costly Gamble (Euro News)
Op/Ed - The Challenges of Managing Too Much Wind Power (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
The Economic Impact of New “Clean Fuel” (Northwest Public Radio)
Coulee Dam - The Landscape in the Backyard Is Hydroelectric (NY Times)
Tri-Cities Car Dealership Blimp Causes Fire, Knocks Out Power (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Trees Felled to Protect Clallam PUD Power Line; Sequim Property Owner Angry (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Montana - Independent Group Might Benefit City of Great Falls, Power Supplier (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Expert: Loss of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Not Economic Apocalypse (Brattleboro Reformer, VT)
Cheap Gas Will Overtake Renewables, Energy Chief Warns (The Guardian, UK)
New York Power Company Charges Town Honoring War Hero Flag Fee (Fox News)
Follow-Up “FecalShine™” Award - New York Power Company Criticized for Charging American Flag Fee Says It Will Cover Cost (Fox News)
Fraud Scheme Promised to Harness Lightning (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
China Hikes Electricity Rates to Counter Shortage (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
End of an Era: Elwha River Turbines to be Stopped Wednesday after Nearly a Century (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Elwha River Dam Removal Project Will Be Biggest In US History (Associated Press)
A-Listers Invited to Elwha River Dam Removal (Associated Press)
RV Park Owner Happy About Coming Elwha River Dams Commotion (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Judge James Redden Won’t Guard Fish Farm from Grand Coulee Flow (Associated Press)
New Fisheries Program Could be a Benefit for Northern Coastal Wild Steelhead (Seattle Times, WA)
Fish often mislabeled as wild salmon or red snapper, report finds ((Olympian, WA)
$400,000 Worth of Seattle-Bound Crab Disappears (Associated Press)
Pollution Lower, Risks Remain for Marine Life (Seattle Times, WA)
Puyallup Fisherman Catches 178 Pound Halibut (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
Sturgeon’s Death Highlights Threat to Ancient Fish (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia River Remains under Flood Warning (Oregonian, Portland)
Op/Ed - Dams Are the Northwest Flood Busters (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal)
State Puts Pressure on Chehalis Flood Group - Panel won’t get needed funding if it has no plan, say lawmakers (Olympian, WA)
Crystal Mountain Sets Snow Record at 600 Inches (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Snowpack twice as deep as normal - Skiers, rafters rejoice, but season stalled for hikers, campers (Olympian, WA)
California - Yosemite Waterfalls Roar after Big Snows (Associated Press)
California’s Farm Pollution Laws Survive Challenge (Courthouse News Service)
Central Washington Water Project Named for Adversary (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Kittitas County: Cle Elum Solar Farm Backers: ‘All Bets Are Off’ for $350 Million Project (Yakima Herald-Republic
Money Blows in to a Patch of Oregon Known for Its Unrelenting Winds (NY Times)
Wyoming Wind Farm Project Gets Bird Radar (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Wind Farms: Britain is ‘Running Out of Wind’ - Despite the freak gales that battered parts of the country last week, climate experts are warning that many of Britain’s wind farms may soon run out of puff (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
Delaware Wind Power Project Wavers after Subsidy Cuts (Christian Science Monitor)
China - Wind Turbines Damage a Section of the Great Wall of China (Shanghai Daily, China)
Companies Look for Power Way, Way Up In the Sky (Associated Press)
Op/Ed - Viewpoints: Solar Power Plants, Public Land? It’s a Good Match (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Huzzah! GE: Solar Cheapest Energy Form in 5 Years – Compared to What? (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cowlitz PUD Non-Residential Customers Can Get Savings through CEEP (Longview Daily News, WA)
Bulb Warnings Are Light on Facts (St Petersburg Times, FL)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Bleak Outlook for Climate Change with Record CO2 output in 2010 (ZD Net News)
Op/Ed - A ‘Progress’ Report on Climate Change: Is the planet now on the Titanic’s course? (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Australia - Hollywood Star Blanchett under Fire over Carbon Tax (Sydney Morning Herald, AUS)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
‘Green’ Claims Begin to Sound Like White Noise to Consumers (Wenatchee World, WA)
Op/Ed - Biofuels Needs (sic) Mass Support (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed - How Electrical ‘Microgrids’ Might Revolutionize Power Transmission (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Climate Change Could Give You Brain Fungus (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CenturyLink - Name Not Ring a Bell? It Will (Seattle Times, WA)
CenturyLink Urges Employees to Thank North Carolina Lawmakers for Anti-Municipal Broadband Laws (Broadband Reports)
What a Gigabit Network Can Do? Find Out (GigaOM)
Comcast to Offer $10 Broadband to Low Income Homes (Broadband Reports)
Ex-Microsoft Exec Heads Yahoo’s Return to Relevance (Seattle Times, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Roadkill Caucus Largely Gets Its Way in Olympia (Everett Herald, WA)
Governor Reichert? Governor Constantine? (Crosscut Seattle)
Poll: Inslee Well Liked, Not a Shoe-In for Governor (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Former Congressman Baird Calls Chances of 1st District Run “Very Low” (Seattle Times, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Simpson Lumber Company to Improve Shelton Rail Crossings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Harrison’s Belfair Campus Builds Up Customer Base, Reaches for More (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Central Washington State - Canadian Fires Send Their Smoke to Us (Wenatchee World, WA)
A Toast: Brinnon’s Geoduck Tavern Holds Spot on National Magazine’s List of ‘Best’
DIVERSIONS
June, July Bring Bizarre Solar, Lunar Eclipses
Pregnant Cow Rescued from Benton County Dam
Skeleton Unearthed in Italy Might be ‘Mona Lisa’s’
Parents Touch Off Debate by Refusing To Reveal Four-Month-Old Baby’s Sex
SONG OF THE DAY
The Who - Who Are You?
