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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville
Power Administration Releases Plan to Reimburse Wind Energy Producers (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Wind
Power Dispute May Have Mason County Power Impacts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Okanogan
PUD Appeal - Court Denies McKenna’s Request to Reconsider Goldmark Victory
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Washington
State Supreme Court Upholds Yakama Tribal Fishing Rights (Associated Press)
New
Cost for Hanford Cleanup Projected at $112 Billion (Tri-City Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Releases Plan to Reimburse Wind Energy Producers
- Wind Power Dispute May Have Mason County Power Impacts
- Okanogan PUD Appeal - Court Denies McKenna’s Request to Reconsider Goldmark Victory
- Early Jolt: Goldmark v. McKenna - Today’s Loser: Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna
- Update: Crews Restore Power to About 900 throughout Clark County
- Regulatory Approval Is Expected for New Reactors in Georgia
- State of Alaska Issues Permit for Coal Power Plant in Interior
- Minnesota Power Proposes New Transmission for Canadian Hydropower
- Washington State Supreme Court Upholds Yakama Tribal Fishing Rights
- Douglas PUD to Rehab 45-Year-Old Hatchery
- Two Belfair Salmon Groups Merge
- Editorial - It’s Short-Sighted to End Fishery Restrictions
- Animal Slavery? Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Orca Rights
- New Cost for Hanford Cleanup Projected at $112 Billion
- Debris from Japanese Tsunami Washing Up onto Local Shores
- The Next Wave in Renewable Energy from the Ocean
- In Our View: Sending Power Underground
- Please Stay - Portland Development Commission Approves $1.15 Million Iberdrola Grant
- Solar Tower Will Power Las Vegas at Night
- European Grid Blackout Threat Weighs on Renewables Take Up
- Thermostat Wars - Nest to Honeywell: We Will Vigorously Defend Ourselves
- Wal-Mart’s Biggest Green Feat: Putting Sustainability on the Corporate Agenda
- Seattle - Pioneer Square Companies Get a Faster Lane on the Information Superhighway
- Historic Day for Gay Marriage as Another Fight Looms
- Washington State Redistricting Challenged
- Investigators Seek Two Women in Lindsey Baum Case
- Westboro Church to Picket Powell Boys’ Funeral as Anti-Gay Protest
- Former Thurston Landfill Employee Allegedly Kept Customers’ Fees
- Truck Stolen from Olympia Parking Lot While Owner Asleep Inside
- Quinault Tribe Closes Ocean Beaches on Reservation
- Growth a Source of Pride - And Strain - At Some Northwest Tribes
WORD OF THE DAY
Adulation
• \adje-uh-LAY-shun\ • Noun - Excessive or slavish admiration or flattery
“Your form of adulation
is acceptable,” pronounced the science fiction writer to his overly
appreciative fans. “But it’s totally creepy,” he thought to himself as fanboy
after fanboy sauntered into the bookstore for his latest signing party…all
dressed as him.
SHELTON
FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville
Power Administration Releases Plan to Reimburse Wind Energy Producers (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Wind
Power Dispute May Have Mason County Power Impacts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Okanogan
PUD Appeal - Court Denies McKenna’s Request to Reconsider Goldmark Victory (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Early
Jolt: Goldmark v. McKenna - Today’s Loser: Washington State Attorney General
Rob McKenna (PubliCola)
Update:
Crews Restore Power to About 900 throughout Clark County (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
Regulatory
Approval Is Expected for New Reactors in Georgia (NY Times)
State
of Alaska Issues Permit for Coal Power Plant in Interior (Kenai Peninsula
Clarion, AK)
Minnesota
Power Proposes New Transmission for Canadian Hydropower (Electric Light &
Power)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington
State Supreme Court Upholds Yakama Tribal Fishing Rights (Associated Press)
Douglas
PUD to Rehab 45-Year-Old Hatchery (Wenatchee World, WA)
Two
Belfair Salmon Groups Merge (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Editorial
- It’s Short-Sighted to End Fishery Restrictions (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
Animal
Slavery? Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Orca Rights (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
New
Cost for Hanford Cleanup Projected at $112 Billion (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Debris
from Japanese Tsunami Washing Up onto Local Shores (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The
Next Wave in Renewable Energy from the Ocean (Forbes Magazine)
In
Our View: Sending Power Underground (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Please
Stay - Portland Development Commission Approves $1.15 Million Iberdrola Grant (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Solar
Tower Will Power Las Vegas at Night (CNET News)
European
Grid Blackout Threat Weighs on Renewables Take Up (Euractiv)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Thermostat
Wars - Nest to Honeywell: We Will Vigorously Defend Ourselves (GigaOM)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Wal-Mart’s
Biggest Green Feat: Putting Sustainability on the Corporate Agenda (Grist
Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle
- Pioneer Square Companies Get a Faster Lane on the Information Superhighway
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Historic
Day for Gay Marriage as Another Fight Looms (Seattle Times)
Washington
State Redistricting Challenged (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Investigators
Seek Two Women in Lindsey Baum Case (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Westboro
Church to Picket Powell Boys’ Funeral as Anti-Gay Protest (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA)
Former
Thurston Landfill Employee Allegedly Kept Customers’ Fees (Olympian, WA)
Truck
Stolen from Olympia Parking Lot While Owner Asleep Inside (Olympian, WA)
Quinault
Tribe Closes Ocean Beaches on Reservation (Associated Press)
Growth
a Source of Pride - And Strain - At Some Northwest Tribes (Oregonian Public
Broadcasting)
DIVERSIONS
Justice
Sonia Sotomayor Settles a Fairy-Tale Dispute on Sesame Street
A
City’s Character: Chattanooga, Tennessee Designs Its Own Typeface
Necklace
Flushed Down Toilet Returned Months Later
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn
Miller Orchestra - A String of Pearls
