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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
House Appropriations Bill Would Block Proposed
Changes to Power Marketing Administrations; Senate Calls for Public Process
(American Public Power Association)
Congressional Committee Hears How Energy
Secretary’s Directives Could Raise Electricity Rates & Override Regional
Energy Successes (US House Natural Resources Committee)
Congressman Hastings Statement on Judge Redden’s Admitted
Bias to Destroy Snake River Dams (US House
Natural Resources Committee)
Washington
among Greenest States to Own an Electric Car – Hydroelectric & nuclear
power sources make fueling electric cars less environmentally impactful (CNN
Money)
KING 5 Story Prompts Governor to Call for Criminal
Investigation of Minority Hiring Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- House Appropriations Bill Would Block Proposed Changes to Power Marketing Administrations; Senate Calls for Public Process
- Congressional Committee Hears How Energy Secretary’s Directives Could Raise Electricity Rates & Override Regional Energy Successes
- Alaska - Rowdy Crowd Takes Electric Company to Task over High Energy Costs in Fairbanks
- Natural Gas Is on a Roll, Executive Declares
- Sierra Club Challenges Maryland Natural Gas Terminal
- Make Your Co-op the Safest Possible
- Will The Stars Align for Small Nuclear Reactors?
- Massachusetts - NRC Director Backs Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant License
- Ohio - Politics Stands in the Way of Nuclear Plant’s Future
- FERC Standards Identify Critical Cyber Assets
- A Kenyan Woman Stands Up Against a Massive Dam Project
- Now Off Case, Judge Weighs In on Dams
- Congressman Hastings Statement on Judge Redden’s Admitted Bias to Destroy Snake River Dams
- Salmon-Gobbling Cormorants to Join Sea Lions on Hit List?
- Agencies, Tribe Join to Track Strength of Once-Abundant Smelt Runs, Now Listed As Threatened
- Editorial - Mixed Signals over Puget Sound Salmon
- The Salton Sea Is Shrinking, & the California Supreme Court Isn’t Helping
- Saga of California’s Salton Sea: A Tragic Chapter Ahead?
- Texas - Despite Budget Cuts & Army Base Expansion, Trying to Save Energy
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Offers Incentive to Recycle That Old Fridge or Freezer
- Washington among Greenest States to Own an Electric Car
- Hydrogen - Battle over Clean Energy Stations in California
- Rackspace Customers Focusing on Doing Business with ‘Green’ Companies
- What if Broadband Can’t Save Your Economy? Create a New One
- Why Mobile Data Is Such a Cash Cow for Carriers
- KING 5 Story Prompts Governor to Call for Criminal Investigation of Minority Hiring Program
- 911 Tapes Released from Cushman Shooting
- Mild Fire Season Predicted For Much of the Pacific Northwest
- Costa Exits North Mason Chamber Post
- Longview Man Accused of Using Crane to Steal Dredging Equipment
- Explosions ‘New Territory’ for Beetle-Ravaged Lumber Industry
WORD OF THE DAY
Patagium
• \putt-TAY-jee-um\ • Noun - 1: the fold of skin connecting the forelimbs and
hind limbs of some tetrapods (as flying squirrels) 2: the fold of skin in front
of the main segments of a bird’s wing.
“Flying
Squirrel Man” was looking for his first real super hero adventure. Predictably,
his first adventure was to find a cool costume that would accommodate his
patagium without revealing his “naughty bits.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
House Appropriations Bill Would Block Proposed
Changes to Power Marketing Administrations; Senate Calls for Public Process
(American Public Power Association)
Congressional Committee Hears How Energy Secretary’s
Directives Could Raise Electricity Rates & Override Regional Energy
Successes (US House Natural Resources Committee)
Alaska - Rowdy Crowd Takes Electric Company to Task
over High Energy Costs in Fairbanks (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/18366156/article-Rowdy-crowd-takes-electric-company-to-task-over-high-energy-costs-in-Fairbanks
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/18366156/article-Rowdy-crowd-takes-electric-company-to-task-over-high-energy-costs-in-Fairbanks
Natural Gas Is on a Roll, Executive Declares (NY
Times)
Sierra Club Challenges Maryland Natural Gas
Terminal (Associated Press)
Make Your Co-op the Safest Possible - “…Every
injury that you have is the failure of your safety program in that instance…”
(Electric Co-op Today)
Will The Stars Align for Small Nuclear Reactors? (NY
Times)
Massachusetts - NRC Director Backs Pilgrim Nuclear
Power Plant License (Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA)
Ohio - Politics Stands in the Way of Nuclear Plant’s
Future (USA Today)
FERC Standards Identify Critical Cyber Assets (Courthouse
News Service)
A Kenyan Woman Stands Up Against a Massive Dam
Project (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Now Off Case, Judge Weighs In on Dams (NY Times)
Congressman Hastings Statement on Judge Redden’s
Admitted Bias to Destroy Snake River Dams (US House
Natural Resources Committee)
Salmon-Gobbling Cormorants to Join Sea Lions on
Hit List? (Associated Press)
Agencies, Tribe Join to Track Strength of
Once-Abundant Smelt Runs, Now Listed As Threatened (Oregonian, Portland)
Editorial - Mixed Signals over Puget Sound Salmon
(Olympian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
The Salton Sea Is Shrinking, & the California
Supreme Court Isn’t Helping (TIME Magazine)
Saga
of California’s Salton Sea: A Tragic Chapter Ahead? (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Texas - Despite Budget Cuts & Army Base
Expansion, Trying to Save Energy (NY Times)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Offers
Incentive to Recycle That Old Fridge or Freezer (Sacramento Business Journal,
CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
among Greenest States to Own an Electric Car – Hydroelectric & nuclear
power sources make fueling electric cars less environmentally impactful (CNN
Money)
Hydrogen
- Battle over Clean Energy Stations in California (Courthouse News Service)
Rackspace
Customers Focusing on Doing Business with ‘Green’ Companies (San Antonio
Business Journal, TX)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
What if Broadband Can’t Save Your Economy? Create a
New One (GigaOM)
Why Mobile Data Is Such a Cash Cow for Carriers (NY
Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
KING 5 Story Prompts Governor to Call for Criminal
Investigation of Minority Hiring Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
911 Tapes Released from Cushman Shooting (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mild Fire Season Predicted For Much of the Pacific Northwest
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Costa Exits North Mason Chamber Post (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Longview Man Accused of Using Crane to Steal
Dredging Equipment (Longview Daily News, WA)
Explosions ‘New Territory’ for Beetle-Ravaged
Lumber Industry (Vancouver Sun, BC)
DIVERSIONS
Now You Can Eat Eggs in the Shape of Washington
State
Calling Portlandia - A Place for Old City Chickens,
Outside the Kitchen Pot
Connecticut High School Claims Record for Most
Twins
Oklahoma
Woman allegedly calls in bomb threat over $14 electric bill
SONG OF THE DAY
Fantasy
– Earth Wind & Fire
