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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
EPA
E-Mails on Anti-Pollution Rules Reveal Agency’s Frustration with White House (Washington Post)
Southern Oregon University Dorms Strain Ashland
Conservation Program - Green features eligible for $180,000 in rebates, leaving
little for other, smaller projects in city (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
Irrigation
District, Bonneville Power Administration Partner to Recharge Aquifer (Twin
Falls Times-News, ID)
Feds Set New Drilling Rules for Hydraulic
Fracturing (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Democratic Senate Leader Lisa Brown Will Not Seek
Reelection – Story touches on Initiative 937 (PubliCola)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Feds Set New Drilling Rules for Hydraulic Fracturing
- Wyoming - Federal Coal Sales in Powder River Basin Draw Suit
- Bonneville Power Administration; Montana-to-Washington Transmission System Upgrade Project EIS
- Ted Simpson, Clallam Public Utility District Commissioner Eyes Re-Election
- Landmarks: Nine Mile Falls Dam at Core of Enclave
- ‘Bridges Being Built’ By BPA’s Personnel Exchange with Tribes
- Minneapolis Hydro Plant Shows Existing Dam Potential
- Ohio - License Hearing on Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plan Planned May 18
- Class Calls New Jersey Utility Come-On a Scam
- Final Alternative Site Dedicated to Replace Drowned Celilo Falls & Other Lost Fisheries
- Op/Ed - Balancing Power Needs & The Environment: What James Redden Says on Salmon Recovery Still Matters
- Irrigation District, Bonneville Power Administration Partner to Recharge Aquifer
- Managing the Wind
- How Wind Power Fits into Our Energy Diet
- Colorado - Vestas Workers Could Learn Fate by Summer
- First Solar Restructuring Leads to Loss of $449 Million
- Few Businesses Buying Solar Panels
- China is Stealing America’s Solar Manufacturing Industry. Should We Fight Back Or Rejoice?
- Southern Oregon University Dorms Strain Ashland Conservation Program
- Pacific Light Lands $3 Million for LED Technology
- Mason County PUD 3 Energy Conservation Featured on KMAS
- A Power Hungry Generation
- EPA E-Mails on Anti-Pollution Rules Reveal Agency’s Frustration with White House
- British Columbia Rethinks Its Pioneering Carbon Tax
- Greenland Losing Ice Fast, But Not Runaway Pace
- Plant-Based Biofuels Expand With Tech Advances
- Charitable Bottled Water Comes to Portland
- Broadcasters Withdraw “White Spaces” Challenge
- USDA Accepting Broadband Grant Applications
- Finding the Broadband Pipes for Rural Telemedicine
- It’s Not Easy Being Green: Data Center Edition
- Criticism Rains Down Over Cloud Data Centers
- Democratic Senate Leader Lisa Brown Will Not Seek Reelection – Story touches on Initiative 937
- Washington State Senate Majority Leader Stepping Down, May Run Statewide in Future
- Washington State Senate - Billig Announces for Brown Seat
- Women suing Washington State AG McKenna over Federal Health Care Law
- Dicks & Murray Drop Portion of Wild Olympics Proposal, Close in on Legislation
- Goodbye La Nina: Will Drought, Hurricanes Also Go?
- Almost $1 Million Found in Storage in Oregon in Navy Scam Case
- Hood Canal School Selects New Superintendent: Shawn Batstone
- Federal Lawmakers Push for Vote to Limit Post Office Closures
- Manhole Lid Theft is on the Rise
- A Stunning, New Social Media Tactic: Handwritten Notes
WORD OF THE DAY
Bon Vivant • \bahn-vee-VAHNT\ • Noun - A person
having cultivated, refined, & sociable tastes especially in respect to food
& drink.
Like a blind kingdom where a one-eyed man is king, Derwent was
considered the backwater town’s bon vivant: just because he drank his beer from
a glass and not the bottle. “Fancy,” mused the bartender whenever he carefully
poured the amber-colored brew for his customer, “next thing you’ll know he’ll
want it cold.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Feds Set New Drilling Rules for Hydraulic
Fracturing (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Wyoming - Federal Coal Sales in Powder River Basin Draw
Suit (Associated Press)
Bonneville Power Administration;
Montana-to-Washington Transmission System Upgrade Project EIS (Zecco)
Ted Simpson, Clallam Public Utility District Commissioner
Eyes Re-Election (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Landmarks: Nine Mile Falls Dam at Core of Enclave -
Brick cottages housed workers at hydro plant (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
‘Bridges Being Built’ By BPA’s Personnel Exchange with
Tribes (Bonneville Power Administration)
Minneapolis Hydro Plant Shows Existing Dam
Potential (Midwest Energy News)
Ohio - License Hearing on Davis-Besse Nuclear Power
Plan Planned May 18 (Toledo Blade, OH)
Class Calls New Jersey Utility Come-On a Scam (Courthouse
News Service)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Final
Alternative Site Dedicated to Replace Drowned Celilo Falls & Other Lost
Fisheries (Indian Country Today Media Network)
Op/Ed
- Balancing Power Needs & The Environment: What James Redden Says on Salmon
Recovery Still Matters (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Irrigation
District, Bonneville Power Administration Partner to Recharge Aquifer (Twin
Falls Times-News, ID)
Managing
the Wind (Renewable Energy World)
How
Wind Power Fits into Our Energy Diet (Grist Online –
the reaching for a metaphor edition)
Colorado - Vestas Workers Could Learn Fate by
Summer (Pueblo Chieftain, CO)
First
Solar Restructuring Leads to Loss of $449 Million (Associated Press)
Few
Businesses Buying Solar Panels (Austin Business Journal, TX)
China
is Stealing America’s Solar Manufacturing Industry. Should We Fight Back Or
Rejoice? (Slate Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Southern Oregon University Dorms Strain Ashland Conservation
Program - Green features eligible for $180,000 in rebates, leaving little for
other, smaller projects in city (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
Pacific Light Lands $3 Million for LED Technology (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Mason County PUD 3 Energy Conservation Featured on
KMAS (Mason County PUD No. 3)
A Power Hungry Generation - Few generations have
been as dependent on electricity as Gen Y, however new research has found the
energy conservation message might not be getting through (Phys.Org)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
EPA
E-Mails on Anti-Pollution Rules Reveal Agency’s Frustration with White House (Washington Post)
British
Columbia Rethinks Its Pioneering Carbon Tax (National Geographic Magazine)
Greenland
Losing Ice Fast, But Not Runaway Pace (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Plant-Based
Biofuels Expand With Tech Advances (USA Today)
Charitable
Bottled Water Comes to Portland (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadcasters Withdraw “White Spaces” Challenge (Reuters)
USDA Accepting Broadband Grant Applications (Western
Farm Press)
Finding the Broadband Pipes for Rural Telemedicine
(Search Health IT)
It’s Not Easy Being Green: Data Center Edition (GigaOM)
Criticism Rains Down Over Cloud Data Centers (Renewable
Energy World)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Democratic Senate Leader Lisa Brown Will Not Seek
Reelection – Story touches on Initiative 937 (PubliCola)
Washington State Senate Majority Leader Stepping
Down, May Run Statewide in Future (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Washington State Senate - Billig Announces for Brown
Seat (Associated Press)
Women suing Washington State AG McKenna over Federal
Health Care Law (KING-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Dicks
& Murray Drop Portion of Wild Olympics Proposal, Close in on Legislation (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Goodbye La Nina: Will Drought, Hurricanes Also Go? (Associated
Press)
Almost $1 Million Found in Storage in Oregon in Navy
Scam Case (Oregonian, Portland)
Hood Canal School Selects New Superintendent: Shawn
Batstone (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Federal Lawmakers Push for Vote to Limit Post
Office Closures (Reuters)
Manhole Lid Theft is on the Rise (NY Times)
A Stunning, New Social Media Tactic: Handwritten
Notes (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Frozen Cows Stuck in Cabin Will Be Carved Up Rather
Than Exploded
Lost parakeet tells Japanese police its home
address
Canada’s Last Penny to be Produced Today
Ohio deputy gets fired for making inmates dance
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Beach Boys - Dance, Dance, Dance
