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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Orders Pacific NW
Wind Farms to Curtail Production (Associated Press)
Gas Leak Shuts Down a Portion of Shelton’s
Hillcrest Neighborhood (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington
State’s Renewable Energy Law May Have Your Utility Bill on the Rise (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Energy
Developers Eye New Grid-Stabilizing Hydro Projects (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington State, South Carolina Seek Court Action
over Nuclear Waste Dump (Seattle Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Orders Pacific NW Wind Farms to Curtail Production
- Bonneville Power Administration Calls for First Wind Shutdown of the Season
- Washington State, South Carolina Seek Court Action over Nuclear Waste Dump
- Mason County PUD 3 Conducting Tree Trimming on Johns Prairie Road
- Water over the Dam? A Wasted Resource, Officials Say
- Elwha Sediment Not Just Mud, It’s Nourishment
- Congressman Hastings Pushes Bill That Would Help Fish
- China’s Demand for Geoduck Sends Prices, Profits Soaring in Pacific Northwest
- Washington State’s Renewable Energy Law May Have Your Utility Bill on the Rise
- Renewable Energy Effects - Hydropower Focus of Energy Rates
- Energy Developers Eye New Grid-Stabilizing Hydro Projects
- Wood Makes Comeback as a Fuel
- US Solar Subsidies Consistent with Coal, Oil: Report
- How to Achieve Energy Efficiency with a Blend of Technologies & Human Capital
- Texas - Greener Homes Take Lots of Green
- Inspiring Energy-Efficient Members
- Apple Data Center Helps Fuel Bloom Energy Move to East Coast
- Gas Leak Shuts Down a Portion of Shelton’s Hillcrest Neighborhood
- North Bend Survivalist’s Bunker Was Built for One
- Olympic College Shelton Anniversary
- Timber Still Cuts a Big Footprint in Washington State Economy
WORD OF THE DAY
Uncanny • \un-KANN-nee\ • Adjective - 1a: seeming
to have a supernatural character or origin: eerie, mysterious b: being beyond
what is normal or expected: suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers 2: chiefly
Scottish: severe, punishing
An eerie, uncanny feeling of dread came over Alfred
as the cobweb encrusted door slowly opened, its hinges protesting like enraged
banshees. He knew that entering the ancient fruit cellar could be his last act
on this plane of existence, but the siren’s song of canned peaches, preserved
in 1910, was too strong. “Food poisoning be damned,” he muttered to himself.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Orders Pacific NW
Wind Farms to Curtail Production (Associated Press)
Bonneville Power Administration Calls for First
Wind Shutdown of the Season (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Washington State, South Carolina Seek Court Action over
Nuclear Waste Dump (Seattle Times)
Mason County PUD 3 Conducting Tree Trimming on
Johns Prairie Road (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Water over the Dam? A Wasted Resource, Officials
Say (The Daily Mail, Catskill, NY)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Elwha Sediment Not Just Mud, It’s Nourishment (Seattle Times)
Congressman Hastings Pushes Bill That Would Help
Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)
China’s Demand for Geoduck Sends Prices, Profits
Soaring in Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State’s Renewable Energy Law May Have Your Utility Bill on the Rise (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Renewable
Energy Effects - Hydropower Focus of Energy Rates (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Energy
Developers Eye New Grid-Stabilizing Hydro Projects (Northwest Public Radio)
Wood
Makes Comeback as a Fuel (NY Times)
US
Solar Subsidies Consistent with Coal, Oil: Report (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How to Achieve Energy Efficiency with a Blend of
Technologies & Human Capital (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Texas - Greener Homes Take Lots of Green (San
Antonio Express-News, TX)
Inspiring Energy-Efficient Members (Electric Co-op
Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Apple
Data Center Helps Fuel Bloom Energy Move to East Coast (CNET News)
GENERAL NEWS
Gas Leak Shuts Down a Portion of Shelton’s
Hillcrest Neighborhood (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
North Bend Survivalist’s Bunker Was Built for One (Seattle
Times)
Olympic College Shelton Anniversary (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Timber Still Cuts a Big Footprint in Washington State
Economy (Seattle Times)
DIVERSIONS
Dentist Pulls All of Ex-Boyfriend’s Teeth after
Getting Dumped
Man Soils Pants with Portable Meth Lab during OHP
Traffic Stop
Photos: Harley from Japan Washes Up in BC
SONG OF THE DAY
Steppenwolf
- Born to be Wild
