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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle City Council Opposes Coal-Export Terminals
in Washington State (Associated Press)
Hoopa Tribe Asks Federal Officials to Resume
Klamath Dams Relicensing - May Speed Removal (Associated Press)
Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable -
Early signs indicate schools of Chinook are now cruising off the coast in
fairly good numbers (Seattle Times)
Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable -
Early signs indicate schools of Chinook are now cruising off the coast in
fairly good numbers (Seattle Times)
Drug Debt a Likely Motive in Shelton
Double-Homicide (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Council Opposes Coal-Export Terminals in Washington State
- Eugene Water & Electric Board to Cut 50 Jobs, Overtime
- Idaho Falls - Power Rates Possibly Changing for Local Consumers
- Snohomish PUD Looks to Dam Skykomish River for Power
- Snohomish PUD Ranked Among Top U.S. Utilities for Value – How Did It Get There?
- Op/Ed - California: Time to Try Electricity Deregulation Again
- Even in Coal Country, the Fight for an Industry
- Grid Operators Say Germany Must Invest $25 Billion
- Public Power - Will Minneapolis Follow Boulder in Challenging Xcel?
- US Senate Confirms Two FERC Nominees
- Utility Industry Groups Back NERC Proposal for Review of FERC Staff Audit
- Behind the Switch - Delivery of Electric Power Is a Vital Backbone to the Nation’s Economy
- Hoopa Tribe Asks Federal Officials to Resume Klamath Dams Relicensing - May Speed Removal
- Salmon from Infected Pens Sold for Compost and, Possibly, Food
- Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable
- Bonneville Dam Flows Configured to Limit Descaling of Central Idaho’s ESA-Listed Sockeye
- Mussel Infestation Threatens Pacific Northwest Waters
- Students Get an Electrifying Lesson with Fish
- Lower Elwha Road Failing Due to Dam-Removal Project
- Commissioning of Oregon Geothermal Power Plant to Begin
- Wind Farms Considering Detection Systems to Prevent Bird Deaths
- Greens Fight Mojave Desert Wind Farm
- On Clean Energy, Time to Follow Where Google, GE, Buffett Lead
- Is FERC Rule 1000 the Key to Getting Green Power to Market?
- Montana’s Flathead Co-op Bullish on Savings
- Apple Starts Selling the Nest Smart Thermostat
- New Street Lights for Ukiah’s State Street - Equipment is also ‘dark-sky compliant’
- China to Spend $27 Billion on Emission Cuts, Renewables
- Electric Car Makers Can Sell Credits in California
- Natural Gas Rebranded as Green Energy by the European Union
- Click! Paid to Put Up Disputed Tacoma Billboards
- Verizon FiOS Is Getting Insanely Fast 300Mbps Home Internet
- Google Chrome OS Lives on with Big Update, New Hardware
- Intel to Offer ‘Free’ Wi-Fi in Its Ultrabooks, Tablets
- Sophisticated Computer Virus “Flame” Hits Iran Hard
- Judge to Rule if Washington State Supermajority Tax Vote Lawsuit Should Go Forward
- Washington State Senator Zarelli Won’t Complete Current Term
- Incumbent Primary Losses Begin to Mount, May Approach Record
- Drug Debt a Likely Motive in Shelton Double-Homicide
- Washington State Economic Forecast Holds Steady
- Weather Service Money Shifting Problems Hit Agency
WORD OF THE DAY
Sprachgefühl
• \SHPRAWK-guh-few-ul\ • noun - 1: the character of a language 2: an intuitive
sense of what is linguistically appropriate.
Bobby
had taken extensive language immersion classes, hoping that during his European
vacation that he would not stand out as a painfully obvious tourist. His
instructor knew that his student would fail miserably. “You just don’t have the
sprachgefühl of the German language that native speakers do,” he intoned. And,
to himself, “you’ll have to ditch the camera, clothes that absolutely scream ‘I
am a tourist,’ and the penchant to only order burger and fries for every meal.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle City Council Opposes Coal-Export Terminals
in Washington State (Associated Press)
Eugene Water & Electric Board to Cut 50 Jobs,
Overtime - General manager cites feedback from customers concerned about
continuing increases in utility bills (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Idaho Falls - Power Rates Possibly Changing for
Local Consumers (KIDK-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
Snohomish PUD Looks to Dam Skykomish River for Power
(Seattle Times)
Snohomish PUD Ranked Among Top U.S. Utilities for
Value – How Did It Get There? (Western Energy)
Op/Ed - California: Time to Try Electricity
Deregulation Again (SF Chronicle – My Response?)
Even in Coal Country, the Fight for an Industry (NY
Times)
Grid Operators Say Germany Must Invest $25 Billion (Associated
Press)
Public Power - Will Minneapolis Follow Boulder in
Challenging Xcel? (Midwest Energy News)
US Senate Confirms Two FERC Nominees (Electric
Co-op Today)
Utility Industry Groups Back NERC Proposal for
Review of FERC Staff Audit (American Public Power Association)
Behind the Switch - Delivery of Electric Power Is a
Vital Backbone to the Nation’s Economy (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Hoopa Tribe Asks Federal Officials to Resume
Klamath Dams Relicensing - May Speed Removal (Associated Press)
Summer Ocean Salmon Fishing Could Be Memorable - Early
signs indicate schools of Chinook are now cruising off the coast in fairly good
numbers (Seattle Times)
Salmon from Infected Pens Sold for Compost and,
Possibly, Food (Northwest Cable News)
Bonneville Dam Flows Configured to Limit
Descaling of Central Idaho’s ESA-Listed Sockeye (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Mussel Infestation Threatens Pacific Northwest
Waters (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Students Get an Electrifying Lesson with Fish (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lower
Elwha Road Failing Due to Dam-Removal Project (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Commissioning
of Oregon Geothermal Power Plant to Begin (Electric Light & Power)
Wind
Farms Considering Detection Systems to Prevent Bird Deaths (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Greens
Fight Mojave Desert Wind Farm (Courthouse News Service)
On
Clean Energy, Time to Follow Where Google, GE, Buffett Lead (Forbes Magazine)
Is
FERC Rule 1000 the Key to Getting Green Power to Market? (Windpower Engineering
& Development)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana’s Flathead Co-op Bullish on Savings
(Electric Co-op Today)
Apple Starts Selling the Nest Smart Thermostat (GigaOM)
New Street Lights for Ukiah’s State Street - Equipment
is also ‘dark-sky compliant’ (Ukiah Daily Journal, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
China
to Spend $27 Billion on Emission Cuts, Renewables (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Car Makers Can Sell Credits in California (USA Today)
Natural
Gas Rebranded as Green Energy by the European Union (Greenwise)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Click! Paid to Put Up Disputed Tacoma Billboards (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Verizon FiOS Is Getting Insanely Fast 300Mbps Home
Internet (Gizmodo)
Google Chrome OS Lives on with Big Update, New
Hardware (Christian Science Monitor)
Intel to Offer ‘Free’ Wi-Fi in Its Ultrabooks,
Tablets (GigaOM)
Sophisticated Computer Virus “Flame” Hits Iran Hard
(Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Judge to Rule if Washington State Supermajority Tax
Vote Lawsuit Should Go Forward (Associated Press)
Washington State Senator Zarelli Won’t Complete
Current Term (Longview Daily News, WA)
Incumbent Primary Losses Begin to Mount, May
Approach Record (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Drug Debt a Likely Motive in Shelton
Double-Homicide (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Washington State Economic Forecast Holds Steady
(Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Weather Service Money Shifting Problems Hit Agency (Associated
Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Weather-service-money-shifting-problems-hit-agency-3593197.php
DIVERSIONS
Kansas Boy Buys Camera at Garage Sale, Finds Photo
of Dead Uncle
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/30/kansas-boy-buys-camera-at-garage-sale-finds-photo-of-dead-uncle/
Stay Connected While You Go: Bathrooms Go High-Tech
Too Cute or Too Weird? Couple Dresses Alike for 30
Years
Man Breaks into Radio Station to Change the Channel
SONG OF THE DAY
Harry
Chapin – WOLD
One
nit to pick: radio stations west of the Mississippi River start with the letter
“K”…East of the river they start with “W”
– Except KDKA in Pittsburgh – Therefore, WOLD in Boise, Idaho…come one Harry…
