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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mayor to Propose Seattle City Light Rate Increase
of 28% Over 6 Years (Seattle Times)
Seattle Pulls Plug on Its Broadband Network
(Seattle Times)
Surprising
Results: Overall Stream Temperature Trends in Pacific Northwest Don’t Parallel
Climate-Related Trends (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Former
Govt. Scientist Claims He Was Fired for His Klamath Dam Views (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Belfair Man Dies in Tree-Cutting Accident (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mayor to Propose Seattle City Light Rate Increase of 28% Over Six Years
- Idaho Power Rate Hikes Likely This Summer
- Layoffs among Eugene Water & Electric Board Options
- Editorial - Converting Thurston County Power Supply to PUD No Easy (Or Cheap) Task
- Northwest Natural Gas Might Get Rate Decrease Instead if Increase
- Tennessee Valley Authority Reports $267 Million Loss for Six-Month Period, Expects Loss for the Year
- Duke Energy Net Drops 42 Percent on Power Plant Costs
- Federal Appeals Court Denies California Challenge to Power Plant
- Record Gas Use by US Utilities Fails to Drive Up Price: Energy
- Amid Brazil’s Rush to Develop Amazon River Basin Dam, Workers Resist
- Suspected Copper Thieves Caught in PG&E Yard in San Carlos
- Former Govt. Scientist Claims He Was Fired for His Klamath Dam Views
- Op/Ed - Some Dams Should Come Down, But Not Snake River Dams
- Human Fishing Shown to Have Little Effect on Orcas
- Pend Oreille River Pike Thinning Continues
- Tony Floor Looks at the Influence Congressman Norm Dicks Made on Salmon Management.
- EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Clean Water Act, Coal, Natural Gas & Portland
- Editorial - When the Wind Blows, We Pay
- The End of Clean Energy Subsidies?
- Wind Power Layoffs Mounting While Congress Remains Gridlocked
- Op/Ed - Balance of Power: Clean Energy & Desert Wildlife
- On Our Radar: Birds & Wind Turbines
- Michigan’s Green Energy Ballot Proposal Joins Unlikely Allies
- Canada - The Jury’s Back: Green Power is Too Expensive
- Hurrah for Benton PUD - Port of Kennewick to Change 176 Light Fixtures; Will Save Buildings $3,900 A Year
- Four Smart Thermostats That Save Money & Energy
- Surprising Results: Overall Stream Temperature Trends in Pacific Northwest Don’t Parallel Climate-Related Trends
- Heartland Pulls Billboard on Global Warming
- Dinosaurs Passing Wind May Have Caused Climate Change
- Washington State’s Greens & the Governor: A Partnership Going Up In Smoke?
- The Environmental Impact of Your Pointless Googling
- Giant Plant Tags Tell You How to Care for Streetlights, Hydrants & Mailboxes
- Seattle Pulls Plug on Its Broadband Network
- Cities Build Their Own, Faster Broadband Networks
- Attempt to Overhaul Colorado Telecom Subsidy Fails
- Folks without Landlines May be Out of Loop in Emergency
- Yahoo Facing Shareholder Showdown over CEO’s Fate
- Midday Scan: Is Lisa Brown Eyeing the Governorship of Washington State?
- Washington State Auditor Sonntag’s Fights for Accountability Irk Fellow Democrats
- Belfair Man Dies in Tree-Cutting Accident
- Standing Water Damages Roof at Simpson Door Plant
- Washington State’s Students Face Tuition Hike
- Washington State Road Crews Hope to Open Scenic Highways Soon
- Man Spies Own Scrap Metal at Recycling Plant; Relative Arrested
- Jet Powered Race Car - Eagle Stops in Shelton
- ‘Goober Pyle’ Lindsey Dies after Brief Illness
WORD OF THE DAY
Satiety• \suh-TYE-uht-tee\ • Noun - 1: the quality
or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity: surfeit, fullness 2:
the revulsion or disgust caused by overindulgence or excess
NOTE THIS: The reference below is not for the weak of heart, or delicate
ears. You have been warned!!!
Satiety: See “Mr. Creosote Blows Up” from the Monty Python film, “The Meaning
of Life.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mayor to Propose Seattle City Light Rate Increase of
28% Over Six Years (Seattle Times)
Idaho Power Rate Hikes Likely This Summer (Boise
State Public Radio, ID)
Layoffs among Eugene Water & Electric Board Options
- The utility is struggling to close a $1.2 million projected shortfall for
2012 & more in 2013 (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Editorial - Converting Thurston County Power Supply
to PUD No Easy (Or Cheap) Task (Olympian, WA)
Northwest Natural Gas Might Get Rate Decrease
Instead if Increase (Oregonian, Portland)
Tennessee Valley Authority Reports $267 Million
Loss for Six-Month Period, Expects Loss for the Year (Huntsville Times, AL)
Duke Energy Net Drops 42 Percent on Power Plant
Costs (Bloomberg News)
Federal Appeals Court Denies California Challenge to
Power Plant (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Record Gas Use by US Utilities Fails to Drive Up
Price: Energy (Bloomberg News)
Nuclear-Free Japan Braces for Severe Power
Shortages (Reuters – oh, & look: the protest signs are in English…)
Amid Brazil’s Rush to Develop Amazon River Basin Dam,
Workers Resist (NY Times)
Suspected Copper Thieves Caught in PG&E Yard in
San Carlos (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Former
Govt. Scientist Claims He Was Fired for His Klamath Dam Views (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Op/Ed - Some Dams Should Come Down, But Not Snake
River Dams (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal)
Human Fishing Shown to Have Little Effect on
Orcas (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Pend Oreille River Pike Thinning Continues (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Tony Floor Looks at the Influence Congressman Norm
Dicks Made on Salmon Management (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Clean Water Act,
Coal, Natural Gas & Portland (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Editorial
- When the Wind Blows, We Pay (Wenatchee World, WA)
The
End of Clean Energy Subsidies? (NY Times)
Wind
Power Layoffs Mounting While Congress Remains Gridlocked (Examiner)
Op/Ed
- Balance of Power: Clean Energy & Desert Wildlife (Forbes Magazine)
On
Our Radar: Birds & Wind Turbines (NY Times)
Michigan’s
Green Energy Ballot Proposal Joins Unlikely Allies (Associated Press)
Canada
- The Jury’s Back: Green Power is Too Expensive (The Province, Vancouver, BC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Hurrah
for Benton PUD - Port of Kennewick to Change 176 Light Fixtures; Will Save
Buildings $3,900 A Year (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Four Smart Thermostats That Save Money & Energy
(USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Surprising
Results: Overall Stream Temperature Trends in Pacific Northwest Don’t Parallel
Climate-Related Trends (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Heartland
Pulls Billboard on Global Warming (NY Times)
Dinosaurs
Passing Wind May Have Caused Climate Change (The Telegraph, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State’s Greens & the Governor: A Partnership Going Up In Smoke? (Crosscut
Seattle)
The
Environmental Impact of Your Pointless Googling (Fast Coexist)
Giant
Plant Tags Tell You How to Care for Streetlights, Hydrants & Mailboxes (Grist Online)
http://grist.org/list/giant-plant-tags-tell-you-how-to-care-for-streetlights-hydrants-and-mailboxes/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle Pulls Plug on Its Broadband Network (Seattle
Times)
Cities Build Their Own, Faster Broadband Networks
(National League of Cities)
Attempt to Overhaul Colorado Telecom Subsidy Fails (Associated
Press)
Folks without Landlines May be Out of Loop in
Emergency (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Yahoo Facing Shareholder Showdown over CEO’s Fate (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Midday Scan: Is Lisa Brown Eyeing the Governorship
of Washington State? (Crosscut Seattle)
Washington State Auditor Sonntag’s Fights for
Accountability Irk Fellow Democrats (Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Man Dies in Tree-Cutting Accident (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Standing Water Damages Roof at Simpson Door Plant (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Washington State’s Students Face Tuition Hike (Olympian, WA)
Washington State Road Crews Hope to Open Scenic
Highways Soon (Associated Press)
Man Spies Own Scrap Metal at Recycling Plant;
Relative Arrested (Longview Daily News, WA)
Jet Powered Race Car - Eagle Stops in Shelton (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
‘Goober Pyle’ Lindsey Dies after Brief Illness (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Watch: Dog’s Owner Returns from War
Over Germany’s Surrender - AP Apologizes to Bend
Family of Fired WWII Reporter
Concern in New Zealand over ‘Possum’ Drinking Craze
We’re Doing What? Cowlitz Tribe Takes Ownership of I-5
Sculptures
SONG OF THE DAY
Charlie
Daniels - Drinking My Baby Goodbye
