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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle Mayor, Business Groups Disagree on Effect
of Higher Electrical Rates (Seattle Times)
Puget Sound Energy Electric, Natural Gas Customers
to Pay More for Service “…The average PSE residential electric customer using 1,000
kilowatt hours-per-month will see their electric bill increase by $3.30, for a
bill total of $102.56…” (South Sound Business Examiner)
GE Figures Out How to Squeeze 100W of Light from a
27W LED Bulb (Gizmodo)
Washington State Fish Tested for Tsunami-Related
Radiation (KING-TV, Seattle)
Summer Burn Ban on Washington State Lands
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle Mayor, Business Groups Disagree on Effect of Higher Electrical Rates
- McGinn: Seattle City Light’s 32% Rate Hike over Six Years Not ‘Politics As Usual’
- Seattle Power Rate Hike Could Sting Nucor Steel Plant
- Puget Sound Energy Electric, Natural Gas Customers to Pay More for Service
- New Puget Sound Energy Electric, Gas Rates Begin Monday
- Port Angeles Asked to Update Utility Discounts from 1992 Levels
- Official: California Nuclear Power Plant Will be Offline
- Editorial - Nuclear Energy Won’t Die
- Major Cyber Attack Aimed at Natural Gas Pipeline Companies
- Embrace Smart Meters to Cut Energy Bills, Utilities Urge
- Washington State Fish Tested for Tsunami-Related Radiation
- EarthFix Conversation: 16 Years Later, Is the Columbia Still ‘A River Lost?’
- Exploring the Reasons behind Dam Removal
- Holistic: Restoring 55 Miles of Kootenai River Habitat for ESA-Listed Sturgeon, All Native Species
- Hood Canal Shrimp Season Opens
- Wind Lobby Strives to Adapt to Tea Party Era
- Op/Ed - Future of Solar is Bright - With Subsidy Reform
- Wind Giant Gamesa Passes on Virginia Wind Project
- On Wind Turbine Noise & Air Pressure Pulses
- When the Wind Whispers, Whose Name Does it Call?
- GE Figures Out How to Squeeze 100W of Light from a 27W LED Bulb
- Republican Congressman to Revive Light Bulb War
- McCord’s Vancouver Toyota Showroom Earns LEED Certification
- Microsoft Targeting Its Carbon Emissions
- Australia States Surrender In Carbon Fight
- X Marks the Spot for Biomass - Peninsula Group Featured On Climate Dots Website
- Toyota to Sell Electric RAV4 with Tesla Motor
- Business Broadband: Good News & Bad News
- So Many Clouds, So Much Storage
- A Green Hadoop Could Manage Solar-Powered Data Centers
- US Senate Approves FCC Nominees after Months-Long Political Tangle
- Why Britain’s Broadband is Heading for the Slow Lane
- Why the Treasurer is Cautious on Washington State’s Financial Course
- Op/Ed - Needed: A Cheaper Way to Resolve Open Records Disputes
- Summer Burn Ban on Washington State Lands
- Coast Guard Conducting Exercise in Hood Canal
- Seattle Surgeon’s Fire Tales Embellished
WORD OF THE DAY
Torrid • \TORE-idd\ • Adjective - 1a: parched with
heat especially of the sun: hot b: giving off intense heat: scorching 2:
ardent, passionate
Amber was looking forward to her lunch-hour escape
with the latest romance novel from her book club. Her hopes of reading another
torrid pulp tome were quickly dashed, as the racy cover belied the phone book
like prose of the book itself.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle Mayor, Business Groups Disagree on Effect of
Higher Electrical Rates (Seattle Times)
McGinn: Seattle City Light’s 32% Rate Hike over Six
Years Not ‘Politics As Usual’ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Seattle Power Rate Hike Could Sting Nucor Steel
Plant (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Puget Sound Energy Electric, Natural Gas Customers
to Pay More for Service “…The average PSE residential electric customer using
1,000 kilowatt hours-per-month will see their electric bill increase by $3.30,
for a bill total of $102.56…” (South Sound Business Examiner)
New Puget Sound Energy Electric, Gas Rates Begin Monday
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Port Angeles Asked to Update Utility Discounts from
1992 Levels (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Official: California Nuclear Power Plant Will be
Offline (Associated Press)
Editorial - Nuclear Energy Won’t Die (Forbes
Magazine)
Major Cyber Attack Aimed at Natural Gas Pipeline
Companies (Christian Science Monitor)
Embrace Smart Meters to Cut Energy Bills, Utilities
Urge (Orlando Sentinel, FL)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Fish Tested for Tsunami-Related
Radiation (KING-TV, Seattle)
EarthFix Conversation: 16 Years Later, Is the
Columbia Still ‘A River Lost?’ (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Exploring the Reasons behind Dam Removal (Renewable
Energy World)
Holistic: Restoring 55 Miles of Kootenai River
Habitat for ESA-Listed Sturgeon, All Native Species (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Hood Canal Shrimp Season Opens (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Lobby Strives to Adapt to Tea Party Era (Washington Examiner, DC)
Op/Ed
- Future of Solar is Bright - With Subsidy Reform (SF Chronicle)
Wind
Giant Gamesa Passes on Virginia Wind Project (Associated Press)
On
Wind Turbine Noise & Air Pressure Pulses (The Energy Collective)
When
the Wind Whispers, Whose Name Does it Call? (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
GE Figures Out How to Squeeze 100W of Light from a
27W LED Bulb (Gizmodo)
Republican Congressman to Revive Light Bulb War (The
Hill, DC)
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/225831-house-republican-to-revive-gop-war-on-light-bulb-law
McCord’s Vancouver Toyota Showroom Earns LEED Certification
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Microsoft
Targeting Its Carbon Emissions (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Australia
States Surrender In Carbon Fight (The Australian)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
X
Marks the Spot for Biomass - Peninsula Group Featured On Climate Dots Website (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Toyota
to Sell Electric RAV4 with Tesla Motor (SF Chronicle)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Business Broadband: Good News & Bad News
(Communications Technology)
So Many Clouds, So Much Storage (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA)
A Green Hadoop Could Manage Solar-Powered Data
Centers (GigaOM – Golly, this concept looks familiar; scheduling electricity
consumption to match up with renewable energy production…hmm, where have I seen
this before….)
US Senate Approves FCC Nominees after Months-Long
Political Tangle (Washington Post)
Why Britain’s Broadband is Heading for the Slow
Lane (The Guardian, UK)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Why the Treasurer is Cautious on Washington State’s
Financial Course (Crosscut Seattle)
Op/Ed - Needed: A Cheaper Way to Resolve Open
Records Disputes (Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Summer Burn Ban on Washington State Lands (Associated
Press)
Coast Guard Conducting Exercise in Hood Canal (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Seattle Surgeon’s Fire Tales Embellished – Made up
stories to underline need for fire retardant fabric (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Teen’s Sweet Prom Dress Made of Starburst Wrappers
Nebraska Man Changes Name to Tyrannosaurus Rex
New Spray Makes You ‘Instantly Drunk,’ and Only
Lasts a Few Seconds
Man Who Dressed as Dead Mother Guilty of Fraud
SONG OF THE DAY
Strangeloves
- I Want Candy
