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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Judge
Michael Simon Denies Request to Stop Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)
Tidal
Energy Company Seeks to Make Rural River Power in Alaska (Forbes Magazine)
Altamont
Pass Celebrates ‘Repowering’ of Wind Farm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
California Sets Stronger Energy Efficiency Rules
for Buildings (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Suspected Shooter in Shelton Double Murder in
Custody (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Op/Ed - Thurston County Public Power Initiative Still Short of Signatures
- Electricity Company Threatens to Suspend Work on Patagonia Dam until Chileans Reach Consensus
- When Cleaning Up Power Plants, Time is Money
- Judge Michael Simon Denies Request to Stop Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam
- Washington State Congressman Hastings Hails Court Decision on Sea Lions
- 3 Groups Sue Oregon To Save Marbled Murrelet Habitat
- Summit Today to Review New Scientific Findings for Lower Columbia River
- State’s Chum Recovery Efforts Spread to Lewis River’s East Fork
- Orcas Return to Puget Sound with New Baby
- Alaska - EPA Hears Comments on Bristol Bay Mine-Proposal Study
- Tidal Energy Company Seeks to Make Rural River Power in Alaska
- Tide Turns towards Undersea Energy
- Altamont Pass Celebrates ‘Repowering’ of Wind Farm
- Turn Waste into Energy, Group Urges New York
- Talking Trash - Energy from Waste
- Sen. Bingaman: ‘The Only Losers in the Clean Energy Race Will Be Those Who Do Not Compete’
- Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Headquarters, Knocks President Obama
- California Sets Stronger Energy Efficiency Rules for Buildings
- Making Big Cuts in Data Center Energy Use
- California Lawmakers Approve Cap-And-Trade Revenue Bill
- Gallery: 20 Think City Electric Vehicles Land in Portland
- Will Los Angeles Ban Spell End for Plastic Grocery Bags?
- Marin Schoolkids Want Crayola to Go Green
- More Bad News for Facebook, as Site Crashes
- Oregon’s Call Center Gains Mean Losses Elsewhere
- Cable Still Beating Telcos at the Broadband Game
- United Kingdom – Minister of Parliament “Farmers Don’t Need Broadband”
- Stuxnet, Flame & Fulfilling the Dream of Sun Tzu
- First Female Alaskan Judge Joins 9th Circuit
- Suspected Shooter in Shelton Double Murder in Custody
- Two Dead in Murder-Suicide near Hoodsport
- Private Retailers Now Selling Booze in Washington State
- Belfair’s Store Turns Out the Lights on the State’s Liquor Sales
- Liquor Sticker Shock: Why is Booze So Expensive?
- Bias Seen in Forest Service Practice on Olympic Peninsula
- Venus Takes Center Stage in Upcoming Rare Sky Show
- Seattle Will See a Partial Lunar Eclipse Next Week
- Cosmic Smashup Predicted, But Earth Will Survive
WORD OF THE DAY
Guetapens
• \GETT-uh-pawn\ • Noun - Ambush, snare, trap
Spider
waits for victim
Master
of the guetapens
Web
has no escape
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Op/Ed - Thurston County Public Power Initiative
Still Short of Signatures (Olympian, WA)
Electricity Company Threatens to Suspend Work on
Patagonia Dam until Chileans Reach Consensus (Washington Post)
When Cleaning Up Power Plants, Time is Money (NY
Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge
Michael Simon Denies Request to Stop Killing of Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington
State Congressman Hastings Hails Court Decision on Sea Lions (US Congressman
Hastings)
3 Groups Sue Oregon To Save Marbled Murrelet
Habitat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Summit Today to Review New Scientific Findings
for Lower Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)
State’s
Chum Recovery Efforts Spread to Lewis River’s East Fork (Longview Daily News,
WA)
Orcas Return to Puget Sound with New Baby (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Alaska
- EPA Hears Comments on Bristol Bay Mine-Proposal Study (Seattle Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Tidal
Energy Company Seeks to Make Rural River Power in Alaska (Forbes Magazine)
Tide
Turns towards Undersea Energy (Cable News Network)
Altamont
Pass Celebrates ‘Repowering’ of Wind Farm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Turn
Waste into Energy, Group Urges New York (NY Times)
Talking
Trash - Energy from Waste (The Economist)
Sen.
Bingaman: ‘The Only Losers in the Clean Energy Race Will Be Those Who Do Not
Compete’ (Renewable Energy World)
Mitt
Romney Visits Solyndra Headquarters, Knocks President Obama (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Sets Stronger Energy Efficiency Rules
for Buildings (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Making Big Cuts in Data Center Energy Use (Rocky
Mountain Institute)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Lawmakers Approve Cap-And-Trade Revenue Bill (Forbes Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Gallery:
20 Think City Electric Vehicles Land in Portland (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Will
Los Angeles Ban Spell End for Plastic Grocery Bags? (USA Today)
Marin
Schoolkids Want Crayola to Go Green (SF Chronicle)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
More Bad News for Facebook, as Site Crashes (GigaOM)
Oregon’s Call Center Gains Mean Losses Elsewhere
(Portland Business Journal)
Cable Still Beating Telcos at the Broadband Game (GigaOM)
United Kingdom – Minister of Parliament “Farmers
Don’t Need Broadband” (Pc Pro)
Stuxnet, Flame & Fulfilling the Dream of Sun
Tzu (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
First Female Alaskan Judge Joins 9th Circuit (Courthouse
News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
Suspected Shooter in Shelton Double Murder in
Custody (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Two Dead in Murder-Suicide near Hoodsport (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Private Retailers Now Selling Booze in Washington
State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Belfair’s Store Turns Out the Lights on the State’s
Liquor Sales (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Liquor Sticker Shock: Why is Booze So Expensive?
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/05/31/liquor-sticker-shock-why-is-booze-so-expensive/
Bias Seen in Forest Service Practice on Olympic
Peninsula (Seattle Times)
VENUS & MARS ARE ALRIGHT - SKYVIEWING
Venus Takes Center Stage in Upcoming Rare Sky Show
(Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Venus-takes-center-stage-in-upcoming-rare-sky-show-3601215.php
Seattle Will See a Partial Lunar Eclipse Next Week
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Cosmic Smashup Predicted, But Earth Will Survive (Seattle
Post Intelligencer)
DIVERSIONS
Queen of England to Eat Invasive Species Pie
Confiscated Pot Stinking Up Oregon Courthouse
Why Anchorage Is the ‘Worst-Dressed’ City in
America
Boy Germs? Men Have More Bacteria in Offices than
Women Do
SONG OF THE DAY
AC/DC
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
