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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration to Take
Controversial Transmission Line Project to Summer Events (Oregonian, Portland)
California to Stop Buying Electricity from Nevada
Coal-Burning Power Plant (Associated Press)
Ruling Could Help Break the Nuclear-Waste Logjam
(National Public Radio – Look, it’s a photo of Doc, Jay & Vic at ENW!)
Foes
of Port Angeles Biomass Power Plant Digest Judge's Rejection of Their Appeal
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
China
Could Be Hiding an Entire Japan’s Worth of Carbon Emissions (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration to Take Controversial Transmission Line Project to Summer Events
- California to Stop Buying Electricity from Nevada Coal-Burning Power Plant
- U-S Coal Use Falling Fast; Utilities Switch to Gas
- Coal's Decline in the U-S at a Glance
- Coal-fired Utilities Say They Are Getting Shafted by Railroads
- Ruling Could Help Break the Nuclear-Waste Logjam
- Bellevue Construction Worker Electrocuted by Power Lines Dies from Injuries
- Puget Sound Energy Signs Lease to Build Facility in Des Moines
- Co-ops Keep National Parks Connected
- Fees & Taxes - Portland General Electric Bills to Increase for Tigard Residents
- Beachcombers on Alert for Invasive Species from Tsunami
- Audubon Society of Portland to Hold Forum with Building Developers on Avoiding Bird Collisions
- Alaska's Pebble Mine Will Spell Trouble for Northwest Salmon
- Cashmere Third-Grader’s Art Wins Salmon Poster Contest
- Belfair Gets All-Clear for Drinking Water
- State of Idaho Accepts BPA Offer on Lake Pend Oreille Winter Plan
- Foes of Port Angeles Biomass Power Plant Digest Judge's Rejection of Their Appeal
- Biomass Power Plant Appeal Proceeding in Port Townsend
- Sequim Votes to Request Air-Monitoring Station
- Commercial Wind Turbines in Northeastern British Columbia are Killing Endangered Bats
- Building a Bridge to Zero - Questions Swirl around Design of Wind Incentive Phase-out
- The U-S Solar Market Is Booming This Year
- Duke Energy Uses Charlotte as its Living Lab
- China Could Be Hiding an Entire Japan’s Worth of Carbon Emissions
- Humans Responsible for Warming Oceans, Finds Study
- Virginia's Dying Marshes & Climate Change Denial
- Canadian Cities Urged to Plan Ahead or Climate Change Effects
- EPA Complaint Says Cap & Trade Racially Biased
- Fuel Cells Could Power Your Neighborhood
- The New Hotness in Energy Storage: Gravel
- Editorial - Paying for Oregon’s Roads
- Shelton Municipal Court Saves Money with New Technology
- FCC: Cable Operators Can Stop Providing Analog Signals of Local TV
- Municipal Wi-Fi Lives
- Local Program Offers Help for Internet Addicts
- Map Wars: Why Maps Are Apple's New Killer Feature
- Inslee, McKenna Hold First Debate in Governor's Race
- U-S Senate confirms Hurwitz to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Op/Ed - Liquor Initiative Wasn't Crafted to Lower Booze Prices
- Mason County: Passenger Injured, Driver Flees Crash
- Belfair Water Commissioners Briefed on Mediation
- Richard Leavitt Executed in Idaho for a Stabbing, Mutilation Killing
- Two Face Trial in Theft of Steel from Bridges
- Police: Suspected Credit Card Thief's On-Camera Fit Led to His Arrest
- Summer Look Ahead: Drier, Warmer in Eastern Washington, Not Western Washington
- Swarms of Black Flies Bedevil Spokane
WORD OF THE DAY
Babbitt
• \BABB-it\ • Noun - A person and especially a business or professional man who
conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards
Fred
had entered what his wife called the “Babbit-Zone,” a semi-conscious state each
summer Saturday that began with the ritualistic mowing of the lawn – with perfectly
straight rows of cut grass; followed by the downing of an ice-cold beer; a
short nap in the backyard hammock; finally capped by a late afternoon grilling
of two T-bone steaks, always medium. It was only after the last bite of the
perfectly-cooked steaks that Fred snapped out of his zen-like routine always
wondering what became of his free time on the weekends.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration to Take
Controversial Transmission Line Project to Summer Events (Oregonian, Portland)
California to Stop Buying Electricity from Nevada
Coal-Burning Power Plant (Associated Press)
U-S Coal Use Falling Fast; Utilities Switch to Gas (Associated
Press)
Coal's Decline in the U-S at a Glance (Associated
Press)
Coal-fired Utilities Say They Are Getting Shafted
by Railroads (Forbes Magazine)
Ruling Could Help Break the Nuclear-Waste Logjam (National
Public Radio – Look, it’s a photo of Doc, Jay & Vic at ENW!)
Bellevue Construction Worker Electrocuted by Power
Lines Dies from Injuries (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Signs Lease to Build Facility in
Des Moines “…move will save time and money for the company and its employees…” (Seattle
Times)
Co-ops Keep National Parks Connected (Electric
Co-op Today)
Fees & Taxes - Portland General Electric Bills to
Increase for Tigard Residents (Oregonian, Portland)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Beachcombers on Alert for Invasive Species from
Tsunami (KING-TV, Seattle)
Audubon Society of Portland to Hold Forum with
Building Developers on Avoiding Bird Collisions (Oregonian,
Portland – So, the developers should avoid personally colliding with the, or the
buildings they are putting up?)
Alaska's Pebble Mine Will Spell Trouble for
Northwest Salmon (Crosscut Seattle)
Cashmere Third-Grader’s Art Wins Salmon Poster
Contest (Wenatchee World, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Belfair
Gets All-Clear for Drinking Water (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
State
of Idaho Accepts BPA Offer on Lake Pend Oreille Winter Plan (Bonner County Daily
Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Foes
of Port Angeles Biomass Power Plant Digest Judge's Rejection of Their Appeal (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Biomass
Power Plant Appeal Proceeding in Port Townsend (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Sequim
Votes to Request Air-Monitoring Station (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles,
WA)
Commercial
Wind Turbines in Northeastern British Columbia are Killing Endangered Bats
(Vancouver Sun, BC)
Building
a Bridge to Zero - Questions Swirl around Design of Wind Incentive Phase-out
(E&E Publishing)
The
U-S Solar Market Is Booming This Year (GigaOM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Duke Energy Uses Charlotte as its Living Lab - This
Most Connected Company is hoping to slash consumption by 20 percent in five
years to create the most sustainable urban core in the nation (U-S News &
World Report)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
China
Could Be Hiding an Entire Japan’s Worth of Carbon Emissions (Washington Post)
Humans
Responsible for Warming Oceans, Finds Study (Christian
Science Monitor)
Virginia's
Dying Marshes & Climate Change Denial (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Canadian
Cities Urged to Plan Ahead or Climate Change Effects (Victoria Times Colonist,
BC)
EPA
Complaint Says Cap & Trade Racially Biased (SF Chronicle)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Fuel
Cells Could Power Your Neighborhood (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
The
New Hotness in Energy Storage: Gravel (GigaOM)
Editorial
- Paying for Oregon’s Roads: New ideas needed, but a gas tax still has
advantages (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Shelton Municipal Court Saves Money with New Technology
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
FCC: Cable Operators Can Stop Providing Analog
Signals of Local TV (Associated Press)
Municipal Wi-Fi Lives - Riverside, CA wins
Intelligent Community of the Year Award for free Wi-Fi network (Network World)
Local Program Offers Help for Internet Addicts (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Map Wars: Why Maps Are Apple's New Killer Feature
(Fast Company)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee, McKenna Hold First Debate in Governor's
Race (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
U-S Senate confirms Hurwitz to 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals (Associated Press)
Op/Ed - Liquor Initiative Wasn't Crafted to Lower
Booze Prices (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County: Passenger Injured, Driver Flees Crash
(Olympian, WA)
Belfair Water Commissioners Briefed on Mediation
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Richard Leavitt Executed in Idaho for a Stabbing,
Mutilation Killing (Associated Press)
Two Face Trial in Theft of Steel from Bridges (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Police: Suspected Credit Card Thief's On-Camera Fit
Led to His Arrest (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Summer Look Ahead: Drier, Warmer in Eastern Washington,
Not Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
Swarms of Black Flies Bedevil Spokane (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Child Who Played Darth Vader in VW Ad to Have Open
Heart Surgery
Bullet Explodes in Woman’s Handbag While She Shops
at Home Improvement Store
Heartless 101 - Man Shoots Mama Bear, Tries to Sell
Her Cubs at Gas Station
Pork Bellies Anyone - Burger King Bets on Bacon
Sundae for Summertime
SONG OF THE DAY
Heart
– Heartless
