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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration’s Defenders in
Congress Mobilize Again to Insulate Power Generator from Federal ‘Micro-Management’
(Oregonian, Portland)
Eugene Water & Electric Board Planning to Cut
63 Positions - The utility notifies 48 employees that they will be laid off at
the end of the month (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
SoloPower
Launches New Solar Panels with Portland Production & Hiring Underway (Oregonian, Portland)
Fisherman’s Wrath - A Campaign Targeting
Gillnetters Takes Class War to the Columbia River (Willamette Weekly, OR)
Unexplained
Puget Sound Algae Blooms Have Scientists Searching for Answers (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Defenders in Congress Mobilize Again to Insulate Power Generator from Federal ‘Micro-Management’
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Planning to Cut 63 Positions - The utility notifies 48 employees that they will be laid off at the end of the month
- After Reportedly Hitting Power Line - East Wenatchee Helicopter Crash Kills One, Injures a Second
- Ice Harbor Dam Turns 50
- Mason County PUD 3 Announces Public Operations Center Tours
- Look Up! Tree Worker Electrocuted in Crane Accident in New Hampshire
- At Forum, Experts Say Natural Gas Plays Mixed Role in America’s Energy Future
- Hydropower Continues Steady Growth
- Fisherman’s Wrath - A Campaign Targeting Gillnetters Takes Class War to the Columbia River
- Is Oregon Only One of Three States to Allow Commercial Gillnetting?
- Fish Fraud Sweep Mostly Good News for Consumers
- OSU Scientists Feel a ‘Cast of Very Bad Characters’ May Have Arrived on Dock from Japan
- Blinded By the Light, Birds Crash Into Radio Towers
- Unexplained Puget Sound Algae Blooms Have Scientists Searching for Answers
- Belfair Water District Hoping to Help Businesses Hit by Service Outage
- Robin Hood Village Facing Ecology Fine for Shoreline Permitting Violations
- Potlatch Waste Water Plant Ground Breaking
- SoloPower Launches New Solar Panels with Portland Production & Hiring Underway
- California - Renewable Power Isn’t Green Enough for Enviro Group
- SnoPUD a Part of the Group - Gregoire Outlines Trade Trip to Ireland, England
- Utilities Look to Mitigate Renewable Integration Challenges
- Big Mission for Small Wind Turbine - A Colorado electric cooperative is working to maximize the educational potential of a tiny wind turbine in the state’s central mountains
- Corporate Energy Conservation Effort Adds Participants
- Cap & Trade Lives, And Works, in Northeastern U-S
- Worst 21st-Century Fires: Models Say Expect More
- Electric Car Rally to Converge in Wenatchee Saturday
- Outsmarting the Meter: Off the Grid on Lasqueti
- Lyman Set to Speed Down Information Superhighway – Skagit PUD halfway through 18-month grant project to connect city to fiber-optic cable Internet
- Lee Willis - Broadband Backer, Moses Lake Rotarian Dies
- It’s About Time: US Almost Gets Serious About Broadband Buildout
- U-S Probe of Comcast, Broadband Giants Echoes ‘Net Neutrality’ Battles
- Data Center, Meet the Smart Grid
- Washington State Added Jobs in May but Unemployment Rate Up
- $100,000 Bail for Tumwater, Washington Man Accused in Hitchhiker Shooting
- Vandals Do $30,000 in Damage to Loggers Association Offices
- After Near-Historic Highs, Local Gas Prices Finally Dropping
- Feds Stiff Local Officials Who Heeded Federal Warnings of Green River Flood Perils
- SAVER Present First & Railroad Drawings for Downtown Shelton
- Oops. Wrong Grays Harbor Home Hit in Drug Raid
WORD OF THE DAY
Mandarin
• \MAN-drin\ • Adjective – 1: of, relating to, or typical of a public official
in China 2: marked by polished ornate complexity of language
Ferdinand
had taken his increased responsibilities in the steno pool very seriously. So
seriously, in fact, that his office gradually began to resemble the mandarin elegance
of a minor far-east potentate. Right down to the replacement of his desk chair
with a huge, overstuffed pillow, and a noxious, continuously billowing incense
burner near his tiny little zen garden on his desk. Biomass be damned….
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration’s Defenders in
Congress Mobilize Again to Insulate Power Generator from Federal ‘Micro-Management’
(Oregonian, Portland)
Eugene Water & Electric Board Planning to Cut
63 Positions - The utility notifies 48 employees that they will be laid off at
the end of the month (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
After Reportedly Hitting Power Line - East
Wenatchee Helicopter Crash Kills One, Injures a Second (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Ice Harbor Dam Turns 50 (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Announces Public Operations
Center Tours (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Look Up! Tree Worker Electrocuted in Crane Accident
in New Hampshire (Boston Globe, MA)
At Forum, Experts Say Natural Gas Plays Mixed Role
in America’s Energy Future (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
Hydropower Continues Steady Growth (Grist Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fisherman’s Wrath - A Campaign Targeting
Gillnetters Takes Class War to the Columbia River (Willamette Weekly, OR)
Is Oregon Only One of Three States to Allow
Commercial Gillnetting? (Oregonian, Portland)
Fish Fraud Sweep Mostly Good News for Consumers
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
OSU Scientists Feel a ‘Cast of Very Bad
Characters’ May Have Arrived on Dock from Japan (Oregonian,
Portland)
Blinded By the Light, Birds Crash Into Radio
Towers (National Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Unexplained
Puget Sound Algae Blooms Have Scientists Searching for Answers (KING-TV, Seattle)
Belfair
Water District Hoping to Help Businesses Hit by Service Outage (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Robin
Hood Village Facing Ecology Fine for Shoreline Permitting Violations (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Potlatch
Waste Water Plant Ground Breaking (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SoloPower
Launches New Solar Panels with Portland Production & Hiring Underway (Oregonian, Portland)
California
- Renewable Power Isn’t Green Enough for Enviro Group (Redding Record-Searchlight,
CA)
SnoPUD
a Part of the Group - Gregoire Outlines Trade Trip to Ireland, England (Everett
Herald, WA)
Utilities
Look to Mitigate Renewable Integration Challenges (Renew Grid)
Big
Mission for Small Wind Turbine - A Colorado electric cooperative is working to
maximize the educational potential of a tiny wind turbine in the state’s
central mountains (Electric Co-op Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Corporate Energy Conservation Effort Adds
Participants (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cap
& Trade Lives, And Works, in Northeastern U-S (The Energy Collective)
Worst
21st-Century Fires: Models Say Expect More (Discovery Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Car Rally to Converge in Wenatchee Saturday (Wenatchee World, WA)
Outsmarting
the Meter: Off the Grid on Lasqueti (The Tyee, British Columbia)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lyman
Set to Speed Down Information Superhighway – Skagit PUD halfway through
18-month grant project to connect city to fiber-optic cable Internet (Skagit
Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
Lee Willis - Broadband Backer, Moses Lake Rotarian
Dies (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
It’s About Time: US Almost Gets Serious About
Broadband Buildout (GigaOM)
U-S Probe of Comcast, Broadband Giants Echoes ‘Net
Neutrality’ Battles (TIME Magazine)
Data Center, Meet the Smart Grid (GigaOM)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Added Jobs in May but Unemployment
Rate Up (Associated Press)
$100,000 Bail for Tumwater, Washington Man Accused
in Hitchhiker Shooting (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Vandals Do $30,000 in Damage to Loggers Association
Offices (Olympian, WA)
After Near-Historic Highs, Local Gas Prices Finally
Dropping (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Feds Stiff Local Officials Who Heeded Federal
Warnings of Green River Flood Perils (Seattle Times)
SAVER Present First & Railroad Drawings for
Downtown Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Oops. Wrong Grays Harbor Home Hit in Drug Raid (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Professor Aims to ‘Plug Holes’ In English Language
with a Word a Day
Police Say 120 Mph Driver Was ‘Late for Work’
You Can Judge 90 Percent of People’s Personalities
by Their Shoes, Researchers Say
Stolen Picasso Lithograph Found Leaning against
Park Fence
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton
John - Who Wears These Shoes?
