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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington
State’s Green Jobs Fade Due to Recession - Survey of state finds positions in
category fell 18% (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD General Manager Rick Lovely Announces
Retirement (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Federal
Court Upholds EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules (Associated Press)
Pacific Northwest Fish Costs Reach $650 Million
(Electric Co-op Today)
Washington State Population Is Now 6.8 Million
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor PUD General Manager Rick Lovely Announces Retirement
- Ex-Lineman Pleads Guilty to Douglas PUD Gas Theft
- Idaho Falls Emergency Crews Train for Downed Power Lines
- Copper Wire Theft Leaves Cowlitz River Trail in the Dark
- Texas Grid Expects to Set June Power Record - Again
- Texas Public Utility Commission Will Vote on Raising Wholesale Electricity Price Cap
- Coal-Plant Plunge Risks Billions in Pollution Spending: Energy
- A Michigan Land Owner Caught Between Energy Giants
- Pacific Northwest Fish Costs Reach $650 Million
- Elwha River Excavation - Blasting to Resume at Glines Canyon Dam, Port Angeles Chamber Told
- Videos: How Lamprey Get Over Bonneville Dam
- Protesters at Oregon State Capitol Climb Flag Poles, Occupy Offices over Logging Plans
- British Columbia Sewage Spills into Lake Roosevelt
- Is Ocean Energy More Than "A Very Expensive Hobby"?
- Electricity and Hot Water - A Hybrid Approach to Solar Power
- Maryland Man Found Guilty in Renewable Energy Scheme
- Nest Thermostat Reviewed: A Smart Device for All Seasons
- Homes in the United Kingdom Getting Hungrier for Electricity
- Federal Court Upholds EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules
- Rising Sea Levels: Is Global Warming Making the US East Coast a 'Hot Spot?'
- Washington State’s Green Jobs Fade Due to Recession
- Bamboo Experts See Growth Opportunity with Forest-Products Giant
- Blow-Up Solar Lantern Lights Up Haiti's Prospects
- Wave Broadband Continues Acquisition of East Jefferson County Cable Franchise
- Facebook Draws User Ire with Email Switcheroo
- No New Tax on Roll-Your-Own Cigarettes, Judge Rules
- Mason County Politics - Watch Belfair Candidates’ Forum Here
- Washington State Population is Now 6.8 Million
- Stray Bullet in Belfair Wrecking Yard Ignites Two Cities' Worth of Fireworks
- Two Washington State Counties in the Grips of Tent Caterpillar Outbreak
- Cost of Downtown Shelton SAVER Project Added to City Budget
- Pacific Residents Decry 'Tyrant' Mayor over Bullying, Firings
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor PUD General Manager Rick Lovely
Announces Retirement (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Ex-Lineman Pleads Guilty to Douglas PUD Gas Theft (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Idaho Falls Emergency Crews Train for Downed Power
Lines (KPVI-TV, Pocatello, ID)
http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Idaho-Falls-Emergency-Crews-Train-for-Downed/_DUS7V7apEmZppLDuHPdfA.cspx
http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Idaho-Falls-Emergency-Crews-Train-for-Downed/_DUS7V7apEmZppLDuHPdfA.cspx
Copper Wire Theft Leaves Cowlitz River Trail in the
Dark (Longview Daily News, WA)
Texas Grid Expects to Set June Power Record - Again
(Reuters)
Texas Public Utility Commission Will Vote on
Raising Wholesale Electricity Price Cap (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Coal-Plant Plunge Risks Billions in Pollution
Spending: Energy (Bloomberg News)
A Michigan Land Owner Caught Between Energy Giants
– Claims two companies colluded to kill deals that could have earned him more
than $54 million (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pacific Northwest Fish Costs Reach $650 Million
(Electric Co-op Today)
Elwha River Excavation - Blasting to Resume at
Glines Canyon Dam, Port Angeles Chamber Told (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Videos: How Lamprey Get Over Bonneville Dam
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Protesters
at Oregon State Capitol Climb Flag Poles, Occupy Offices over Logging Plans (Oregonian, Portland)
British
Columbia Sewage Spills into Lake Roosevelt (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Is
Ocean Energy More Than "A Very Expensive Hobby"? (Renewable Energy
World)
Electricity
and Hot Water - A Hybrid Approach to Solar Power (NY Times)
Maryland
Man Found Guilty in Renewable Energy Scheme (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nest Thermostat Reviewed: A Smart Device for All
Seasons (Gigaom)
Homes in the United Kingdom Getting Hungrier for
Electricity (British Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Federal
Court Upholds EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules (Associated Press)
Rising
Sea Levels: Is Global Warming Making the US East Coast a 'Hot Spot?' (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State’s Green Jobs Fade Due to Recession - Survey of state finds positions in
category fell 18% (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Bamboo
Experts See Growth Opportunity with Forest-Products Giant (Seattle Times)
Blow-Up
Solar Lantern Lights Up Haiti's Prospects (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wave Broadband Continues Acquisition of East
Jefferson County Cable Franchise (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Facebook Draws User Ire with Email Switcheroo (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
No New Tax on Roll-Your-Own Cigarettes, Judge Rules
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Politics - Watch Belfair Candidates’
Forum Here (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Population is Now 6.8 Million (Associated
Press)
More on Washington State Population Estimates Here
(Office of Financial Management, WA)
Stray Bullet in Belfair Wrecking Yard Ignites Two
Cities' Worth of Fireworks (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA)
Two Washington State Counties in the Grips of Tent
Caterpillar Outbreak (KING-TV, Seattle)
Cost of Downtown Shelton SAVER Project Added to
City Budget (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Pacific Residents Decry 'Tyrant' Mayor over
Bullying, Firings (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Teen Trying to Steal Soda Gets Arm Stuck in Vending
Machine
Utah Mom Upset over Judge's Hair-Cut Punishment
London's Big Ben Clock Tower to be Renamed Elizabeth
Tower
Mass Grave of ‘Giant Wombats’ Discovered in Australia
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