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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Individual
Mandate (Northwest Cable News Network)
‘Incredible
Natural Spectacle’ as Record Numbers of Sockeye Salmon Return to Pacific
Northwest - Fish cross dam at rate of nearly 30 a minute as more return in a
single day than some previous years (MSNBC)
California Electricity Customers Urged to Save
Power, Avoid Rolling Blackouts (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Rain Breaks Records in Inland Northwest (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Heat Wave: 1,000+ Records Fall in U-S in a Week
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California Electricity Customers Urged to Save Power, Avoid Rolling Blackouts
- Emerald PUD Cuts 10 Workers as Utility Struggles to Keep Up with Rising Electricity Prices
- Mason County PUD 3 Seeks Suggestions on Future Use of Old Buildings
- Grant PUD Files Lawsuits for Land to Build Transmission Lines
- Silverdale Power Outage Spurs Explosions
- Cowlitz PUD Waives Utility Deposits for Veterans, Active Military
- Congressman Hastings Holds Hearing on Federal Regulations & Costs Impacting Hydropower Development
- Fitch Rates Port of Morrow, Oregon Transmission Bonds ‘AA’; Outlook Stable
- Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Affirming FERC’s Market-Based Rate Authority
- Department of Energy Labs Push to Fill Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Void
- Missouri - Hopping Squirrel Leads to Electrical Outage
- Trying to Recover from the Angling Road Tree Massacre
- New APPA Video Describes Benefits of Public Power
- ‘Incredible Natural Spectacle’ as Record Numbers of Sockeye Salmon Return to Pacific Northwest
- Scientists Working to Lure Bird Colonies Away from Columbia River Island
- Live: Webcam Keeps an Eye on Puffins on Remote Maine Island
- Columbia River High & Still Coming Up
- The Bigger, the Greener? Considering the Size of Wind Turbines
- Fixing Wind Power’s Bat Problem
- Cutting the Electric Bill with a Giant Battery
- B-C Hydro Expands Energy Conservation Program
- Exxon’s CEO: Climate, Energy Fears Overblown
- The Rise & Imminent Fall of Biodiesel
- Cities Get So Close to Recycling Ideal, They Can Smell It
- Google Rolls Out New Small Tablet Computer
- Mentor Graphics Building Data Center in Wilsonville
- Ongoing Cyber Raids Cost Banks $80 Million
- U-S Lawmakers Seek Review of Broadband Data Caps
- Daily Report: The Trouble with Limits on Broadband
- Under Pressure, Amazon Shifting Its Stance on Sales Tax
- Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Individual Mandate
- Rain Breaks Records in Inland Northwest
- Heat Wave: 1,000+ Records Fall in U-S in a Week
- Groups Fight Bigger Nuke Base in Puget Sound – Hood Canal Actually
- Egg Company Aghast at Cockfighting at Southern Oregon Facility
- Alaska Glacier Wreckage is 1950s Military Plane
- Sunscreen Forbidden at Schools & Camps
WORD OF THE DAY
Thrall
• \THRAWL\ • Noun - 1a: a servant slave: bondman; also: serf b: a person in
moral or mental servitude 2a: a state of servitude or submission b: a state of
complete absorption.
“Man;
this is SO cool,’ enthused the fanboy, emitting partially masticated ‘Cheetos’
bits over the front of his black Star Wars t-shirt. What held him in thrall was
a limited edition issue of a one inch square of fabric from the white outfit
worn by Carrie Fischer in SW4 “A New Hope.” eBay made a great deal of money
from the obsessed fan that day.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California Electricity Customers Urged to Save
Power, Avoid Rolling Blackouts (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Emerald PUD Cuts 10 Workers as Utility Struggles to
Keep Up with Rising Electricity Prices (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)
Mason County PUD 3 Seeks Suggestions on Future Use of
Old Buildings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Grant PUD Files Lawsuits for Land to Build
Transmission Lines (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Silverdale Power Outage Spurs Explosions (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Waives Utility Deposits for Veterans,
Active Military (Longview Daily News, WA)
Congressman Hastings Holds Hearing on Federal
Regulations & Costs Impacting Hydropower Development - Okanogan PUD General
Manager testifies on Enloe Dam (U-S House Natural Resources Committee)
Fitch Rates Port of Morrow, Oregon Transmission
Bonds ‘AA’; Outlook Stable (MarketWatch)
Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Affirming FERC’s Market-Based
Rate Authority (American Public Power Association)
Department of Energy Labs Push to Fill Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Void (U-S News & World Report)
Missouri - Hopping Squirrel Leads to Electrical
Outage (Columbus Tribune, MO)
Trying to Recover from the Angling Road Tree
Massacre (WTUV Radio, Coldwater MI)
New APPA Video Describes Benefits of Public Power (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
‘Incredible
Natural Spectacle’ as Record Numbers of Sockeye Salmon Return to Pacific Northwest
- Fish cross dam at rate of nearly 30 a minute as more return in a single day
than some previous years (MSNBC)
Scientists
Working to Lure Bird Colonies Away from Columbia River Island (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Live:
Webcam Keeps an Eye on Puffins on Remote Maine Island (USA Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia
River High & Still Coming Up (Wenatchee World, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The
Bigger, the Greener? Considering the Size of Wind Turbines (Renewable Energy
World)
Fixing
Wind Power’s Bat Problem - Turbines kill hundreds of thousands of bats each
year, but new technology could drastically cut the toll (IEEE Spectrum)
Cutting
the Electric Bill with a Giant Battery (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
B-C
Hydro Expands Energy Conservation Program (Nanaimo Bulletin, B-C)
http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/business/160603865.html
http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/business/160603865.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Exxon’s
CEO: Climate, Energy Fears Overblown (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Rise & Imminent Fall of Biodiesel (Forbes Magazine)
Cities
Get So Close to Recycling Ideal, They Can Smell It (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Rolls Out New Small Tablet Computer (Associated
Press)
Mentor Graphics Building Data Center in Wilsonville
(Oregonian, Portland)
Ongoing Cyber Raids Cost Banks $80 Million (TG
Daily)
U-S Lawmakers Seek Review of Broadband Data Caps (Reuters)
Daily Report: The Trouble with Limits on Broadband (NY
Times)
Under Pressure, Amazon Shifting Its Stance on Sales
Tax (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Individual
Mandate (Northwest Cable News Network)
Rain Breaks Records in Inland Northwest (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Heat Wave: 1,000+ Records Fall in U-S in a Week (Associated
Press)
Groups
Fight Bigger Nuke Base in Puget Sound – Hood Canal Actually (Courthouse News
Service)
Egg Company Aghast at Cockfighting at Southern
Oregon Facility (Associated Press)
Alaska Glacier Wreckage is 1950s Military Plane (Associated
Press)
Sunscreen Forbidden at Schools & Camps (USA
Today)
DIVERSIONS
‘Mandate Struck Down’: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ Moment
for CNN, Fox News
An Office Desk That Generates Electric Power Via
Your Butt
Donnell Norman Steals $40,000 in Merchandise from
Nordstrom, Turns Home into Department Store
Tennessee Man Returns $13,000 in Cash He Found on
Trash Can
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/tennessee-man-returns-13-000-cash-found-trashcan-182041711.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Chicago
- Harry Truman
