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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Japan - Ten Utilities Plan Sharp August Electricity
Rate Hikes to Cover Renewables' Tab (Japan Times)
High
Bacteria Levels in Washington State Waters, Not Found in OR, ID (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In
Charge Of Minority Contracting Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
British
Columbia to Raise Carbon Tax, Price of Gasoline July 1 (Globe & Mail,
Canada)
Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In
Charge Of Minority Contracting Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Japan - Ten Utilities Plan Sharp August Electricity Rate Hikes to Cover Renewables' Tab
- Texas - Editorial: Higher Electric Costs Not Justified
- Car Crashes on Cota in Downtown Shelton – Hits Pole at Mason County PUD 3 Building
- Fitch Revises Cowlitz PUD Outlook
- Alcoa to Sell Tennessee Hydroelectric Project for $600 Million
- Massachusetts – Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Management Unmoved By Union Protest
- Colorado - PUC Rejects Xcel Bid to Limit Boulder Customers' Access to Energy Programs
- California - Karen Austin Pushes Pacific Gas & Electric Further Into the Digital Age
- Managing Millennials: Why Gen Y Will Be Running the Country by 2020
- Uh Oh: There’s an East Coast Crab Shortage
- High Bacteria Levels in Washington State Waters, Not Found in OR, ID
- Predicting Waves Could Double Ocean Energy Capture
- A Second U-S Supported Maker of Solar Panels Will Close
- Spray-On Solar Windows Use Teeny Tiny Solar Cells to Capture Energy
- Seattle City Light & Energy Efficiency: Least Cost, Least Risk
- Op/Ed - Why You Should Incorporate Ground-Source Heating into New Build Projects
- British Columbia to Raise Carbon Tax, Price of Gasoline July 1
- British Columbia’s 'Controversial' Carbon Trading System Under Review
- Ethanol Refinery near Clatskanie, Oregon to Re-Start
- Free Reusable Bags Ahead of Seattle's Plastic Bag Ban
- Looking for the Future Smart Home
- RIM Delays Blackberry 10, Announces Job Cuts
- Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In Charge Of Minority Contracting Program
- Ex-Sumner School Superintendent Fined $2,000 for Campaign-Law Violations
- California - City of Stockton Bankruptcy Filing Makes History
- Supreme Court Turns Away Media Companies' Appeal
- Train Kills Man Lying on Tracks near Elma
- Man Dressed as Construction Worker Holds Olympia Clerk at Gunpoint
- Sentencing Today: Lakewood Police Officer Stole from Fallen Officers' Fund
- Health Care: What the U-S Supreme Court's Ruling Means for Consumers
- Falling Gas Prices: Good News for Consumers, Bad News for the Economy?
WORD OF THE DAY
Importunate
• \im-PORT-chuh-nut\ • Adjective - 1: troublesomely urgent: overly persistent
in request or demand 2: troublesome
The
importunate bill collector would not let his prey escape without using all the
tools in his persuasion toolkit. “If you don’t make your payment,” he whined, “my
children will go hungry; they will devolve into mutant zombies; hunt you down
and eat your little monkey brain.” Payment was duly rendered.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Japan - Ten Utilities Plan Sharp August Electricity
Rate Hikes to Cover Renewables' Tab (Japan Times)
Texas - Editorial: Higher Electric Costs Not
Justified (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX)
Car Crashes on Cota in Downtown Shelton – Hits Pole
at Mason County PUD 3 Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fitch Revises Cowlitz PUD Outlook (Reuters)
Alcoa to Sell Tennessee Hydroelectric Project for $600
Million (Associated Press)
Massachusetts – Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Management
Unmoved By Union Protest (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Colorado - PUC Rejects Xcel Bid to Limit Boulder Customers'
Access to Energy Programs (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
California - Karen Austin Pushes Pacific Gas &
Electric Further Into the Digital Age (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Managing Millennials: Why Gen Y Will Be Running the
Country by 2020 (Mashable)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Uh Oh: There’s an East Coast Crab Shortage (Washington Post)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
High
Bacteria Levels in Washington State Waters, Not Found in OR, ID (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Predicting
Waves Could Double Ocean Energy Capture (The Energy Collective)
A
Second U-S Supported Maker of Solar Panels Will Close (NY Times)
Spray-On
Solar Windows Use Teeny Tiny Solar Cells to Capture Energy (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle City Light & Energy Efficiency: Least
Cost, Least Risk (Intelligent Utility)
Op/Ed - Why You Should Incorporate Ground-Source
Heating into New Build Projects (IB Times, UK)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
British
Columbia to Raise Carbon Tax, Price of Gasoline July 1 (Globe & Mail, Canada)
British
Columbia’s 'Controversial' Carbon Trading System Under Review - Auditor-general
eyes claims of carbon-neutrality (Vancouver Sun, B-C)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ethanol
Refinery near Clatskanie, Oregon to Re-Start (Associated Press)
Free
Reusable Bags Ahead of Seattle's Plastic Bag Ban (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Looking
for the Future Smart Home (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
RIM Delays Blackberry 10, Announces Job Cuts (Washington
Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mismanagement Plagued Washington State Agency In
Charge Of Minority Contracting Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
Ex-Sumner School Superintendent Fined $2,000 for
Campaign-Law Violations (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
California - City of Stockton Bankruptcy Filing
Makes History (SF Chronicle, CA)
Supreme Court Turns Away Media Companies' Appeal –
Requested to lift a prohibition on owning both a newspaper and a television
station in the same market (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Train Kills Man Lying on Tracks near Elma (Associated
Press)
Man Dressed as Construction Worker Holds Olympia Clerk
at Gunpoint (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Sentencing Today: Lakewood Police Officer Stole from
Fallen Officers' Fund (KING-TV, Seattle)
Health Care: What the U-S Supreme Court's Ruling
Means for Consumers (Christian Science Monitor)
Falling Gas Prices: Good News for Consumers, Bad
News for the Economy? (US News & World Report)
DIVERSIONS
Emancipation
Proclamation fetches $2.1 million at auction
Warren Buffett & His Ukulele Join Bon Jovi in a
Song for Charity
Wait for It: Earth Adds Leap Second on Saturday
U-S "Genius" Visa Attracts Entrepreneurs
& Playmates
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric
Clapton & BB King - Crossroads
