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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Smoke from Asian Wildfires Makes for Cool Pacific
Northwest Sunsets (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
BPA’s 75th Anniversary & Value of the River
featured on Comcast Newsmakers (Bonneville Power Administration)
Editorial: Jefferson County PUD Tax Debate Should
Be Over (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Yakama Nation Continues Program to Reintroduce
Sockeye into Yakima River Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Second
Accident in a Month at REC Silicon Site (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/crime-fire/article_63bbb0da-cade-11e1-b3c4-0019bb2963f4.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- BPA’s 75th Anniversary & Value of the River featured on Comcast Newsmakers
- Editorial: Jefferson County PUD Tax Debate Should Be Over
- Culbertson Out as Grant County PUD Manager
- Support Shown for Seniors to Lease Old Mason County PUD 3 Building
- National Utility Scam Hits Franklin PUD
- Grays Harbor PUD Now Offers Paperless Billing
- Port of Pasco Position to be Filled July 26 - Former Franklin PUD Manager on the List
- Pepco Customer Advocate: ‘We Performed Well’
- Could a Power Outage Become a Teachable Moment About Grid Resiliency?
- Official: Texas Electric Supply Will Be Tight
- Will Duke Energy Customers Pay for CEO’s Severance?
- Yakama Nation Continues Program to Reintroduce Sockeye into Yakima River Basin
- Alaska Copper & Gold Mining Faces off Against Red Gold
- Officials Mark Sale of Hammer Flat to Idaho Fish & Game
- Three Bays in Puget Sound Closed Due to Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxin
- Mason County Lifts Regulation that Stopped Some Building in Belfair
- West Sound Utility District Having No Problems Getting Rid of Highly Treated Biosolids
- Fed Up with Comments about Fluoride, Three Bolt Everett Council Meeting
- Second Accident in a Month at REC Silicon Site
- North Carolina Plant First in State to Convert Human Waste to Energy
- The LEDs of the Future Are Paper-Thin
- U-S Department of Energy Gets Co-op Info on Water Heaters
- Does Climate Change Increase the Odds of Extreme Weather Events?
- The Controversial World of Clean Power & Data Centers
- Google Fiber Still Probably Not Going Nationwide
- Apple Privacy Breech Nets $22.5M Fine for Google
- Smoke from Asian Wildfires Makes for Cool Pacific Northwest Sunsets
- Mason County Burn Ban Starts Sunday
- New Twist in Copper Thefts: Where Are My Water Pipes?
- Three Charged with Metal Theft, One Says He Just Needed Fireworks Cash
- Ancient Quake & Tsunami in Puget Sound Shake Researchers
- Wood Poles Crash Through Woman’s Car; Driver Survives
- Olympia – Capitol Building’s Dirty Dome to Get Long-Awaited Cleaning
- Age Remarks Could Cost Wells Fargo Manager
WORD OF THE DAY
Surreal
• \suh-REEL\ • Adjective - Marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream;
also: unbelievable, fantastic
“Surreal
is my art”
Trumpeted
Dali proudly
“Dig
my melting clocks”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
BPA’s 75th Anniversary & Value of the River
featured on Comcast Newsmakers (Bonneville Power Administration)
Editorial: Jefferson County PUD Tax Debate Should
Be Over (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Culbertson Out as Grant County PUD Manager (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Support Shown for Seniors to Lease Old Mason County
PUD 3 Building (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
National Utility Scam Hits Franklin PUD (KVEW-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Now Offers Paperless Billing (KXRO-Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Port of Pasco Position to be Filled July 26 -
Former Franklin PUD Manager on the List (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Pepco Customer Advocate: ‘We Performed Well’ (Washington
Post)
Could a Power Outage Become a Teachable Moment
About Grid Resiliency? (The Energy Collective)
Official: Texas Electric Supply Will Be Tight
(CNBC)
Will Duke Energy Customers Pay for CEO’s Severance?
(Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Yakama Nation Continues Program to Reintroduce
Sockeye into Yakima River Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Alaska Copper & Gold Mining Faces off Against
Red Gold (Yahoo! News)
Officials Mark Sale of Hammer Flat to Idaho Fish &
Game (Boise Weekly, ID)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Three
Bays in Puget Sound Closed Due to Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxin
(Northwest Public Radio)
Mason
County Lifts Regulation that Stopped Some Building in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
West
Sound Utility District Having No Problems Getting Rid of Highly Treated
Biosolids (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Fed
Up with Comments about Fluoride, Three Bolt Everett Council Meeting (Everett
Herald, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Second
Accident in a Month at REC Silicon Site (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/crime-fire/article_63bbb0da-cade-11e1-b3c4-0019bb2963f4.html
North
Carolina Plant First in State to Convert Human Waste to Energy (Waste & Recycling
News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The LEDs of the Future Are Paper-Thin (Gizmodo)
U-S Department of Energy Gets Co-op Info on Water
Heaters (Electric Co-op Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Does
Climate Change Increase the Odds of Extreme Weather Events? (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Controversial World of Clean Power & Data
Centers “…The town of Quincy, Washington, has attracted companies like
Microsoft, Dell & Yahoo that want to run data centers off of this clean
hydro power in the Pacific Northwest…” (Gigaom)
Google Fiber Still Probably Not Going Nationwide
(Broadband Reports)
Apple Privacy Breech Nets $22.5M Fine for Google
(Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2012/07/11/apple-privacy-breech-nets-225m-fine.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2012/07/11/apple-privacy-breech-nets-225m-fine.html
GENERAL NEWS
Smoke from Asian Wildfires Makes for Cool Pacific
Northwest Sunsets (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mason County Burn Ban Starts Sunday (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
New Twist in Copper Thefts: Where Are My Water
Pipes? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Three Charged with Metal Theft, One Says He Just
Needed Fireworks Cash (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Ancient Quake & Tsunami in Puget Sound Shake
Researchers (Seattle Times)
Wood Poles Crash Through Woman’s Car; Driver
Survives (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Olympia – Capitol Building’s Dirty Dome to Get
Long-Awaited Cleaning (Olympian, WA)
Age Remarks Could Cost Wells Fargo Manager (Courthouse
News Service)
DIVERSIONS
Sequim Officials Seek Peace between Two Feuding
Lavender Festivals
Soda Versus Pop, Visualized
Family Dealt Baseball Card Treasure
Need a New Lawn? Sounders Offer CenturyLink Sod
SONG OF THE DAY
Sanford
Townsend Band - Smoke from a Distant Fire
