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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Sierra Club to Sue Puget Sound Energy for
Violations at Montana Coal Power Plant (KING-TV, Seattle)
FCC to Spend $115 Million on Rural Broadband
Subsidies (USA Today)
Did
the Huge Greenland Glacier Break Apart Because of Global Warming? Maybe Not (Christian Science Monitor)
Election
Year Politics Snag Wyoming Wind Tower Plant (Casper Star Tribune, WY)
California,
Federal Officials Reveal Water-Tunnel Plan (Seattle Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sierra Club to Sue Puget Sound Energy for Violations at Montana Coal Power Plant
- Poll Finds Support for Northwest Coal Export Projects, But Many Are Undecided
- Op/Ed - Should Thurston County Switch To A Public Power System? Pro: It will keep control & money here at home
- Op/Ed - Mason County PUD Officials Oppose DOE’s Directive on Power Marketing Administrations
- Canadian Op/Ed - Existing Dams Can Provide Renewable, Cheap Power: Columbia River is an underutilized resource
- Classic Alaska Resource Battle Brewing over Wood-Tikchik Hydropower
- China’s Three Gorges Dam handles record flow
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for July 24, 2012 – PUD declares warehouse on “K” street as surplus; “Negative pricing” for electrical generators may have local rate implication; PUD 3 contributes to Northwest RiverPartners education program; Downtown Shelton payment center to be site of new telecommunications colocation facility
- Montana-Alberta Wind Power Line Seen Nearing Completion
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Weather Extremes Leave Parts of U-S Grid Buckling
- Steelhead Run a Sign of Elwha Dam Removal’s Success
- California, Federal Officials Reveal Water-Tunnel Plan
- Election Year Politics Snag Wyoming Wind Tower Plant
- U-S Senate Finance Panel Members to Huddle on Fate of Extenders
- Efforts Heat Up to Bring Solar to Mukilteo
- China Solar Makers Decry Trade Spat, Urge Dialogue
- Garbage Today, Co-op Power Tomorrow
- Did the Huge Greenland Glacier Break Apart Because of Global Warming? Maybe Not
- A Climate & Energy Stalemate
- Controversial ‘Deep Green’ Seattle Building Moves Forward
- FCC to Spend $115 Million on Rural Broadband Subsidies
- Broadband Access Remains Scarce in Rural U-S Despite FCC Efforts
- Twitter Goes Down, Company at Work on Fix
- Watch What Apple’s OS Update Did to One Network’s Traffic
- Cable Still Dominates Least Popular Company List - While CenturyLink is the Worst Ranked Phone Company
- Church Steeples Doubling As Cellphone Towers
- Oregon Revenue Employees Disciplined over $2.1 Million Tax Refund Mistake
- Public Employee Benefits Board - Many Washington State Workers’ Health Premiums to Drop
- Shelton Man Arrested after Hit-and-run near McCleary
- Mason Area Fair & Rodeo Friday, Saturday & Sunday
- Pacific Northwest Tribes Paddling Canoes to Olympia for Potlatch
- King & Snohomish County Garbage Pickup Halted as Waste Management Strike Spreads
- Drought to Push up Prices for Meat, Dairy, Eggs in 2013
- More Drama in Town Of Pacific as City Clerk, Cops Fired
WORD OF THE DAY
Vanward
• \VAN-werd\ • Adjective - Located in the vanguard: advanced
“Dude,
you are an absolute peacock in that suit,” shrilled the ‘Men’s Storage Locker’
salesman to the dubious customer. Although he wanted to be among the vanward fashion
crowd, Barty was unsure that a horizontal pinstripe suit was the way to go.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Sierra Club to Sue Puget Sound Energy for
Violations at Montana Coal Power Plant (KING-TV, Seattle)
Poll Finds Support for Northwest Coal Export
Projects, But Many Are Undecided (Northwest Public Radio)
Op/Ed - Should Thurston County Switch To A Public
Power System? Pro: It will keep control & money here at home (Olympian, WA)
Op/Ed - Mason County PUD Officials Oppose DOE’s Directive
on Power Marketing Administrations (American Public Power Association)
Canadian Op/Ed - Existing Dams Can Provide
Renewable, Cheap Power: Columbia River is an underutilized resource (Vancouver
Sun, BC)
Classic Alaska Resource Battle Brewing over Wood-Tikchik
Hydropower (Alaska Dispatch)
China’s Three Gorges Dam handles record flow (Associated
Press)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for July 24,
2012 – PUD declares warehouse on “K” street as surplus; “Negative pricing” for
electrical generators may have local rate implication; PUD 3 contributes to
Northwest RiverPartners education program; Downtown Shelton payment center to
be site of new telecommunications colocation facility (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Montana-Alberta Wind Power Line Seen Nearing
Completion (ReCharge News)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Weather
Extremes Leave Parts of U-S Grid Buckling (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Steelhead Run a Sign of Elwha Dam Removal’s
Success (KING-TV, Seattle)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California,
Federal Officials Reveal Water-Tunnel Plan (Seattle Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Election
Year Politics Snag Wyoming Wind Tower Plant (Casper Star Tribune, WY)
U-S
Senate Finance Panel Members to Huddle on Fate of Extenders (Governors’ Wind
Energy)
Efforts
Heat Up to Bring Solar to Mukilteo (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)
China
Solar Makers Decry Trade Spat, Urge Dialogue (Associated Press)
Garbage
Today, Co-op Power Tomorrow (Electric Co-op Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Did
the Huge Greenland Glacier Break Apart Because of Global Warming? Maybe Not (Christian Science Monitor)
A
Climate & Energy Stalemate (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Controversial
‘Deep Green’ Seattle Building Moves Forward (Seattle Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to Spend $115 Million on Rural Broadband
Subsidies (USA Today)
Broadband Access Remains Scarce in Rural U-S
Despite FCC Efforts (E-Week)
Twitter Goes Down, Company at Work on Fix (C/Net News)
Watch What Apple’s OS Update Did to One Network’s
Traffic (GigaOM)
Cable Still Dominates Least Popular Company List - While
CenturyLink is the Worst Ranked Phone Company (Broadband Reports)
Church Steeples Doubling As Cellphone Towers (National
Public Radio)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Oregon Revenue Employees Disciplined over $2.1
Million Tax Refund Mistake (Northwest Public Radio)
Public Employee Benefits Board - Many Washington State
Workers’ Health Premiums to Drop (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man Arrested after Hit-and-run near
McCleary (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason Area Fair & Rodeo Friday, Saturday &
Sunday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Pacific Northwest Tribes Paddling Canoes to Olympia
for Potlatch (Associated Press)
King & Snohomish County Garbage Pickup Halted as
Waste Management Strike Spreads (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Drought to Push up Prices for Meat, Dairy, Eggs in
2013 - USDA sees 4 to 5 percent increase in price for beef (Associated Press)
More Drama in Town Of Pacific as City Clerk, Cops
Fired (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Drivers
Befuddled By Area of Bermuda Triangle Parking That Renders Car Remotes Useless
In New Mexico, Daredevil Skydives from 18 Miles above
Earth
Adventures in Deep Fat Frying - Iowa State Fair Vendor
Offering Double Bacon Corn Dogs
$140 Sewer Bill Turns into Foreclosure Notice &
$50,000 Tab for Homeowner - Private companies buy up existing debts from local
governments and then pursue the responsible parties, charging interest and fees
SONG OF THE DAY
Jigsaw
- Sky High
