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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
No Easy Fix for Eastern U-S Storm Power Outages as
Heat Wave Persists (MSNBC)
Firefighters Race to Stop Wildfire near Chelan
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Hot Weekend Forecast in Washington (Associated
Press)
Sockeye Returns Spawn Hopes for Fishing Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Staff Say
Broadband Initiative is Progressing (Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- No Easy Fix for Eastern U-S Storm Power Outages as Heat Wave Persists
- Counting the Power Failures
- The High Cost of a Power Outage
- Pepco: the Utility that Cried Wolf
- Right on Cue - Power Lines: To Bury or Not to Bury
- New Mason County PUD 3 Videos Posted - Conservation for a Vacation Home - Mini Ductless Heat Pumps - PUD Safety Demonstration
- DOE, BPA & WSU Prep Power Engineers for Smart Grid
- Doubts over Pacific Gas & Electric Worker's Memory of Natural Gas Pipeline Test
- On Our Radar: The Three Gorges Dam
- Health, Privacy Concerns Hover Over Southern Maryland Electric Co-op Plan for Smart Meters
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Rural Energy Programs Cut Under House Panel's Version of Farm Bill
- Sockeye Returns Spawn Hopes for Fishing Season
- Steelhead Spawning in the Elwha
- Canada - Work Underway to Restore Sockeye Salmon to Okanagan
- Sockeye Salmon Spawning Down In British Columbia, Pacific Northwest U-S Says Study
- Food Abundance Luring Blue Whales to California Coast
- Tent Caterpillars Take Over Mount St. Helens Forests
- Maximum Pool Level Topped at Libby Dam
- Grant PUD Plans Recreation Site near Vantage
- A ‘Mussel Raft’ Tackles Bronx River Pollution
- Tennessee Valley Authority Offers Energy-Saving Tips to Beat Summer Heat
- British Columbia’s Acclaimed Carbon Tax Makes Final Climb, But Critics Warn of Trouble Ahead
- Vancouver Island's Charging Stations Signal Electric Car's Arrival
- Fraud Case Shows Holes in Exchange of Fuel Credits
- Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Staff Say Broadband Initiative is Progressing
- Dating Site Dumps Amazon Web Services over Latest Outage
- AOL Building Refrigerator-Sized Data Centers
- Q-A: What to Do if Your PC Loses Internet Access on Monday
- Five Republicans Vie for Chance to Break Democrats' Hold on 6th District House Seat
- Résumés Touted in Race to be Washington State Auditor
- Firefighters Race to Stop Wildfire near Chelan
- Hot Weekend Forecast in Washington State
- Feds Say Insurance Salesman Stole $2 Million, Faked Own Death
- Man Filed $20,000 Insurance Claim for Fake Dead Cat
- Charges Filed In Montana Against Shot Hitchhiker
- Police Hoping Surveillance Video Helps Nab Wire Thieves
- No Child Left Behind Waivers Going to Washington State, Wisconsin
- El Nino May Form in Next Few Months, Reducing Hurricanes
- Fans Howl after the Weather Channel Buys out Rival Weather Underground
WORD OF THE DAY
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“Sittin’ by the roadside, eatin’ goober peas…”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
No Easy Fix for Eastern U-S Storm Power Outages as
Heat Wave Persists (MSNBC)
Counting the Power Failures (NY Times)
The High Cost of a Power Outage (U-S News &
World Report)
Pepco: the Utility that Cried Wolf (Forbes Magazine)
Right on Cue - Power Lines: To Bury or Not to Bury (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
New Mason County PUD 3 Videos Posted - Conservation
for a Vacation Home - Mini Ductless Heat Pumps - PUD Safety Demonstration (Mason
County PUD No. 3)
DOE, BPA & WSU Prep Power Engineers for Smart
Grid (Bonneville Power Administration)
Doubts over Pacific Gas & Electric Worker's
Memory of Natural Gas Pipeline Test (SF Chronicle, CA)
On Our Radar: The Three Gorges Dam (NY Times)
Health, Privacy Concerns Hover Over Southern
Maryland Electric Co-op Plan for Smart Meters (The County Times, Hollywood, MD)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Rural Energy Programs Cut Under House Panel's
Version of Farm Bill - Repowering Assistance Program, Biofuels Infrastructure
Study, Renewable Fertilizer Study, Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative and
the Forest Biomass for Energy Program (The Hill)
Negative Power Prices in RTO & Bilateral Power
Markets (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye Returns Spawn Hopes for Fishing Season (KING-TV, Seattle)
Steelhead Spawning in the Elwha (Seattle Times)
Canada - Work Underway to Restore Sockeye Salmon to
Okanagan (Kelowna Capital News, BC)
Sockeye Salmon Spawning Down In British Columbia,
Pacific Northwest U-S Says Study (Huffington Post)
Food Abundance Luring Blue Whales to California Coast
(Associated Press)
Tent Caterpillars Take Over Mount St. Helens Forests
(Longview Daily News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Maximum
Pool Level Topped at Libby Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Grant
PUD Plans Recreation Site near Vantage (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
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‘Mussel Raft’ Tackles Bronx River Pollution (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Tennessee Valley Authority Offers Energy-Saving
Tips to Beat Summer Heat (American Public Power Association)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
British
Columbia’s Acclaimed Carbon Tax Makes Final Climb, But Critics Warn of Trouble
Ahead (Vancouver Observer, BC)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Vancouver
Island's Charging Stations Signal Electric Car's Arrival (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
Fraud
Case Shows Holes in Exchange of Fuel Credits (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Staff Say Broadband
Initiative is Progressing (Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
Dating Site Dumps Amazon Web Services over Latest
Outage (KING-TV, Seattle)
AOL Building Refrigerator-Sized Data Centers (GigaOM)
Q-A: What to Do if Your PC Loses Internet Access on
Monday (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Five Republicans Vie for Chance to Break Democrats'
Hold on 6th District House Seat (Seattle Times)
Résumés Touted in Race to be Washington State
Auditor (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Firefighters Race to Stop Wildfire near Chelan (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Hot Weekend Forecast in Washington State (Associated
Press)
Feds Say Insurance Salesman Stole $2 Million, Faked
Own Death (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Man Filed $20,000 Insurance Claim for Fake Dead Cat
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Charges Filed In Montana Against Shot Hitchhiker (Associated
Press)
Police Hoping Surveillance Video Helps Nab Wire
Thieves (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
No Child Left Behind Waivers Going to Washington
State, Wisconsin (Associated Press)
El Nino May Form in Next Few Months, Reducing
Hurricanes (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Fans Howl after the Weather Channel Buys out Rival
Weather Underground (NY Times)
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DIVERSIONS
Happy Birthday, Spam! America's Favorite Canned
Meat Turns 75
Washington State Official Seeks $500,000 for
'Stress Ball' Injury
College Student Fakes Own Kidnapping to Get Out of
Handing in Paper
Man Pays Off Mortgage with Pennies
Monty
Python – Spam
