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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Restored in India after World’s Worst
Blackout, Cause Unclear (Christian Science Monitor)
High
Stakes in Thurston County Public Utility District Commission Race - Winner to
play role in decision to use public power (Olympian, WA)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Claim of
Native Alaskan Fishing Rights (Courthouse News Service)
Snohomish PUD, Starbucks to Test Energy Efficiency
Motivators (Everett Herald Business Journal, WA)
Amber
Alert Issued for 16-Year-Old Shelton Girl (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Restored in India after World’s Worst Blackout, Cause Unclear
- India Power Outage Spotlights Energy Planning Failure
- Energy Experts Say Blackout Like India’s is Unlikely In U-S
- High Stakes in Thurston County Public Utility District Commission Race
- Avista Proposes Big Rate Reduction in Idaho
- Fitch Rates Energy Northwest Bonds ‘AA’
- Okanogan PUD’s Electrical Revenue Lags Predictions
- Ambre Energy’s Coal Export Plan from Columbia River Ports Gets Muddier with Countersuit
- Ailing California Nuclear Power Plant Maps Comeback
- San Bruno Lawsuits: Pacific Gas & Electric Knew Bad Records Posed a Danger to Public, Engineer Says
- Texas’ Wholesale Electricity Price Cap Increases this Week
- Pepco’s Storm Response Inadequate, Most D-C Residents Say in Poll
- Pepco Tried Different Strategies with Derecho
- Arizona, Utilities Fight EPA Plan to Reduce Power-Plant Haze
- Ontario Consumers Pay Millions to Subsidize Electricity Exports
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Claim of Native Alaskan Fishing Rights
- British Columbia Fish Farm Quarantined after Virus Discovered
- Bird Flu Has Mutated & Is Killing Baby Seals, Scientists Discover
- Massachusetts - Dam Removal a Step Toward River Renewal
- Skagit County PUD is Set to Work on a New Waterline
- Environmentalists Oppose Wakeboard Park in the Columbia River Gorge
- Vestas Surges on Deal with Creditors as Shipments Rise
- Vermont Wind Facility Seeks Permit for Bat Deaths
- Small Wind Profile: Two Wind Turbines Supply Electricity to U-S Border Station
- The Most Important Clean-Energy Vote This Year Is in Michigan
- Snohomish PUD, Starbucks to Test Energy Efficiency Motivators
- A Guide to Greening Your Business that is Quick, Sophisticated, & Free
- California Prepares for Harsh Realities of Changing Climate
- Amid a Devastating Drought, Does It Still Make Sense to Use Corn for Fuel?
- AAA Charging Up Roadside Assistance for Electric-Vehicle Drivers
- Microsoft Axes Hotmail, Introduces Outlook.com
- Kansas City Google Fiber Rallies Take Off Running
- Amazon Pitches Better-Than-Ever Cloud Deals
- In U-S Broadband, Cable is Eating the Bells’ Lunch
- Amber Alert Issued for 16-Year-Old Shelton Girl
- Firefighters Battle Shelton Structure Fire on Arcadia Ave
- More Than 100 Tribes Gather at Squaxin Island Tribal Center
- Mason General Hospital Dedication & Open House Today
- Concrete Plants Sold to Miles Sand & Gravel in Bankruptcy Proceeding
- Washington State Ranks Fourth Ii Nation for Boat Theft
- Mason County Forest Festival Court Wins Award at Seafair
- Marysville Woman Gets Prison for Part in Obit Burglary
- Lifeguard Gets $2,600 Bill after Oregon Rescue
WORD OF THE DAY
Melancholy • \ MULL-un-koll-lee\ • Noun - 1a: an
abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by
irascibility or depression b: black bile c: melancholia 2a: depression of
spirits: dejection b: a pensive mood
“Melancholy baby,” crooned the small town talent to
the diminutive gathering in the basement of the local Masonic Lodge. Squeezing
every sad tear out of the audience, he left them limp with emotion with the
final stanza “Smile, my honey dear, while I kiss away each tear; Or else I
shall be melancholy too.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Restored in India after World’s Worst
Blackout, Cause Unclear (Christian Science Monitor)
India Power Outage Spotlights Energy Planning
Failure (National Geographic)
Energy Experts Say Blackout Like India’s is
Unlikely In U-S (USA Today)
High
Stakes in Thurston County Public Utility District Commission Race - Winner to
play role in decision to use public power (Olympian, WA)
Avista Proposes Big Rate Reduction in Idaho (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Fitch
Rates Energy Northwest Bonds ‘AA’ (Yahoo! Finance)
Okanogan PUD’s Electrical Revenue Lags Predictions
(Omak Chronicle, WA)
Ambre
Energy’s Coal Export Plan from Columbia River Ports Gets Muddier with
Countersuit (Oregonian, Portland)
Ailing California Nuclear Power Plant Maps Comeback
(USA Today)
San Bruno Lawsuits: Pacific Gas & Electric Knew
Bad Records Posed a Danger to Public, Engineer Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Texas’ Wholesale Electricity Price Cap Increases this
Week (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Pepco’s Storm Response Inadequate, Most D-C Residents
Say in Poll (Washington Post)
Pepco Tried Different Strategies with Derecho (WTOP
Radio, Washington, D-C)
Arizona, Utilities Fight EPA Plan to Reduce
Power-Plant Haze (Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ)
Ontario Consumers Pay Millions to Subsidize
Electricity Exports (Toronto Star, Ontario)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Claim of
Native Alaskan Fishing Rights (Courthouse News Service)
British Columbia Fish Farm Quarantined after
Virus Discovered - Clayoquot Sound facility’s outbreak is the company’s third
this year (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Bird Flu Has Mutated & Is Killing Baby Seals,
Scientists Discover (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Massachusetts - Dam Removal a Step Toward River
Renewal (Boston Globe, MA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Skagit
County PUD is Set to Work on a New Waterline (KAPS Radio, Mount Vernon, WA)
Environmentalists
Oppose Wakeboard Park in the Columbia River Gorge (Bend Bulletin, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Vestas
Surges on Deal with Creditors as Shipments Rise (Bloomberg News)
Vermont
Wind Facility Seeks Permit for Bat Deaths (Burlington Free Press, VT)
Small
Wind Profile: Two Wind Turbines Supply Electricity to U.S. Border Station (Renewable
Energy World)
The
Most Important Clean-Energy Vote This Year Is in Michigan (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish PUD, Starbucks to Test Energy Efficiency
Motivators (Everett Herald Business Journal, WA)
A Guide to Greening Your Business that is Quick,
Sophisticated, & Free (Forbes Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Prepares for Harsh Realities of Changing Climate (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_21200269/california-prepares-harsh-realities-changing-climate
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Amid
a Devastating Drought, Does It Still Make Sense to Use Corn for Fuel? (Washington Post)
AAA
Charging Up Roadside Assistance for Electric-Vehicle Drivers (Oregonian, Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Axes Hotmail, Introduces Outlook.com
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Kansas City Google Fiber Rallies Take Off Running -
20% of Neighborhoods Have Already Met Goals (Broadband Reports)
Amazon Pitches Better-Than-Ever Cloud Deals (GigaOM)
In U-S Broadband, Cable is Eating the Bells’ Lunch (GigaOM)
GENERAL NEWS
Amber
Alert Issued for 16-Year-Old Shelton Girl (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Firefighters Battle Shelton Structure Fire on
Arcadia Ave (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
More Than 100 Tribes Gather at Squaxin Island Tribal
Center (Olympian, WA)
Mason General Hospital Dedication & Open
House Today (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Concrete Plants Sold to Miles Sand & Gravel in
Bankruptcy Proceeding (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Washington State Ranks Fourth Ii Nation for Boat
Theft (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Mason County Forest Festival Court Wins Award at
Seafair (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Marysville Woman Gets Prison for Part in Obit
Burglary - Receives the maximum term for thefts from homes while family members
were attending funerals (Everett Herald, WA)
Lifeguard Gets $2,600 Bill after Oregon Rescue (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
What Is a ‘Blue Moon’ Anyway? August 31 will arrive
with a blue moon, and it won’t happen again for three years
Flags from Apollo Moon Landings Still Standing, New
Photos Reveal
Impatient Woman Pepper-Sprays Elderly Woman
Maine Goat Becomes YouTube Sensation
SONG OF THE DAY
Judy
Garland – Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
Trammps
– Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
