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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon Governor Offers Gillnet Plan for Lower
Columbia (Associated Press)
Politifact - Would Proposed Ban Target Only
Oregon Commercial Gillnetters, Leave Washington Fishermen Free to Use Gillnets
on the Columbia? (Oregonian, Portland)
Facebook Touts Water Efficiency at Prineville Data
Center in Oregon (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Bainbridge
Council Asks Kitsap PUD for Proposal on Running Water Utility (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Solar
Plant Opponents Want 9th Circuit Injunction for Mojave Project (Courthouse News
Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Centralia City Light Repairs to Yelm Hydro Project Remain in Progress
- Two Port Angeles Substation Transformers Up for Replacement
- California - New High-Efficiency Gas Power Plant in Lodi Ready for Final Testing
- California Starts Review of New AES Huntington Beach Power Plant
- 8/11 a Reminder to Call 811 Before You Dig
- Hydropower Supply in Midwest, Plains Ample Despite Drought
- Scorching Summer Eases Natural Gas Glut, Record Stocks Still Seen: Poll
- In Alaska Village, 'Young Punks' Threaten Workers, Jeopardize Fuel Shipment
- News Release - Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
- The Indian Blackout: What Happened?
- Op/Ed - Outsourcing Our Aluminum?
- Oregon Governor Offers Gillnet Plan for Lower Columbia
- Politifact - Would Proposed Ban Target Only Oregon Commercial Gillnetters?
- The Northwest’s Salmon People Face a Future without Fish
- Invasive Species Could Be Transmitted by School Teachers Releasing Critters into Wild
- Catfish Controversy Roils Congress, Costs Taxpayers Millions
- Bainbridge Council Asks Kitsap PUD for Proposal on Running Water Utility
- Solar Plant Opponents Want 9th Circuit Injunction for Mojave Project
- The Secret to Solar Power
- Mitt Romney Says Barack Obama Has an 'Unhealthy' Obsession with Green Jobs
- The Power of Images: California Maps Greenhouse Gases
- Astoria Gets Charged for Electric Vehicles
- As Drought Withers U-S Corn Crop, Ethanol Industry Feels the Squeeze
- Facebook Touts Water Efficiency at Prineville Data Center in Oregon
- Bring On the Broadband with Private/Public Partnerships
- The state with the fastest Internet is...
- Clark County Man Arrested over Political Junk Business Direct Mail Threat
- Man Left Dangling After Mishap on Washington State Legislative Building
- Man Who Biked from Baltimore Has Wheels Stolen in Parkland
WORD OF THE DAY
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Centralia City Light Repairs to Yelm Hydro Project Remain
in Progress (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Two Port Angeles Substation Transformers Up for
Replacement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California - New High-Efficiency Gas Power Plant in
Lodi Ready for Final Testing (Sacramento Bee, CA)
California Starts Review of New AES Huntington
Beach Power Plant (Reuters)
8/11 a Reminder to Call 811 Before You Dig
(American Public Power Association)
Hydropower Supply in Midwest, Plains Ample Despite
Drought (USA Today)
Scorching Summer Eases Natural Gas Glut, Record
Stocks Still Seen: Poll (Reuters)
In Alaska Village, 'Young Punks' Threaten Workers,
Jeopardize Fuel Shipment (Alaska Dispatch)
News Release - Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have
Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants (Natural Resources Defense Council)
The Indian Blackout: What Happened? (Renew Grid)
Op/Ed - Outsourcing Our Aluminum? (Wheeling News
Register, WV)
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/572393/Outsourcing-Our-Aluminum-.html?nav=509
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Governor Offers Gillnet Plan for Lower
Columbia (Associated Press)
Politifact - Would Proposed Ban Target Only
Oregon Commercial Gillnetters, Leave Washington Fishermen Free to Use Gillnets
on the Columbia? (Oregonian, Portland)
The Northwest’s Salmon People Face a Future
without Fish (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Invasive Species Could Be Transmitted by School
Teachers Releasing Critters into Wild (Oregonian,
Portland)
Catfish Controversy Roils Congress, Costs
Taxpayers Millions (U-S News & World Report)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Bainbridge
Council Asks Kitsap PUD for Proposal on Running Water Utility (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar
Plant Opponents Want 9th Circuit Injunction for Mojave Project (Courthouse News
Service)
The
Secret to Solar Power (NY Times)
Mitt
Romney Says Barack Obama Has an 'Unhealthy' Obsession with Green Jobs (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The
Power of Images: California Maps Greenhouse Gases (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Astoria
Gets Charged for Electric Vehicles (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
As
Drought Withers U-S Corn Crop, Ethanol Industry Feels the Squeeze (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Facebook Touts Water Efficiency at Prineville Data
Center in Oregon (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Bring On the Broadband with Private/Public
Partnerships (Forbes Magazine)
The state with the fastest Internet is... (CNN
Money)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Clark County Man Arrested over Political Junk
Business Direct Mail Threat (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Man Left Dangling After Mishap on Washington State Legislative
Building (Olympian, WA)
Man Who Biked from Baltimore Has Wheels Stolen in
Parkland (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Saturday Night
NASA Curiosity Rover Sends First 360-Degree View of
Mars
Scranton Man Accidentally Dials 911 During Drug
Deal
Bears in Beer-Fuelled Norway Cabin Break In – Beasts
polished off over a hundred cans of beer
SONG OF THE DAY
Boy
Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
