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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hydropower Legislation Ramps Up Debate over Dams
(Seattle Times)
Bonneville Dam Fulfilled Campaign Promise When FDR
Dedicated it Sept. 28, 1937 (Oregonian, Portland)
Future
of Renewable Energy Now Up to Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Idaho Statesman,
Boise)
Oregon
Teen Agers’ Climate Lawsuit Appealed - Two Eugene students ask two appeals
courts to force the state of Oregon to take action on climate change (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
More Heat in Washington State Forecast (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Hydropower Legislation Ramps Up Debate over Dams
- Bonneville Dam Fulfilled Campaign Promise When FDR Dedicated it Sept. 28, 1937
- Bonneville Power Administration Line Crews Get Help from Above
- Smart Grid Projects across 18 States Secure Funding from U-S Department of Agriculture – Includes $13 million for Clearwater Power, based in Lewiston, ID
- Kittitas County PUD Charges Ahead
- New York - Energy Plan for Canadian Electricity Imports May Raise Upstate Costs
- Nuclear Waste Confidence - NRC Ruling No Big Deal
- After Botched Merger, Duke Energy Has More to Repair than Broken Nuclear Plant in Florida
- Department of Energy Wants Electric Utilities to Create “Cybersecurity Governance Board”
- Groups Sue to Block Logging of Marbled Murrelet Habitat in Washington State
- Research Shows Snake River Sockeye Broodstock Program Preserving Population’s Genetic Diversity
- When That Supermarket Labels Salmon ‘Wild’ Is It Really? Or Is It Hatchery-Wild ‘Hybrid’?
- Colville Tribe, Teck Go to Court over Columbia River Pollution
- California - Redirecting Fresh Water Raises Fears for Farmers
- Beverage Companies Pay Millions to Conserve Water
- Future of Renewable Energy Now Up to Idaho Public Utilities Commission
- Renewable Energy Future Looks Dim in Idaho
- SolarWorld Slashes Outlook on Chinese Price War
- Wind Farm near Anchorage a Landmark for Renewable Energy
- Florida – Columnist: The New Great Gainesville Biomass Debate
- Free Light Bulbs Available from Puget Sound Energy
- Professor Sees Energy ‘Trap’ Ahead
- Japan Pulls Plug on Business with Strict Energy Conservation Mandate
- Oregon Teen Agers’ Climate Lawsuit Appealed
- California Air Resources Board Looks at Reducing ‘Cap & Trade’ Burden on Businesses
- Summer’s Record Heat, Drought Point to Longer-Term Climate Issues
- Editorial - The Dust Bowl Revisited: Record July Heat Prompts More Climate Debate
- Texas - Could Electric Cars Help Supply the Power Grid?
- Fiber Optics Boost Idaho Co-op
- As Google Fiber Rollouts Begin, Here’s What Cable Will Watch Most Closely
- Hong Kong Secures Top Spot for Global Broadband Speed
- Wireless Industry Fights SF Cancer Radiation Notices in 9th Circuit
- Could ‘Liking’ Something on Facebook Get You Fired?
- Washington State Analysis Indicates That Legal Pot Could Bring in $2 Billion over Five Years
- Washington State Budget Director Moving to New Role
- More Heat in Washington State Forecast
- After Elwha Dam Came Down, Tribe’s ‘Creation’ Site Found
- Tribes Seek Prosecution Power over Non-Indians
- Port of Shelton Sets Hearing on John’s Prairie Timber Surplus
- August 25 Fundraiser for Shelton Senior Center
- U-S Facebook Group Complains About Canadians at Bellingham Costco
WORD OF THE DAY
Scaramouch • \SCARE-uh-moosh\ • Noun - A cowardly
buffoon b: rascal, scamp
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouch! Scaramouch!
Will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt & lightning, very, very frightening
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Hydropower Legislation Ramps Up Debate over Dams (Seattle
Times)
Bonneville Dam Fulfilled Campaign Promise When FDR Dedicated
it Sept. 28, 1937 (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville Power Administration Line Crews Get Help
from Above (Bonneville Power Administration)
Smart Grid Projects across 18 States Secure Funding
from U-S Department of Agriculture – Includes $13 million for Clearwater Power,
based in Lewiston, ID (Penn Energy)
Kittitas County PUD Charges Ahead (Ellensburg Daily
Record, WA)
New York - Energy Plan for Canadian Electricity
Imports May Raise Upstate Costs (Buffalo News, NY)
Nuclear Waste Confidence - NRC Ruling No Big Deal
(Forbes Magazine)
After Botched Merger, Duke Energy Has More to
Repair than Broken Nuclear Plant in Florida (Tampa Bay Times, FL)
Department of Energy Wants Electric Utilities to
Create “Cybersecurity Governance Board” (Network World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups
Sue to Block Logging of Marbled Murrelet Habitat in Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle)
Research
Shows Snake River Sockeye Broodstock Program Preserving Population’s Genetic
Diversity (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
When
That Supermarket Labels Salmon ‘Wild’ Is It Really? Or Is It Hatchery-Wild ‘Hybrid’?
(Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Colville
Tribe, Teck Go to Court over Columbia River Pollution (Seattle Times)
California
- Redirecting Fresh Water Raises Fears for Farmers (NY Times)
Beverage
Companies Pay Millions to Conserve Water (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Future
of Renewable Energy Now Up to Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Renewable
Energy Future Looks Dim in Idaho (Associated Press)
SolarWorld
Slashes Outlook on Chinese Price War (Reuters)
Wind
Farm near Anchorage a Landmark for Renewable Energy (Seattle Times)
Florida
– Columnist: The New Great Gainesville Biomass Debate (Gainesville Sun, FL)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Free Light Bulbs Available from Puget Sound Energy (Olympian, WA)
Professor Sees Energy ‘Trap’ Ahead (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Japan Pulls Plug on Business with Strict Energy
Conservation Mandate (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon
Teen Agers’ Climate Lawsuit Appealed - Two Eugene students ask two appeals
courts to force the state of Oregon to take action on climate change (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
California
Air Resources Board Looks at Reducing ‘Cap & Trade’ Burden on Businesses (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Summer’s
Record Heat, Drought Point to Longer-Term Climate Issues (Washington Post)
Editorial
- The Dust Bowl Revisited: Record July Heat Prompts More Climate Debate (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Texas
- Could Electric Cars Help Supply the Power Grid? Researchers Will Use Austin
to Find Out (Austin American Statesman, TX)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fiber Optics Boost Idaho Co-op (Electric Co-op
Today)
As Google Fiber Rollouts Begin, Here’s What Cable
Will Watch Most Closely (GigaOM)
Hong Kong Secures Top Spot for Global Broadband
Speed (ZD Net News)
Wireless Industry Fights SF Cancer Radiation Notices
in 9th Circuit (Courthouse News Service)
Could ‘Liking’ Something on Facebook Get You Fired?
(Christian Science Monitor)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Analysis Indicates That Legal Pot
Could Bring in $2 Billion over Five Years (Associated Press)
Washington State Budget Director Moving to New Role
(Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
More Heat in Washington State Forecast (Associated
Press)
After Elwha Dam Came Down, Tribe’s ‘Creation’ Site
Found (Associated Press)
Tribes Seek Prosecution Power over Non-Indians - Congress
Debates Expanding Indians’ Authority (Olympian, WA)
Port of Shelton Sets Hearing on John’s Prairie
Timber Surplus (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Navy Hosts Meeting about Hood Canal Range (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
August 25 Fundraiser for Shelton Senior Center (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
U-S Facebook Group Complains About Canadians at Bellingham
Costco (Regina Leader-Post, Saskatchewan)
DIVERSIONS
Bad Month to be a Varmint - Crews Paint over Dead
Raccoon in Johnstown, PA
Rich Toddlers Draw Fashion Designers’ Eyes – Juliet…dresses
in the latest $650 dresses & $400 shoes…Juliet is 3
Donors to Pay Off Medical Bill of Lifeguard Who
Saved 12-Year-Old
Alfred Hitchcock: Ten Quotes on His Birthday
SONG OF THE DAY
Queen
- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
