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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cle Elum Wildfire Grows to 26,000 Acres; More Than
60 Homes Destroyed (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle, WA)
Earthquake Study Raises Risk Potential around
Central Washington Dams (Northwest Public Radio)
Snohomish
PUD’s Puget Sound Tidal Energy Project Challenged (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington State’s New Data Center: Lawmaker Calls
It ‘Complete Mistake’ (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle, WA)
New Battle Lines Drawn over Columbia River
Gillnets (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Earthquake Study Raises Risk Potential around Central Washington Dams
- Bonneville Dam, Timberline Lodge Turn 75; Enjoy Eight Columbia River, Mount Hood Videos
- New Mexico Utility PNM Overcharges Top 5,000 Customers - Problem came from a single meter reader who entered “false” & “fictitious” readings
- Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Connecticut Reactor
- Electricity Forecast: Disruptive, More Decentralized with a Strong Chance of Profits
- The Ultimate Over-Billing: Connecticut Woman Paid for Streetlights for 25 Years
- Kootenai Electric Cooperative Engages Thousands of Members in Annual Election with the Help of Survey & Ballot Systems
- New Battle Lines Drawn over Columbia River Gillnets
- Fans of Humpback Chub Lose Colorado River Spat with Dam Operators
- Clallam County Could Get State Grant to Help Pay for Carlsborg Sewer
- Tribe to Watch for Artifacts at Port Angeles Sewer Overflow Project
- Idaho - Is There Enough Water for a Thirsty Valley?
- Army Corps to Begin Work on Toutle River Spillway Project
- New Jersey - Cleaning a River That Was Given Up for Dead
- Snohomish PUD’s Puget Sound Tidal Energy Project Challenged
- BlogView - Utility Fight Realigns Idaho Industries’ Political Coalitions
- Efforts to Help Sage Grouse Increasingly Colliding with Idaho Energy Projects
- Wind Power Makes Gains in Oregon but Future Growth is Uncertain, Report Says
- White House Hopeful on Renewal of Wind Tax Credit
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Won’t Block California Solar Plant Construction
- Smart Meter Program Encourages Energy Conservation in California
- How to Convince Homeowners to Pull the Trigger on Energy Upgrades
- Energy Efficiency & the Rebound Effect: Neither Big Nor Bad
- Columnist - How Hot is It? Climate Change Settles In for the Long Haul
- California Governor Launches Website to Rebut Climate Change Skeptics
- Coquille Tribe Seeks Use for Logging Trash - Slash & Earn
- Tumwater’s Global Green Energy: Cleantech Open 2012 Semifinalist
- Oregon State Scientists Generate Electricity from Wastewater
- Washington State’s New Data Center: Lawmaker Calls It ‘Complete Mistake’
- Phone Companies Lose Broadband Subscribers for First Time, As Cable Modems Thrive
- CenturyLink Broadband, IPTV Business Up Even as Legacy Wireline Declines
- Kansas City Will Also Get Google Wi-Fi - Hotspots Being Set up at 400 Locations
- Minnesota - Broadband Battle Hits Rural Areas
- The Need for Speed - What Superfast Internet Connections Can Do for a City
- Facebook’s Number of Servers Soar to an Estimated 180K
- Port Orchard Records Requests Related to Billboards Cost Nearly $15,000
- Cle Elum Wildfire Grows to 26,000 Acres; More Than 60 Homes Destroyed
- Special Weather Statement - Hot Weather Expected over Western Washington Wednesday-Friday
- Mason County Garbage Hauling Contract Ruled Invalid
- Elwha Tribe Still Waiting for Money Congress Promised
- Longtime TV Anchorwoman Kathi Goertzen Dies after Battle with Tumors
- Home of Late Steve Jobs Burglarized
WORD OF THE DAY
Indubitable
• \in-DOO-buh-tuh-bull\ • Adjective - Too evident to be doubted: unquestionable
“The
sun will rise, the sun will set…that is an indubitable fact,” intoned the
professor as he held sway over his 8 AM philosophy class. “As is the fact that that
using the Socratic
Method this early in the morning with teen-agers is a total waste,” he murmured
under his breath to himself.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Earthquake Study Raises Risk Potential around
Central Washington Dams (Northwest Public Radio)
Bonneville Dam, Timberline Lodge Turn 75; Enjoy
Eight Columbia River, Mount Hood Videos (Oregonian, Portland)
New Mexico Utility PNM Overcharges Top 5,000
Customers - Problem came from a single meter reader who entered “false” & “fictitious”
readings (Albuquerque Journal, NM)
Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Connecticut Reactor (NY
Times)
Electricity Forecast: Disruptive, More
Decentralized with a Strong Chance of Profits (Forbes Magazine)
The Ultimate Over-Billing: Connecticut Woman Paid
for Streetlights for 25 Years (Christian Science Monitor)
Kootenai Electric Cooperative Engages Thousands of
Members in Annual Election with the Help of Survey & Ballot Systems
(Virtual Strategy Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Battle Lines Drawn over Columbia River Gillnets
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Fans of Humpback Chub Lose Colorado River Spat
with Dam Operators (Courthouse News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam
County Could Get State Grant to Help Pay for Carlsborg Sewer (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Tribe
to Watch for Artifacts at Port Angeles Sewer Overflow Project (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Idaho
- Is There Enough Water for a Thirsty Valley? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Army
Corps to Begin Work on Toutle River Spillway Project (Longview Daily News, WA)
New
Jersey - Cleaning a River That Was Given Up for Dead (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Snohomish
PUD’s Puget Sound Tidal Energy Project Challenged (Northwest Public Radio)
BlogView
- Utility Fight Realigns Idaho Industries’ Political Coalitions (Idaho Statesman,
Boise)
Efforts
to Help Sage Grouse Increasingly Colliding with Idaho Energy Projects (Twin
Falls Times-News, ID)
Wind
Power Makes Gains in Oregon but Future Growth is Uncertain, Report Says (Oregonian, Portland)
White
House Hopeful on Renewal of Wind Tax Credit (Reuters)
Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals Won’t Block California Solar Plant Construction (Courthouse
News Service)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Meter Program Encourages Energy Conservation
in California (KABC-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
How to Convince Homeowners to Pull the Trigger on
Energy Upgrades (Forbes Magazine)
Energy Efficiency & the Rebound Effect: Neither
Big Nor Bad (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Columnist
- How Hot is It? Climate Change Settles In for the Long Haul (Seattle Times)
California
Governor Launches Website to Rebut Climate Change Skeptics (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Coquille
Tribe Seeks Use for Logging Trash - Slash & Earn (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
Tumwater’s
Global Green Energy: Cleantech Open 2012 Semifinalist (Seattle Post
Intelligencer)
Oregon
State Scientists Generate Electricity from Wastewater (Sustainable Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State’s New Data Center: Lawmaker Calls
It ‘Complete Mistake’ (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle, WA)
Phone Companies Lose Broadband Subscribers for
First Time, As Cable Modems Thrive (Associated Press)
CenturyLink Broadband, IPTV Business Up Even as
Legacy Wireline Declines (Fierce IPTV)
Kansas City Will Also Get Google Wi-Fi - Hotspots
Being Set up at 400 Locations (Broadband Reports)
Minnesota - Broadband Battle Hits Rural Areas
(Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
The Need for Speed - What Superfast Internet
Connections Can Do for a City (The Economist)
Facebook’s Number of Servers Soar to an Estimated
180K (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Port Orchard Records Requests Related to Billboards
Cost Nearly $15,000 (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Cle Elum Wildfire Grows to 26,000 Acres; More Than
60 Homes Destroyed (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle, WA)
Special Weather Statement - Hot Weather Expected
over Western Washington Wednesday-Friday (National Weather Service)
Mason County Garbage Hauling Contract Ruled Invalid
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Elwha Tribe Still Waiting for Money Congress
Promised (Seattle Times)
Longtime TV Anchorwoman Kathi Goertzen Dies after
Battle with Tumors (Seattle Times)
Home of Late Steve Jobs Burglarized (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-08-14/steve-jobs-home-burglarized/57047388/1?csp=34tech
DIVERSIONS
MLB Job Seeker: Thank You Padres for Forwarding My
Vulgar Email
Pennsylvania Woman Accused of Killing Fiancé on
Wedding Day
Spokane’s Serial Picnic Table Stacker Wanted
1873 Dime Sells at Auction for $1.6 Million
SONG OF THE DAY
Bing
Crosby - Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
George
Michael - Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
