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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
HOT! Special Weather Statement for This Weekend
(National Weather Service)
Montana’s U-S Senator Baucus Sounds Off Before New BPA
Leadership is Appointed “…reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant, upgrade transmission
& ensure public input on Libby Dam…” (KECI-TV, Missoula, MT)
Pacific Legal Foundation Aims to Overturn
Endangered Species Listing of Northwest’s Killer Whales (Oregonian, Portland)
Editorial - High-Speed Internet Access Essential for
Rural Residents “…NoaNet & our PUDs are providing a great service to
Eastern Washington…” (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Grays
Harbor PUD Close to Wrapping Up Deal for Mill’s Cogeneration Turbines (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana’s U-S Senator Baucus Sounds Off Before New BPA Leadership is Appointed
- Grant PUD Seeks Nominees for Soon-to-Be Vacant Board Post
- Seattle City Light’s Diablo Lake Tours Again Carry Passengers on Boat Trip in North Cascades
- Oregon Settles with Former Energy Department Staffer Shelli Honeywell for $58,000
- Ohio - City of Toledo Plugs in Public Power
- Scarce Rain in India Hits Farmers, Power Supply
- Indian Businesses No Stranger to Power Outages
- Pacific Legal Foundation Aims to Overturn Endangered Species Listing of Northwest’s Killer Whales
- The Elwha - A River Newly Wild & Seriously Muddy
- Gregoire in ‘Farewell Tour’ Touts Water for Eastern Washington
- Grays Harbor PUD Close to Wrapping Up Deal for Mill’s Cogeneration Turbines
- Port Angeles Mills - Hardwood, Nippon - Among Recipients of Biomass Grants
- Southern Oregon University to Study Building a Biomass Cogeneration Plant
- Idaho Utilities, Renewables Developers Set for Public Utilities Commission Fight
- U-S Senate Panel Passes Extension of Wind Energy Tax Credit
- Blaze in Battery Warehouse Shuts Down Oahu Wind Farm
- GOP Solyndra Report Claims Administration Ignored Analyst Warning
- Mason County PUD 3 Fluorescent Recycling
- Video - Recycling Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs & Household Batteries with Mason County PUD 3
- New Mexico - PNM to Cut Off Bulb Retrofit Bonus for Business
- Washington State Congressman Offers New Approach to Price Carbon in U-S
- California Defends Use of Offsets in Carbon Dioxide Market
- Greenland Ice Said More Resistant to Climate Change than Feared
- Oceans, Plants Help Put the Brakes on Global Warming, Study Finds
- Global Warming the Basis - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Wyoming Coal Leases
- King County Opens the Door for Heat Energy from Wastewater
- FierceEnergy’s Renewable Energy Innovators - Puget Sound Energy - Balancing Compliance with Environmental Mandates
- FierceEnergy’s Renewable Energy Innovators - Sacramento Municipal Utility District: Energy Storage Part of Utility’s Future Vision
- Editorial - High-Speed Internet Access Essential for Rural Residents
- Google Fiber & the Community Broadband Ripple
- America’s Broadband Adoption Challenges
- Guess What? Bandwidth is Getting Cheaper
- Americans Are Canceling Their Pay-TV Subscriptions in Droves
- Microsoft’s Outlook.Com Nets 1 Million Users in Six Hours
- Washington State Sales Tax Credit Passes U-S Senate Panel
- King County Elections Won’t Rub Out Rick Steves’ TV Spot Ad
- No Taxes on Olympic Medals, Outraged U-S Lawmakers Demand
- HOT! Special Weather Statement for This Weekend
- McCleary City Employee May Have Stolen $456,000 in Utility Funds
- Timber Could be Growth Industry if Housing Soars
- Facebook Says Nearly 9 Percent (83 Million) of Its Accounts May Be Fake
- Put a Bird on It - Oregon Farmer Uses Falcons to Protect Valuable Blueberries
- Anticipation Grows as Rover Readies for Mars Landing
WORD OF THE DAY
Peloton
• \puh-luh-TAWN\ • Noun - The main body of riders in a bicycle race
Like
cyclists in a tight peloton, the floor 12 cubicle-dwellers bunched together in
their mad dash for the stairwell. The elevator had been appropriated by the
supervisors, crammed like tinned sardines packed in oil. That left a sweaty,
elbow-throwing descent by the remainder of the staff to the ground floor, where
the local radio station’s “Zoo Morning Show” was handing out cheap prizes and
t-shirts to the first arrivals in the race to the bottom contest. Race to the
bottom, indeed…
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana’s U-S Senator Baucus Sounds Off Before New BPA
Leadership is Appointed “…reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant, upgrade transmission
& ensure public input on Libby Dam…” (KECI-TV, Missoula, MT)
Grant PUD Seeks Nominees for Soon-to-Be Vacant
Board Post (Wenatchee World, WA)
Seattle City Light’s Diablo Lake Tours Again Carry
Passengers on Boat Trip in North Cascades (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon Settles with Former Energy Department
Staffer Shelli Honeywell for $58,000 (Oregonian, Portland)
Ohio - City of Toledo Plugs in Public Power (Poten
& Partners)
Scarce Rain in India Hits Farmers, Power Supply (Associated
Press)
Indian Businesses No Stranger to Power Outages (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pacific Legal Foundation Aims to Overturn
Endangered Species Listing of Northwest’s Killer Whales (Oregonian, Portland)
The Elwha - A River Newly Wild & Seriously
Muddy (NY Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Gregoire
in ‘Farewell Tour’ Touts Water for Eastern Washington (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Grays
Harbor PUD Close to Wrapping Up Deal for Mill’s Cogeneration Turbines (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Port
Angeles Mills - Hardwood, Nippon - Among Recipients of Biomass Grants (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Southern
Oregon University to Study Building a Biomass Cogeneration Plant - The
1.2-megawatt plant would replace aging boilers that now heat buildings on the
campus (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)
Idaho
Utilities, Renewables Developers Set for Public Utilities Commission Fight (Associated
Press)
U-S
Senate Panel Passes Extension of Wind Energy Tax Credit (NY Times)
Blaze
in Battery Warehouse Shuts Down Oahu Wind Farm - Second fire in two years at
First Wind facility; flames caused burning batteries to release toxic smoke
(KITV-TV, Honolulu, HI)
GOP
Solyndra Report Claims Administration Ignored Analyst Warning (USA Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Mason County PUD 3 Fluorescent Recycling (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Video - Recycling Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
& Household Batteries with Mason County PUD 3 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
New Mexico - PNM to Cut Off Bulb Retrofit Bonus for
Business (Albuquerque Journal, NM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Congressman Offers New Approach to Price Carbon in U-S (Reuters)
California
Defends Use of Offsets in Carbon Dioxide Market (Reuters)
Greenland
Ice Said More Resistant to Climate Change than Feared (Reuters)
Oceans,
Plants Help Put the Brakes on Global Warming, Study Finds (Christian Science Monitor)
Global
Warming the Basis - Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Wyoming Coal Leases (Associated
Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
King
County Opens the Door for Heat Energy from Wastewater (Northwest Public Radio)
FierceEnergy’s
Renewable Energy Innovators - Puget Sound Energy - Balancing Compliance with
Environmental Mandates (Fierce Energy)
FierceEnergy’s
Renewable Energy Innovators - Sacramento Municipal Utility District: Energy
Storage Part of Utility’s Future Vision (Fierce Energy)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial - High-Speed Internet Access Essential for
Rural Residents “…NoaNet & our PUDs are providing a great service to
Eastern Washington…” (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Google Fiber & the Community Broadband Ripple (GigaOM)
America’s Broadband Adoption Challenges (Fierce
Telecom)
Guess What? Bandwidth is Getting Cheaper (GigaOM)
Americans Are Canceling Their Pay-TV Subscriptions
in Droves (Reuters)
Microsoft’s Outlook.Com Nets 1 Million Users in Six
Hours (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Sales Tax Credit Passes U-S Senate
Panel (Associated Press)
King County Elections Won’t Rub Out Rick Steves’ TV
Spot Ad (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
No Taxes on Olympic Medals, Outraged U-S Lawmakers
Demand (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
HOT! Special Weather Statement for This Weekend
(National Weather Service)
McCleary City Employee May Have Stolen $456,000 in Utility
Funds (KING-TV, Seattle)
Timber Could be Growth Industry if Housing Soars (USA
Today)
Facebook Says Nearly 9 Percent (83 Million) of Its
Accounts May Be Fake (Associated Press)
Put a Bird on It - Oregon Farmer Uses Falcons to
Protect Valuable Blueberries (Oregonian, Portland)
Anticipation Grows as Rover Readies for Mars Landing
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Suspected Seattle Meth Dealer Advertised with Flier
- Suspect Had Two Warrants When Arrested
British Columbia Beekeeper Robbed of 500,000 Bees,
Tons of Honey
Man Accused of Making Counterfeit Money to Use at
Clark County Fair
Vermont Farmer Crushes Cop Cars with Tractor
SONG OF THE DAY
Pink
Floyd - Money
