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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Jorge Carrasco Reconfirmed as Superintendent for
Seattle City Light (Northwest Energy Efficiency Council)
Grays
Harbor PUD Announces Sale of Renewable Generation Assets to Harbor Paper (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Op/Ed - High-Speed Broadband Access Essential (Tri-City Herald, WA)
30,000
gallons of untreated sewage may have flowed into bay off Everett (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Primary Election Day (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)\
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jorge Carrasco Reconfirmed as Superintendent for Seattle City Light
- Clark Public Utilities Provides Oasis at County Fair
- Op/Ed - The Natural-Gas Revolution: Let's Do This the Right Way
- Ohio Electric Cooperative Aids Copper Theft Sting
- Westar Investigating Spike in Electricity Thefts
- India’s Infrastructure Woes, In Two Charts
- Solar Super Storm Could Knock Out U-S Power Grid – Experts
- The Elwha River - The Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project
- New Baby Orca Spotted in Western Washington
- Walla Walla County Farmers Worry That Road Project Will Turn Productive Bees into Road Kill
- 30,000 gallons of untreated sewage may have flowed into bay off Everett
- Sparing Sewers All That Restaurant Grease
- Grays Harbor PUD Announces Sale of Renewable Generation Assets to Harbor Paper
- Solar Panels Could Conflict With Urban Trees, Says Expert at Portland Ecology Meeting
- SolarWorld Plans $27 Million Plant Upgrade in Hillsboro
- Green Energy, Politics on Tap for Vegas 'Summit'
- Solar, Wind Power Get Pentagon Boost
- Wind Power Hits 57% Mark in Colorado
- Bloom Energy Says It’s Half Way to Break Even
- Recouping Cost of a Home Wind Turbine May Take More Than a Lifetime
- Best Energy-Efficient Monitors
- How to Parse Climate Change and Extreme Weather?
- Can Any Green Social Networks Have Staying Power?
- Op/Ed - High-Speed Broadband Access Essential
- Op/Ed - In the Olympics of Web Access, U-S Consumers Are Left Behind
- Rural Broadband: Big Telcos Opt Out & Continue to Lobby Against, Others See Opportunity
- Editorial - Defenseless Against Cyberattacks
- Local Governments Could Save Most from Cloud, But Are Least Receptive to It
- Primary Day: Five Things Watch for in Missouri, Michigan & Washington State
- Mason County Primary Election Day
- Drowning Not Cause of Puyallup Man’s Death at Spencer Lake
- Shelton’s Mayor Asks for Impact Fee Moratorium
- Wanted: Cheaper Way to Send Money to Latin America
- NASA Releases Color Photo, Video of Mars Rover Landing
WORD OF THE DAY
Oriflamme
• \ORE-uh-flamm\ • Noun - A banner,
symbol, or ideal inspiring devotion or courage
Come
follow me boys
The
army’s oriflamme flies
Hope
we all don’t die
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jorge Carrasco Reconfirmed as Superintendent for
Seattle City Light (Northwest Energy Efficiency Council)
Clark Public Utilities Provides Oasis at County
Fair – Clark County fairgoers have had their thirst quenched by free water for
30 years (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed - The Natural-Gas Revolution: Let's Do This
the Right Way (Seattle Times)
Ohio Electric Cooperative Aids Copper Theft Sting
(Electric Co-op Today)
Westar Investigating Spike in Electricity Thefts
(KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS)
India’s Infrastructure Woes, In Two Charts (Washington
Post)
Solar Super Storm Could Knock Out U-S Power Grid –
Experts (Planet Ark)
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Elwha River - The Nation’s Largest Dam
Removal Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
New Baby Orca Spotted in Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)
Walla Walla County Farmers Worry That Road
Project Will Turn Productive Bees into Road Kill (Seattle
Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
30,000
gallons of untreated sewage may have flowed into bay off Everett (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Sparing
Sewers All That Restaurant Grease (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Grays
Harbor PUD Announces Sale of Renewable Generation Assets to Harbor Paper (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Solar
Panels Could Conflict With Urban Trees, Says Expert at Portland Ecology Meeting
(Oregonian, Portland)
SolarWorld
Plans $27 Million Plant Upgrade in Hillsboro (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Green
Energy, Politics on Tap for Vegas 'Summit' - Politics of renewable power to be
focus of 'National Clean Energy Summit' in Vegas (Associated Press)
Solar,
Wind Power Get Pentagon Boost (SF Chronicle, CA)
Wind
Power Hits 57% Mark in Colorado (CNN Money)
Bloom
Energy Says It’s Half Way to Break Even (GigaOM)
Recouping
Cost of a Home Wind Turbine May Take More Than a Lifetime (Consumer Reports)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Best Energy-Efficient Monitors (SF Chronicle)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
to Parse Climate Change and Extreme Weather? (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Can
Any Green Social Networks Have Staying Power? (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Op/Ed - High-Speed Broadband Access Essential (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Op/Ed - In the Olympics of Web Access, U-S
Consumers Are Left Behind (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Rural Broadband: Big Telcos Opt Out & Continue
to Lobby Against, Others See Opportunity (CivSource)
Editorial - Defenseless Against Cyberattacks (Washington
Post)
Local Governments Could Save Most from Cloud, But
Are Least Receptive to It (Gigaom)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Primary Day: Five Things Watch for in Missouri,
Michigan & Washington State (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Primary Election Day (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)\
Drowning Not Cause of Puyallup Man’s Death at
Spencer Lake (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton’s Mayor Asks for Impact Fee Moratorium
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Wanted: Cheaper Way to Send Money to Latin America (Associated
Press)
NASA Releases Color Photo, Video of Mars Rover
Landing (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Dr. Dre Gets Beats Headphones on Olympians’ Ears,
Annoys Actual Sponsor Panasonic
House Cats Kill More Critters than Thought
Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies at 68 in Los Angeles
Possible Da Vinci Painting Found in Scottish Farmhouse;
Could be Worth $150 Million
SONG OF THE DAY
Jerry
Douglas - The Boxer