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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Nebraska Wind Tower Manufacture May Close
Plants, Including One in Ephrata (Columbus Telegram, NE)
PacifiCorp’s Tax Fight May Hit Idaho
Residents (Associated Press)
Mounting Expenses Prompt Belfair Water
District to Raise Rates (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Fire Danger Very High in Western Washington State
(KING-TV, Seattle)
911 Centers Slammed from Eastern Washington
State Wildfires (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- PacifiCorp’s Tax Fight May Hit Idaho Residents
- On Natural Gas, Green Groups Can’t Make Up Their Minds
- FERC Mulls Bulk Electric Definition
- Chesapeake Energy Unloads $7 Billion in Assets
- Ormet to Lay Off 200 at Louisiana Aluminum Plant
- Clean Water: The Next Act - Emerging Contaminants Feminizing Puget Sound Fish
- Editorial - Still a Few Holes in Kitzhaber’s Gillnetting Plan
- Mounting Expenses Prompt Belfair Water District to Raise Rates
- Port Orchard Council Authorizes $37,000 Water Study
- Yakima Basin Water Plan Could Flood Shoreline Community
- Portland City Council Approves Adding Fluoride to Drinking Water
- Nebraska Wind Tower Manufacture May Close Plants, Including One in Ephrata
- Winery Pairs Vines with Volts, Leads the Way for Solar on Bonneville Power Administration’s Grid
- U-S Solar Industry Bracing for Utility Backlash over Metering
- Canada - Mayors Seek Share of British Columbia Carbon-Tax Cash for Green Initiatives
- Google’s Business Is Booming, Its Carbon Emissions Are Not
- On the Fate of Asia’s Great Rivers
- Streaming Media Could Have Larger Carbon Footprint than Plastic Discs
- Millions of Households Opt for Netflix, Apple TV Instead of Cable, Nielsen Says
- Google Fiber Hits Kansas City, Missouri
- GoDaddy Apologizes for Outage, Gives Customers One Month Credits
- How Not to Pitch Your Business in Social Media
- Cable Industry Says It Shouldn’t Have to Adjust Volume on Ads Because C-SPAN Doesn’t Have To
- Washington State Auditor Candidates Clash over Character Issue
- Social Networks Can Affect Voter Turnout, Study Says
- Fire Danger Very High in Western Washington State
- Fire Danger Prompts Closure of Green Diamond Timberlands
- 911 Centers Slammed from Eastern Washington State Wildfires
- Vandals Hit Shelton Disc Golf Course
- Oregon lawmakers told they have to decide soon on Columbia River Crossing
- Top Ten Most Stolen Vehicles in Washington State
WORD OF THE DAY
Maladroit • \mah-luh-DROYT\ • Adjective - lacking adroitness:
inept
Watch where you’re walking
Dog poo danger in the park
Maladroit steps; oops!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
PacifiCorp’s Tax Fight May Hit Idaho
Residents (Associated Press)
On Natural Gas, Green Groups Can’t Make Up
Their Minds (Grist Online)
FERC Mulls Bulk Electric Definition (Electric Co-op
Today)
Chesapeake Energy Unloads $7 Billion in Assets
(Columbus Business First, OH)
Ormet to Lay Off 200 at Louisiana Aluminum Plant -
Due to reduced demand caused by rising power rates in Ohio (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Clean Water: The Next Act - Emerging Contaminants
Feminizing Puget Sound Fish (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial - Still a Few Holes in Kitzhaber’s
Gillnetting Plan (Longview Daily News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mounting Expenses Prompt Belfair Water
District to Raise Rates (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Port Orchard Council Authorizes $37,000 Water
Study (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Yakima
Basin Water Plan Could Flood Shoreline Community (Northwest Public Radio)
Portland City Council Approves Adding
Fluoride to Drinking Water (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Nebraska Wind Tower Manufacture May Close
Plants, Including One in Ephrata (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Winery
Pairs Vines with Volts, Leads the Way for Solar on Bonneville Power
Administration’s Grid (Bonneville Power Administration)
U-S
Solar Industry Bracing for Utility Backlash over Metering (Bloomberg News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canada
- Mayors Seek Share of British Columbia Carbon-Tax Cash for Green Initiatives (Globe
& Mail, Canada)
Google’s
Business Is Booming, Its Carbon Emissions Are Not (Forbes Magazine)
On
the Fate of Asia’s Great Rivers (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Streaming
Media Could Have Larger Carbon Footprint than Plastic Discs (paidContent)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Millions of Households Opt for Netflix, Apple TV Instead
of Cable, Nielsen Says (Associated Press)
Google Fiber Hits Kansas City, Missouri (SF
Chronicle)
GoDaddy Apologizes for Outage, Gives Customers One
Month Credits (Mashable)
How Not to Pitch Your Business in Social
Media (NY
Times)
Cable Industry Says It Shouldn’t Have to
Adjust Volume on Ads Because C-SPAN Doesn’t Have To (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Auditor Candidates Clash over
Character Issue (Northwest Public Radio)
Social Networks Can Affect Voter Turnout,
Study Says (NY
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Fire Danger Very High in Western Washington State (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Fire Danger Prompts Closure of Green Diamond
Timberlands (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
911 Centers Slammed from Eastern Washington
State Wildfires (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Vandals Hit Shelton Disc Golf Course (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Oregon lawmakers told they have to decide
soon on Columbia River Crossing (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Top Ten Most Stolen Vehicles in Washington State
(South Sound Business Examiner)
Tunnel Project Could Push Rats, Roaches into
Seattle Buildings (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Hiker Injured Six Miles Short of Finishing
Pacific Crest Trail
King Richard III’s Skeleton Discovered,
Reveals ‘Hunchback King’
Man Sues Psychic for Fraud - A complaint
filed in court alleges the psychic took more than $30,000 from the man
Rock Hill Woman’s Ex-Boyfriend Found Living
in Her Attic - Boyfriend from 12 years ago was sleeping in heating unit
SONG OF THE DAY
Atlanta
Rhythm Section - Imaginary Lover (Acoustic)
