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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mid-Columbia Group Forms to Fight Higher Electric
Bills from Unneeded Power (Tri-City Herald, WA)
American
Wind Manufacturers Lay Off 1,100 Workers in One Month, Citing Expiring Wind Tax
Credit (Renewable Energy World)
Washington State Wildlife Agents Finish Job of
Eliminating Wolf Pack (KING-TV, Seattle)
Strong Summer Chum Run Reported for Union River
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Court’s Decision Shuts Off Wenatchee’s Tax on
Chelan PUD Water Service (Wenatchee World, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mid-Columbia Group Forms to Fight Higher Electric Bills from Unneeded Power
- Chelan PUD to Drop Columbia River by Four Feet for Turbine Tests
- Editorial - Utilities’ Sustainability Efforts Worthy of Applause
- Flashback - PUD 3 Exceeds Energy Efficiency Goals in Washington State Renewable Energy Law
- Puget Sound Energy Seeks to Decrease Natural Gas Prices for Winter
- Awash with Natural Gas, Industry Eyes Exporting Fuel
- U-S Utilities May Return to Coal as Natural Gas Prices Rise
- Entergy Sues Feds over Nuclear Waste
- U-S Group Studying Breach at Canada’s Schneider Unit
- Washington State Wildlife Agents Finish Job of Eliminating Wolf Pack
- Strong Summer Chum Run Reported for Union River
- Volunteers Celebrate New Chambers Creek Fish Ladder
- Cedar River Sockeye Spawning Egg Take Already More than Double What It Was Last Year
- Compact Approves Tribal, Non-Tribal Commercial Fisheries; Steelhead Return Below Ten-Year Average
- Court’s Decision Shuts Off Wenatchee’s Tax on Chelan PUD Water Service
- Dysfunctional Oregon Water District Loses Insurance for Board Members’ Behavior
- Water Costs Getting More Expensive
- Water Purchase Deal Clears Major Hurdle for Hemisphere’s Largest Desalination Plant in California
- American Wind Manufacturers Lay Off 1,100 Workers in One Month, Citing Expiring Wind Tax Credit
- SoloPower’s Portland Factory Jobs Will Pay an Average $51,000
- Survey: Oregon Coast Residents Support Wave Energy
- What the Future of Wave Energy Looks Like
- Central Oregon’s Newberry Geothermal Project Will Use Hot Rocks to Make Steam
- Jerry Brown Oks Bills to Expand Renewable Energy in California
- Why the Natural Gas Lobby is Wooing the Clean Power Industry
- Kilowatt Challenge Spurs Landlords to Trim Energy Use
- My Nissan Leaf Life: How I Almost Leased One Online - Until My Wife Found Out
- Comcast Binges on Wi-Fi Hotspots in California
- FCC Moves Ahead with Airwaves Auction
- Washington State Lt Governor Brad Owen Fined $1,000 for Failing to Submit Finance Reports
- Washington State Congressional Race - Kilmer Has Strong Lead over Driscoll in 6th District
- Mason County Commissioner Candidates Debate
- Shelton Man Arrested After Listing Stolen Truck for Sale Online
- Smoke Lingers from Shelton Area Brushfire
- Woman Who Left Baby in Olympia Hospital’s Trash Gets Ten Years
- Mason County Trail Closed Because of Aggressive Goats to Reopen Monday
- Park Officials: Go Ahead & Hit Goats with Rocks
- Grapeview Teacher Honored for Saving Friend’s Life
- Washington State’s Minimum Wage Increases 15 Cents Next Year
- Refs Cheered at First NFL Game Following Lockout
- Mars Rover Uncovers Evidence of Water Flows
WORD OF THE DAY
Dearth
• \DERTH\ • Noun - 1: scarcity that makes dear; specifically: famine 2: an
inadequate supply: lack
Due
to dearth of time
Haiku
comes to the rescue
Even
poor prose helps
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mid-Columbia Group Forms to Fight Higher Electric
Bills from Unneeded Power (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Chelan PUD to Drop Columbia River by Four Feet for Turbine
Tests (Wenatchee World, WA)
Editorial - Utilities’ Sustainability Efforts
Worthy of Applause (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA – Congratulations: you
followed state law!)
Flashback - PUD 3 Exceeds Energy Efficiency Goals
in Washington State Renewable Energy Law (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Puget Sound Energy Seeks to Decrease Natural Gas
Prices for Winter (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Awash with Natural Gas, Industry Eyes Exporting
Fuel (Seattle Times)
U-S Utilities May Return to Coal as Natural Gas
Prices Rise (Reuters)
Entergy Sues Feds over Nuclear Waste (Forbes
Magazine)
U-S Group Studying Breach at Canada’s Schneider
Unit (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Wildlife Agents Finish Job of
Eliminating Wolf Pack (KING-TV, Seattle)
Strong Summer Chum Run Reported for Union River (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Volunteers Celebrate New Chambers Creek Fish
Ladder (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Cedar River Sockeye Spawning Egg Take Already
More than Double What It Was Last Year (Seattle Times)
Compact Approves Tribal, Non-Tribal Commercial
Fisheries; Steelhead Return Below Ten-Year Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Court’s Decision Shuts Off Wenatchee’s Tax on
Chelan PUD Water Service (Wenatchee World, WA)
Dysfunctional Oregon Water District Loses
Insurance for Board Members’ Behavior (Oregonian,
Portland)
Water Costs Getting More Expensive (USA Today)
Water Purchase Deal Clears Major Hurdle for
Hemisphere’s Largest Desalination Plant in California (Washington Post)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
American
Wind Manufacturers Lay Off 1,100 Workers in One Month, Citing Expiring Wind Tax
Credit (Renewable Energy World)
SoloPower’s
Portland Factory Jobs Will Pay an Average $51,000 (Oregonian, Portland)
Survey:
Oregon Coast Residents Support Wave Energy (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
What
the Future of Wave Energy Looks Like (Forbes
Magazine)
Central
Oregon’s Newberry Geothermal Project Will Use Hot Rocks to Make Steam (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Jerry
Brown Oks Bills to Expand Renewable Energy in California (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Why
the Natural Gas Lobby is Wooing the Clean Power Industry (GigaOM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Kilowatt Challenge Spurs Landlords to Trim Energy
Use (Portland Business Journal, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
My
Nissan Leaf Life: How I Almost Leased One Online - Until My Wife Found Out (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Binges on Wi-Fi Hotspots in California (Gigaom)
FCC Moves Ahead with Airwaves Auction (Washington
Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Lt Governor Brad Owen Fined $1,000
for Failing to Submit Finance Reports (Associated Press)
Washington State Congressional Race - Kilmer Has
Strong Lead over Driscoll in 6th District (KING-TV, Seattle)
Mason County Commissioner Candidates Debate (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man
Arrested After Listing Stolen Truck for Sale Online (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Smoke Lingers from Shelton
Area Brushfire (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Woman Who Left Baby
in Olympia Hospital’s Trash Gets Ten Years (Olympian, WA)
Mason County Trail Closed Because of Aggressive
Goats to Reopen Monday (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Park Officials: Go Ahead & Hit Goats with
Rocks (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Grapeview Teacher Honored for Saving Friend’s Life (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Washington State’s Minimum Wage Increases 15 Cents
Next Year (Olympian, WA)
Refs Cheered at
First NFL Game Following Lockout (U-S News & World Report)
Mars Rover Uncovers Evidence of Water Flows (USA
Today)
DIVERSIONS
Pilot Boyfriend Uses Fake Plane Emergency Over
Chicago to Propose
Ultimate Toy Boat Comes Together in Tacoma Shop
(Now, say “toy boat” ten times really fast!)
New
Jersey Woman Accused of Cancer Scam for Wedding, Cash
Global
Warming Is Solved: Just Make Snow Out of Sewage (Note: story & comments may have PG-13 language &
content….especially of a scatological nature…)
SONG OF THE DAY
Christopher
Cross – Sailing
