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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington
State Says Rocky Reach Dam Upgrades Count as Renewable Energy (Wenatchee World,
WA)
NRC Looking into Washington State Nuclear Plant's
11-Year-Old Mistake (Northwest Public Radio)
REC
Silicon’s Moses Lake Jobs Remain Secure (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Three Gillnet Foes Reverse Tack, Urge No Vote on
Oregon’s Anti-Gillnet Measure 81 (Oregonian,
Portland)
Decision Made, Mason County Fairgrounds Must Move
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- NRC Looking into Washington State Nuclear Plant's 11-Year-Old Mistake
- Look Up - Man Moving Pipe is Electrocuted North of Pasco
- Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Give Manager Lovely High Marks
- Approve NERC Definition of Bulk Electric System, APPA Urges FERC
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Leonard to Retire as Entergy Chair, CEO
- No End to Brazil's 'Pandora Dam' Drama
- Yakamas Developing Long-Term Plan for Wenatchee River Coho Salmon
- Three Gillnet Foes Reverse Tack, Urge No Vote on Oregon’s Anti-Gillnet Measure 81
- Editorial - Safe for Salmon, Good for Growers
- Washington State Upgrades Status of Shellfish Beds near Shelton
- Do You Hear What I Hear? Researchers Record Orcas Underwater
- Study: Gulf of Mexico Overfishing Has Cost Millions
- Solution to Declining Water Supply in Odessa Subarea
- Washington State Says Rocky Reach Dam Upgrades Count as Renewable Energy
- REC Silicon’s Moses Lake Jobs Remain Secure
- Utilities Beat Back Community Solar Bill in California
- Does Power Tower Solar Harm Birds And Bats?
- Solyndra Investment Funds Could See Big Tax Breaks
- Japan Utility: No Money to Develop Renewables
- A Free Online Service Launches to Manage Building Energy Data
- Video View of an Endangered Program Cutting Energy Waste
- Shell to Test Capturing of Carbon in Canada
- Electric Cars Are Becoming Everyday Vehicles
- As Arenas Go Green, Will Fans Follow?
- UTOPIA's Executive Director Disputes Reports of Funding Woes
- Why Time Warner Cable’s New York City Fiber Rollout is Nothing Like Google’s
- FCC to Measure Mobile Broadband Speeds
- From London, a Lesson in the Benefits of Free Wi-Fi
- Microsoft Bing Takes On Google in Search Challenge
- Mason County Auditor Disagrees with Commissioner Statements on Salaries
- Decision Made, Mason County Fairgrounds Must Move
- Prisoner Accidentally Released from Clallam County Jail
- 500 Acre Fire Burning Outside Ellensburg Threatens Homes, Approaching Wind Turbines
- Residents Flee Columbia River Gorge Wildfire
- Forest Service Selects Woman to Lead Olympic National Forest
- Ebbing Community College Enrollment a Promising Sign for Economy
- Former North Mason Volleyball Coach Dies
- Report Confirms Seattle; Tacoma Drivers Are Terrible
WORD OF THE DAY
Gainsay
• \gain-SAY\ • Verb - 1: to declare to be untrue or invalid 2: contradict,
oppose
There
is no doubt that their work makes a useful contribution, but it does not
provide enough evidence to gainsay the conclusions of earlier scholars.
This
may be the “Year of the Fact Checkers” as battling political foes seek to
gainsay the claims of their rivals…spewing vile through the “intertubes,”
television, radio, print, and the various media that assaults our senses every
minute of our waking days. (cynical much…no, I’m constantly amazed)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
NRC Looking into Washington State Nuclear Plant's
11-Year-Old Mistake (Northwest Public Radio)
Look Up - Man Moving Pipe is Electrocuted North of Pasco
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Give Manager Lovely
High Marks (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Approve NERC Definition of Bulk Electric System, APPA
Urges FERC (American Public Power Association)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
Leonard to Retire as Entergy Chair, CEO (Associated
Press)
No End to Brazil's 'Pandora Dam' Drama (Forbes
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Yakamas Developing Long-Term Plan for Wenatchee
River Coho Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)
Three Gillnet Foes Reverse Tack, Urge No Vote on Oregon’s
Anti-Gillnet Measure 81 (Oregonian, Portland)
Editorial - Safe for Salmon, Good for Growers (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Washington
State Upgrades Status of Shellfish Beds near Shelton (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Do You Hear What I Hear? Researchers Record Orcas
Underwater (Northwest Public Radio)
Study: Gulf of Mexico Overfishing Has Cost
Millions (USA Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Solution
to Declining Water Supply in Odessa Subarea (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Says Rocky Reach Dam Upgrades Count as Renewable Energy (Wenatchee World,
WA)
REC
Silicon’s Moses Lake Jobs Remain Secure (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Utilities
Beat Back Community Solar Bill in California (Grist
Online)
Does
Power Tower Solar Harm Birds And Bats? (AOL Energy)
Solyndra
Investment Funds Could See Big Tax Breaks (Associated Press)
Japan
Utility: No Money to Develop Renewables (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A
Free Online Service Launches to Manage Building Energy Data (GigaOM)
Video
View of an Endangered Program Cutting Energy Waste (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Shell
to Test Capturing of Carbon in Canada (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Cars Are Becoming Everyday Vehicles (Christian
Science Monitor)
As
Arenas Go Green, Will Fans Follow? (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
UTOPIA's Executive Director Disputes Reports of
Funding Woes (The Ogden Standard-Examiner, UT)
Why Time Warner Cable’s New York City Fiber Rollout
is Nothing Like Google’s (GigaOM)
FCC to Measure Mobile Broadband Speeds (Washington
Post)
From London, a Lesson in the Benefits of Free Wi-Fi
(NY Times)
Microsoft Bing Takes On Google in Search Challenge (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Auditor Disagrees with Commissioner
Statements on Salaries (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Decision Made, Mason County Fairgrounds Must Move (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Prisoner Accidentally Released from Clallam County
Jail (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
500
Acre Fire Burning Outside Ellensburg Threatens Homes, Approaching Wind Turbines
(Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Residents Flee Columbia River Gorge Wildfire (Associated
Press)
Forest Service Selects Woman to Lead Olympic
National Forest (Olympian, WA)
Ebbing Community College Enrollment a Promising
Sign for Economy (Northwest Public Radio)
Former North Mason Volleyball Coach Dies (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Report Confirms Seattle; Tacoma Drivers Are
Terrible (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Drought is Ruining People’s Ability to Throw Cow
Dung at Things
Farmer Who Wanted ‘a Few Nice Sunflowers’
Accidentally Plants Field Full of Cannabis
Chinese Toddler's Karaoke Tantrum Ends in Bloodbath
97-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Found Off British
Coast Sets New World Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Three
Dog Night- Out in the Country
