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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville
Power Administration: Reward Offered for Info about Worker Missing for 25 Years
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Editorial
- Insatiable Sea Lions: Going Lethal is Sad but Necessary (Wenatchee World, WA)
Canada - ‘Draconian’ Chinook Cuts Loom for Anglers
(Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Ex-Port
Townsend Mayor Warns of Biomass Hazards (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles,
WA)
Nevada Energy Regulators Pull the Plug on Some
Efficiency Programs (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration: Reward Offered for Info about Worker Missing for 25 Years
- Grant County PUD Commissioner Boundaries May Change
- Former City Councilman Will Run for Grays Harbor PUD Commission
- Mason County PUD 3 Awards Students for Electricity-Related Projects at Science Fair
- Tips for Preparing Emergency Supply Kit
- Skeptics Say New Meters Not So Smart
- Mississippi - Southern Pine Electric Hit by Rash of Copper Thefts
- Jobs, Votes on the Line as Ohio Nuke Plant Deadline Nears
- Germany $263 Billion Electric Shift Biggest Since War: Energy
- Editorial - Insatiable Sea Lions: Going Lethal is Sad but Necessary
- Canada - ‘Draconian’ Chinook Cuts Loom for Anglers
- Some Grays Harbor Lakes Get Rainbow for Spring Break
- Dam-Olition Under Way at Condit
- Elwha River Returning to Its Historic Canyon Channel
- Fishermen to Rally in Washington, DC as Industry Struggles
- Longview’s Pesky Squirrels Fuel Lively Debate
- Home of the Beavers Takes Animal-Friendly Approach to Park Flooding
- Clark County Continues Legal Battle against Stormwater Rules
- Enviros Fight Giant Desert Development
- Ex-Port Townsend Mayor Warns of Biomass Hazards
- Obama Expected to Aid SolarWorld’s China Tariff Request
- Arizona Renewable Standard Cap Bill May be Unconstitutional
- Florida - Frostproof Company Growing Eucalyptus Trees to Feed Electric Power Plants
- Effects of Wind on Solar Arrays: Not Just Hot Air
- Nevada Energy Regulators Pull the Plug on Some Efficiency Programs
- Editorial - $50 LED Light Bulb? Not-So-Bright Idea
- Natural Gas a Weak Weapon against Climate Change, New Study Asserts
- Engineer Wants to Stop Arctic Warming With a Cloud-Whitening Machine
- Does Cap-And-Trade Produce Technological Innovation?
- Pure Seattle: Solar Picnic Shelters in Jefferson Park
- Pedal Power Brings Cheap Energy to Rural Rwanda
- Clallam County Marks NoaNet Broadband Expansion
- Chelan County PUD Fiber Meetings
- NetZero Launches ‘Free’ Wireless Service, More Than a Decade after Launching Similar Dial-Up Campaign
- How Many Signed Up for Broadband in 2011?
- Social Media Used by Majority of Companies
- Search Continues for Missing Father at Mason County Lake
- Child Playing With Matches Sparks Shelton House Fire
- Slide Closes One Lane of Highway 3 near Shelton
- Ex-Evergreen State College Student Gets 7 Years for Role in Arson at UW Lab
- Impact of Olympic Peninsula Wilderness Plan on Timber Industry Reignites Jobs vs. Trees Debate
- Light Earthquake Hits Parts of Western Washington Sunday Morning
- First Day of Spring is Tuesday - What’s Up With the Snow?
WORD OF THE DAY
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– Jupiter, often used interjectionally to express surprise or agreement especially
in the phrase by Jove.
“One more thunderstorm
storm rolling in, Jupiter must be angry at us about something,” mused the Roman
senator to his toga draped colleague. “By Jove, we’d better make sure that we
have enough oil for our lamps, and that we have our horse fed well in case we
need to get out of town.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville
Power Administration: Reward Offered for Info about Worker Missing for 25 Years
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Grant
County PUD Commissioner Boundaries May Change (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Former
City Councilman Will Run for Grays Harbor PUD Commission (The Daily World,
Aberdeen, WA)
Mason
County PUD 3 Awards Students for Electricity-Related Projects at Science Fair
(Mason Web TV)
Tips
for Preparing Emergency Supply Kit (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Skeptics
Say New Meters Not So Smart (Houston Chronicle, TX)
Mississippi
- Southern Pine Electric Hit by Rash of Copper Thefts (WBLT-TV, Jackson, MI)
Jobs,
Votes on the Line as Ohio Nuke Plant Deadline Nears (Real Clear Politics)
Germany
$263 Billion Electric Shift Biggest Since War: Energy (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Editorial
- Insatiable Sea Lions: Going Lethal is Sad but Necessary (Wenatchee World, WA)
Canada - ‘Draconian’ Chinook Cuts Loom for
Anglers (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Some
Grays Harbor Lakes Get Rainbow for Spring Break (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Dam-Olition Under Way at Condit - Five months
after it was breached, crews aim for Aug. 31 removal deadline (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Elwha
River Returning to Its Historic Canyon Channel (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Fishermen to Rally in Washington, DC as Industry
Struggles (Associated Press)
Longview’s Pesky Squirrels Fuel Lively Debate (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Home of the Beavers Takes Animal-Friendly
Approach to Park Flooding (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clark
County Continues Legal Battle against Stormwater Rules (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
Enviros
Fight Giant Desert Development (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ex-Port
Townsend Mayor Warns of Biomass Hazards (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Obama
Expected to Aid SolarWorld’s China Tariff Request (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Arizona
Renewable Standard Cap Bill May be Unconstitutional (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Florida
- Frostproof Company Growing Eucalyptus Trees to Feed Electric Power Plants (The
Lakeland Ledger, FL)
Effects
of Wind on Solar Arrays: Not Just Hot Air (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nevada Energy Regulators Pull the Plug on Some
Efficiency Programs (Associated Press)
Editorial - $50 LED Light Bulb? Not-So-Bright Idea (Olympian, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Natural
Gas a Weak Weapon against Climate Change, New Study Asserts (Boulder Weekly,
CO)
Engineer
Wants to Stop Arctic Warming With a Cloud-Whitening Machine (Grist Online)
Does
Cap-And-Trade Produce Technological Innovation? (Grist
Online)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Pure
Seattle: Solar Picnic Shelters in Jefferson Park (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Pedal
Power Brings Cheap Energy to Rural Rwanda (Vancouver Sun, BC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clallam County Marks NoaNet Broadband Expansion (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Chelan County PUD Fiber Meetings (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
NetZero Launches ‘Free’ Wireless Service, More Than
a Decade after Launching Similar Dial-Up Campaign (Oregonian, Portland)
How Many Signed Up for Broadband in 2011? (GigaOM)
Social Media Used by Majority of Companies (Cincinnati
Business Courier, OH)
GENERAL NEWS
Search Continues for Missing Father at Mason County
Lake (Olympian, WA)
Child Playing With Matches Sparks Shelton House
Fire (Olympian, WA)
Slide Closes One Lane of Highway 3 near Shelton
(Mason Web TV)
Ex-Evergreen State College Student Gets 7 Years for
Role in Arson at UW Lab (Olympian, WA)
Impact of Olympic Peninsula Wilderness Plan on
Timber Industry Reignites Jobs vs. Trees Debate (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Light Earthquake Hits Parts of Western Washington
Sunday Morning (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
First Day of Spring is Tuesday - What’s Up With the
Snow? (KING-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
It’s
Just A Flesh Wound - Romney Camp Calls Santorum a Monty Python Character in GOP
Race
Port
Angeles Woman Gets Money Back after Convincing Government She’s Not Dead
The
Ultimate Cubicle Catapult for Irritating Your Co-Workers
Fourth
Grader Writes Supremely Awesome Thank-You Letter to Meteorologist
SONG OF THE DAY
Clint
Black - The Galaxy Song
