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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Braces for Strong
Spring Runoff, Excess Power & Wind Power Cuts (Oregonian, Portland -
Possible “Wind CRAC”)
Yahoo!'s Job Cuts Won't Affect Quincy - 2,000
Positions Reduced (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Former Quincy Mayor Battles Tech Firms over Potential
Server-Farm Pollution (Seattle Times)
Liberal Ocean Salmon Seasons Loom; Especially for
Chinook (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds
Approve Geothermal Demo Project at Newberry Volcano Near Bend (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Braces for Strong Spring Runoff, Excess Power & Wind Power Cuts
- One of Thurston County PUD’s Commission Members to Quit
- Seattle City Light Seeks Input on 20-Year Power Plan
- Artifacts from Elwha Dams to be Displayed around the West
- Mason County PUD 3 Commissioners Meet at Operations Center Tuesday
- Sunday Obituary: Hughes Was Beloved, Behind-The-Scenes Brains at Cowlitz County PUD
- NRC Chief Pledges Tough Probe at California Nuclear Power Plant
- Natural Gas Glut Means Drilling Boom Must Slow
- Electricity Consumers Value Internet Communication
- Feds Begin Spring Spill, Fish Operations for Columbia River Salmon, Steelhead Migration
- Liberal Ocean Salmon Seasons Loom; Especially for Chinook
- Skokomish River Salmon Season to be Limited
- Lost Fishing Gear Becoming Big Threat to Puget Sound Marine Life
- California Deer Population Declines as Habitat Disappears
- Colville Tribes, Washington Doing Well in Columbia River Pollution Lawsuit
- Editorial - Accuracy Crucial When Talking Environmental Issues
- Then & Now photos: Spokane Middle Falls
- Feds Approve Geothermal Demo Project at Newberry Volcano Near Bend
- Port Angeles Mayor Thanks Nippon, Asks for Tour
- Seattle Sports Stadiums Blossom into Sustainability Champs
- Are Denmark's Renewable Energy Goals Wishful Thinking?
- Is Hydropower Necessary To Make Wind Work?
- United Kingdom - Anger over Wuthering Heights Moors Wind Farm
- Michigan - Davison Schools Aim To Save Millions in Energy Costs; Flushing School Already Have
- Editorial - A Lesson from the Bench; Oregon Judge Cites Separation of Powers in Rejecting Lawsuit
- British Columbia Government Announces Program for Schools to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- California Farmers Worry about Climate Regulations
- The Evergreen State College Renovation Receives LEED Gold Certification
- Energy Dept. Offers Prize to Create Mobile Apps that Already Exist
- Does Using Paper Take Carbon Dioxide out of the Environment?
- Yahoo!'s Job Cuts Won't Affect Quincy - 2,000 Positions Reduced
- Former Quincy Mayor Battles Tech Firms over Potential Server-Farm Pollution
- Another Major Data Center for Prineville?
- As Wireless Sites Increase in Kitsap County, So Does Coverage
- Contracts Expire for Many at AT&T; Talks Ongoing
- Internet Thieves Piggyback on Legitimate Users
- Kilmer: Out of the gate like Secretariat in the Sixth Congressional District Race
- Evergreen State College Professor Fined $120,000, Then Vanishes
- Mason County Officials Reject Permit for Grapeview Animal Shelter
- Little Creek Casino Introduces New CEO
- Young Americans Less Likely to Drive
- Self-Checkout Lanes Boost Convenience, Theft Risk
- “Painter of Light” Kinkade's Death Draws Fans to Painter's Original Placerville Gallery
WORD OF THE DAY
Lam • \LAM\ • noun - Sudden or hurried flight
especially from the law.
“The criminal fled the scene, ran away, hit the
road, beat cheeks…” You’re almost there son, prompted the grizzled news editor
to his fresh-faced cub reporter. “IS ON THE LAM,” finally shouted the reporter,
his voice breaking with emotion.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Braces for Strong
Spring Runoff, Excess Power & Wind Power Cuts (Oregonian, Portland - Possible
“Wind CRAC”)
One of Thurston County PUD’s Commission Members to
Quit (Olympian, WA)
Seattle City Light Seeks Input on 20-Year Power
Plan (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Artifacts from Elwha Dams to be Displayed around the
West (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Commissioners Meet at Operations
Center Tuesday (Mason Web TV)
Sunday Obituary: Hughes Was Beloved,
Behind-The-Scenes Brains at Cowlitz County PUD (Longview Daily News, WA)
NRC Chief Pledges Tough Probe at California Nuclear
Power Plant (Associated Press)
Natural Gas Glut Means Drilling Boom Must Slow (Associated
Press)
Electricity Consumers Value Internet Communication
(Houston Business Journal, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Liberal Ocean Salmon Seasons Loom; Especially for
Chinook (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds Begin Spring Spill, Fish Operations for
Columbia River Salmon, Steelhead Migration (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Skokomish River Salmon Season to be Limited - Fishery
council: Section of river faces significant cutback after large catch in 2011 (Olympian,
WA)
Lost Fishing Gear Becoming Big Threat to Puget
Sound Marine Life (Seattle Times)
California Deer Population Declines as Habitat
Disappears (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Colville
Tribes, Washington Doing Well in Columbia River Pollution Lawsuit (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Editorial
- Accuracy Crucial When Talking Environmental Issues (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Then
& Now photos: Spokane Middle Falls (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Feds
Approve Geothermal Demo Project at Newberry Volcano Near Bend (Oregonian, Portland)
Port
Angeles Mayor Thanks Nippon, Asks for Tour (KONP Radio,
Port Angeles, WA)
Seattle
Sports Stadiums Blossom into Sustainability Champs (Seattle Times)
Are
Denmark's Renewable Energy Goals Wishful Thinking? “…just outside Copenhagen,
nearly a thousand megawatts of energy is being generated from renewables…most
comes from two biomass plants, burning straw and other types of industrial
waste…” (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Is
Hydropower Necessary To Make Wind Work? “…one of the key factors supporting
Denmark’s…wind power capability…Norway’s vast hydro-power capability (The Energy
Collective)
United
Kingdom - Anger over Wuthering Heights Moors Wind Farm “Will the love of
renewable energy be analogous of the love between Heathcliff & Catherine?”
(The Telegraph, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Michigan - Davison Schools Aim To Save Millions in
Energy Costs; Flushing School Already Have (Flint Journal, MI)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial
- A Lesson from the Bench; Oregon Judge Cites Separation of Powers in Rejecting
Lawsuit (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
British
Columbia Government Announces Program for Schools to Curb Greenhouse Gas
Emissions (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
California
Farmers Worry about Climate Regulations (Mid-Missouri Public Radio)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Evergreen State College Renovation Receives LEED Gold Certification (South
Sound Business Examiner)
Energy
Dept. Offers Prize to Create Mobile Apps that Already Exist (The Daily Caller)
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/05/energy-dept-offers-prize-to-create-mobile-apps-that-already-exist/
Does
Using Paper Take Carbon Dioxide out of the Environment? (Mother Jones Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Yahoo!'s Job Cuts Won't Affect Quincy - 2,000
Positions Reduced (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Former Quincy Mayor Battles Tech Firms over
Potential Server-Farm Pollution (Seattle Times)
Another Major Data Center for Prineville? (Data
Center Knowledge)
As Wireless Sites Increase in Kitsap County, So
Does Coverage (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Contracts Expire for Many at AT&T; Talks
Ongoing (Associated Press)
Internet Thieves Piggyback on Legitimate Users (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Kilmer: Out of the gate like Secretariat in the
Sixth Congressional District Race (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Evergreen State College Professor Fined $120,000,
Then Vanishes (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Mason County Officials Reject Permit for Grapeview
Animal Shelter (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Little Creek Casino Introduces New CEO (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Young Americans Less Likely to Drive (Associated
Press)
Self-Checkout Lanes Boost Convenience, Theft Risk (USA
Today)
“Painter of Light” Kinkade's Death Draws Fans to
Painter's Original Placerville Gallery
DIVERSIONS
Mike Wallace, CBS Pioneer of ‘60 Minutes,’ Dies at
93
Canada Dumping the Penny - Penny Wise, or 2.4 Cents
Foolish?
$1,248 to Cage a Bunny? City of Seattle Officials
Hopping Mad
Port Angeles Fugitive Updating Facebook While on the
Run
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Fugitive – Soundtrack
