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HOT
SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
International Agreement Helps Northwest Fish &
Power (Bonneville Power Administration)
Greenpeace Hangs Banner from Amazon Building in
Protest of the Cloud (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle)
Lacey,
Olympia Tied for 14th in Contest Boosting Conservation (Olympian, WA)
Two-Headed Trout Spur Scrutiny of Mine Pollution
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Washington State Government to Cut another 1,266
Jobs (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS
HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- International Agreement Helps Northwest Fish & Power
- Delayed Hanford Waste Decision Nettles Washington State Regulators
- Suspect Trapped by Downed Power Lines after Snohomish County Chase
- PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming near Collins Lake - Project Begins April 23, 2012
- Third Grays Harbor PUD Candidate Announces
- California - Federal Court Hears Arguments on Hayward Power Plant Permit
- Smart Meter Opt Out Options Grow in California
- Pedernales Electric Cooperative to Stop Hanging Festival Signs on Utility Poles
- Two-Headed Trout Spur Scrutiny of Mine Pollution
- Spill Causes Die-Off of Salmon in Nooksack River
- Killer Whales Facing an Airborne Threat
- Meetings to Help Shape Murrelet Strategy Next Month
- Bats Rebound in New York Caves First Hit by White-Nose
- Sequoia Cloning Project Plants Seed of a Second Old-Growth Forest
- Floating Wind Turbines Could Get Great Lakes Test
- Co-op Ties Tennessee Valley Authority to Huge Solar Farm
- Lacey, Olympia Tied for 14th in Contest Boosting Conservation
- New Fridges Could Save Minnesota Renters Cold Cash - And Help the Environment
- Oregon's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Faces Legislative, Legal Hurdles
- 287 Coastal Energy Facilities at Risk from Sea Level Rise
- Honda Seeks to Reverse Hybrid Owner's Small Claims Award
- Greenpeace Hangs Banner from Amazon Building in Protest of the Cloud
- Carriers Warn of Crisis in Mobile Spectrum
- Parties Seek New US Supreme Court Challenge on Top Two Primary System
- Washington State Government to Cut another 1,266 Jobs
- Last Chance to Bid on Washington State Liquor Stores
- Swarm of Mini Earthquakes Recorded Throughout Western Washington State
- Wee Little Gig Harbor Called a ‘Best Small Town’
WORD
OF THE DAY
Somnolent • \SOMM-nuh-lunt\ • Adjective - 1: of a
kind likely to induce sleep 2a: inclined to or heavy with sleep: drowsy b:
sleepy
Perhaps practicing on himself in the mirror was not
the best approach for the locally heralded hypnotist. His somnolent patter was
too effective, as the last thing he remembered prior to a two week slumber were
the words “you are getting very sleepy…”
SHELTON
FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY
& UTILITY ISSUES
International Agreement Helps Northwest Fish &
Power (Bonneville Power Administration)
Delayed Hanford Waste Decision Nettles Washington State
Regulators (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Suspect Trapped by Downed Power Lines after Snohomish
County Chase (Everett Herald, WA)
PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming near Collins Lake -
Project Begins April 23, 2012 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Third Grays Harbor PUD Candidate Announces (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
California - Federal Court Hears Arguments on Hayward
Power Plant Permit (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Smart Meter Opt Out Options Grow in California (The
Energy Collective)
Pedernales Electric Cooperative to Stop Hanging
Festival Signs on Utility Poles (River Cities Daily Tribune, Marble Falls, TX)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
Two-Headed Trout Spur Scrutiny of Mine Pollution
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Spill Causes Die-Off of Salmon in Nooksack River (Associated
Press)
Killer Whales Facing an Airborne Threat (Seattle Times)
Meetings to Help Shape Murrelet Strategy Next
Month (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Bats Rebound in New York Caves First Hit by
White-Nose (Associated Press)
WATER
& THE ENVIRONMENT
Sequoia Cloning Project Plants Seed of a Second
Old-Growth Forest (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
Floating
Wind Turbines Could Get Great Lakes Test (Associated Press)
Co-op
Ties Tennessee Valley Authority to Huge Solar Farm (Electric Co-op Today)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
Lacey,
Olympia Tied for 14th in Contest Boosting Conservation (Olympian, WA)
New Fridges Could Save Minnesota Renters Cold Cash
- And Help the Environment (Duluth News-Tribune, MN)
CLIMATE
CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon's
Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Faces Legislative, Legal Hurdles (Oregonian, Portland)
287
Coastal Energy Facilities at Risk from Sea Level Rise (Grist Online)
BARREL
O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Honda
Seeks to Reverse Hybrid Owner's Small Claims Award (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY
& TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Greenpeace Hangs Banner from Amazon Building in
Protest of the Cloud (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle)
Carriers Warn of Crisis in Mobile Spectrum (NY
Times)
POLITICS
& GOVERNANCE
Parties Seek New US Supreme Court Challenge on Top
Two Primary System (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL
NEWS
Washington State Government to Cut another 1,266
Jobs (KING-TV, Seattle)
Last Chance to Bid on Washington State Liquor
Stores (Associated Press)
Swarm of Mini Earthquakes Recorded Throughout Western
Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle)
Wee Little Gig Harbor Called a ‘Best Small Town’ (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
DIVERSIONS
Levon Helm, Key Member of the Band, Dies at 71
Stolen Cameras Transmit Images of Alleged Thieves
http://www.thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/stolen-cameras-transmit-images-alleged-thieves.html
New Zealand Woman's Coca-Cola Habit Cited in Death
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2018026331_apasnewzealandcocacoladeath.html
Starbucks Debugs Its Frappuccinos
SONG
OF THE DAY
The
Band - The Weight
