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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Studies Mull Impact of Closing Nuclear Power
Plant near Richland (Tri-City Herald, WA)
How to Charge Millions of Electric Cars? Not All
at Once (NY Times)
Nest
Labs: Proof Life Exists in the Smart Grid Ecosystem (Forbes Magazine)
Exergy
Sued by Cycling Organizers in Colorado (KTVB-TV, Boise,
ID)
Washington State Legislature - Special Session
Likely, Inslee Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)\
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Studies Mull Impact of Closing Nuclear Power Plant near Richland
- How to Charge Millions of Electric Cars? Not All at Once
- Arkansas Nuclear Waste Storage Hooks Feds for $47 Million
- The Coming Crisis in Electricity Generation
- National Energy Policy Institute Publishes Five-Step Plan for Nation
- Bonneville Power Administration Legacy Computer System Retires After Keeping the Lights on for 38 Years
- Feds Accept Petition on Captive Orca Lolita
- Exergy Sued by Cycling Organizers in Colorado
- How Wind Energy Helped Iowa Attract Facebook’s New Data Center
- Homeowner Associations Fight Solar, Homeowners Fight Back
- Nest Labs: Proof Life Exists in the Smart Grid Ecosystem
- What You Need to Know About Appliance Efficiency
- Why is Reuters Puzzled by Global Warming's Acceleration?
- CenturyLink Whines about Google Fiber in Utah - Uses Sleazy Tactics for a Decade; Cries about Fairness
- As Internet Gets Faster, Hong Kong & South Korea Lead the Broadband Speed Derby
- Internet Sales Tax Embraced by No-Tax Republicans
- In Digital Age, Social Media Becoming Valuable Police Tool
- Report: Social Networking Sites Play More Prominent Role in Politics
- How Elephants Deli Leads the Herd in Social Media
- Washington State Legislature - Special Session Likely, Inslee Says
- Editorial - What Happens When You Put Microsoft Managers in Charge of the Washington State Budget
- Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador Emerges as GOP Point Man on Immigration Reform
- Mason County’s Collective Marijuana Garden Regs Draw Challenge
- Oregon - Woman in Clackamas County Ballot-Altering Case to Plead Guilty
- Oregon - 324% Interest Rates Get Western Sky in Trouble
- Dog Rescued from Car After Up to 6 Days without Food, Water
WORD OF THE DAY
De
Rigueur • \duh ree-GURR\ • Adjective - Prescribed or required by fashion,
etiquette, or custom: proper.
During
my years at the Evergreen State College, periodic potlucks were a wonderful way
to sample various vegan/sustainable dietary offerings (including home-made
beer, yum). A socially-conscious menu was considered de rigueur, but it was hard
to achieve for those like me who lived a fair distance from the school.
Therefore, Kentucky Fried Chicken was my standard offering. At every potluck I
was berated for bringing “Corporate Meat” to the gathering.
However,
I never went home with leftovers.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Studies Mull Impact of Closing Nuclear Power
Plant near Richland (Tri-City Herald, WA)
How to Charge Millions of Electric Cars? Not All
at Once (NY Times)
Arkansas Nuclear Waste Storage Hooks Feds for $47
Million (Courthouse News Service)
The Coming Crisis in Electricity Generation
(EnergyBiz)
National Energy Policy Institute Publishes
Five-Step Plan for Nation (Tulsa World, OK)
Bonneville Power Administration Legacy Computer
System Retires After Keeping the Lights on for 38 Years (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Accept Petition on Captive Orca Lolita (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Exergy
Sued by Cycling Organizers in Colorado (KTVB-TV, Boise,
ID)
How
Wind Energy Helped Iowa Attract Facebook’s New Data Center (Midwest Energy News)
Homeowner
Associations Fight Solar, Homeowners Fight Back (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nest
Labs: Proof Life Exists in the Smart Grid Ecosystem (Forbes Magazine)
What
You Need to Know About Appliance Efficiency (Dishwashers Info)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Why
is Reuters Puzzled by Global Warming's Acceleration? (The Guardian, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CenturyLink Whines about Google Fiber in Utah - Uses
Sleazy Tactics for a Decade; Cries About Fairness (Broadband Reports)
As Internet Gets Faster, Hong Kong & South
Korea Lead the Broadband Speed Derby (Gigaom)
Internet Sales Tax Embraced by No-Tax Republicans (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
In Digital Age, Social Media Becoming Valuable
Police Tool (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Report: Social Networking Sites Play More Prominent
Role in Politics (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
How Elephants Deli Leads the Herd in Social Media (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Legislature - Special Session
Likely, Inslee Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)\
Editorial - What Happens When You Put Microsoft Managers
in Charge of the Washington State Budget (Seattle Times, WA)
Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador Emerges as GOP Point Man
on Immigration Reform (U-S News & World Report)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County’s Collective Marijuana Garden Regs
Draw Challenge (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Oregon - Woman in Clackamas County Ballot-Altering
Case to Plead Guilty (Associated Press)
Oregon - 324% Interest Rates Get Western Sky in
Trouble (Portland Business Journal, OR. I think the term you’re fishing for us “usury.”)
Dog Rescued from Car After Up to 6 Days without
Food, Water (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
100
Years Later, A Time Capsule is Opened
Pup
Named Huckleberry Crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog'
How
Coffee Influenced the Course of History
Police
Confiscate 4-Foot, 2-Pound Marijuana Joint
SONG OF THE DAY
John
Lennon - Beautiful Boy
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