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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon
Reservoirs Low Heading Into Irrigation Season (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Chelan & Douglas PUDs Hit Milestone Targets
For Fish Survival (Wenatchee World, WA)
New
Front in Western Wind Energy War: FERC vs. Idaho (The Energy Collective)
Washington State Bill to Allow Employer Access to
Facebook Passwords Rejected (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
LED
Streetlights Move from Pilot Projects to Widespread Use (Midwest Energy News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Jefferson PUD to Name Substation after Late Official
- Op/Ed - Thank Dana Roberts for Jefferson County PUD Switch
- Powering Up: Portland Conference Brings Glimpse of Energy Future
- Editorial - Wilf Woods: Tracing Bonneville’s History
- Op/Ed - CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower & River Values
- June 1 Restart Could Be Out of Reach at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant
- Texas - Storm & Copper Thieves Cause Extensive Power Outage Overnight
- How Ontario Is Putting an End to Coal-Burning Power Plants
- AC vs. DC Powerlines & the Electrical Grid
- How Diverse Is Your State’s Electricity Generation Portfolio?
- Chelan & Douglas PUDs Hit Milestone Targets For Fish Survival
- California - Yolo Bypass Floodplain Experiment Produces Salmon ‘Fatties’
- Report: Asian Carp May Have Reached Great Lakes
- Oregon Reservoirs Low Heading Into Irrigation Season
- Kitsap PUD to Provide Water for Two More Bainbridge Neighborhoods
- Metro Vancouver, B-C Should End Garbage Incineration: Study
- New Front in Western Wind Energy War: FERC vs. Idaho
- Alarm Raised Over Lack of Process in British Columbia Run-Of-River Hydroelectric Project
- OP/Ed - More Renewables for States
- LED Streetlights Move from Pilot Projects to Widespread Use
- British Columbia Liberals Set to Announce Five-Year Carbon Tax Freeze
- Temperatures Reach Record Low of 61 in Honolulu
- The Drought is Drying Up All Our Ethanol
- Verizon, New York City to Test Way to Spread Fiber Network
- British Columbia - Broadband Internet Access Comes to Lil’wat Nation
- How Broadband May Help Roll Out the Rural Smart Grid
- Washington State Bill to Allow Employer Access to Facebook Passwords Rejected
- Short on Funding, County Roads Could Return to Gravel
- Small Earthquake Wednesday in North Mason County
- Man Convicted Of Assault in Montesano Courthouse Stabbing, Shooting
- Alleged Metal Thief Sparks Natural Gas Explosion at Everett House
- Law Enforcement Gets Educated on Metal Theft
- Oregon – Dad (A McCleary Resident) Flees On I-5 at 120 Mph, Crashes with 3-Year-Old in Back
- Four Mason County Schools Get Achievement Awards
- North Korea Clears Its Military to Attack U-S with Nukes
WORD OF THE DAY
Bellicose
• \BELL-ih-kose\ • Adjective - Favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars.
Marsha
could understand John’s intense and bellicose attitude towards the incredibly
scrumptious crème brulee that she had whipped up for him at the last minute.
Perhaps it was the tart message scrawled in “Sharpie” pen across the bottom of
the white, ceramic cup, revealed as he was scraping the last, tasty tidbit of
the heavenly creation out of the container: “I want to break up; it’s not me…it’s
you.” From that day on, custard-like desserts lost all taste for John. “They
just turn to ashes in my mouth,” he was wont to say.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jefferson PUD to Name Substation after Late
Official (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed - Thank Dana Roberts for Jefferson County PUD
Switch (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Powering Up: Portland Conference Brings Glimpse of
Energy Future (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Editorial - Wilf Woods: Tracing Bonneville’s History
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Op/Ed - CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower &
River Values (Shelton-Mason County Journal, Shelton, WA)
Op/Ed - CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower &
River Values (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
June 1 Restart Could Be Out of Reach at San
Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)
Texas - Storm & Copper Thieves Cause
Extensive Power Outage Overnight (Cleveland Advocate, Woodlands, TX)
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cleveland/news/storm-and-copper-thieves-cause-extensive-power-outage-overnight/article_4ee0b8e6-671b-5461-a928-8c0a57c077b0.html
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cleveland/news/storm-and-copper-thieves-cause-extensive-power-outage-overnight/article_4ee0b8e6-671b-5461-a928-8c0a57c077b0.html
How
Ontario Is Putting an End to Coal-Burning Power Plants (Christian Science
Monitor)
AC vs. DC Powerlines & the Electrical Grid
(The Energy Collective)
How Diverse Is Your State’s Electricity
Generation Portfolio? (Climate Progress)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan & Douglas PUDs Hit Milestone Targets
For Fish Survival (Wenatchee World, WA)
California
- Yolo Bypass Floodplain Experiment Produces Salmon ‘Fatties’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Report: Asian Carp May Have Reached Great Lakes (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon
Reservoirs Low Heading Into Irrigation Season (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Kitsap
PUD to Provide Water for Two More Bainbridge Neighborhoods (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New
Front in Western Wind Energy War: FERC vs. Idaho (The Energy Collective)
Metro
Vancouver, B-C Should End Garbage Incineration: Study (Surrey Leader, British
Columbia)
Alarm
Raised Over Lack of Process in British Columbia Run-Of-River Hydroelectric Project
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
OP/Ed
- More Renewables for States (Politico)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LED
Streetlights Move from Pilot Projects to Widespread Use (Midwest Energy News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
British
Columbia Liberals Set to Announce Five-Year Carbon Tax Freeze (Vancouver Sun,
B-C)
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Liberals%20announce%20five%20year%20carbon%20freeze/8186348/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Liberals%20announce%20five%20year%20carbon%20freeze/8186348/story.html
Temperatures
Reach Record Low of 61 in Honolulu (Fremont Tribune, NE)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Drought is Drying Up All Our Ethanol (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon, New York City to Test Way to Spread Fiber
Network (Bloomberg News)
British Columbia - Broadband Internet Access Comes
to Lil’wat Nation (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
How Broadband May Help Roll Out the Rural Smart
Grid (GreenTech Grid)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Washington State Bill to Allow Employer Access to Facebook
Passwords Rejected (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Short on Funding, County Roads Could Return to
Gravel (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Small Earthquake Wednesday in North Mason County
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Man Convicted Of Assault in Montesano Courthouse
Stabbing, Shooting (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Alleged Metal Thief Sparks Natural Gas Explosion at
Everett House (Everett Herald, WA)
Law Enforcement Gets Educated on Metal Theft (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Oregon – Dad (A McCleary Resident) Flees On I-5 at
120 Mph, Crashes with 3-Year-Old in Back (Associated Press)
Four Mason County Schools Get Achievement Awards (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
North Korea Clears Its Military to Attack U-S with
Nukes (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Nova
Scotia - University Tribute to Women Shows Men Only
Taco
Time Offering Free Burritos Friday
‘Vadering’
Takes the Web by Force
Philadelphia
Gets Ready to Play ‘Pong’ on Building
SONG OF THE DAY
James
Taylor – Mexico
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