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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Governor Says Budget Deal
‘Imminent’ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Death by Hydropower: Canadian Towns Blame
Columbia River Treaty for Economic Decline (Wenatchee World, WA)
The
Renewable Energy Rollback That Wasn't (USA Today)
Portland
General Electric Zoning Change Requests Withdrawn in Columbia County (Walla
Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
Peninsula
College Gets $2 Million Energy Upgrade Grant (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Death by Hydropower: Canadian Towns Blame Columbia River Treaty for Economic Decline
- Bonneville Power Administration Substation Nets Big Benefits for Nuclear Plant
- Clallam County PUD Holding Rate Increase Meetings
- Idaho - Hydroelectric Project on Payette to Last Until 2017
- Obama to Outline Ambitious Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases
- FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Climate Action Plan
- Oregon Interests Await Obama's Climate Plan
- High Court to Review Cross-Border Pollution Rule
- Colorado - Boulder Should Not Owe Any Stranded Costs If It Becomes a Wholesale Customer of Xcel Energy, APPA Tells FERC
- Generator Safety: Powering Safely After an Outage
- Don't Charge for Credit Card Payments, Adviser Tells Utility Audience
- Oregon - Gillnet Fishery Suppliers Hurt By Uncertainty
- Summer Chum Salmon Symposium Scheduled for Shelton
- Water Boil Advisory Issued for Mossyrock
- Measure Your Water Usage in Real Time with MyWater
- Portland General Electric Zoning Change Requests Withdrawn in Columbia County
- The Renewable Energy Rollback That Wasn't
- The End of a Giant Solar Project in California
- Offshore Wind - Can an Old Massachusetts Fishing Port Light the World Again?
- Vestas-Backed Nonprofit Asks: What Do You Wish Was Made with Wind Energy?
- Watch as These Fourth Graders Flip the Switch to Turn Their Classroom Solar
- Peninsula College Gets $2 Million Energy Upgrade Grant
- Five Easy Ways to Lower Your Electric Bill This Summer
- How Shale Gas Can Slow Global Climate Change
- Solar Boat Harnessed for Research
- Seattle - Gigabit Squared Rolls Out Residential Prices for Ultra High-Speed Internet
- Oregonians Testing Intel's TV Cable Slayer
- Seattle Fines Comcast – Twice - For Being So Bad at Customer Service
- BlackBerry Concedes Defeat, Debuts Android, iPhone Systems
- Dominion Virginia Power Voted Top Utility for Social Media Use
- OUCH! Alex Rodriguez Joins Twitter, Opens the Gates of Trolling Hell
- Ex-Senator: Benton's Complaint over Profanity 'Height of Hypocrisy'
- Washington State Governor Says Budget Deal ‘Imminent’
- Recall Election: Embattled Pacific Mayor May Soon Learn His Fate
- The Oregonian: Going the Way of All Newspapers?
- Port Townsend High School Retires Controversial Mascot
WORD OF THE DAY
Encroach
• \in-KROHCH\ • verb - 1: to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the
possessions or rights of another 2: to advance beyond the usual or proper
limits.
Don’t
let a roach encroach your domicile. Especially if you sleep with your mouth
open.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Death by Hydropower: Canadian Towns Blame
Columbia River Treaty for Economic Decline (Wenatchee World, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Substation Nets
Big Benefits for Nuclear Plant (Bonneville Power Administration)
Clallam County PUD Holding Rate Increase Meetings
(KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Idaho - Hydroelectric Project on Payette to Last
Until 2017 (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
Obama to Outline Ambitious Plan to Cut Greenhouse
Gases (NY Times)
FACT
SHEET: President Obama’s Climate Action Plan (White House)
Oregon
Interests Await Obama's Climate Plan (Sustainable Business Oregon)
http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/06/oregon-interests-await-obamas-climate.html
High Court to Review Cross-Border Pollution Rule (Associated
Press)
Colorado - Boulder Should Not Owe Any Stranded
Costs If It Becomes a Wholesale Customer of Xcel Energy, APPA Tells FERC (American Public Power Association)
Generator Safety: Powering Safely After an Outage
(Liberty County Vindicator, TX)
Don't Charge for Credit Card Payments, Adviser
Tells Utility Audience (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Gillnet Fishery Suppliers Hurt By
Uncertainty (Associated Press)
Summer Chum Salmon Symposium Scheduled for
Shelton (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water
Boil Advisory Issued for Mossyrock (Associated
Press)
Measure
Your Water Usage in Real Time With MyWater (Mashable)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland
General Electric Zoning Change Requests Withdrawn in Columbia County (Walla
Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
The
Renewable Energy Rollback That Wasn't (USA Today)
The
End of a Giant Solar Project in California (Forbes
Magazine)
Offshore
Wind - Can an Old Massachusetts Fishing Port Light the World Again? (National Public Radio)
Vestas-Backed
Nonprofit Asks: What Do You Wish Was Made with Wind Energy? (Denver Business
Journal, CO)
Watch
as These Fourth Graders Flip the Switch to Turn Their Classroom Solar (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Peninsula
College Gets $2 Million Energy Upgrade Grant (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Five Easy Ways to Lower Your Electric Bill This
Summer (Business Insider)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
Shale Gas Can Slow Global Climate Change (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar
Boat Harnessed for Research (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle - Gigabit Squared Rolls Out Residential
Prices for Ultra High-Speed Internet (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Oregonians Testing Intel's TV Cable Slayer (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Seattle Fines Comcast – Twice - For Being So Bad at
Customer Service (Consumerist)
BlackBerry Concedes Defeat, Debuts Android, iPhone
Systems (Portland Business Journal, OR)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Dominion Virginia Power Voted Top Utility for
Social Media Use (Morningstar – 31,000 FB likes, 6 million customers for a
ratio of .52%)
OUCH! Alex Rodriguez Joins Twitter, Opens the Gates
of Trolling Hell (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Ex-Senator: Benton's Complaint over Profanity 'Height
of Hypocrisy' (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Governor Says Budget Deal
‘Imminent’ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Recall Election: Embattled Pacific Mayor May Soon
Learn His Fate (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
The Oregonian: Going the Way of All Newspapers? The
Portland paper is cutting print staff in favor of the paper's weakest link: its
web site (Crosscut Seattle, WA)
Port Townsend High School Retires Controversial
Mascot (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Couple
Orders Tie from Banana Republic, Gets Folders Full of Sensitive Employee Info
Instead
Bobby
(Blue) Bland, Soul and Blues Balladeer, Dies at 83
Museum
Can't Explain Why Ancient Statue Suddenly Started Spinning
At
the Corner of Klingon & Romulan Courts In Suburban Sacramento
SONG OF THE DAY
Bobby
Blue Band- Goin’ Down Slow
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