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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Record High Temperatures Likely to be Shattered
Today (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Feds Propose Making Ecosystem Key Purpose of New Columbia
River Treaty with Canada (Portland Tribune, OR)
Colvilles Say Yakama Fish Project Interferes in
Their Territory (Wenatchee World, WA)
WAPA, Basin Electric, Heartland Lean toward
Joining Southwest Power Pool (Platts)
Five
Ways to Engage Low-Income Customers in Energy Efficiency (The Energy
Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- WAPA, Basin Electric, Heartland Lean toward Joining Southwest Power Pool
- New York Lawmakers Approve Plan to Downsize LIPA; Commission’s Report Leads to Inquiry over Fees
- U-S Runs Out of Nuclear Fuel from Russian Warheads
- Obama Pledges to Help Double Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Consumers’ Trust in Utilities Lowest in Four Years, New Accenture Research Shows
- AutoGrid Is Indexing the Electric Grid
- Colvilles Say Yakama Fish Project Interferes in Their Territory
- Yakama Nation Re-Introduction Efforts Brings Once-Extinct Sockeye Back to Cle Elum Lake, Tributaries
- Columbia, Snake, Willamette Dams Target of Study - Multi-Million Dollar Grant For Checking Salmon, Trout & Lamprey Migration
- USGS Research Says Fish Virus in Washington Coastal Steelhead Originated from Columbia River Basin
- Millions of Krill Wash Up on Pacific Northwest Beaches
- Feds Propose Making Ecosystem Key Purpose of New Columbia River Treaty with Canada
- Montana’s Libby Dam Stems from 1964 Columbia River Treaty; State Tracking Closely Possible Changes
- Columbia River Treaty could impact Libby Dam
- Wind Power & the Thrum of Lawsuits
- Rare Bird Last Seen in Britain 22 Years Ago Reappears - Only to be Killed by Wind Turbine in Front of a Horrified Crowd Of Birdwatchers
- Tennessee Valley Authority Looks at Options for Greener Energy
- New Hampshire Legislature’s Use of Renewable Energy Fund Called ‘Bait & Switch’
- Op/Ed – 90 Percent Renewable: Vermont Energy Plan Is Wishful Thinking
- How to Cook Up a Community Solar Energy Project
- Five Ways to Engage Low-Income Customers in Energy Efficiency
- Pacific Power Gives Businesses, Conservation a Boost
- Kitsap County Generating Energy Savings & Cost Savings
- Is There Phantom Power Usage In Your Home?
- Op/Ed Snark - Avista ‘Report Card’ Puts Me in a Class by Myself
- Tree Rings Reveal El Niño Tied to Recent Global Warming
- Homeowner’s Wind Turbine Ruled Nuisance
- Yahoo to Shut Down Pioneering AltaVista Search Site
- Corkscrew Lasers Are About to Revolutionize Internet Bandwidth
- Think Before You Tweet: Lessons from Chik-Fil-A, Alec Baldwin & A-Rod
- Failing to Turn Over Email Record Costs Shoreline
- The “Sue & Settle” Racket
- Tougher Rules for Paid Signature Gathering Operations Wins Oregon Legislative Approval
- Record High Temperatures Likely to be Shattered Today
- Nineteen Firefighters Die Battling Arizona Wildfire
- Governor Inslee Signs Washington State Budget
- Washington State Legislature OKs Suspension of Teacher Raises
- Jay Cole Wins at Grays Harbor Raceway for 20 Years
- Longtime Local Lewis County Radio Personality Retiring
WORD OF THE DAY
Lenitive
\LEN-uh-tiv\ adjective - Alleviating pain or harshness: soothing.
Sunburns,
toasty hot
Lotion
a lenitive balm
Next
time, big straw hat
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
WAPA, Basin Electric, Heartland Lean toward Joining
Southwest Power Pool (Platts)
New York Lawmakers Approve Plan to Downsize LIPA;
Commission’s Report Leads to Inquiry over Fees (American
Public Power Association)
U-S Runs Out of Nuclear Fuel from Russian
Warheads (Forbes Magazine)
Obama Pledges to Help Double Electricity in Sub-Saharan
Africa (Christian Science Monitor)
Consumers’ Trust in Utilities Lowest in Four
Years, New Accenture Research Shows (Electric Energy Online)
AutoGrid Is Indexing the Electric Grid (Forbes
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Colvilles Say Yakama Fish Project Interferes in
Their Territory (Wenatchee World, WA)
Yakama Nation Re-Introduction Efforts Brings
Once-Extinct Sockeye Back to Cle Elum Lake, Tributaries (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
Columbia, Snake, Willamette Dams Target of Study
- Multi-Million Dollar Grant For Checking Salmon, Trout & Lamprey Migration
(Moscow-Pullman Daily News, WA-ID)
USGS Research Says Fish Virus in Washington
Coastal Steelhead Originated from Columbia River Basin (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Millions of Krill Wash Up on Pacific Northwest
Beaches (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Feds Propose Making Ecosystem Key Purpose of New
Columbia River Treaty with Canada (Portland Tribune, OR)
Montana’s
Libby Dam Stems from 1964 Columbia River Treaty; State Tracking Closely
Possible Changes (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Columbia
River Treaty could impact Libby Dam (News Bonner’s Ferry, ID)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Power & the Thrum of Lawsuits (National Geographic Magazine)
Rare
Bird Last Seen in Britain 22 Years Ago Reappears - Only to be Killed by Wind
Turbine in Front of a Horrified Crowd Of Birdwatchers (The Daily Mail, UK)
Tennessee
Valley Authority Looks at Options for Greener Energy (Florence Times Daily, AL)
New
Hampshire Legislature’s Use of Renewable Energy Fund Called ‘Bait & Switch’
(New Hampshire Union Leader)
Op/Ed
– 90 Percent Renewable: Vermont Energy Plan Is Wishful Thinking (Valley News,
West Lebanon, NH)
How
to Cook Up a Community Solar Energy Project (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Five
Ways to Engage Low-Income Customers in Energy Efficiency (The Energy
Collective)
Pacific
Power Gives Businesses, Conservation a Boost (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Kitsap
County Generating Energy Savings & Cost Savings (Kitsap Peninsula Business
Journal, WA)
Is
There Phantom Power Usage In Your Home? (Clean Technica)
Op/Ed
Snark - Avista ‘Report Card’ Puts Me in a Class by Myself (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tree
Rings Reveal El Niño Tied to Recent Global Warming (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Homeowner’s
Wind Turbine Ruled Nuisance (National Association of Realtors)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Yahoo to Shut Down Pioneering AltaVista Search Site
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
Corkscrew Lasers Are About to Revolutionize
Internet Bandwidth (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Think Before You Tweet: Lessons from Chik-Fil-A,
Alec Baldwin & A-Rod (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Failing to Turn Over Email Record Costs Shoreline
(Associated Press)
The “Sue & Settle” Racket (Forbes Magazine)
Tougher Rules for Paid Signature Gathering
Operations Wins Oregon Legislative Approval (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Record High Temperatures Likely to be Shattered
Today (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Nineteen Firefighters Die Battling Arizona Wildfire
(Associated Press)
Governor Inslee Signs Washington State Budget
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Legislature OKs Suspension of
Teacher Raises (KIMG-TV, Seattle)
Jay Cole Wins at Grays Harbor Raceway for 20 Years
(Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Longtime Local Lewis County Radio Personality
Retiring (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Fed
Marijuana, Snohomish Pigs Go for Premium Price
This
Hugely Popular National Park Doesn’t Actually Exist
Swan
Song for Cicadas, but Many Missed the Show
Public
Pianos Are ‘Keys to the Street’ In Vancouver
SONG OF THE DAY
Alison Krauss - Carolina in My Mind
James Taylor - Carolina in My Mind
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