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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
High Temps Cause Spike in Tri-Cities Energy Use (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Congressman
Hastings: Columbia River Treaty Draft Recommendation Needs Re-Working (Capital
Press)
Sockeye Salmon Run Falls Short of 2012 (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
A State Department Bureau Spent $630,000 Buying
Facebook Likes (Gizmodo)
Obamacare Delay? Large Businesses Get a One-Year Reprieve
- Companies with 50 or more workers were given the break (Christian Science
Monitor)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- High Temps Cause Spike in Tri-Cities Energy Use
- Western Group Submits Proposal for Modular Nuclear Power
- Idaho, Washington Combat Rise in Metal Theft
- California Power Grid Survives Heat Wave, Nuclear Outage
- At An Average of 13.1 Cents per Kilowatt Hour - Electricity Prices Highest on Record for May
- Fitch Affirms Turlock Irrigation District, CA Revenue Bonds at ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
- Florida - Meter Tampering, Electricity Theft on the Rise
- Binz There, Done That? Obama FERC Nominee Likely to Stay the Course on Renewables, But Changes in Regulatory Policy May Be in the Offing
- Sockeye Salmon Run Falls Short of 2012
- Congressman Hastings: Columbia River Treaty Draft Recommendation Needs Re-Working
- Yakima River Basin Water Plan Money Called ‘A Home Run’
- Pe Ell’s Water Shows Signs of E Coli Bacteria
- Too Much Wind Energy? Save it Underground in Volcanic Rock Reservoirs
- How Hard is it to Integrate Renewable Energy into the Electric Grid?
- Minnesota - East Grand Forks Wind Turbine for Show, Not Power
- Solar Energy with a Side of Wind
- Chemical, Oil Companies Fear Potential EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule Will Expose Trade Secrets
- No Fire without Smoke: Wood Stove Trend Creates a Burning Issue
- Colorado - Eight Counties Band Together to Boost Broadband Access
- Connecting America’s Schools to Next-Generation Broadband
- A State Department Bureau Spent $630,000 Buying Facebook Likes
- Social Media Lessons from Four Accounts That Support Veterans
- Obamacare Delay? Large Businesses Get a One-Year Reprieve
- Six Questions about the Health Law Delay
- Public Works Money Grab Helped Solve the Washington State Budget Puzzle
- Mounties Thwart Plot to Bomb Canada Day Celebration in Victoria, BC
- Brockdale Road Structure Fire near Shelton
- As Arizona Fires Rage On, Inquiry into Firefighters’ Death Focuses on Wind
- Mason County Sheriff Appoints New Chief Deputy
- Quinault Tribe Reopens Lake Quinault to Swimming
- The Beer Institute Predicts Brew Sales Could Pass $1 Billion over the Holiday Weekend
WORD OF THE DAY
Shivaree
• \shiv-uh-REE\ • Noun - A noisy mock serenade to a newly married couple.
Slim
Whitman yodels
Shivaree
like no other
And
its serious
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Western Group Submits Proposal for Modular Nuclear
Power (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
High Temps Cause Spike in Tri-Cities Energy Use (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Idaho, Washington Combat Rise in Metal Theft (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
California Power Grid Survives Heat Wave, Nuclear
Outage (Reuters)
At An Average of 13.1 Cents per Kilowatt Hour - Electricity
Prices Highest on Record for May (CNS News)
Fitch Affirms Turlock Irrigation District, CA
Revenue Bonds at ‘A+’; Outlook Stable (Yahoo! Finance)
Florida - Meter Tampering, Electricity Theft on
the Rise (Tampa Bay Times, FL)
Binz There, Done That? Obama FERC Nominee Likely
to Stay the Course on Renewables, But Changes in Regulatory Policy May Be in
the Offing (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye Salmon Run Falls Short of 2012 (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Congressman
Hastings: Columbia River Treaty Draft Recommendation Needs Re-Working (Capital
Press)
Yakima
River Basin Water Plan Money Called ‘A Home Run’ (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Pe
Ell’s Water Shows Signs of E Coli Bacteria (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Too
Much Wind Energy? Save it Underground in Volcanic Rock Reservoirs (National Geographic Magazine)
How Hard is it to Integrate Renewable Energy into
the Electric Grid? (The Energy Collective)
Minnesota
- East Grand Forks Wind Turbine for Show, Not Power (Grand Forks Herald, MN)
http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=178423008&hash=9d3ed59a60e5512967ea30dab99a5fd7
http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=178423008&hash=9d3ed59a60e5512967ea30dab99a5fd7
Solar
Energy with a Side of Wind (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/07/solar-energy-with-a-side-of-wind?cmpid=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chemical,
Oil Companies Fear Potential EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule Will Expose Trade Secrets
(The Hill)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
No
Fire without Smoke: Wood Stove Trend Creates a Burning Issue (The Guardian, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Colorado - Eight Counties Band Together to Boost
Broadband Access (Aspen Business Journal, CO)
Connecting America’s Schools to Next-Generation
Broadband (National Telecommunications & Information Administration)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
A State Department Bureau Spent $630,000 Buying
Facebook Likes (Gizmodo)
Social Media Lessons from Four Accounts That
Support Veterans (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/socialmadness/2013/07/social-media-lessons-from-four.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/socialmadness/2013/07/social-media-lessons-from-four.html
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Obamacare Delay? Large Businesses Get a One-Year
Reprieve - Companies with 50 or more workers were given the break (Christian
Science Monitor)
Six Questions about the Health Law Delay (USA Today)
Public Works Money Grab Helped Solve the Washington
State Budget Puzzle (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Mounties Thwart Plot to Bomb Canada Day Celebration
in Victoria, BC (Northwest Public Radio)
Brockdale Road Structure Fire near Shelton (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
As Arizona Fires Rage On, Inquiry into Firefighters’
Death Focuses on Wind (NY Times)
Mason County Sheriff Appoints New Chief Deputy (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Quinault Tribe Reopens Lake Quinault to Swimming (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
The Beer Institute Predicts Brew Sales Could Pass
$1 Billion over the Holiday Weekend (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Here’s
How You’ll Injure Yourself with Fireworks, in One Chart
Celebrate
America with the 100% Bacon Cheeseburger on a Bacon Bun
THIS
IS AWSOME! The Dog Goldberg Machine is the Best Rube Goldberg Machine
Crowdsourcing
Baby Names: Logan Jackson Dixon Can Thank the Starbucks Crowd for His Name
SONG OF THE DAY
Carly
Simon - Let the River Run
Sandra
- Let the River Run
Lesley
Garrett - Let the River Run
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