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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Boardman Coal Plant Back on Line after Repairs (Associated Press)
Editorial: Is the Fix In? Privatizing Bonneville
Power Has Been a Republican Plan (Daily Astorian, OR)
Washington
State Grows as Leader in Wind Power (South Sound
Business Examiner)
Consultant to Study Missoula Broadband
Infrastructure Needs (Missoulian, MT)
Your Grandma is Three Times as Likely to Use a
Social Networking Site Now as in 2009 (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Boardman Coal Plant Back on Line after Repairs
- Editorial: Is the Fix In? Privatizing Bonneville Power Has Been a Republican Plan
- Op/Ed: Explore Alternatives to More Power Lines
- Grand Coulee Dam - How It Works
- New Leaks into Pacific at Japan Nuclear Plant
- How Vulnerable Are Power Companies to Cyberattack?
- Beetle Infestation Helps Open Shuttered Saw Mills
- Washington State Grows as Leader in Wind Power
- Feds Report Record Growth in Wind Industry, Some Surprising Results
- Op/Ed: Lisa Murkowski - Hydropower: The Key to Clean, More-Affordable Energy for Alaska
- Canada: Hydroelectric Project in Northern Ontario Expected to Create 100 New Jobs
- United Kingdom - British Stately Home Hosts Hydropower Project
- Colorado: GE Scraps Nation's Largest Solar Panel Plant
- Solar is from Mars, Utilities Are from Venus: Finding a Common Language for Net Metering
- To Mandate or Not to Mandate Solar Hot Water, That Is the Question
- A Very Short History of How Americans Use Energy at Home
- 2012 One of Ten Warmest Years on Record, Report Says
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District to Install Fast Electric Car Chargers
- How to Light Your House during a Blackout - Without Buying a Generator
- Consultant to Study Missoula Broadband Infrastructure Needs
- Op/Ed: Public-Private Partnerships Will Close Rural Broadband Gap
- Confused Xerox Copiers Rewrite Documents, Expert Finds
- Cord Cutting Deniers Change Tune as Industry Losses Mount
- Your Grandma is Three Times as Likely to Use a Social Networking Site Now as in 2009
- Facebook: Here's How Your News Feed Works
- Yahoo Announced a New Logo By Not Announcing a New Yahoo Logo
- How to Court Congress and Win Allies
- Mason County Primary Election Results
- Smoke from Wildfires is Expected in the Willamette Valley & Portland Area
- Port Townsend Paper Mill Tries New Odor Treatment
- Backers of Columbia River Crossing Push to Revive Project
- Cadillac Tax Will Hit High-End Health Plans. Will Yours Be Affected?
- Cleveland May Offer Preview Oregonian's Future
- Do Video Game Makers Owe It to Players to Keep Them from Getting Addicted?
WORD OF THE DAY
Kinetic
• \kuh-NET-tick\ • Adjective - 1: of or relating to the motion of material
bodies and the forces and energy associated with them 2a: active, lively b:
dynamic, energizing 3: of or relating to kinetic art.
I
LOVE those Lyman Whitaker kinetic wind art creations at the Freed Gallery near
Lincoln City. Whizz!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Boardman Coal Plant Back on Line after Repairs (Associated Press)
Editorial: Is the Fix In? Privatizing Bonneville
Power Has Been a Republican Plan (Daily Astorian, OR)
Op/Ed: Explore Alternatives to More Power Lines
(Idaho Mountain Express, Sun Valley, ID)
Grand Coulee Dam - How It Works (Mason County PUD
3, Shelton, WA)
New Leaks into Pacific at Japan Nuclear Plant (NY Times)
How Vulnerable Are Power Companies to
Cyberattack? (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Beetle Infestation Helps Open Shuttered Saw Mills (National Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Grows as Leader in Wind Power (South Sound
Business Examiner)
Feds
Report Record Growth in Wind Industry, Some Surprising Results (KCET-TV,
Burbank, CA)
Op/Ed:
Lisa Murkowski - Hydropower: The Key to Clean, More-Affordable Energy for
Alaska (Alaska Dispatch)
Canada:
Hydroelectric Project in Northern Ontario Expected to Create 100 New Jobs (CTV
News, Canada)
United
Kingdom - British Stately Home Hosts Hydropower Project (Renewable Energy
Focus)
Colorado:
GE Scraps Nation's Largest Solar Panel Plant (Associated
Press)
Solar
is from Mars, Utilities Are from Venus: Finding a Common Language for Net
Metering (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
To
Mandate or Not to Mandate Solar Hot Water, That Is the Question (Renewable
Energy World)
A
Very Short History of How Americans Use Energy at Home (The Atlantic)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
2012
One of Ten Warmest Years on Record, Report Says (Los Angeles Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Sacramento
Municipal Utility District to Install Fast Electric Car Chargers (Sacramento
Business Journal, CA)
How
to Light Your House during a Blackout - Without Buying a Generator (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Consultant to Study Missoula Broadband
Infrastructure Needs (Missoulian, MT)
Op/Ed: Public-Private Partnerships Will Close Rural
Broadband Gap (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://m.billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/guest-opinion-public-private-partnerships-will-close-rural-broadband-gap/article_0add8e93-4478-5ec7-897e-aff16bc406a2.html
http://m.billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/guest-opinion-public-private-partnerships-will-close-rural-broadband-gap/article_0add8e93-4478-5ec7-897e-aff16bc406a2.html
Confused Xerox Copiers Rewrite Documents, Expert
Finds (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Cord Cutting Deniers Change Tune as Industry Losses
Mount (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Your Grandma is Three Times as Likely to Use a
Social Networking Site Now as in 2009 (Washington Post)
Facebook: Here's How Your News Feed Works
(Mashable)
Yahoo Announced a New Logo By Not Announcing a New
Yahoo Logo (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
How to Court Congress and Win Allies (Electric
Co-op Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Primary Election Results (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Smoke from Wildfires is Expected in the Willamette
Valley & Portland Area (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Port Townsend Paper Mill Tries New Odor Treatment (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Backers of Columbia River Crossing Push to Revive
Project - They contend work can be done without Washington Legislature (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Cadillac Tax Will Hit High-End Health Plans. Will Yours
Be Affected? (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Cleveland May Offer Preview Oregonian's Future
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Do Video Game Makers Owe It to Players to Keep Them
from Getting Addicted? (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
15-Ton
“Fatberg” Lodged in Sewer System is Disgusting Reminder Not to Flush Baby Wipes
Nightmare
Food: Kid Finds Egyptian Mummy in Attic
Cop
Learns Speeding Woman Faked Emergency, Brings Proof to Her House
Utah
Man Accused of Running Speakeasy from Garage
SONG OF THE DAY
Ella
Fitzgerald - I Get a Kick Out of You
Dave
Brubeck - I Get a Kick Out of You
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