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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
No Injuries in Ravensdale Power Station Explosion
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Governor Inslee’s Climate Change Bill Passes Washington
State Legislature (Associated Press)
Sea Shepherd Campaigns to Stop Sea Lion Killing (Associated Press)
The
Biggest Fight over Renewable Energy Is Now In the States (Washington Post)
What Secret E-Mails from Enron Teach Us about
Influencing Politicians (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- No Injuries in Ravensdale Power Station Explosion
- Could Smart Meters Pose Health Risks? Some Say Yes - Some Say No
- Update - Libby Road Outage: PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to Appx 80 Customers
- Oil & Electricity: A Compare-And-Contrast Tale of Two Regulators
- Co-ops Smoke Out Pot Grow Houses
- Canada - Alberta Infrastructure Minister Had Right to OK Controversial Power Line: Judge
- Florida Utilities Enjoy Big Day at 13th Annual Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo
- Lake Roosevelt HS Teacher Named Science Champion
- Sea Shepherd Campaigns to Stop Sea Lion Killing
- Sea Shepherd Activist Group Documents Sea Lion Branding in Astoria
- U-S Senator Cantwell Joins President Obama for Signing of San Juan Islands National Monument Declaration
- President Obama Criticized for Designating New National Monuments
- Georgia Senate Passes Resolution to Move State Line, Claim Tennessee River Water
- China - A Tide of Death, but This Time Food Supply Is Safe
- The Biggest Fight over Renewable Energy Is Now In the States
- New Transmission Lines Funnel Wind-Generated Electricity Out of Kansas
- Renewables: They Are Who We Thought They Were
- Renewable Energy’s Hidden Costs?
- Seattle City Light Adds LED Discounts to Lighting Program
- California Energy Commission Moves to Improve Appliance Efficiency
- How Energy Efficiency’s Story is Changing
- Governor Inslee’s Climate Change Bill Passes Washington State Legislature
- Did Climate Change Cause the Syrian Uprising?
- Students Compete with ‘Windy Cool Rods’
- Within Mainstream Environmentalist Groups, Diversity is Lacking
- Washington State Grants Up to $100,000 Available for Improving Broadband Access & Use
- Dozens of CenturyLink Customers Remain Without Home Phone Service Four Days after an Outage
- Hollow Fiber Optic Tunnels Can Blast Data at Practically the Speed of Light
- Google Reader Being Shuttered for Privacy-Compliance Concerns
- What Secret E-Mails from Enron Teach Us about Influencing Politicians
- Washington State Budget: Get Ready for Ugly in Olympia
- Missing Mason County Woman Returns Home
- Washington State Governor Asks White House to Exam Coal Exports
- Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Seattle Terror Plot
- Lookin’ for Copper - Vandals Damage Streetlights along Deschutes Parkway
- Private Firm Could Fill Weather Satellite Gap
WORD OF THE DAY
Riposte
• \rih-POE-st\ • Noun - 1: a fencer’s quick return thrust following a parry 2:
a retaliatory verbal sally: retort 3: a retaliatory maneuver or measure
“Har,
har, excellent riposte boss,” drawled the unshaven sycophant to his glowering
mob boss. The fact that the response was done with a baseball bat was not lost
on the other Cosa Nostra bigwigs at the most excellent steak dinner…which had
immediately lost its appeal.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
No Injuries in Ravensdale Power Station Explosion
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Could Smart Meters Pose Health Risks? Some Say Yes - Some Say No (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
Update - Libby Road Outage: PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to Appx
80 Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Oil & Electricity: A Compare-And-Contrast
Tale of Two Regulators (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Co-ops Smoke Out Pot Grow Houses (Electric Co-op
Today)
Canada - Alberta Infrastructure Minister Had
Right to OK Controversial Power Line: Judge (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Florida Utilities Enjoy Big Day at 13th Annual Public Power
Lineworkers Rodeo (American Public Power Association)
Lake Roosevelt HS Teacher Named Science Champion (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Shepherd Campaigns to Stop Sea Lion Killing (Associated Press)
Sea Shepherd Activist Group Documents Sea Lion
Branding In Astoria (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
U-S
Senator Cantwell Joins President Obama for Signing of San Juan Islands National
Monument Declaration (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
President
Obama Criticized for Designating New National Monuments (Yahoo! News)
Georgia
Senate passes resolution to move state line, claim Tennessee River water
(Chattanooga Times-Free Press, TN)
China
- A Tide of Death, but This Time Food Supply Is Safe (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The
Biggest Fight over Renewable Energy Is Now In the States (Washington Post)
New
Transmission Lines Funnel Wind-Generated Electricity Out of Kansas (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Renewables:
They Are Who We Thought They Were (Renewable Energy World)
Renewable
Energy’s Hidden Costs? (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle
City Light Adds LED Discounts to Lighting Program (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
California
Energy Commission Moves to Improve Appliance Efficiency (Electric Light &
Power)
How
Energy Efficiency’s Story is Changing (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governor Inslee’s Climate Change Bill Passes Washington
State Legislature (Associated Press)
Did
Climate Change Cause the Syrian Uprising? (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Students
Compete with ‘Windy Cool Rods’ (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
Within
Mainstream Environmentalist Groups, Diversity is Lacking (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Grants Up to $100,000 Available for
Improving Broadband Access & Use (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Dozens of CenturyLink Customers Remain Without Home
Phone Service Four Days after an Outage (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Hollow Fiber Optic Tunnels Can Blast Data at
Practically the Speed of Light (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Google Reader Being Shuttered for Privacy-Compliance
Concerns (Everett Herald, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
What Secret E-Mails from Enron Teach Us about Influencing
Politicians (Washington Post)
Washington State Budget: Get Ready for Ugly in
Olympia (Seattle Times, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Missing Mason County Woman Returns Home (Mason
Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Governor Asks White House to Exam
Coal Exports (Associated Press)
Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Seattle Terror Plot (Associated
Press)
Lookin’ for Copper - Vandals Damage Streetlights along
Deschutes Parkway (Olympian, WA)
Private Firm Could Fill Weather Satellite Gap (USA
Today)
DIVERSIONS
Ohio
Prosecutor May Pardon Groundhog for Early Spring Prediction
Mansion
Caretaker Sued for Drinking $102,000 of Historical Whiskey
This
Lost Underwater Camera Was Incredibly Reunited with Its Owner after Six Years
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Beatles - Octopus’s Garden
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