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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
First Chinook Cross Lower Granite Dam (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
California - State’s Wind Turbines Blow Past Power-Production
Records (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Colorado - Bill Increasing Renewable Standard for Rural
Co-Ops Passes Committee (Denver Post, CO)
Community Anchor Institutions in Rural Washington Connected
by NoaNet (Community Broadband Networks)
Grays Harbor PUD Closer to Announcing New General
Manager (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor PUD Closer to Announcing New General Manager
- Editorial - Approve Refunds for California Electricity Ratepayers
- Change in Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds Would Increase Price of Electricity
- FERC Approves Vegetation Management Rules to Improve Electric Reliability
- American Electric Power Officials: Copper Thefts in Ohio Valley at All-Time High
- Is Wall Street Wrong About Con Edison? Probably
- Pepco CEO Joseph Rigby Made Nearly $11.5 Million Last Year
- First Chinook Cross Lower Granite Dam
- Birds to Be Hazed to Protect Oregon Coast Salmon
- Washington State Facing $1.9 Billion Bill for New Culverts
- West Coast Fisheries to See Ecosystem Approach
- Concern about Pollution Drives Fight over Eating Fish
- Op/Ed - For Healthy Salmon, Protect Forage Fish
- City of Lacey vs. The Nation: Pledge to Save Water & You Could Win a Toyota Prius!
- California Coast - Slaking a Region’s Thirst While Cleaning Its Beaches
- California - State’s Wind Turbines Blow Past Power-Production Records
- Colorado - Bill Increasing Renewable Standard for Rural Co-Ops Passes Committee
- Colorado - Xcel Energy Says Boulder Overstepping City Limits on New Utility
- With Help from Nature, a California Town Aims to Be a Solar Capital
- Will the Fracking Revolution Buoy Renewables?
- Oregon - Ashland Council Adopts Conservation, Business Goals
- Cleveland Public Power to Test LED Street Lights for Two Years
- Climate Change Will Threaten Wine Production, Study Shows
- Fasten Seatbelts, Air Passengers: Climate Change Ahead
- James Hansen Says Natural Gas is Worse than Nuclear
- Op/Ed - How U-S Energy Policy Fails to Address Climate Change
- Fatbergs: Burning Fat & Oil to Generate London Power
- Top Wacky Wind Turbines: Photos
- Community Anchor Institutions in Rural Washington Connected by NoaNet
- Montana PSC Seeks Info on Broadband Internet
- As Austin Readies for Google Fiber, Here’s Why You Need a Gig: Even If You Don’t Think You Do
- The Downsides of a Gig: What Other Towns Have Learned After Getting a Gig
- A Quick Look at Google Fiber Pricing Versus the Incumbents
- Oregon’s ‘Social Media Bill’ One Step Closer to Becoming Law
- Pay Walls Could Be Print’s Salvation Online
- Should Your Small Business Hire a Social-Media Expert?
- Washington State Senate Majority Spends Same Timber Revenues Twice
- Alaska GOP Drama Results in Chairwoman’s Ouster
- North Mason School Officials Present Case for $49 Million Bond
- Billionaire Kings Investor Pulls Out Days Before NBA Ruling on Sale of Sacramento Team
- Port Angeles Stack Toppled! Chimney That Refused to Fall with Explosives Finally ‘Cut’ Down
- Sidewalks to Nowhere - City of Shelton Commission Meeting
- Study: Seattle’s Gender Pay Gap Worst in the U-S
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor PUD Closer to Announcing New General
Manager (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Editorial - Approve Refunds for California Electricity
Ratepayers (Riverside Press-Enterprise, CA)
Change in Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds
Would Increase Price of Electricity, APPA & Others Tell Ways & Means (American Public Power Association)
FERC Approves Vegetation Management Rules to Improve
Electric Reliability (Transmission & Distribution World)
American Electric Power Officials: Copper Thefts in Ohio
Valley at All-Time High (WTOV-TV, Steubenville, OH)
Is Wall Street Wrong About Con Edison? Probably -
Investigators concluded that the utility had suffered a loss of more than $225
million as the result of accounting improprieties (Forbes Magazine)
Pepco CEO Joseph Rigby Made Nearly $11.5 Million Last
Year (Washington Business Journal, D-C)
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/morning_call/2013/04/pepco-ceo-made-more-than-11m-last-year.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/morning_call/2013/04/pepco-ceo-made-more-than-11m-last-year.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
First Chinook Cross Lower Granite Dam (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Birds to Be Hazed to Protect Oregon Coast Salmon
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Washington State Facing $1.9 Billion Bill for New
Culverts (Everett Herald, WA)
West Coast Fisheries to See Ecosystem Approach (Associated Press)
Concern about Pollution Drives Fight over Eating
Fish (Everett Herald, WA)
Op/Ed
- For Healthy Salmon, Protect Forage Fish (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
City of Lacey vs. The Nation: Pledge to Save
Water & You Could Win a Toyota Prius! (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
California
Coast - Slaking a Region’s Thirst While Cleaning Its Beaches (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California - State’s Wind Turbines Blow Past
Power-Production Records (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Colorado - Bill Increasing Renewable Standard for Rural
Co-Ops Passes Committee (Denver Post, CO)
Colorado - Xcel Energy Says Boulder Overstepping City Limits
on New Utility (Denver Business Journal, CO)
With Help from Nature, a California Town Aims to Be a Solar
Capital (NY Times)
Will
the Fracking Revolution Buoy Renewables? (GTH Energy & Natural Resources
Law Blog)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon - Ashland Council Adopts Conservation, Business Goals
(Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
Cleveland Public Power to Test LED Street Lights for Two
Years (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Change Will Threaten Wine Production, Study Shows -
Global warming will make it difficult to raise grapes in traditional wine
country, but will shift production to other regions (The Guardian, UK)
Fasten
Seatbelts, Air Passengers: Climate Change Ahead. (Christian Science Monitor)
James
Hansen Says Natural Gas is Worse than Nuclear (Grist Online)
Op/Ed
- How U-S Energy Policy Fails to Address Climate Change (Christian Science
Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Fatbergs:
Burning Fat & Oil to Generate London Power (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
Top
Wacky Wind Turbines: Photos (Discovery News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Community Anchor Institutions in Rural Washington Connected
by NoaNet (Community Broadband Networks)
Montana PSC Seeks Info on Broadband Internet Availability
(KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
As Austin Readies for Google Fiber, Here’s Why You
Need a Gig: Even If You Don’t Think You Do (GigaOM)
The Downsides of a Gig: What Other Towns Have Learned After
Getting a Gig (GigaOM)
A Quick Look at Google Fiber Pricing Versus the
Incumbents (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Oregon’s ‘Social Media Bill’ One Step Closer to Becoming Law
(Associated Press)
Pay Walls Could Be Print’s Salvation Online - Small,
local newspapers have become the petri dish of online subscriptions (U-S News
& World Report)
Should Your Small Business Hire a Social-Media Expert? (Charlotte
Business Journal, NC)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senate Majority Spends Same Timber Revenues
Twice (Everett Herald, WA)
Alaska GOP Drama Results in Chairwoman’s Ouster
(Alaska Dispatch)
GENERAL NEWS
North Mason School Officials Present Case for $49 Million
Bond (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Billionaire Kings Investor Pulls Out Days Before NBA
Ruling on Sale of Sacramento Team (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Port Angeles Stack Toppled! Chimney That Refused to Fall
with Explosives Finally ‘Cut’ Down (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Sidewalks to Nowhere - City of Shelton Commission
Meeting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Study: Seattle’s Gender Pay Gap Worst in the U-S (Seattle
Times, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Man
Gets Shock of His Life - Buys Two Toy Poodles for $150 Only to be Told By A Vet
That They Are Actually Giant Rodents Pumped Up With Steroids to Look Like Dogs
Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer & Film Star, Dies at Age
70
#nowthatchersdead: Fans Think Cher Died after Thatcher
Hashtag Trends
Longview Woman Arrested After Drug Text Mistake
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy
Joel - When You Wish Upon a Star
Cliff
Edwards (Ukulele Ike) - When You Wish Upon a Star
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