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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Record
Run Leads to Relaxation of Last Columbia Salmon Fishing Rules (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Proposed Power Lines Tangle with Native American
History in the Pacific Northwest (National Public Radio)
Editorial:
Fixing Washington State's Energy Independence Act Requires Action, Not Words (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Rising
Sea Levels, Storms Could Devastate Washington Towns (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Google: 'Rare' Network Failure Triggered Gmail
Delays (Mashable)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Proposed Power Lines Tangle with Native American History in the Pacific Northwest
- Peninsula Power & Light’s Efforts Save Rate Increase
- Puget Sound Energy Seeking 1.5 Percent Natural Gas Rate Hike
- Cheap Land, Even Cheaper Electricity: Could Quincy Be New Hub for Huge Distribution Centers?
- Wärtsilä Signs Long-Term Service Agreement with Portland General Electric
- Four Remaining Southern Montana Electric Co-Ops Sue Bankruptcy Trustee
- Atomic Goal: 800 Years of Power from Nuclear Waste
- Record Run Leads to Relaxation of Last Columbia Salmon Fishing Rules
- Big Chinook Run Doesn't Let Columbia Dams Off the Hook, Activists Say
- Campaign Plans to Reintroduce Migrating Salmon to Canadian Columbia River
- Sea Lion 'Kill List' Revisited by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Editorial: Fixing Washington State's Energy Independence Act Requires Action, Not Words
- Study Says Cost to Add More Solar, Wind to U-S West Power Grid is Small
- IRS Clarifies Eligibility for Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
- Solar Power from Giant Mirrors Flows into California's Grid
- The Endangered Species Act & Wind Power: A Rule, Or More of a Guideline?
- RePower Program Extended for Kitsap County Residents
- Rising Sea Levels, Storms Could Devastate Washington Towns
- Google: 'Rare' Network Failure Triggered Gmail Delays
- Verizon: Unlimited Data Plans Will 'Run Out of Gas'
- Yahoo is Getting Noticed Again
- BlackBerry Shares Stomped By Smartphones
- Raise Your Hand if You’re One of the 15% In U-S Who Don’t Use the Internet
- ComEd Names Finalists in Crowdsources Utility Bill Design
- Utilities Tap Power of Social Media
- Video: Your Company's Website Shouldn't Look Like an Org Chart
- City Of Tacoma to Tell Workers What They Can Wear
- Mason County Unemployment Rates Drop
- 30,000 Western Washington State Grocery Workers Vote on Possible Strike
- Federal Way School Board Chair Indicted for Theft from Portland Tire Store
- Economic Development Council of Mason County Accepting Resumes
- Thurston County to Ban Most Plastic Carryout Bags Starting July 1
- Op/Ed: Recycling Plastic Bags - Not Banning Them - Is the Answer
WORD OF THE DAY
Acquiesce
• \ak-wee-ESS\ • Verb - To accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively; often
used with in or to
“OK,”
sighed the editor to his client, an eager romantic novelist. “You can use acquiesce
instead of ‘surrendering to passion’; if you want to. I just don’t think it’s
interesting enough.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Proposed Power Lines Tangle with Native American
History in the Pacific Northwest (National Public Radio)
Peninsula Power & Light’s Efforts Save Rate
Increase (Peninsula Gateway, Gig Harbor, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Seeking 1.5 Percent Natural
Gas Rate Hike (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Cheap Land, Even Cheaper Electricity: Could
Quincy Be New Hub for Huge Distribution Centers? (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Wärtsilä Signs Long-Term Service Agreement with Portland
General Electric (Reuters)
Four Remaining Southern Montana Electric Co-Ops
Sue Bankruptcy Trustee (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Atomic Goal: 800 Years of Power from Nuclear Waste
(NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Record
Run Leads to Relaxation of Last Columbia Salmon Fishing Rules (Oregonian, Portland,
OR)
Big Chinook Run Doesn't Let Columbia Dams Off the
Hook, Activists Say (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Campaign Plans to Reintroduce Migrating Salmon to
Canadian Columbia River (Revelstoke Times Review, British Columbia)
Sea Lion 'Kill List' Revisited by Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Editorial:
Fixing Washington State's Energy Independence Act Requires Action, Not Words (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Study
Says Cost to Add More Solar, Wind to U-S West Power Grid is Small (Reuters)
IRS
Clarifies Eligibility for Renewable Energy Tax Incentives (GTH Energy &
Natural Resources Law Blog)
Solar
Power from Giant Mirrors Flows into California's Grid (Forbes Magazine)
The
Endangered Species Act & Wind Power: A Rule, Or More of a Guideline? (Forbes
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
RePower
Program Extended for Kitsap County Residents (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal,
WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Rising
Sea Levels, Storms Could Devastate Washington Towns (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google: 'Rare' Network Failure Triggered Gmail
Delays (Mashable)
Verizon: Unlimited Data Plans Will 'Run Out of Gas'
(Broadband Reports)
Yahoo is Getting Noticed Again (USA Today)
BlackBerry Shares Stomped By Smartphones (USA
Today)
Raise Your Hand if You’re One of the 15% In U-S Who
Don’t Use the Internet (Consumerist)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
ComEd Names Finalists in Crowdsources Utility Bill
Design (Chicago Business Journal, IL)
Utilities Tap Power of Social Media (Transmission
& Distribution World)
Video: Your Company's Website Shouldn't Look Like an
Org Chart (Washington Business Journal, DC)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
City Of Tacoma to Tell Workers What They Can Wear (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Unemployment Rates Drop (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
30,000 Western Washington State Grocery Workers
Vote on Possible Strike (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Federal Way School Board Chair Indicted for Theft from
Portland Tire Store (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
Economic Development Council of Mason County
Accepting Resumes (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Thurston County to Ban Most Plastic Carryout Bags
Starting July 1 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Op/Ed: Recycling Plastic Bags - Not Banning Them - Is
the Answer (Sacramento Bee, CA)
DIVERSIONS
Money
Fairy? $100 Bills Showing Up in Customers' Groceries in Salem, Oregon
One-Eyed
Rescued Cat from Oregon a Facebook Sensation
Super
Bowl Ad Contest Has Eyes of Pro-Pot Group
Eat
Pray Love: Japanese Man Finds Buddha in Snacks
SONG OF THE DAY
Tower
of Power - Knock Yourself Out
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