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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
2014 Fall Chinook Returns Could Be Biggest on
Record (Northwest Public Radio)
10,000 Hatchery Salmon Eggs Die; Pollution Feared
(Associated Press)
Avista’s 2013 Income Up 42 Percent (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
TV Cable Cut in North Mason County (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12333
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12333
Wind
Turbines Propel Learning at WSU-Vancouver - They are key component of school's
renewable energy track (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista’s 2013 Income Up 42 Percent
- Franklin PUD Commission Raises Electric Rates
- PenLight Keeps Rate Hike Down for One Year
- Editorial: Is It Time to Renew Nuclear Power?
- Radioactive Water from Japan's Fukushima Power Plant Reaches Canada
- 2014 Fall Chinook Returns Could Be Biggest on Record
- 10,000 Hatchery Salmon Eggs Die; Pollution Feared
- Controlling Dam Water Levels Could Increase Number of Salmon
- First Nations Push to Restore Columbia River Salmon Runs
- Acidic Ocean Deadly for Vancouver Island Scallop Industry
- Drought Rates Missing from Local Drought Plans in California
- Wind Turbines Propel Learning at WSU-Vancouver
- Kwoiek Creek Begins Operation of 50 MW Hydroelectric Facility in British Columbia
- Green Energy Expansion in Germany Comes at a Hefty Price
- Energy Efficiency Programs May Have Caused Decline in U-S Electricity Sales
- Ask the Expert: Do Ground-source Heat Pumps Raise Your Electricity Use?
- Ohio Senate Gets Anti-LEED Resolution
- The Weird, Wacky & Cool Energy Ideas Coming Out of Labs Across the U-S
- TV Cable Cut in North Mason County
- Idaho Broadband Contract Extended to 2019, Lawmakers Weren’t Informed
- T-Mobile Losses Mount as No. 4 Carrier Pushes Customer Gains
- FCC Speed Test App Released on Apple iPhone to Measure Mobile Broadband Connections
- APPA Concerned over Reports Tax Reform Proposal Would Put Surtax on Municipal Bond Interest
- Man Pumping Gas in Newport Lights Cigarette, Suffers Burns
- Oregon: Gas Thieves Set Estacada House on Fire
- Faulty Water Heater to Blame in Idaho Carbon Monoxide Deaths
- Newest Summer Outlook for Seattle: Hot & Dry
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista’s 2013 Income Up 42 Percent (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Franklin PUD Commission Raises Electric Rates (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
PenLight Keeps Rate Hike Down for One Year
(Peninsula Gateway, Gig Harbor, WA)
Editorial: Is It Time to Renew Nuclear Power?
(The Daily Astorian, OR)
Radioactive Water from Japan's Fukushima Power
Plant Reaches Canada (United Press International)
FISH & WILDLIFE
2014 Fall Chinook Returns Could Be Biggest on
Record (Northwest Public Radio)
10,000 Hatchery Salmon Eggs Die; Pollution Feared
(Associated Press)
Controlling Dam Water Levels Could Increase
Number of Salmon (International Science Times)
First Nations Push to Restore Columbia River Salmon
Runs (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Acidic Ocean Deadly for Vancouver Island Scallop
Industry (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Drought
Rates Missing from Local Drought Plans in California (The Energy Collective)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Turbines Propel Learning at WSU-Vancouver - They are key component of school's
renewable energy track (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Kwoiek
Creek Begins Operation of 50 MW Hydroelectric Facility in British Columbia (Trading
Charts)
Green
Energy Expansion in Germany Comes at a Hefty Price (Voice of America)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Efficiency Programs May Have Caused Decline
in U-S Electricity Sales (Environmental Leader)
Ask the Expert: Do Ground-source Heat Pumps Raise
Your Electricity Use? (Renewable Energy World)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ohio
Senate Gets Anti-LEED Resolution (Columbus Business First, OH)
The
Weird, Wacky & Cool Energy Ideas Coming Out of Labs Across the U-S (GigaOM)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TV Cable Cut in North Mason County (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12333
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/12333
Idaho Broadband Contract Extended to 2019,
Lawmakers Weren’t Informed (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
T-Mobile Losses Mount as No. 4 Carrier Pushes
Customer Gains (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
FCC Speed Test App Released on Apple iPhone to
Measure Mobile Broadband Connections (International Business Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
APPA Concerned over Reports Tax Reform Proposal
Would Put Surtax on Municipal Bond Interest (American Public Power Association)
GENERAL NEWS
Man Pumping Gas in Newport Lights Cigarette,
Suffers Burns (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Oregon: Gas Thieves Set Estacada House on Fire (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Faulty Water Heater to Blame in Idaho Carbon
Monoxide Deaths (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Faulty-water-heater-to-blame-in-death-of-Idaho-family-247181651.html
Newest Summer Outlook for Seattle: Hot & Dry (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
California
Couple Discovers $10 Million in Gold Coins While Walking Dog
Typing
Takes Its Toll on Cursive Writing
Eat
Mushrooms That Grow Off the Top of This Living Lampshade
SONG OF THE DAY
Fats
Waller - I´M Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
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