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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Felon Arrested for Plotting to Blow Up Shelton
Store & Gas Stations as Diversion for Bank Robberies (Mason Web-TV,
Shelton, WA)
Washington
State Governor Signs Order for Climate Change Process (Associated Press)
Invenergy Completes Purchase of 620 Megawatt Power
Plant in Grays Harbor County (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Puget Sound Energy’s New High Capacity Power Line
in Thurston County (South Sound Business Examiner, WA)
Report: Washington State 911 Calls Were Stuck in
Colorado (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Invenergy Completes Purchase of 620 Megawatt Power Plant in Grays Harbor County (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
- Puget Sound Energy’s New High Capacity Power Line in Thurston County (South Sound Business Examiner, WA)
- Projected Carbon Dioxide Emissions Vary with Coal & Nuclear Power Plant Retirements (Energy Information Administration)
- County, Clallam PUD to Split Cost on Step in Old Olympic Highway Widening Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- Columbia River PUD Warns Customers about Meter Repair Scam (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
- Bakken Oil Fields Mark Billionth Barrel of Oil (Associated Press)
- Infographic: A Utility’s Guide to Mitigating Cybersecurity (The Energy Collective)
- Feds Spend $236 Million to Help Landowners Protect Grouse (Associated Press)
- Grays Harbor PUD Partners with City of Hoquiam to Begin Cleanup at Harbor Paper (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
- Hawaii Orders Electric Utility to Figure Out How to Accommodate More Rooftop Solar Panels (Associated Press)
- What Are the Best Solar Cities in America? (The Energy Collective)
- Businesses Competing to Cut Power Bills (Everett Herald, WA)
- A Million Thermostats Recalled for Fire Risk (Associated Press)
- Washington State Governor Signs Order for Climate Change Process (Associated Press)
- Columnist: Inslee’s Drive against Greenhouse Gases Must Be Fueled by Legislature (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
- Meet Washington State Governor’s New Climate Change Attack Plan - Jay Inslee seems to be done playing nice with legislators on climate. His new charge toward a carbon neutral future (Crosscut Seattle)
- Governor Inslee Issues Comprehensive Executive Order on Climate Change (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
- Report: Washington State 911 Calls Were Stuck in Colorado (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
- FCC Chairman Says Broadband Competition Is Lacking (NY Times)
- FCC: We’ll Treat Internet Like Telephones if That’s What It Takes (Gizmodo)
- Top Cable Lobbyist Argues Against Broadband as Utility (NY Times)
- Google Fiber Is Shaping Up to Be an Expensive Headache for AT&T (Motley Fool)
- Cox Eyes Super-Fast Home Internet - Cable Company Chief Says 1 Gigabit per Second Service Expected This Year (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
- Building Gigabit Networks: Three Powerful New Financing Models in Utah, Mississippi & Texas (Broadband Breakfast)
- Four No-Bull Facts You Need To Know About the FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal (InfoWorld)
- Twitter Shares Drop 11% on Slowdown in User Growth (British Broadcasting Corporation)
- Thirty Instagram Rules for Your Businesses (Curatti)
- How Social Media Might Make You More Efficient At the Office (Chicago Tribune, IL)
- What happens to your Facebook when you die? This Portland startup can tell you (Portland Business Journal, OR)
- PayPal’s New Logo Will No Longer Be Confused With a Parking Sign (Mashable)
- Washington State Legislature Blows Off State Supreme Court Demand (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- Cities, States to Lose Big If Federal Highway Fund Disappears (USA Today)
- Felon Arrested for Plotting to Blow Up Shelton Store & Gas Stations as Diversion for Bank Robberies (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
- WSP to “Take another Look” at U-S 101 Crash After Shelton Grandma Dies (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
- Avalanche Risks High at White Pass, Western Cascades (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
- Surge of Magma Rising in Mount St. Helens, Scientists Say (Longview Daily News, WA)
- Mason County Hospital District 2 Seeking Applicants for Commissioner (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
- Olympia Woman Seeking Birth Mom Meets an Old Friend (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- U-S State Regulators Issue Warnings on Virtual Currency (Reuters)
- Seattle Braces for another May Day as History of Violence Looms (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
WORD OF THE DAY
Svelte
• \SVELT\ • Adjective - 1a: slender, lithe b: having even & smooth lines:
sleek 2: urbane, suave.
(Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Galaxy Geek Mode) The stunt ship to be crashed into a sun as part
of the band “Disaster Area’s” concert climax was described as a sleek, black,
almost invisible spaceship. Svelte would be a good description.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Invenergy Completes Purchase of 620 Megawatt Power
Plant in Grays Harbor County (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Puget Sound Energy’s New High Capacity Power Line
in Thurston County (South Sound Business Examiner, WA)
Projected Carbon Dioxide Emissions Vary with Coal
& Nuclear Power Plant Retirements (Energy Information Administration)
County, Clallam PUD to Split Cost on Step in Old
Olympic Highway Widening Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Columbia River PUD Warns Customers about Meter
Repair Scam (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/article_44926c5e-d07b-11e3-ad80-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/article_44926c5e-d07b-11e3-ad80-001a4bcf887a.html
Bakken Oil Fields Mark Billionth Barrel of Oil (Associated
Press)
Infographic: A Utility’s Guide to Mitigating
Cybersecurity (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Spend $236 Million to Help Landowners
Protect Grouse (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Grays Harbor PUD Partners with City of Hoquiam to
Begin Cleanup at Harbor Paper (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Hawaii
Orders Electric Utility to Figure Out How to Accommodate More Rooftop Solar
Panels (Associated Press)
What
Are the Best Solar Cities in America? (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Businesses
Competing to Cut Power Bills (Everett Herald, WA)
A
Million Thermostats Recalled for Fire Risk (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor Signs Order for Climate Change Process (Associated Press)
Columnist:
Inslee’s Drive against Greenhouse Gases Must Be Fueled by Legislature (Seattle
Post Intelligencer, WA)
Meet
Washington State Governor’s New Climate Change Attack Plan - Jay Inslee seems
to be done playing nice with legislators on climate. His new charge toward a
carbon neutral future (Crosscut Seattle)
Governor
Inslee Issues Comprehensive Executive Order on Climate Change (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Report: Washington State 911 Calls Were Stuck in Colorado
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
FCC Chairman Says Broadband Competition Is Lacking (NY
Times)
FCC: We’ll Treat Internet Like Telephones if That’s
What It Takes (Gizmodo)
Top Cable Lobbyist Argues Against Broadband as
Utility (NY Times)
Google Fiber Is Shaping Up to Be an Expensive Headache
for AT&T (Motley Fool)
Cox Eyes Super-Fast Home Internet - Cable Company
Chief Says 1 Gigabit per Second Service Expected This Year (San Diego
Union-Tribune, CA)
Building Gigabit Networks: Three Powerful New
Financing Models in Utah, Mississippi & Texas (Broadband Breakfast)
Four No-Bull Facts You Need To Know About the FCC’s
Net Neutrality Proposal (InfoWorld)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Shares Drop 11% on Slowdown in User Growth
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
Thirty Instagram Rules for Your Businesses
(Curatti)
How Social Media Might Make You More Efficient At the
Office (Chicago Tribune, IL)
What happens to your Facebook when you die? This
Portland startup can tell you (Portland Business Journal, OR)
PayPal’s New Logo Will No Longer Be Confused With a
Parking Sign (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Legislature Blows Off State Supreme
Court Demand (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Cities, States to Lose Big If Federal Highway Fund
Disappears (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Felon Arrested for Plotting to Blow Up Shelton Store
& Gas Stations as Diversion for Bank Robberies (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
WSP to “Take another Look” at U-S 101 Crash After Shelton
Grandma Dies (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Avalanche Risks High at White Pass, Western
Cascades (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Surge of Magma Rising in Mount St. Helens,
Scientists Say (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mason County Hospital District 2 Seeking Applicants
for Commissioner (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Olympia Woman Seeking Birth Mom Meets an Old Friend
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
U-S State Regulators Issue Warnings on Virtual Currency
(Reuters)
Seattle Braces for another May Day as History of
Violence Looms (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
The
Girl Who Works in a Chip Shop Who Has ‘Britain’s Most Beautiful Face’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2132896/Florence-Colgate-Girl-Britains-beautiful-face.html
‘Roger
Rabbit’ Actor Bob Hoskins, Dies At 71
Who
is Murphy of Murphy’s Law?
City
Doesn’t Know Where 851 Million Gallons of Missing Water Went
SONG OF THE DAY
Jessica
Rabbit - Why Don’t You Do Right (Bob Hoskins is Awestruck)
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