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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland General Electric Takes Breather on New
Power Plants Until It Figures Out How to Replace Boardman (Oregonian, Portland)
FCC to Free Airwaves for Wi-Fi & Wireless
Broadband (NY Times)
Williams Northwest Pipeline Explosion
Investigation Underway (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
U-S Senate Confirms Los Angeles Attorney to 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals (Courthouse News Service)
Oso Landslide: Inslee Asks Obama for Federal Aid;
New Search Teams Arrive (Everett Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric Takes Breather on New Power Plants Until It Figures Out How to Replace Boardman (Oregonian, Portland)
- Williams Northwest Pipeline Explosion Investigation Underway (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
- Explosion at Washington State Natural Gas Facility Raises Questions about Terminal near Warrenton (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
- Editorial: Energy Northwest - Protecting Public’s Right to Know & Its Money Tough Balancing Act
- Clark Public Utilities: Power Restored after Car Crashes into Transformer (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
- Utility Associations Praise Investigation into Release of US FERC Grid Analysis (Platts)
- Nevada: NV Energy Gives Electric Safety Tips for Home (Elko Daily Free Press, NV)
- It’s Electric! Rural Electrification in Iowa (Iowa Public Radio)
- Contemporary Fish Management Challenged (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
- Wyoming Wind Helps California (Re News)
- LEDs Almost Ready for High School Gyms (Electric Co-op Today)
- California: Promotion of Cap-And-Trade Money for Residents Downplays Looming Higher Electricity Rates (E&E News)
- Editorial: Climate Signals, Growing Louder (NY Times)
- Why Burning Wood To Stay Warm Is Back In Vogue (National Public Radio - Beware. To quote a local wag, “death from a single exposure (to wood smoke)”)
- Solar-Powered Umbrella Automatically Inflates When the Sun Shines (Gizmodo)
- FCC to Free Airwaves for Wi-Fi & Wireless Broadband (NY Times)
- Cable Systems Click & Rainier Connect May Have Blackouts Tuesday (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- California: Karuk & Yurok Tribe Leaders Lauded for Broadband Project; Technology Will Be Brought to Rural Humboldt Communities (Humboldt Beacon, Fortuna, CA)
- Are Landline Phones Becoming an Endangered Species? (Mashable)
- Delaware: Data Center Power Plant Prompts Protests (Data Center Knowledge)
- Prepping the Cloud for the Internet of Things (GigaOM)
- Snapchat Grows Up: How College Officials Are Using the App (TIME Magazine)
- The Future of Email: The Internet’s Least Exciting Application (Mashable)
- Who Is the Average Gmail User? (Mashable)
- U-S Senate Confirms Los Angeles Attorney to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Courthouse News Service)
- A Tale of Two States: Politico Praises Washington’s Exchange, Slams Oregon’s Mess (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
- Idaho among Most Dependent on Federal Money among Western States – Washington State Ranked 16th (Associated Press)
- Check Out Your State’s Ranking – It’s Easy & Fun! (WalletHub)
- Oso Landslide: Inslee Asks Obama for Federal Aid; New Search Teams Arrive (Everett Herald, WA)
- Mason County Health Rankings Improve (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
- Op/Ed: Skilled Trade Jobs Go Unfilled in Our Slow Economy (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
- The Amazing Shrinking Newspaper: Oregonian Switches to Tabloid Size Wednesday (Oregonian, Portland)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Takes Breather on New
Power Plants Until It Figures Out How to Replace Boardman (Oregonian, Portland)
Williams Northwest Pipeline Explosion
Investigation Underway (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Explosion at Washington State Natural Gas Facility
Raises Questions about Terminal near Warrenton (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Editorial: Energy Northwest - Protecting Public’s
Right to Know & Its Money Tough Balancing Act
Clark Public Utilities: Power Restored after Car
Crashes into Transformer (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Utility Associations Praise Investigation into
Release of US FERC Grid Analysis (Platts)
Nevada: NV Energy Gives Electric Safety Tips for
Home (Elko Daily Free Press, NV)
It’s Electric! Rural Electrification in Iowa
(Iowa Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Contemporary Fish Management Challenged (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wyoming
Wind Helps California (Re News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LEDs Almost Ready for High School Gyms (Electric Co-op Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California:
Promotion of Cap-And-Trade Money for Residents Downplays Looming Higher
Electricity Rates (E&E News)
Editorial:
Climate Signals, Growing Louder (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Why
Burning Wood To Stay Warm Is Back In Vogue (National Public Radio - Beware. To quote
a local wag, “death from a single exposure (to wood smoke)”)
Solar-Powered
Umbrella Automatically Inflates When the Sun Shines (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC to Free Airwaves for Wi-Fi & Wireless
Broadband (NY Times)
Cable Systems Click & Rainier Connect May Have
Blackouts Tuesday (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
California: Karuk & Yurok Tribe Leaders Lauded
for Broadband Project; Technology Will Be Brought to Rural Humboldt Communities
(Humboldt Beacon, Fortuna, CA)
Are Landline Phones Becoming an Endangered Species?
(Mashable)
Delaware: Data Center Power Plant Prompts Protests
(Data Center Knowledge)
Prepping the Cloud for the Internet of Things (GigaOM)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Snapchat Grows Up: How College Officials Are Using
the App (TIME Magazine)
The Future of Email: The Internet’s Least Exciting
Application (Mashable)
Who Is the Average Gmail User? (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Senate Confirms Los Angeles Attorney to 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals (Courthouse News Service)
A Tale of Two States: Politico Praises Washington’s
Exchange, Slams Oregon’s Mess (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
Idaho among Most Dependent on Federal Money among
Western States – Washington State Ranked 16th (Associated
Press)
Check Out Your State’s Ranking – It’s Easy &
Fun! (WalletHub)
GENERAL NEWS
Oso Landslide: Inslee Asks Obama for Federal Aid;
New Search Teams Arrive (Everett Herald, WA)
Mason County Health Rankings Improve (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Op/Ed: Skilled Trade Jobs Go Unfilled in Our Slow
Economy (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
The Amazing Shrinking Newspaper: Oregonian Switches
to Tabloid Size Wednesday (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
Dive-Bombing
Hawks Force Florida Library-Goers to Cower Under Umbrellas
Pennsylvania
Teen Says Typeface Change Could Save Millions
Drink
Much? Woman’s Dumb Facebook Post Gets Her in Trouble
Man
Makes Lucky Find after His Wedding Ring Ends Up in a City Dump
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie
Nelson - Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
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