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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Summer-Like Forecast Brings 70, 80-Degree
Temperatures to Puget Sound (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2509009/Summerlike-forecast-brings-70-80degree-temperatures-to-Puget-Sound
Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Want ‘God Squad’
Convened to Assess Basin Salmon Recovery (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Public Records Request No Longer As Big of a
Budget Buster for Energy Northwest (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Comcast Offers Reward for Information Leading to
Arrest of Arlington Cable-Cutters (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Does
El Niño Plus Global Warming Equal Global Temperature Records in 2014 &
2015? (The Energy Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Public Records Request No Longer As Big of a Budget Buster for Energy Northwest (Bellingham Herald, WA)
- Washington State Contractor: Oregon Dam Project a `Quagmire' (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
- Information about Dorena Dam (U-S Army Corps of Engineers)
- Pacific Northwest’s Cheap Power Drawing Bitcoin Miners “…operating or preparing to launch in Grant, Chelan and Douglas counties…” (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
- Oregon Governor Firmly Opposes Ambre Energy Coal Export Terminal, Sets May Deadline (Oregonian, Portland)
- Snohomish PUD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Co-Host Washington Cybersecurity Conference (American Public Power Association)
- Oregon: Editorial - Millersburg Public Power Drama Should Play Out in Public (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
- Massachusetts: Two Linemen Perish - Officials Probe Cause of Fatal Bourne Crane Accident (Boston Globe, MA)
- The Price of Electricity in the U-S Is About to Skyrocket “…As the U-S becomes more reliant on renewable energy like solar and wind, our electricity bills are going to go up. Way up…” (Gizmodo)
- Electricity Rate Manipulation Alleged in Texas (Courthouse News Service)
- Security Holes in Power Grid Have Federal Officials Scrambling (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Eight Energy Myths Explained (The Energy Collective)
- Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Want ‘God Squad’ Convened to Assess Basin Salmon Recovery (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
- Lower River Spring Chinook Fishing On Hold Until Run Update; Bonneville Dam Counts Building (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
- Washington State, Wild Fish Conservancy Settle Lawsuit over ‘Early Winter’ Hatchery Steelhead Releases (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
- Editorial: Thumbs Up to Tribes & Ranchers in Klamath Basin for Fish, Water Pact (Tri-City Herald, WA)
- Sediment Flow at Elwha River's Mouth an Outdoor Classroom for University of Washington Students (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- A Battle Is Looming Over Renewable Energy, & Fossil Fuel Interests Are Losing (Washington Post)
- Will Newer Wind Turbines Mean Fewer Bird Deaths? (National Geographic Magazine)
- Experimental Efforts to Harvest the Ocean’s Power Face Cost Setbacks (NY Times)
- Moody's Report Examines Risks & Rewards of Distributed Generation (American Public Power Association)
- Op/Ed: Renewable Energy Isn’t Radical, It’s Practical (Hungry Horse News, MT)
- Montana: Governor Highlights Energy Efficiency in State Buildings (Helena Independent-Record, MT)
- Conserving Water Enhances Energy Efficiency (Crain’s Business Cleveland, OH)
- Why You're Not Seeing More Smart Home Appliances (Mashable)
- Does El Niño Plus Global Warming Equal Global Temperature Records in 2014 & 2015? (The Energy Collective)
- Getting a CLEW from the IPCC: Can IPCC's Policy Analysis Break the Olympia Logjam on Climate Policy? (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
- U-S Energy Chief Moniz: Three Reasons for Hope on Global Warming (Christian Science Monitor)
- Young People Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate Change (Moyers & Company)
- Study Says Wetlands Likely to Blame for Greenhouse Gas Increases (Science Codex)
- Ultragreen Seattle Building Is Ready for Challenge (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Comcast Offers Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Arlington Cable-Cutters (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Microsoft Warns of Internet Explorer Security Gap (Associated Press)
- Comcast Offers to Divest Customers to Win Time Warner Approval (Reuters)
- Net Neutrality Rewritten: Will Next Generation of Innovators Have a Chance? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Don’t Believe Comcast… Mobile Broadband Is Not Competition for Cable Internet (Consumerist)
- When Employees Use Their Own Devices for Work, Employers’ Risks Abound (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
- Op/Ed: Let’s Upgrade Our Schools for the Digital Age (Sacramento Bee, CA)
- Do You Know These Google Tricks? (Northwest Cable News Network)
- NPR Got the Internet 20 Years Ago: Read the Memo (Gizmodo)
- Amid Criticism about a Partisan Congress, Idaho & Washington Senators Collaborate on Local Issues (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
- Op/Ed: New Deal - An Example for Today? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
- Summer-Like Forecast Brings 70, 80-Degree Temperatures to Puget Sound (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- Abandoned In Shelton as a Baby, Olympia Woman Seeks Birth Mom (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Shelton Man Wanted for Kitsap Robbery (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
- Three Injured in Crash North of Allyn – Alcohol Suspected (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
- Sheriff: Oregon Coast Tightrope Walker Swept into Ocean (Associated Press)
- Idaho: $1,800 Worth of Copper Wire Reported Stolen in Post Falls (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
- Federal Government Concerned about Puget Sound Transportation (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Pickers No Fans of Mushrooming Restrictions in Kitsap (Associated Press)
WORDPLAY OF THE DAY
15
Sad, Six Word Stories to Make You Feel Better About Monday (Mashable)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Public Records Request No Longer As Big of a Budget
Buster for Energy Northwest (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Washington State Contractor: Oregon Dam Project a
`Quagmire' (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Information about Dorena Dam (U-S Army Corps of
Engineers)
Pacific Northwest’s Cheap Power Drawing Bitcoin
Miners “…operating or preparing to launch in Grant, Chelan and Douglas
counties…” (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oregon Governor Firmly Opposes Ambre Energy Coal
Export Terminal, Sets May Deadline (Oregonian, Portland)
Snohomish PUD, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory Co-Host Washington Cybersecurity Conference (American Public Power
Association)
Oregon: Editorial - Millersburg Public Power
Drama Should Play Out in Public (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Massachusetts:
Two Linemen Perish - Officials Probe Cause of Fatal Bourne Crane Accident
(Boston Globe, MA)
The Price of Electricity in the U-S Is About to
Skyrocket “…As the U-S becomes more reliant on renewable energy like solar and
wind, our electricity bills are going to go up. Way up…” (Gizmodo)
Electricity Rate Manipulation Alleged in Texas
(Courthouse News Service)
Security Holes in Power Grid Have Federal
Officials Scrambling (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Eight Energy Myths Explained (The Energy
Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Want ‘God Squad’
Convened to Assess Basin Salmon Recovery (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Lower River Spring Chinook Fishing On Hold Until
Run Update; Bonneville Dam Counts Building (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Washington State, Wild Fish Conservancy Settle
Lawsuit over ‘Early Winter’ Hatchery Steelhead Releases (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Editorial: Thumbs Up to Tribes & Ranchers in Klamath
Basin for Fish, Water Pact (Tri-City Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sediment
Flow at Elwha River's Mouth an Outdoor Classroom for University of Washington
Students (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
A
Battle Is Looming Over Renewable Energy, & Fossil Fuel Interests Are Losing
(Washington Post)
Will
Newer Wind Turbines Mean Fewer Bird Deaths? (National Geographic Magazine)
Experimental
Efforts to Harvest the Ocean’s Power Face Cost Setbacks (NY Times)
Moody's
Report Examines Risks & Rewards of Distributed Generation (American Public
Power Association)
Op/Ed:
Renewable Energy Isn’t Radical, It’s
Practical (Hungry Horse News, MT)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana:
Governor Highlights Energy Efficiency in State Buildings (Helena
Independent-Record, MT)
Conserving
Water Enhances Energy Efficiency (Crain’s Business Cleveland, OH)
Why
You're Not Seeing More Smart Home Appliances (Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Does
El Niño Plus Global Warming Equal Global Temperature Records in 2014 &
2015? (The Energy Collective)
Getting
a CLEW from the IPCC: Can IPCC's Policy Analysis Break the Olympia Logjam on
Climate Policy? (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
U-S
Energy Chief Moniz: Three Reasons for Hope on Global Warming (Christian Science
Monitor)
Young
People Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate
Change (Moyers & Company)
Study
Says Wetlands Likely to Blame for Greenhouse Gas Increases (Science Codex)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ultragreen
Seattle Building Is Ready for Challenge (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Offers Reward for Information Leading to
Arrest of Arlington Cable-Cutters (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Microsoft Warns of Internet Explorer Security Gap (Associated Press)
Comcast Offers to Divest Customers to Win Time
Warner Approval (Reuters)
Net Neutrality Rewritten: Will Next Generation of
Innovators Have a Chance? (Christian Science Monitor)
Don’t Believe Comcast… Mobile Broadband Is Not
Competition for Cable Internet (Consumerist)
When Employees Use Their Own Devices for Work,
Employers’ Risks Abound (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
Op/Ed: Let’s Upgrade Our Schools for the Digital
Age (Sacramento Bee, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Do You Know These Google Tricks? (Northwest Cable
News Network)
NPR Got the Internet 20 Years Ago: Read the Memo (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Amid Criticism about a Partisan Congress, Idaho
& Washington Senators Collaborate on Local Issues (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed: New Deal - An Example for Today? (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Summer-Like Forecast Brings 70, 80-Degree
Temperatures to Puget Sound (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2509009/Summerlike-forecast-brings-70-80degree-temperatures-to-Puget-Sound
Abandoned In Shelton as a Baby, Olympia Woman Seeks
Birth Mom (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Shelton Man Wanted for Kitsap Robbery (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Three Injured in Crash North of Allyn – Alcohol
Suspected (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Sheriff: Oregon Coast Tightrope Walker Swept into
Ocean (Associated Press)
Idaho: $1,800 Worth of Copper Wire Reported Stolen
in Post Falls (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Federal Government Concerned about Puget Sound
Transportation (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pickers No Fans of Mushrooming Restrictions in Kitsap
(Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Pickers-no-fans-of-Kitsap-mushrooming-restrictions-256915111.html
DIVERSIONS
New
Mexico Dig Uncovers 'E.T.' Video Games Buried after 1980s Flop
Good
Grief - Driver Who Killed Teen Now Suing Dead Boy's Family
It's
Spring in Shelton - Mama and Her Ducklings Take a Stroll at Mason PUD 3's
Operations Center
Pizza
Hut Manager Helped Boyfriend Rob Her Own Store… Three Times in Four Months
SONG OF THE DAY
John
Williams - E.T. Soundtrack Suite (which sounds like Star Wars, which sounds
like Indiana Jones, which sounds like Harry Potter, and so on)
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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