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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
$40,000 Damage in Yakima County Utility Vandalism
(Associated Press)
U-S
Supreme Court Revives EPA Rule on Cross-State Pollution (Associated Press)
Portland General Electric Earnings Up 12 Percent;
Construction of Three New Power Plants on Track (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon:
Fuel-Cell Maker ClearEdge Power Lays Off 268, May File for Bankruptcy (Sustainable Business Oregon)
New Microsoft Data Center in Iowa Offers a
Billion-Dollar Lesson (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- $40,000 Damage in Yakima County Utility Vandalism (Associated Press)
- Portland General Electric Earnings Up 12 Percent; Construction of Three New Power Plants on Track (Oregonian, Portland)
- What's At Stake in the Massive Energy Future Holdings Bankruptcy? (Dallas Business Journal)
- Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Renovation Marries History, Technology & Environment (Hydro World)
- U-S Department of Energy Begins Push to Double Hydropower Capacity (Washington Examiner, DC)
- Nuclear Industry Gains Carbon-Focused Allies in Push to Save Reactors (NY Times)
- U-S Department of Energy Issues Guidance on Electric Grid Cybersecurity (The Hill, Washington, DC)
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Backs Reform of Endangered Species Act (Electric Co-op Today)
- U-S Supreme Court Revives EPA Rule on Cross-State Pollution (Associated Press)
- Portland Public Water District: Kent Craford Pushes for Reform as City Leaders Call Him a Corporate Shill (Oregonian, Portland)
- Water Ruling Will Affect Pot Growers - Federal Agency Will Decide Irrigation Issue (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
- Oregon: Green Data Center Bill Is Just More “Greenwashing” (Cascade Policy Institute, OR)
- Montana: Gaelectric Pursues FERC Complaint over 460 MW Wind Project (Utility Products)
- North Dakota: Four Dead after Plane Strikes Wind Turbine (Capital Journal, Pierre, ND)
- San Francisco’s Battle over Green Power Pits Mayor against County Supervisors (Public CEO)
- California: Clean Energy Option Possible for Parts of Napa County (Napa Valley Register, CA)
- EPA Biomass Delay Almost Up - While Large Scale Power Plants Have Not Materialized, Smaller Projects Meet with Success (Bend Bulletin, OR)
- The World’s Largest Solar Panel Farm is Completed & Live in Arizona (GigaOM)
- Washington State House Office Building Secures First 'LEED' Green Rating on Capitol Campus (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
- LED Lighting: Have You Made the Switch? (The Energy Collective)
- LED Retrofits, Energy Measurement Common Themes for Top Energy Star Cities (Forbes Magazine)
- Rich Nations' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall in 2012, Led By U-S (Reuters)
- Oregon: Fuel-Cell Maker ClearEdge Power Lays Off 268, May File for Bankruptcy (Sustainable Business Oregon)
- The Tech That Powers Six of the Greenest Buildings of 2014 (Gizmodo)
- A Plane Fueled By Garbage Could Soon Fly You from New York to London (Gizmodo)
- Obama's Presidential Library Looks to Pacific Northwest Green Building Group (Sustainable Business Oregon)
- New Microsoft Data Center in Iowa Offers a Billion-Dollar Lesson (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Netflix Signs another Streaming Agreement - This Time with Verizon (L-A Biz, CA)
- AOL Reports Email Security Breach (Associated Press)
- No-Warrant Cellphone Searches Before the U-S Supreme Court (Associated Press)
- U-S Secretary Of State: Internet Access a 'Fundamental Right' (Associated Press)
- Who Has the Best Web Sites & Social Media Outreach in Congress? (Washington Post)
- Congressional Republicans Have More Facebook Fans, but Democrats Are More Energized (Washington Post)
- Why You Should Care about the Mobile Web’s Advertising Problem (Washington Post)
- Ninth Circuit Bench Full at Last (Courthouse News Service)
- National Weather Service Outlook – The Weather Story
- Massive, Tornado-Producing Storms Lash the U-S Southeast (Reuters)
- Felon Arrested in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
- $1.8 Billion Methanol Plant Planned for Port of Tacoma (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- Homeland Security: Don't Use Internet Explorer Due to Bug (Northwest Cable News Network)
- Boat Suspected to be from 2011 Japanese Tsunami Washes up at Ocean Shores (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Seattle Braces: Coffee Prices Set To Go Up (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Cherry Season’s Early Signs Are Promising (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
$40,000 Damage in Yakima County Utility Vandalism
(Associated Press)
Portland General Electric Earnings Up 12 Percent;
Construction of Three New Power Plants on Track (Oregonian, Portland)
What's At Stake in the Massive Energy Future
Holdings Bankruptcy? (Dallas Business Journal)
Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Renovation Marries
History, Technology & Environment (Hydro World)
U-S Department of Energy Begins Push to Double
Hydropower Capacity (Washington Examiner, DC)
Nuclear Industry Gains Carbon-Focused Allies in
Push to Save Reactors (NY Times)
U-S Department of Energy Issues Guidance on
Electric Grid Cybersecurity (The Hill, Washington, DC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Backs Reform of Endangered Species Act (Electric Co-op Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
U-S
Supreme Court Revives EPA Rule on Cross-State Pollution (Associated Press)
Portland
Public Water District: Kent Craford Pushes for Reform as City Leaders Call Him a
Corporate Shill (Oregonian, Portland)
Water
Ruling Will Affect Pot Growers - Federal Agency Will Decide Irrigation Issue (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon: Green Data Center Bill Is Just More
“Greenwashing” (Cascade Policy Institute, OR)
Montana:
Gaelectric Pursues FERC Complaint over 460 MW Wind Project (Utility Products)
North
Dakota: Four Dead after Plane Strikes Wind Turbine (Capital Journal, Pierre,
ND)
San
Francisco’s Battle over Green Power Pits Mayor against County Supervisors
(Public CEO)
California:
Clean Energy Option Possible for Parts of Napa County (Napa Valley Register,
CA)
EPA
Biomass Delay Almost Up - While Large Scale Power Plants Have Not Materialized,
Smaller Projects Meet with Success (Bend Bulletin, OR)
The
World’s Largest Solar Panel Farm is Completed & Live in Arizona (GigaOM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Washington
State House Office Building Secures First 'LEED' Green Rating on Capitol Campus
(Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
LED
Lighting: Have You Made the Switch? (The Energy Collective)
LED
Retrofits, Energy Measurement Common Themes for Top Energy Star Cities (Forbes
Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Rich
Nations' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall in 2012, Led By U-S (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon:
Fuel-Cell Maker ClearEdge Power Lays Off 268, May File for Bankruptcy (Sustainable Business Oregon)
The
Tech That Powers Six of the Greenest Buildings of 2014 (Gizmodo)
A
Plane Fueled By Garbage Could Soon Fly You from New York to London (Gizmodo)
Obama's
Presidential Library Looks to Pacific Northwest Green Building Group (Sustainable Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Microsoft Data Center in Iowa Offers a
Billion-Dollar Lesson (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Netflix Signs another Streaming Agreement - This
Time with Verizon (L-A Biz, CA)
AOL Reports Email Security Breach (Associated Press)
No-Warrant Cellphone Searches Before the U-S Supreme
Court (Associated Press)
U-S Secretary Of State: Internet Access a
'Fundamental Right' (Associated Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Who Has the Best Web Sites & Social Media
Outreach in Congress? (Washington Post)
Congressional Republicans Have More Facebook Fans, but
Democrats Are More Energized (Washington Post)
Why You Should Care about the Mobile Web’s Advertising
Problem (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Ninth Circuit Bench Full at Last (Courthouse News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
National Weather Service Outlook – The Weather
Story
Massive, Tornado-Producing Storms Lash the U-S Southeast
(Reuters)
Felon Arrested in Mason County (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
$1.8 Billion Methanol Plant Planned for Port of Tacoma
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Homeland Security: Don't Use Internet Explorer Due
to Bug (Northwest Cable News Network)
Boat Suspected to be from 2011 Japanese Tsunami
Washes up at Ocean Shores (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle Braces: Coffee Prices Set To Go Up
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Cherry Season’s Early Signs Are Promising (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
Runaway
Budweiser Blimp Breaks Free, Goes Cruising over Canada
'Star
Wars: Episode VII' Cast Announced
Weird
Canadian Family Gives Up On Pretending Like It's 1986
Man’s
Roadside Bathroom Break Uncovers Ancient Chinese Artifact
SONG OF THE DAY
Neil
Diamond - Cherry Cherry
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