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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant
PUD Blames Bad (sic) Math, Bad Concrete Joint for Wanapum Dam Crack (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Up
to 30,000 Young Steelhead Escape into Snoqualmie River after State Hatchery
Break-In (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
California
Power at Six-Year Seasonal High as Temperatures Surge (Washington Post)
Governor
Kitzhaber: Oregon Carbon Tax is ‘Inevitable’ (Sustainable Business Oregon)
European
Court Ruling Redefines ‘Googling’ People (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Blames Bad (sic) Math, Bad Concrete Joint for Wanapum Dam Crack
- California Power at Six-Year Seasonal High as Temperatures Surge
- Despite Drought, Sacramento Municipal Utility District Will Not Enact Hydroelectric Rate Surcharge
- May 15 – Mason PUD 3 Planned Outage for Coulter Creek Road near Allyn - Equipment Replacement
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the May 13, 2014 Business Meeting
- Peninsula Light Company Members Re-Elect Three to Board
- Editorial: Meetings on Millersburg Public Power Bear Close Scrutiny
- Op/Ed: Review the Radical Realities of Coal-Powered Energy
- San Francisco Supervisors OK Programs to Challenge AT&T, Pacific Gas & Electric
- Who Holds the Almighty & Powerful Ring? Thirteen Steps for Utility Cyber Security Protection
- Kitty Litter Eyed As Possible Culprit in New Mexico Radiation Leak
- Up to 30,000 Young Steelhead Escape into Snoqualmie River after State Hatchery Break-In
- Dam Fish Passage Working: Grant PUD Suspends Efforts to Truck Fish
- Partners Celebrate a Win-Win-Win-Win-Win at Dworshak Fish Hatchery
- As Park Service Culls Deer in Washington, D-C It Helps Fill Bellies
- Federal Court Upholds Colorado Renewable Energy Portfolio Law
- Major Transmission Growth is Essential for U-S Wind Power Plan
- Shares of Fuel Cell Company Plug Power Fall on Wider Loss
- Governor Kitzhaber: Oregon Carbon Tax is ‘Inevitable’
- Is Governor Jay Inslee Hiding Plan That Would Hike Gas Prices $1 A Gallon?
- Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
- Find Out What Works & What Doesn’t When It Comes to Portland’s Ecoroofs
- FCC Vote on ‘Net Neutrality’ Will Kick Off Long Battle
- FCC Reaffirms It’s Considering Treating Cable Companies as Utilities
- Net Neutrality Protesters Are Literally Camped Outside the FCC. The Agency is Hearing Them Out.
- Just Like Big Cable, Amazon Wants to Charge More for Access to Its Pipes
- Internet of Things Weakest Link: Residential Broadband
- European Court Ruling Redefines ‘Googling’ People
- Yahoo Buys Blink, a Snapchat Rival, & Will Shut It Down
- “Muting” is a Powerful Social Media Tool That Could be Even Better
- Not Getting ‘Liked’ on Facebook Can Hurt Self-Esteem, Study Finds
- Mason County Candidate Filing Week – Day 2
- Climber Killed on Oregon’s Mount Hood
- Water Rates to Increase: Shelton City Commission Votes for the Future
- Mason County Sheriff’s Office Warning of Calls from Imposter Deputy
- Olympic National Park Cabin on Most Endangered List
- Police: City Worker Used Poop-In-Pool Scheme to Steal Money
Emeritus
• \ih-MEH-ruh-tus\ • Adjective - Retired with an honorary title from an office
or position.
After
retiring from his position, John Smith was honored by the college with the
title of Emeritus Professor of Underwater Basket Weaving, which included an
annual allocation of basket weaving supplies.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD Blames Bad (sic) Math, Bad Concrete
Joint for Wanapum Dam Crack (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
California Power at Six-Year Seasonal High as
Temperatures Surge (Washington Post)
Despite Drought, Sacramento Municipal Utility
District Will Not Enact Hydroelectric Rate Surcharge (Sacramento Bee, CA)
May 15 – Mason PUD 3 Planned Outage for Coulter
Creek Road near Allyn - Equipment Replacement (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the May 13, 2014
Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Peninsula Light Company Members Re-Elect Three to
Board (Peninsula Gateway, Gig Harbor, WA)
Editorial: Meetings on Millersburg Public Power
Bear Close Scrutiny (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Op/Ed: Review the Radical Realities of Coal-Powered
Energy (Missoulian, MT)
San Francisco Supervisors OK Programs to Challenge
AT&T, Pacific Gas & Electric (SF Chronicle)
Who Holds the Almighty & Powerful Ring? Thirteen
Steps for Utility Cyber Security Protection (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Kitty Litter Eyed As Possible Culprit in New Mexico
Radiation Leak (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Up to 30,000 Young Steelhead Escape into Snoqualmie
River after State Hatchery Break-In (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Dam Fish Passage Working: Grant PUD Suspends
Efforts to Truck Fish (Columbia Basin herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Partners Celebrate a Win-Win-Win-Win-Win at
Dworshak Fish Hatchery (Bonneville Power Administration)
As Park Service Culls Deer in Washington, D-C It
Helps Fill Bellies (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Federal
Court Upholds Colorado Renewable Energy Portfolio Law (National Law Review)
Major
Transmission Growth is Essential for U-S Wind Power Plan (Wind Power Monthly)
Shares
of Fuel Cell Company Plug Power Fall on Wider Loss (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governor
Kitzhaber: Oregon Carbon Tax is ‘Inevitable’ (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Is
Governor Jay Inslee Hiding Plan That Would Hike Gas Prices $1 A Gallon? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Climate
Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Find
Out What Works & What Doesn’t When It Comes to Portland’s Ecoroofs
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Vote on ‘Net Neutrality’ Will Kick Off Long
Battle (Reuters)
FCC Reaffirms It’s Considering Treating Cable
Companies as Utilities (Gizmodo)
Net Neutrality Protesters Are Literally Camped
Outside the FCC. The Agency is Hearing Them Out. (Washington Post)
Just Like Big Cable, Amazon Wants to Charge More
for Access to Its Pipes (Washington Post)
Internet of Things Weakest Link: Residential
Broadband (ZD Net)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
European Court Ruling Redefines ‘Googling’ People (Associated Press)
Yahoo Buys Blink, a Snapchat Rival, & Will Shut
It Down (Mashable)
“Muting” is a Powerful Social Media Tool That Could
be Even Better (GigaOM)
Not Getting ‘Liked’ on Facebook Can Hurt
Self-Esteem, Study Finds (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Candidate Filing Week – Day 2 (Mason
Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Climber Killed on Oregon’s Mount Hood (Associated Press)
Water Rates to Increase: Shelton City Commission
Votes for the Future (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Sheriff’s Office Warning of Calls from
Imposter Deputy (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Olympic National Park Cabin on Most Endangered List
(Associated Press)
Police: City Worker Used Poop-In-Pool Scheme to
Steal Money (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Cat
Saves Boy from Vicious Dog Attack Outside California Home
“The
Sea Is Too Blue” & Nine Other Wackadoodle Things Hotel Staff Have Heard from
Guests
The
Most Common Languages Spoken in the U-S after English & Spanish
Kitsap
Firefighters Resuscitate Kitten During Big Blaze
SONG OF THE DAY
Claude
Debussy - La Mer (The Sea)
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