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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Long-Range Forecasts for Pacific Northwest Call for
Hot, Dry Summer (Oregonian, Portland)
Study: Pacific Northwest Has Enormous Potential
for New Hydropower Dams (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Official:
Windmills Are ‘Giant Cuisinarts for Birds’ (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Olympic
Snowpack At 88 Percent of Normal; In ‘Pretty Good Shape,’ Specialist Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
All 34 Cities Eligible for Google Fiber Expansion
Get Applications In On Time (Consumerist)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Study: Pacific Northwest Has Enormous Potential for New Hydropower Dams (Sustainable Business Oregon)
- Proposed Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Warrenton Gets Nod for Gas Exports from Canada (Oregonian, Portland)
- Oil Train Opposition Dominates Centralia Meeting (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
- Tense Hearing on Anacortes Oil Refinery Permit (Associated Press)
- Cigarette Starts Fire in Downtown Portland Electrical Vault (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
- Tacoma Power Line Workers Approve Union Contract - 79 percent of IBEW 483 members voted yes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Pacific Northwest-Heavyweights - Six Companies Win NHA Water Stewardship Awards (Water Power Magazine)
- Pacific Northwest Teams Place Second, Fourth in National Science Bowl (Bonneville Power Administration)
- Grant PUD Commissioner Announces Run for New Term (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
- Californians Used Less Electricity in 2013 (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
- Western Area Power Administration Expects Early 2016 Decision on San Luis Transmission Project (SNL Financial)
- Pacific Gas & Electric’s First Quarter Profit Falls on Expenses (Associated Press)
- NRG CEO Expects Most Households to Soon Go Off the Grid (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
- New Jersey: Public Service Electric & Gas Reaches Deal over Storm Improvements (Associated Press)
- Grant PUD Releases 3,400 Fish to Study Effects of Changes at Dams (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
- Canada, U-S Urged to Focus on Species at Risk in Salish Sea (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
- Olympic Snowpack At 88 Percent of Normal; In ‘Pretty Good Shape,’ Specialist Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- North Kitsap County Water Mains Coming Along (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
- Report Says Report: Well Water under Strain across California (Sacramento Bee, CA)
- Official: Windmills Are ‘Giant Cuisinarts for Birds’ (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
- Fitch: U-S Wind Power’s Problem Will Remain Speed & Direction (BusinessWire)
- In Michigan, Debate over Burning Trees for Biomass Energy (Midwest Energy News)
- Seattle Startup Raises $7 Million to Build Energy Efficiency Software for Utilities (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
- Editorial: Washington State Governor Inslee’s Climate Panel Needs More Business Voices (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Local Electric Vehicle Gets Boost from Obama (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
- Electric Cars Tax Credit Should Rise to $10,000, Says Congressman (Christian Science Monitor)
- Power to the Pedals: Washington is the Most Bicycle-Friendly State (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
- The Bad Side of the Biofuel Boom (USA Today)
- All 34 Cities Eligible for Google Fiber Expansion Get Applications In On Time (Consumerist)
- Will FCC Overturn State Laws Blocking Municipal Broadband? (Consumerist)
- Report: Average U-S Broadband Prices Are Below World Average of $76.61 (Telecompetitor)
- Three Ways You Can Lower Your Internet Bills (USA Today)
- Internet Explorer Gets Its Security Patch, & So Does Windows XP (Mashable)
- Appeals Ruling Lets AT&T Install Utility Boxes on San Francisco Sidewalks (SF Chronicle, CA)
- How Cloud Storage Complicates the Supreme Court Debate over Cellphone Privacy (Washington Post)
- Congratulations, You’re a Hotspot - Comcast Enables User Gateway Public Wi-Fi Sharing in Atlanta (Broadband Reports)
- America’s First Bitcoin ATM Opens in Seattle; Privacy Concerns Could Keep People Away (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
- Twitter Tries Out ‘Mute’ Feature for Irritating Tweets (British Broadcasting Corporation)
- Snapchat Makes a Play for Mobile Messaging (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
- Has Facebook Beaten Google Plus? (U-S News & World Report)
- Get to Know 63 Styles of Graphic Design with One Simple Poster (Gizmodo)
- First Openly Gay Justice Appointed to Washington State Supreme Court (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
- May Day Heat Records Set Across Oregon, Western Washington State (Associated Press)
- Long-Range Forecasts for Pacific Northwest Call for Hot, Dry Summer (Oregonian, Portland)
- Man Accused of Shelton Bomb Plot Dead in Cell (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
- Police Arrest Nine during May Day ‘Anarchist’ March in Seattle - Some Damage Reported, But Largely Uneventful (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Washington State to Name 334 Who Can Try for Pot Store Licenses (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
- With Banks Wary of Pot, Colorado Again Trying to Create Financial Co-Ops for Marijuana Money (U-S News & World Report)
Plebeian
• \plih-BEE-un\ • Noun - A member of the common people of ancient Rome: a
common person
Barney’s
Rice Barn was not a very popular eatery in northeast North Dakota. There wasn’t
anything at all interesting about his rice dishes. Every item was steamed white
rice of varying varieties; a relatively plebeian repast for weather-hardened
farmers who were used to a hearty meat and potatoes menu for every meal. “It
just doesn’t stick to my ribs,” complained one irritated customer.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Study: Pacific Northwest Has Enormous Potential
for New Hydropower Dams (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Proposed Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in
Warrenton Gets Nod for Gas Exports from Canada (Oregonian, Portland)
Oil Train Opposition Dominates Centralia Meeting (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Tense Hearing on Anacortes Oil Refinery Permit (Associated
Press)
Cigarette Starts Fire in Downtown Portland Electrical
Vault (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Tacoma Power Line Workers Approve Union Contract
- 79 percent of IBEW 483 members voted yes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Pacific Northwest-Heavyweights - Six Companies
Win NHA Water Stewardship Awards (Water Power Magazine)
Pacific Northwest Teams Place Second, Fourth in
National Science Bowl (Bonneville Power Administration)
Grant PUD Commissioner Announces Run for New Term
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Californians Used Less Electricity in 2013
(Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Western Area Power Administration Expects Early
2016 Decision on San Luis Transmission Project (SNL Financial)
Pacific Gas & Electric’s First Quarter Profit
Falls on Expenses (Associated Press)
NRG CEO Expects Most Households to Soon Go Off
the Grid (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
New Jersey: Public Service Electric & Gas
Reaches Deal over Storm Improvements (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Grant PUD Releases 3,400 Fish to Study Effects of
Changes at Dams (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Canada, U-S Urged to Focus on Species at Risk in
Salish Sea (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympic
Snowpack At 88 Percent of Normal; In ‘Pretty Good Shape,’ Specialist Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
North
Kitsap County Water Mains Coming Along (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Report
Says Report: Well Water under Strain across California (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Official:
Windmills Are ‘Giant Cuisinarts for Birds’ (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Fitch:
U-S Wind Power’s Problem Will Remain Speed & Direction (BusinessWire)
In
Michigan, Debate over Burning Trees for Biomass Energy (Midwest Energy News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle
Startup Raises $7 Million to Build Energy Efficiency Software for Utilities (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial:
Washington State Governor Inslee’s Climate Panel Needs More Business Voices (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Local
Electric Vehicle Gets Boost from Obama (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Electric
Cars Tax Credit Should Rise to $10,000, Says Congressman (Christian Science
Monitor)
Power
to the Pedals: Washington is the Most Bicycle-Friendly State (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
The
Bad Side of the Biofuel Boom (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
All 34 Cities Eligible for Google Fiber Expansion
Get Applications In On Time (Consumerist)
Will FCC Overturn State Laws Blocking Municipal
Broadband? (Consumerist)
Report: Average U-S Broadband Prices Are Below
World Average of $76.61 (Telecompetitor)
Three Ways You Can Lower Your Internet Bills (USA
Today)
Internet Explorer Gets Its Security Patch, & So
Does Windows XP (Mashable)
Appeals Ruling Lets AT&T Install Utility Boxes on
San Francisco Sidewalks (SF Chronicle, CA)
How Cloud Storage Complicates the Supreme Court Debate
over Cellphone Privacy (Washington Post)
Congratulations, You’re a Hotspot - Comcast Enables
User Gateway Public Wi-Fi Sharing in Atlanta (Broadband Reports)
America’s First Bitcoin ATM Opens in Seattle;
Privacy Concerns Could Keep People Away (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Tries Out ‘Mute’ Feature for Irritating
Tweets (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Snapchat Makes a Play for Mobile Messaging (Seattle
Post Intelligencer, WA)
Has Facebook Beaten Google Plus? (U-S News &
World Report)
Get to Know 63 Styles of Graphic Design with One
Simple Poster (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
First Openly Gay Justice Appointed to Washington
State Supreme Court (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
May Day Heat Records Set Across Oregon, Western
Washington State (Associated Press)
Long-Range Forecasts for Pacific Northwest Call for
Hot, Dry Summer (Oregonian, Portland)
Man Accused of Shelton Bomb Plot Dead in Cell (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Police Arrest Nine during May Day ‘Anarchist’ March
in Seattle - Some Damage Reported, But Largely Uneventful (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Washington State to Name 334 Who Can Try for Pot
Store Licenses (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
With Banks Wary of Pot, Colorado Again Trying to
Create Financial Co-Ops for Marijuana Money (U-S News & World Report)
DIVERSIONS
NASA’s
New Spacesuit Design Looks Like Something From ‘Tron’
A
Neo-Fagin, à la Oliver! Cops: Man got kids to steal purses at Olympia Chuck E.
Cheese
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Cops-Man-got-kids-to-steal-purses-at-Chuck-E-5448154.php
Report:
Yep, Under Armour’s Suits Did Slow U-S Speedskaters Down
Scientists
Reveal That Mona Lisa May Be the First 3D Image in History
SONG OF THE DAY
Orleans
- Dance with Me
Peter
Brown - Dance with Me
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