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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Proposal Calls for Removal of Enloe Dam - No
discussion of proposal planned at Tuesday meeting by Okanogan PUD (Omak
Chronicle, WA)
It’s Time to Save the Pacific Northwest’s
Crumbling Hydropower Dams (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Renewable
Energy Causes Static on the Electric Grid “…Iberdrola is participating in a
pilot project with Bonneville Power Administration…” (Washington Examiner, DC)
Facebook-Commissioned Study Says Oregon Data Center
is Good for the Economy (GigaOM)
Washington
State Governor: Fuel Standard Won’t Push Gas Prices Up $1 per Gallon (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Proposal Calls for Removal of Enloe Dam - No discussion of proposal planned at Tuesday meeting by Okanogan PUD
- It’s Time to Save the Pacific Northwest’s Crumbling Hydropower Dams
- Power Restored After Outage on Camano Island – Farmer Clips Guy Wire
- Following Planned Outage: Power Restored to Mason County Customers
- Fitch Rates Cowlitz PUD Bonds ‘A’
- Anti-Coal Activist Burr Wants Whatcom PUD Commission Seat
- Power Company Burns Down Couple’s House during Cancer Treatment
- Florida: Authorities Say Spring Hill Man Stole More Than $18,000 of Electricity
- Tough Winter Boosted Heating Bills, But Consumers Spent Less on Gasoline
- Commodity Conundrum - NERC Highlights Risks of Increased Gas Dependence
- Electric Slide: A Look at U-S Energy Consumption by Sector
- Idaho: South Fork Salmon & Upper Salmon Rivers’ Chinook Season Opens June 21
- Washington State Officials Keep Watch on Snohomish County Mudslide’s Effect on Fish
- New Bill Looks to Halt Ocean Acidification & Save Local Shellfish
- Bureau of Reclamation Issues Policy Prohibiting Use of Federal Water for Marijuana Cultivation, But Policy May Lack Teeth
- Examining Past, Future of Idaho’s Water Issues
- Appeals Court Says Chelan PUD is Not Immune from Wenatchee B&O Tax
- California Drought Will Hit Cost of Rice Hardest
- 100th Anniversary Celebrating for Three Mile Dam across Umatilla River
- How Good Government Made That Glass of Water You’ll Drink Today, Safe Enough to Consume
- Renewable Energy Causes Static on the Electric Grid
- Alaska: Nome Wind Turbine Collapses; Exact Cause Still Unknown
- South Sound Solar’s Perspective on Choosing a Solar Installer & Products
- Moses Lake: Students Learn About Energy at Solar Races
- Utahns Protest Proposed Fee for Solar Panel Users
- First Quarter of 2014: Clean Jobs Down from Same Period in 2013
- Electricity Use Slashed with Efficiency Controls for Heating, Cooling
- Annual Conference Is Breeding Ground for Energy Efficiency Ideas
- PS4, Xbox One Are Energy Hogs, Add Up to “Several Power Plants of Electricity,” New Report Finds
- Illinois: Hinsdale Central Students Present at Energy Conservation Challenge
- Washington State Governor: Fuel Standard Won’t Push Gas Prices Up $1 per Gallon
- Australia’s Pollution U-Turn Threatening UN Climate Talks
- People in Straw Houses ... Have Made a Smart, Green Choice
- Facebook-Commissioned Study Says Oregon Data Center is Good for the Economy
- Seattle Residents Are Ditching Cable, But Most Have Internet at Home
- Cable Continues to Dominate U-S Broadband
- Olympic National Park to Add New Fiber Connection to Hurricane Ridge Road
- The Switchboard: Google Fiber: We Don’t Do ‘Fast Lanes’
- Here’s How Terrible U-S Broadband Service Really Is
- Top Ten Reasons Broadband Internet Is Not a Public Utility
- GM Recall Investigation Reveals List of Words - Like ‘Defect’ - That Employees Shouldn’t Use
- Biz Break: Google Passes Apple as World’s Most Valuable Brand
- Pack of Teens Caught in Mason County Crime Spree
- One More Body Found in Rubble of March Washington State Mudslide
- Byrd Withdraws From Race for Mason County Commissioner
- Census: Seattle is the Fastest-Growing Big City in the U-S
- Proposed Pot Processing Plant Ousting Oak Harbor Businesses
- Controversy Stirred at the Gorge Amphitheater
- Man Sets Himself Ablaze While Trying to Vacuum Up Fuel Spill
- Shelton Looks to Stay Lucky at Baseball Regionals
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implement used to make holes in the ground for plants, seeds, or bulbs.
Dibble makes the hole
Gardener nurtures the seed
In time, nature blooms
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Proposal Calls for Removal of Enloe Dam - No
discussion of proposal planned at Tuesday meeting by Okanogan PUD (Omak
Chronicle, WA)
It’s Time to Save the Pacific Northwest’s
Crumbling Hydropower Dams (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Power Restored After Outage on Camano Island –
Farmer Clips Guy Wire (Everett Herald, WA)
Following Planned Outage: Power Restored to Mason
County Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fitch Rates Cowlitz PUD Bonds ‘A’ (Yahoo!
Finance)
Anti-Coal Activist Burr Wants Whatcom PUD
Commission Seat (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Power Company Burns Down Couple’s House during
Cancer Treatment (Consumerist)
Florida: Authorities
Say Spring Hill Man Stole More Than $18,000 of Electricity (Tampa Bay Times,
FL)
Tough Winter Boosted Heating Bills, But Consumers
Spent Less on Gasoline (America’s Markets)
Commodity Conundrum - NERC Highlights Risks of
Increased Gas Dependence (World Coal)
Electric Slide: A Look at U-S Energy Consumption
by Sector (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho: South Fork Salmon & Upper Salmon
Rivers’ Chinook Season Opens June 21 (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Washington State Officials Keep Watch on Snohomish
County Mudslide’s Effect on Fish (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
New Bill Looks to Halt Ocean Acidification &
Save Local Shellfish (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Bureau
of Reclamation Issues Policy Prohibiting Use of Federal Water for Marijuana
Cultivation, But Policy May Lack Teeth (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Examining
Past, Future of Idaho’s Water Issues - After 27 years, the state is near the
end of a legal review on ownership of a precious resource (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Appeals
Court Says Chelan PUD is Not Immune from Wenatchee B&O Tax (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
California
Drought Will Hit Cost of Rice Hardest (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
100th Anniversary Celebrating for Three Mile Dam
across Umatilla River (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
How
Good Government Made That Glass of Water You’ll Drink Today, Safe Enough to
Consume (Sky Valley Chronicle, Monroe, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable
Energy Causes Static on the Electric Grid “…Iberdrola is participating in a
pilot project with Bonneville Power Administration…” (Washington Examiner, DC)
Alaska:
Nome Wind Turbine Collapses; Exact Cause Still Unknown (Anchorage Daily News,
AK)
South
Sound Solar’s Perspective on Choosing a Solar Installer & Products (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Moses
Lake: Students Learn About Energy at
Solar Races (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Utahns
Protest Proposed Fee for Solar Panel Users (KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT)
First
Quarter of 2014: Clean Jobs Down from
Same Period in 2013 (Clean Energy Works for Us)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Electricity Use Slashed with Efficiency Controls
for Heating, Cooling “…research was supported by DOE…and the Bonneville Power
Administration…”
Annual Conference Is Breeding Ground for Energy
Efficiency Ideas (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
PS4, Xbox One Are Energy Hogs, Add Up to “Several
Power Plants of Electricity,” New Report Finds (GameSpot)
Illinois: Hinsdale Central Students Present at Energy
Conservation Challenge (Chicago Sun-Times, IL)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor: Fuel Standard Won’t Push Gas Prices Up $1 per Gallon (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Australia’s
Pollution U-Turn Threatening UN Climate Talks (Bloomberg News)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
People
in Straw Houses ... Have Made a Smart, Green Choice (Forbes Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Facebook-Commissioned Study Says Oregon Data Center
is Good for the Economy (GigaOM)
Seattle Residents Are Ditching Cable, But Most Have
Internet at Home (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Cable Continues to Dominate U-S Broadband (Broadband
Reports)
Olympic National Park to Add New Fiber Connection
to Hurricane Ridge Road (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
The Switchboard: Google Fiber: We Don’t Do ‘Fast
Lanes’ (GigaOM)
Here’s How Terrible U-S Broadband Service Really Is
(The Daily Dot – Beware of some PG-13 content)
Top Ten Reasons Broadband Internet Is Not a Public
Utility (The Heartland Institute, of Course)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
GM Recall Investigation Reveals List of Words -
Like ‘Defect’ - That Employees Shouldn’t Use (Associated Press)
http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2014/05/16/gm-recall-investigation-reveals-banned-words
Biz Break: Google Passes Apple as World’s Most
Valuable Brand (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Pack of Teens Caught in Mason County Crime Spree (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
One More Body Found in Rubble of March Washington
State Mudslide (Reuters)
Byrd Withdraws From Race for Mason County
Commissioner (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Census: Seattle is the Fastest-Growing Big City in
the U-S (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Proposed Pot Processing Plant Ousting Oak Harbor
Businesses (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Controversy Stirred at the Gorge Amphitheater
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Man Sets Himself Ablaze While Trying to Vacuum Up
Fuel Spill (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Shelton Looks to Stay Lucky at Baseball Regionals (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
Mummified
Mammoth: Can We Clone This Critter?
$68
Million Mistake: France’s New Trains Don’t Fit in Stations
Levi
CEO: Don’t Wash Your Blue Jeans
Depressed
Goat Ends Hunger Strike after Reunion with Donkey Friend
SONG OF THE DAY
Henry
Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
David
Beckingham - Baby Elephant Walk
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