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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
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Pushback on Green Power (NY Times)
The Skinny on NuScale: How Many Millions It’ll
Receive & When Its First Plant Will Open (Portland Business Jornal)
NERC Security Plan Draws Industry Support - And
Lots of Questions (E&E Publishing)
Vancouver Island: Victoria Sewage Treatment
Jeopardized after Sewer Plant Site is Dumped (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Shelton Shellfish Company Owner Thinks ‘Outright’
Bans Won’t Happen Again (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- The Skinny on NuScale: How Many Millions It’ll Receive & When Its First Plant Will Open
- NERC Security Plan Draws Industry Support - And Lots of Questions
- Oregon: Bandon Electric Rates to Increase
- Mason PUD 3 Schedules June 7 Planned Outage
- Bonneville Hiring Fiasco: BPA Watch Provides a Useful Chronology
- Oregon: Reliability Varies by Power Company in Umatilla County
- The Coal Free Puget Sound Energy Campaign
- Goats to Clear Area near Walla Walla Dam by Eating Weeds
- Technarians at the Gate: How Google Could Become Your Next Power Company
- Shelton Shellfish Company Owner Thinks ‘Outright’ Bans Won’t Happen Again
- Spring Chinook Fishing to Open in Columbia above Bonneville
- Oregon State University Says Spawning Wild Salmon Smarter Than Farmed
- Bonneville Power Administration Employees Help Restore Stream Habitat for Earth Day
- New York: Speedy Surgery Puts Transmitters into Hudson River Fish
- U-S House of Rep. Oversight Chairman Calls Prosecution of Tree Trimmer ‘Bureaucratic Bullying’
- Vancouver Island: Victoria Sewage Treatment Jeopardized after Sewer Plant Site is Dumped
- British Columbia: Stink Raised over Victoria Sewage Treatment
- A Pushback on Green Power
- Ohio Legislature Approves Two-Year Freeze on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Standards
- Montana: U-S Senator Tester Pitches Bill for Renewable Energy Leasing on Federal Lands
- How in the World Did Thieves Steal a Trailer Covered in Working Solar Panels?
- In Wood We Trust
- British Columbia: Power Plants Fuelled by Sawmill, Logging Waste to Produce Electricity This Year
- Harnessing the Power of the Tides
- Coming to a Home near You: The Battle of the Thermostats!
- Nest CEO Sets the Record Straight: It ‘Wasn’t a Real Recall’
- Cree Says This Will Replace the Lights in Your Parking Lot & Save You Money
- Energy Efficiency First Explains a Healthy Home
- Five Tips for Dodging Higher Energy Bills This Summer
- President Said to Be Planning to Use Executive Authority on Carbon Rule
- Chumps or Champs? California Leads on Climate
- ‘Climate Change’ or ‘Global Warming’? Tough Choice for Pollsters
- Reduced Mandates: EPA Records Sought to See if Pressure Led to Biofuel Action
- Verizon Claims Public Utility Status on Broadband for Government Perks
- CenturyLink Rates Increase in Tacoma, Gig Harbor; Approval Dates from Last Year
- YouTube Starts Rating U-S ISPs, Puts Its Weight Behind Settlement-Free Peering
- The Moon Has Better Broadband Than You Do
- GE Turns Its LED Fixtures into Locating Beacons with the Help of Bytelight
- The Anatomy of a Corporate Tweet: 140 Characters in 45 Days
- Five Brands to Emulate on YouTube
- Multnomah County’s New Website Focuses on Simplicity, Usability
- TweetDeck Tips & Tricks to Master All Things Twitter
- California Counties Will Vote on Secession
- Apple Seals $3 Billion Deal to Buy Beats by Dre
- Former Washington State Employee Accused of Identity Theft
- Mason County Sheriff Honored at Conference
- Blind Hood Canal Student Wins at Track Meet
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Toxopholite:
see Robin Hood & Katniss Everdeen.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
The Skinny on NuScale: How Many Millions It’ll
Receive & When Its First Plant Will Open (Portland Business Jornal)
NERC Security Plan Draws Industry Support - And
Lots of Questions (E&E Publishing)
Oregon: Bandon Electric Rates to Increase (The
Bandon World, OR)
Mason PUD 3 Schedules June 7 Planned Outage (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Bonneville Hiring Fiasco: BPA Watch Provides a
Useful Chronology (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Oregon: Reliability Varies by Power Company in
Umatilla County (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
The Coal Free Puget Sound Energy Campaign (Sierra
Club)
Goats to Clear Area near Walla Walla Dam by
Eating Weeds (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Technarians at the Gate: How Google Could Become
Your Next Power Company “… We aren’t worried about the utilities because they
have no clue how to get beyond the meter, to be inside the house…” (Bloomberg
News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Shelton Shellfish Company Owner Thinks ‘Outright’
Bans Won’t Happen Again (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Spring Chinook Fishing to Open in Columbia above
Bonneville (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oregon State University Says Spawning Wild Salmon
Smarter Than Farmed (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Employees Help
Restore Stream Habitat for Earth Day (Bonneville Power Administration)
New York: Speedy Surgery Puts Transmitters into
Hudson River Fish (Associated Press)
U-S House of Rep. Oversight Chairman Calls
Prosecution of Tree Trimmer ‘Bureaucratic Bullying’ (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Vancouver Island: Victoria Sewage Treatment
Jeopardized after Sewer Plant Site is Dumped (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
British
Columbia: Stink Raised over Victoria Sewage Treatment (The Canadian Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
A
Pushback on Green Power (NY Times)
Ohio
Legislature Approves Two-Year Freeze on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency
Standards (NW Ohio Media Group)
Montana:
U-S Senator Tester Pitches Bill for Renewable Energy Leasing on Federal Lands
(Ravalli Republic, MT)
How
in the World Did Thieves Steal a Trailer Covered in Working Solar Panels? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
In
Wood We Trust “…milling wood pellets & shipping them to Europe to be fired
with coal for electricity production…” (KQED-TV, San Francisco, CA)
British
Columbia: Power Plants Fuelled by Sawmill, Logging Waste to Produce Electricity
This Year (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Harnessing
the Power of the Tides (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Coming to a Home near You: The Battle of the
Thermostats! (The Energy Collective)
Nest CEO Sets the Record Straight: It ‘Wasn’t a
Real Recall’ (Mashable)
Cree Says This Will Replace the Lights in Your Parking
Lot & Save You Money (Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Energy Efficiency First Explains a Healthy Home
(Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Five Tips for Dodging Higher Energy Bills This
Summer (AOL Real Estate)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
President
Said to Be Planning to Use Executive Authority on Carbon Rule (NY Times)
Chumps
or Champs? California Leads on Climate (The Energy Collective)
‘Climate
Change’ or ‘Global Warming’? Tough Choice for Pollsters (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Reduced
Mandates: EPA Records Sought to See if Pressure Led to Biofuel Action (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Claims Public Utility Status on Broadband
for Government Perks (Gizmodo – When is broadband a utility? When we can get
subsidies, regulatory relief, and tax breaks, of course!)
CenturyLink Rates Increase in Tacoma, Gig Harbor;
Approval Dates from Last Year (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
YouTube Starts Rating U-S ISPs, Puts Its Weight
Behind Settlement-Free Peering (GigaOM)
The Moon Has Better Broadband Than You Do (C/NET
News)
GE Turns Its LED Fixtures into Locating Beacons
with the Help of Bytelight (GigaOM)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
The Anatomy of a Corporate Tweet: 140 Characters in
45 Days (National Public Radio)
Five Brands to Emulate on YouTube (Mahsable)
Multnomah County’s New Website Focuses on
Simplicity, Usability (Oregonian, Portland)
TweetDeck Tips & Tricks to Master All Things
Twitter (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
California Counties Will Vote on Secession (Washington
Post – Hmm, Now About That Flag)
GENERAL NEWS
Apple Seals $3 Billion Deal to Buy Beats by Dre (Bloomberg
News)
Former Washington State Employee Accused of
Identity Theft (Associated Press)
Mason County Sheriff Honored at Conference (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Blind Hood Canal Student Wins at Track Meet (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Astronauts
Plant Trees in Russia That Tower above Politics
Southern
California City Drops Bill against Sriracha Hot Sauce Plant
Anonymous
Donor Leaves San Francisco Fans Searching for Hidden Cash
School
Photoshops Yearbook Pictures, Adding Sleeves, Other Clothing
SONG OF THE DAY
Fever
- Peggy Lee
Buddy
Guy - Fever
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