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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Climate
Change Study Finds U-S is Already Widely Affected (NY Times)
Threat of Oregon Wildfires Increases as Drought
Expands in West (Oregonian, Portland)
British Columbia Dams: Political Leader Opposed
To Site C Dam; Wants Third-Party View (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Port
Angeles’ Nippon Biomass Plant Remains Down Due to Cracks in Boiler Unit (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Fuel
Cell Firm ClearEdge Power Seeks Bankruptcy Protection, Three Years after Top
Oregon VC Deal (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia Dams: Political Leader Opposed To Site C Dam; Wants Third-Party View (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
- U-S Senate Takes up Energy Efficiency Bill amid Keystone Squabble (Associated Press)
- Bellingham Studies New Approaches for Waterfront Utilities (Bellingham Herald, WA)
- Malloy wants spot on Chelan PUD board (Insurance NewsNet)
- Colorado: Drake Power Plant Badly Damaged by Fire, Offline Indefinitely (KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs, CO)
- Seeking Consensus on the Internalized Costs of Nuclear (The Energy Collective)
- Energy Future’s Revamp May Put New Oncor Owners under Microscope (Reuters)
- Billy Frank Jr.: Appreciating a Pacific Northwest Civil Rights Legend (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
- Dying Starfish Found in Yaquina Bay, First Major Oregon Discovery of Wasting Disease (Oregonian, Portland)
- Richland Girl Develops Fish-Tagging Game (Tri-City Herald, WA)
- Bees Continue to Swarm into Backyards (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
- Drought-Stricken Texas Town Turns to Toilets for Water (National Public Radio)\
- Editorial: In California Drought, Fortunes Are Made (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Port Angeles’ Nippon Biomass Plant Remains Down Due to Cracks in Boiler Unit (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- Fuel Cell Firm ClearEdge Power Seeks Bankruptcy Protection, Three Years after Top Oregon VC Deal (Oregonian, Portland)
- Solar Power Breakthrough Hints at Cheaper Panels for More Roofs (Christian Science Monitor)
- Renewable-Energy Surge Slow to Wean China Off Coal (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Pacific Northwest Efficiency Exchange Conference Highlights Energy Efficiency Innovations & Trends (PR Newswire)
- How Personalizing Energy Data Could Help Utilities Stay In Business (Forbes Magazine)
- LED Lights Make Your Whites a Little Less Bright (Reviewed.Com)
- Climate Change Study Finds U-S is Already Widely Affected (NY Times)
- Puget Sound Feeling Impact of Climate Change (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Obama Tries Weather Outreach on Climate (Politico)
- You Little Scamp: KINGT-TV’s Jeff Renner Invited to ‘Weather at the White House’ (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Meet the Washington State Governor’s new Climate Change Attack Plan (Crosscut Seattle)
- Five Out-There Energy Projects that Are Moving Closer To Reality (GigaOM)
- FCC Changes to E-Rate Program Could Leave Struggling School Districts without Websites (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
- GETS Network: AT&T’s New Fiber Could Stymie U-S Disaster Response Communications (Gizmodo)
- Balky Wi-Fi Above the Clouds (NY Times)
- Backlash after Seattle Department of Transportation Posts ‘Scumbag Hat’ Tweet (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- PayPal Exec Blasts Employees in Twitter Tirade (USA Today)
- A Company Guide to Damage Control after a Social Media Blowup (Washington Post)
- Police Use Pinterest to Get Victims’ Stolen Stuff Back to Them (Consumerist)
- Grassroots, with Social Media, Key for Co-ops (Electric Co-op Today)
- U-S Supreme Court Says Prayer before Town Council Meeting is OK (Associated Press)
- 35th District Representative Drew MacEwen Announces Re-Election Bid (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
- A Road to Somewhere: Tiny Alaska Fishing Village at Center of Political Fight over Road (Reuters)
- Threat of Oregon Wildfires Increases as Drought Expands in West (Oregonian, Portland)
- Powerful Winds near Snohomish Not a Tornado (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
- Washington State Pot Lottery Rankings Out, But Future Murky for Many (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
- Hash Oil Explosions Rise with Legalized Marijuana (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Whistle-Blower Warns of Dangerous Highway Guardrails in Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Cowlitz Push for Tribal-State Compact - Tribe would be able to lease some or all of nearly 1,000 slot machines (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
- Oregon Governor Performs CPR, Helps Save Woman’s Life (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Conquistador
• \kon-KEEST-tuh-dore\ • Noun - One that conquers; specifically: a leader in the Spanish conquest of America &
especially of Mexico & Peru in the 16th century.
See
Procul Harem, Conquistador: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fpa0XaIbXY
Or,
Maynard Ferguson (not the same tune): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYX4TVktOjk
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British Columbia Dams: Political Leader Opposed
To Site C Dam; Wants Third-Party View (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
U-S Senate Takes up Energy Efficiency Bill amid
Keystone Squabble (Associated Press)
Bellingham Studies New Approaches for Waterfront
Utilities (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Malloy wants spot on Chelan PUD board (Insurance
NewsNet)
Colorado: Drake Power Plant Badly Damaged by
Fire, Offline Indefinitely (KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs, CO)
Seeking Consensus on the Internalized Costs of
Nuclear (The Energy Collective)
Energy Future’s Revamp May Put New Oncor Owners
under Microscope (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Billy Frank Jr.: Appreciating a Pacific Northwest
Civil Rights Legend (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Dying Starfish Found in Yaquina Bay, First Major
Oregon Discovery of Wasting Disease (Oregonian, Portland)
Richland Girl Develops Fish-Tagging Game (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Bees Continue to Swarm into Backyards (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Drought-Stricken
Texas Town Turns to Toilets for Water (National Public Radio)\
Editorial:
In California Drought, Fortunes Are Made (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Port
Angeles’ Nippon Biomass Plant Remains Down Due to Cracks in Boiler Unit (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Fuel
Cell Firm ClearEdge Power Seeks Bankruptcy Protection, Three Years after Top
Oregon VC Deal (Oregonian, Portland)
Solar
Power Breakthrough Hints at Cheaper Panels for More Roofs (Christian Science
Monitor)
Renewable-Energy
Surge Slow to Wean China Off Coal (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific
Northwest Efficiency Exchange Conference Highlights Energy Efficiency
Innovations & Trends (PR Newswire)
How
Personalizing Energy Data Could Help Utilities Stay In Business (Forbes
Magazine)
LED
Lights Make Your Whites a Little Less Bright (Reviewed.Com)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Change Study Finds U-S is Already Widely Affected (NY Times)
Puget
Sound Feeling Impact of Climate Change (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Obama
Tries Weather Outreach on Climate (Politico)
You
Little Scamp: KINGT-TV’s Jeff Renner Invited to ‘Weather at the White House’ (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Meet
the Washington State Governor’s new Climate Change Attack Plan (Crosscut
Seattle)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Five
Out-There Energy Projects that Are Moving Closer To Reality (GigaOM)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Changes to E-Rate Program Could Leave
Struggling School Districts without Websites (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
GETS Network: AT&T’s New Fiber Could Stymie U-S
Disaster Response Communications (Gizmodo)
Balky Wi-Fi Above the Clouds (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Backlash after Seattle Department of Transportation
Posts ‘Scumbag Hat’ Tweet (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
PayPal Exec Blasts Employees in Twitter Tirade (USA
Today)
A Company Guide to Damage Control after a Social
Media Blowup (Washington Post)
Police Use Pinterest to Get Victims’ Stolen Stuff
Back to Them (Consumerist)
Grassroots, with Social Media, Key for Co-ops (Electric Co-op Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Supreme Court Says Prayer before Town Council
Meeting is OK (Associated Press)
35th District Representative Drew
MacEwen Announces Re-Election Bid (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
A Road to Somewhere: Tiny Alaska Fishing Village at
Center of Political Fight over Road (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Threat of Oregon Wildfires Increases as Drought
Expands in West (Oregonian, Portland)
Powerful Winds near Snohomish Not a Tornado (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Pot Lottery Rankings Out, But
Future Murky for Many (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Hash Oil Explosions Rise with Legalized Marijuana (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Whistle-Blower Warns of Dangerous Highway
Guardrails in Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Cowlitz Push for Tribal-State Compact - Tribe would
be able to lease some or all of nearly 1,000 slot machines (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon Governor Performs CPR, Helps Save Woman’s
Life (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Utah
Denies Petition to Honor Turkeys with Roadside Memorial
Treasure
Found on ‘U-S Ship of Gold’
Russell
Wilson Gets His Praying, Bowling On With Justin Bieber
Family
Who Lost Dog during Sandy Finds It at Pound
SONG OF THE DAY
Neil
Young - Heart of Gold
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