Hot Shots Edition - Energy News Digest for May 30, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Wildfire Damages Power Lines in Chelan County (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140529/NEWS03/140529075/Wildfire-damages-power-lines-in-Chelan-County

The Fight Is On: Obama’s Climate Rules Aren’t Out Yet, But Both Sides Are Already Slugging (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-fight-is-on-obamas-climate-rules-arent-out-yet-but-both-sides-are-already-slugging/

Oregon: Northern Wasco PUD Faces Opposition on Freedom Project Hydro (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2014/may/29/pud-faces-opposition-freedom-project-hydro/

California orders thousands of Sacramento Valley water users to stop pumping from streams

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/05/29/6441935/state-orders-sacramento-valley.html

Pend Oreille River to Hit Lowered Flood Stage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/may/30/pend-oreille-river-to-hit-lowered-flood-stage/

New Bill Threatens to Stop FCC Treating Broadband as a Utility (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/new-bill-threatens-to-stop-fcc-treating-broadband-as-a-1583701749

Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the May 27 Business Meeting (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1393

Steve Ballmer Reportedly Buys L-A Clippers (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2014/05/ballmer-buys-clippers.html

Longtime KOMO Commentator, Reporter Ken Schram Dies at 66 (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Longtime-KOMO-reporter-commentator-Ken-Schram-passes-away-260544511.html

New Wave of Suspected Tsunami Debris Washes Ashore (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/new-wave-suspected-tsunami-debris-washes-ashore

Stunning Photos of Google's Massive Data Centers (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45lhmf/colorful-pipes-in-the-dalles/

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