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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Klamath River
Basin: Congress Considers Largest Dam Removal in U-S History (High Country News)
Salmon Make Way around Cracked Columbia River Dam
(Associated Press)
Montana: Half
of NorthWest Energy Will Be Renewable Power if Dam Deal is Approved (KAJ-TV,
Kalispell, MT)
Feds Fund Upper Deschutes Climate Change Study (Blue
Mountain Eagle, John Day, OR)
Little Progress on Finding Idaho’s Missing Broadband
Funds (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Klamath River Basin: Congress Considers Largest Dam Removal in U-S History
- Montana: Half of NorthWest Energy Will Be Renewable Power if Dam Deal is Approved
- PPL Corp. Spinning Off Much of Its Electricity Generation Business, News Release Says
- Ack!: Avista Replacing Transformers with Toxic PCBs
- Better Headline: Avista Replacing Transformers to Eliminate PCBs
- Deal to Sell Municipal Utility in Vero Beach, Florida, Appears to be All But Dead
- Should Utility Companies Be More Like Broadband Providers?
- United Kingdom: Big Energy Firms’ Prices Challenged by Ofgem
- Salmon Make Way around Cracked Columbia River Dam
- Tribes to Fish Three More Days in Columbia Gorge
- Cut the Carp: Turning around Malheur Refuge One Carp Carcass at a Time
- One Part Habitat Restoration, One Part Classroom
- British Columbia: Paying Farmers to Maintain Streamside Vegetation One Way to Protect Fraser Valley Fish Streams
- Obama Signs $12.3 Billion Water Projects Bill
- Includes Willamette River Floodplain: 34 Projects Authorized by Water Legislation
- Oregon Looks at Adding More Renewable Investments to State’s Portfolio
- SoloPower Systems ‘Close’ to Funding Deal, Oregon Officials Say, Despite Missing Loan Payment
- Landmark Legislation Could Put Geothermal Back on Track for California
- New Program Solves the Stranded Solar Meter Problem for California Farms
- California: Greenleaf Power Secures $100 Million to Buy More Biomass Plants
- When the Wind Doesn’t Blow
- Energy from Wind Turbines Actually Less Than Estimated?
- Orcas Power & Light Passes $46,230 in Bonneville Power Administration Rebates on to Friday Harbor Labs
- Honeywell Finally Has a Thermostat That Can Compete With Nest
- Feds Fund Upper Deschutes Climate Change Study
- Calgary Billboard Blames Sun for Climate Change, Not Humanity
- Three Portland Neighborhoods Selected for Deep Sustainability Work
- Little Progress on Finding Idaho’s Missing Broadband Funds
- Netflix’s Formal Response to Verizon’s Cease-And-Desist Is another Boatload of Snark
- Netflix Speeds on Verizon Do Not Improve Even After Agreeing to Pay Up
- Cisco: Broadband Providers Should Not Treat All Bits the Same
- Web Hosting Company GoDaddy Files for Initial Public Offering
- How to Boost Home Wi-Fi for PCs & More
- Facebook, Twitter Brace for World Cup Fever
- Facebook Accidentally Launches Snapchat Rival App Slingshot Early, Yanks It
- Pot Advertising Creating a Buzz in Port Angeles
- The Art of the Awkward Photo Opportunity
- More Mystical Secrets of Retail Price Codes
- Armed Woman Causes Shelton School Lockdown, Street Closures
- Two Bulls Wildfire near Bend is 25 Percent Contained, Not Expected to Grow
- Wildfire Sparks Amazing Wedding Photo in Oregon
- Vegas Killer Had Extensive Criminal History in Tri-Cities
- SeaTac Business Adds ‘Living Wage Surcharge’ after Minimum Wage Hike
- Washington Is America’s No. 1 State to Make a Living: Forbes
- Eagle Targeting Family Pets along Willamette River
Orthography • \or-THAH-gruh-fee\ • Noun - 1a: the art of
writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage, b: the
representation of the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols, 2: a
part of language study that deals with letters & spelling.
English orthography wasn’t standardized in medieval
times, so words often had many different spellings.
“It’s a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to
spell a word!” -- Andrew Jackson.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Klamath River
Basin: Congress Considers Largest Dam Removal in U-S History (High Country News)
Montana: Half
of NorthWest Energy Will Be Renewable Power if Dam Deal is Approved (KAJ-TV,
Kalispell, MT)
PPL Corp.
Spinning Off Much of Its Electricity Generation Business, News Release Says (Lehigh
Valley Express Times, PA)
Ack!: Avista Replacing
Transformers with Toxic PCBs (Bellingham Herald, WA – No Kidding, this is the
real headline)
Better
Headline: Avista Replacing Transformers to Eliminate PCBs (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Deal to Sell
Municipal Utility in Vero Beach, Florida, Appears to be All But Dead (American Public
Power Association)
Should Utility
Companies Be More Like Broadband Providers? (GreenTech Media)
United
Kingdom: Big Energy Firms’ Prices Challenged by Ofgem “…companies should
explain…why falling wholesale prices have not been passed on to household bills…”
(British
Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Make
Way around Cracked Columbia River Dam (Associated Press)
Tribes to Fish
Three More Days in Columbia Gorge (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Cut the Carp:
Turning around Malheur Refuge One Carp Carcass at a Time (Northwest
Public Radio)
One Part
Habitat Restoration, One Part Classroom (Bonneville Power Administration)
British
Columbia: Paying Farmers to Maintain Streamside Vegetation One Way to Protect Fraser
Valley Fish Streams (Vancouver Sun, BC)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Obama Signs
$12.3 Billion Water Projects Bill (Associated Press)
Includes Willamette
River Floodplain: 34 Projects Authorized by Water Legislation (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Looks at Adding More Renewable Investments to
State’s Portfolio (Oregonian, Portland)
SoloPower Systems ‘Close’ to Funding Deal, Oregon Officials
Say, Despite Missing Loan Payment (Oregonian,
Portland)
Landmark Legislation Could Put Geothermal Back on Track
for California (Renewable Energy World)
New Program Solves the Stranded Solar Meter Problem for
California Farms (Renewable Energy World)
California: Greenleaf Power Secures $100 Million to Buy
More Biomass Plants (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
When the Wind Doesn’t Blow (The Energy Collective – 40%
capacity factor? Really?)
Energy from Wind Turbines Actually Less Than Estimated?
(The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Orcas Power
& Light Passes $46,230 in Bonneville Power Administration Rebates on to Friday
Harbor Labs (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
Honeywell
Finally Has a Thermostat That Can Compete With Nest (Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Feds Fund Upper Deschutes Climate Change Study (Blue
Mountain Eagle, John Day, OR)
Calgary Billboard Blames Sun for Climate Change, Not
Humanity (Yahoo! News, Canada)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Three Portland Neighborhoods Selected for Deep
Sustainability Work (Sustainable Business Oregon)
http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2014/06/3-portland-neighborhoods-selected-for.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Little Progress on Finding Idaho’s Missing Broadband
Funds (Associated
Press)
Netflix’s Formal Response to Verizon’s Cease-And-Desist
Is another Boatload of Snark (Washington
Post)
Netflix Speeds on Verizon Do Not Improve Even After
Agreeing to Pay Up (Consumerist)
Cisco: Broadband Providers Should Not Treat All Bits the
Same (PC World)
Web Hosting Company GoDaddy Files for Initial Public
Offering (Associated
Press)
How to Boost
Home Wi-Fi for PCs & More (Northwest Cable News)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Facebook, Twitter
Brace for World Cup Fever (Associated Press)
Facebook
Accidentally Launches Snapchat Rival App Slingshot Early, Yanks It
(Consumerist)
Pot Advertising
Creating a Buzz in Port Angeles (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
The Art of the
Awkward Photo Opportunity (British Broadcasting Corporation)
More Mystical Secrets of Retail Price Codes (Consumerist)
GENERAL NEWS
Armed Woman Causes Shelton School Lockdown, Street
Closures (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Two Bulls Wildfire
near Bend is 25 Percent Contained, Not Expected to Grow (Oregonian, Portland)
Wildfire Sparks Amazing Wedding Photo in Oregon (Associated
Press)
Vegas Killer Had Extensive Criminal History in Tri-Cities
(Tri-City
Herald, WA)
SeaTac Business Adds ‘Living Wage Surcharge’ after
Minimum Wage Hike (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Washington Is America’s No. 1 State to Make a Living: Forbes
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Eagle Targeting Family Pets along Willamette River (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
German Museum Shows Live Replica of Van Gogh’s Ear
No, a Paris Bridge Did Not Collapse Under the Weight of
Its Love Locks
That’ll Do Pig - Pet Pig Saves Family from Fire
Seven Buildings That Look Exactly Like What Happens Inside
SONG OF THE DAY
Don McClean – Vincent
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