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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cowlitz PUD
Commissioners Consider Pulling Plug on Marijuana Businesses (Longview Daily
News, WA)
King County,
WA: Eastside Neighbors Fight Plans for High Voltage Power Lines (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Salmon Flows
through Mid-Columbia Dams Normal Despite Lower River Levels (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Western Governors' Views on Proposed Power Plant Rules
from EPA (Associated Press)
FCC Chair Wants
to Eliminate Protectionist State Broadband Laws (Broadband Reports)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Consider Pulling Plug on Marijuana Businesses
- King County, WA: Eastside Neighbors Fight Plans for High Voltage Power Lines
- Columbia Falls Aluminum: Montana’s U-S Senator Asks Glencore about Its Intentions
- Online Daily Power Consumption Tracking Available to All Cowlitz PUD Customers
- Google Said to Plan Energy Push with Tools for Utilities
- American Public Power Association, Others Voice Support for Draft Cybersecurity Bill in Senate
- Chile Rejects Divisive Dam Project in Patagonia
- Sun Unleashes Two Huge Solar Flares. How Will They Affect Us?
- Salmon Flows through Mid-Columbia Dams Normal Despite Lower River Levels
- Not Much Refuge in Klamath Basin for Migratory Birds
- Some BPA Funding - Helicopter Hoists Trees from Park Project in South Eugene
- U-S Lawmakers Take Aim at Trophy Deer Trade
- Dow, Nature Conservancy Want to Use Trees, Reforested Land to Clean Industrial Air Pollution
- Here’s How California Could Fix Its Drought-Time Water Woes
- 'Carpets' & 'Pillows': Two New Wave Energy Projects Planned for Oregon
- Ocean Power Technologies Terminates CEO Dunleavy ‘For Cause’
- June 15: Celebrate Global Wind Day with American Wind Energy Association
- Western Governors' Views on Proposed Power Plant Rules from EPA
- Is This Odd-Looking Wind Turbine the Most Efficient You Can Buy?
- FCC Chair Wants to Eliminate Protectionist State Broadband Laws
- FCC Chief Plans Action on Wi-Fi in Schools
- CenturyLink Closing 160-Employee Seattle Call Center
- Integra Lands California Bandwidth Contract
- Google Fiber Hiring 'Community Impact Managers' in Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham
- HP Invented a New Computer That Could Make Data Centers Obsolete
- Here's Why You're About to Lose YouTube Subscribers
- The Good News is More People Are Reading the News, The Hard Part Is Figuring out How to Pay for It
- Your New Boss is Going to Google You - Make Sure She Likes What She Sees
- Google Just Bought a Swarm of Satellites to Make Maps Way Better
- Republican Congressman Eric Cantor Succumbs to Tea Party Challenger Tuesday
- Troutdale, Oregon: Freshman Emilio Hoffman Killed in School Shooting
- Oregon: Nation Turns to Social Media to Show Support for Reynolds High School
- Stubborn Oregon, Washington Gas Prices Not Dropping as Summer Approaches
- Lawsuit Filed over Centralia Pot Store Ban
- Fourteen Olympic National Park Hikes 2014
- Anchor Pulled from Inlet Might Be from 1792 Voyage
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners
Consider Pulling Plug on Marijuana Businesses (Longview Daily News, WA)
King County, WA:
Eastside Neighbors Fight Plans for High Voltage Power Lines (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Columbia Falls
Aluminum: Montana’s U-S Senator Asks Glencore about Its Intentions (Hungry
Horse News, MT)
Online Daily
Power Consumption Tracking Available to All Cowlitz PUD Customers (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Google Said to Plan Energy Push with Tools for Utilities (Bloomberg News)
American Public Power Association, Others Voice Support for Draft
Cybersecurity Bill in Senate (American Public Power Association)
Chile Rejects
Divisive Dam Project in Patagonia (Christian Science Monitor)
Sun Unleashes
Two Huge Solar Flares. How Will They Affect Us? (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Flows through
Mid-Columbia Dams Normal Despite Lower River Levels (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Not Much
Refuge in Klamath Basin for Migratory Birds (Northwest Public Radio)
Some BPA
Funding - Helicopter Hoists Trees from Park Project in South Eugene (KVAL-TV,
Eugene, OR)
U-S Lawmakers
Take Aim at Trophy Deer Trade (USA Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Dow, Nature
Conservancy Want to Use Trees, Reforested Land to Clean Industrial Air
Pollution (Associated Press)
Here’s How
California Could Fix Its Drought-Time Water Woes (Grist Online)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
'Carpets' & 'Pillows': Two New Wave Energy Projects
Planned for Oregon (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Ocean Power Technologies Terminates CEO Dunleavy ‘For
Cause’ (Bloomberg News)
June 15: Celebrate Global Wind Day with American Wind
Energy Association (REVE)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Western Governors' Views on Proposed Power Plant Rules
from EPA (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Is This Odd-Looking Wind Turbine the Most Efficient You
Can Buy? (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chair Wants
to Eliminate Protectionist State Broadband Laws (Broadband Reports)
FCC Chief Plans
Action on Wi-Fi in Schools (NY Times)
CenturyLink
Closing 160-Employee Seattle Call Center (Seattle Times – Paywall Advisory)
Integra Lands California
Bandwidth Contract (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Google Fiber
Hiring 'Community Impact Managers' in Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham (Triangle
Business Journal, NC)
HP Invented a
New Computer That Could Make Data Centers Obsolete (Gizmodo)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Here's Why
You're About to Lose YouTube Subscribers (Mashable)
The Good News is
More People Are Reading the News, The Hard Part Is Figuring out How to Pay for
It (GigaOM)
Your New Boss is
Going to Google You - Make Sure She Likes What She Sees (Washington Post, DC)
Google Just
Bought a Swarm of Satellites to Make Maps Way Better (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Republican
Congressman Eric Cantor Succumbs to Tea Party Challenger Tuesday (Washington
Post, DC)
GENERAL NEWS
Troutdale, Oregon:
Freshman Emilio Hoffman Killed in School Shooting (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Oregon: Nation
Turns to Social Media to Show Support for Reynolds High School (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Stubborn Oregon,
Washington Gas Prices Not Dropping as Summer Approaches (Oregonian, Portland)
Lawsuit Filed over
Centralia Pot Store Ban (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Fourteen Olympic
National Park Hikes 2014 (Exotic Hikes)
Anchor Pulled
from Inlet Might Be from 1792 Voyage (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
DIVERSIONS
Pacific Northwest Traveling Hedgehog Becoming Internet Sensation
Waffle House Sort of Sorry for Refunding Waitress’s
$1,000 Tip
California Mayor Caught on Camera Throwing Bag of Dog
Poop on Neighbor’s Property
Washington Couple Melted Used Ammo for Scrap Metal
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton John - Feel Like a Bullet
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