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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Corps Plans to
Kill Nearly 16,000 Cormorants Nesting in Columbia River (Jefferson Public
Radio, Ashland, OR)
Washington
State Governor Issues Oil Train Directive (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Inslee Urges Movement on Victoria Sewage, Gets Soft
Squishy Answer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
With Google
Fiber on the Horizon, Portland Weighs Process for Placement of Utility Cabinets
(Oregonian,
Portland)
Amazon Launches Prime Music Streaming Service without
Fanfare (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Governor Issues Oil Train Directive
- 12,000 without Power across Portland Region Thursday Night
- Pacific Power to Credit Customers about $45 - Flap over Renewable Energy Credits
- Grays Harbor PUD Approves Harbor Paper Wastewater Demolition Contract
- Scam Artists Pose as Grant PUD, Threaten to Cut Power
- Idaho: Fitch Affirms Boise Kuna Irrigation District’s Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Bonds at 'A-'
- FERC to Appeal Ruling on Energy Saving Incentives
- Kentucky: Historic Marker Going Up in Cave City on the Importance of Rural Electrification in Region
- Eleven Maps That Explain the U-S Energy System
- U-S Department of Energy’s No. 2 is a Rocker & 'Jeopardy' Star, But Shies from the Public Eye
- Ghana Ensures World Cup on TV by Slowing Power to Smelter
- Corps Plans to Kill Nearly 16,000 Cormorants Nesting in Columbia River
- Inslee Urges Movement on Victoria Sewage, Gets Soft Squishy Answer
- With Data & Resolve, Tacoma Fights Pollution
- Most Water Utilities Are in the Red, Study Finds
- Report: 'Clean' Energy Could Bring 4,000 Montana Jobs
- Wind Power on Tap to Help Texas Meet Carbon Reduction Goals
- Airrow Heating & Sheet Metal Named 2014 Installer of the Year
- Republicans to Try to Block Funds for EPA Emissions Rules
- Next Frontiers in Climate Litigation: Adaptation & Ocean Acidification
- State-by-State Temperature Map: Red-Hot Out West
- How to Land a Green Job in Oregon
- Is The Nation’s 'Greenest' Utility Green Enough? Boulder Says No
- Germans Spend Vacations at Wind Farms & Solar Arrays Because, Duh, They’re Germans
- With Google Fiber on the Horizon, Portland Weighs Process for Placement of Utility Cabinets
- Seattle, the New Center of a Tech Boom
- Comcast Wants You to Share Your Internet Access with Other Customers
- FCC Should Focus Broadband Internet Improvements on Rural Communities
- Colorado: Boulder Seeks Authority to Create Citywide Broadband Network
- CenturyLink Tries to Derail Australian Funding for Utah's Utopia
- AT&T, DirecTV Merger Could Make It Harder to Cut the Cord
- Wireless Companies Put up More 'Stealth' Towers
- Amazon Launches Prime Music Streaming Service without Fanfare
- Comcast to Test Its YouTube Competitor by the End of the Year
- Millions of Spam Text Messages Lead to $4.2 Million Fine
- Facebook: Making Ads Better & Giving You More Control
- Why a Northern California Tribe Spent Millions on an Anti-Redskins Ad during the NBA Finals
- Here Are the Year's Best Photos Taken by the Humble iPhone
- Washington Supreme Court Orders ‘Washington State’ to Contempt Hearing
- Mason County 2014 Candidates Forum June 17
- Reward Increased to $14,500 in Wildfire near Bend
- Port Angles Mans Gets 29 Months in Prison for Bulldozer Rampage; Power Outage
- Former Nike Employee Fired after Letting Son, Others into Campus Gym Loses $27 Million Lawsuit
- Tent Caterpillars Invading Washington Side of the Columbia, Too
- Jean Enersen Stepping Down from KING/5 Anchor Desk
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receptacles at stores and restaurants) as a means of reducing consumption of
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington
State Governor Issues Oil Train Directive (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
12,000 without
Power across Portland Region Thursday Night (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Pacific Power to
Credit Customers about $45 - Flap over Renewable Energy Credits (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Grays Harbor PUD
Approves Harbor Paper Wastewater Demolition Contract (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Scam Artists
Pose as Grant PUD, Threaten to Cut Power (Ifiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Idaho: Fitch
Affirms Boise Kuna Irrigation District’s Arrowrock Hydroelectric Project Bonds
at 'A-' (Herald Onliner)
FERC to Appeal Ruling on Energy Saving Incentives (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
Kentucky: Historic
Marker Going Up in Cave City on the Importance of Rural Electrification in
Region (Kentucky Forward)
Eleven Maps
That Explain the U-S Energy System (Vox)
U-S Department
of Energy’s No. 2 is a Rocker & 'Jeopardy' Star, But Shies from the Public
Eye (E&E Publishing)
Ghana Ensures
World Cup on TV by Slowing Power to Smelter (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Corps Plans to
Kill Nearly 16,000 Cormorants Nesting in Columbia River (Jefferson Public
Radio, Ashland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Inslee Urges
Movement on Victoria Sewage, Gets Soft Squishy Answer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/06/12/inslee-urges-movement-on-victoria-sewage-gets-soft-squishy-answer/
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/06/12/inslee-urges-movement-on-victoria-sewage-gets-soft-squishy-answer/
With Data
& Resolve, Tacoma Fights Pollution (NY Times)
Most Water
Utilities Are in the Red, Study Finds (The Energy Collective)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Report: 'Clean' Energy Could Bring 4,000 Montana Jobs
(KBZK-TV, Bozeman, MT)
Wind Power on Tap to Help Texas Meet Carbon Reduction
Goals (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Airrow Heating
& Sheet Metal Named 2014 Installer of the Year (Newport News-Times, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Republicans to Try to Block Funds for EPA Emissions Rules
(Bloomberg News)
Next Frontiers in Climate Litigation: Adaptation &
Ocean Acidification (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
State-by-State Temperature Map: Red-Hot Out West
(Atlantic Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How to Land a Green Job in Oregon (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Is The Nation’s 'Greenest' Utility Green Enough? Boulder Says
No (Christian Science Monitor)
Germans Spend Vacations at Wind Farms & Solar Arrays
Because, Duh, They’re Germans (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
With Google
Fiber on the Horizon, Portland Weighs Process for Placement of Utility Cabinets
(Oregonian,
Portland)
Seattle, the New
Center of a Tech Boom (NY Times)
Comcast Wants
You to Share Your Internet Access with Other Customers (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
FCC Should Focus
Broadband Internet Improvements on Rural Communities (Roll Call)
Colorado: Boulder
Seeks Authority to Create Citywide Broadband Network (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
CenturyLink
Tries to Derail Australian Funding for Utah's Utopia (Broadband Reports)
AT&T,
DirecTV Merger Could Make It Harder to Cut the Cord (Washington Post)
Wireless
Companies Put up More 'Stealth' Towers (Associated Press)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Amazon Launches
Prime Music Streaming Service without Fanfare (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Comcast to Test
Its YouTube Competitor by the End of the Year (GigaOM)
Millions of Spam
Text Messages Lead to $4.2 Million Fine (Consumerist)
Facebook: Making
Ads Better & Giving You More Control (Facebook)
Why a Northern
California Tribe Spent Millions on an Anti-Redskins Ad during the NBA Finals (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Here Are the
Year's Best Photos Taken by the Humble iPhone (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
Supreme Court Orders ‘Washington State’ to Contempt Hearing (Northwest Public
Radio)
Mason County
2014 Candidates Forum June 17 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Reward Increased
to $14,500 in Wildfire near Bend (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Reward-increased-to-14500-in-Oregon-wildfire-near-Bend-262766831.html
Port Angles Mans
Gets 29 Months in Prison for Bulldozer Rampage; Power Outage (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Former Nike Employee
Fired after Letting Son, Others into Campus Gym Loses $27 Million Lawsuit (Oregonian,
Portland)
Tent
Caterpillars Invading Washington Side of the Columbia, Too (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Jean Enersen
Stepping Down from KING/5 Anchor Desk (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Nest of Snakes Found in Wenatchee Sewer Pipe
How Two Women
Made Your Watch Glow in the Dark
15 Classic Science Fiction Books
Ray Davies, Donovan Inducted into Songwriters Hall; Jon
Bon Jovi, Roseanne Cash Perform
SONG OF THE DAY
The Kinks- All Day and All of the Night
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
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