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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Thousands
Lose Power as Thunderstorms Hit Clark County (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Summer
Salmon Fishing Season Could Be among Best in Recent History (Seattle Times, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
Pot
Businesses in Cowlitz County Could Lose Lights (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Cable
TV Boxes Become Second Biggest Energy Users in Many Homes (Los Angeles Times,
CA – The second biggest? That doesn’t seem correct)
The
Sophisticated Social Media Strategy of ISIL (Mashable)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Thousands Lose Power as Thunderstorms Hit Clark County
- Pot Businesses in Cowlitz County Could Lose Lights
- Seattle City Council Approves Pay Raise for City Light CEO
- Huffington Post Pulls Blog Item Tied to Seattle City Light Paid PR Effort
- Bonneville Power Begins Construction on Central Ferry-Lower Monumental Transmission Line
- What Is Google Plotting for the Smart Grid?
- American Public Power Association: Doing What Is Right for Customers
- World Cup 2014: How Much Energy Does It Take?
- Utility Profits Linked to Gender Diversity
- Summer Salmon Fishing Season Could Be among Best in Recent History
- Lake Washington Sockeye Counts Moving at a Snail’s Pace
- Editorial: A Critical Time for Pacific Northwest Hatcheries, Fish Runs
- A Chain Reaction of Change behind Dams
- Judge Permits Timber Harvest That Environmentalists Claim Threatens Marbled Murrelet in Clallam & Jefferson Counties
- Spokane City Council Aims to Protect Honeybees
- President Obama Will Propose Vast Expansion of Pacific Ocean Marine Sanctuary
- Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Earns Environmental Award; Presentation Set Later This Month in Seattle
- Spokane Losing 20 Percent of Water Deliveries
- SolarCity, an Installer, to Buy Panel-Maker Silevo
- ‘Pay-As-You-Go’ Solar Energy Companies Win National Geographic Terra Watt Prize
- Department of Energy Shifts Digital Resources for Wind to Regions, Rather Than States
- Cable TV Boxes Become Second Biggest Energy Users in Many Homes
- Are You Paying $150 To Keep a Six-Pack Cold? Energytrust Wants to Change That
- The Nest Protect Returns at a Cheaper Price & With One Less Feature
- D-C Streetlight Debacle: ‘Pervasive Improprieties’ Force Appeals Board to Again Toss $73 Million Contract
- Democrats Unveil Legislation Forcing the FCC to Ban Internet Fast Lanes
- Report: AT&T to Exclusively Carry Amazon Smartphone
- Google Loon Making Progress, Delivering 5 to 22 Mbps in Tests
- Bitcoin Faces Biggest Threat Yet: A Miner Takeover
- The Sophisticated Social Media Strategy of ISIL
- Indiana Co-ops’ Film Nominated for Emmy
- How to Perfect Your One-Minute Pitch & Capture Some Fans
- KGY Radio Renews Lease with Port of Olympia
- 2014 Mason County Voters Guide
- I-5 in Seattle Shut after Police Shoot Freeway Spray-Painter
- Washington State Plan to Increase Fish Consumption Could Threaten Boeing Expansion: Roundup
- Second Largest U-S Lumber Producer May Add Sawmill in Washington State
- Timber Giant Begins Selling Seasonal Permits, But Some Push Back
- Mom, I’m Going into the Pot Business - UW Students Take Advantage of New Industry
- Port Townsend Makes Fodor’s Prestigious List of Ten Best Small Towns in America
Capacious
• \kup-PAY-shush\ • Adjective - Able to hold or contain a lot: large in
capacity.
Capacious:
See the “Undetectable Extension Charm” on Hermione Granger’s handbag in the “Deathly
Hallows.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Thousands Lose Power as Thunderstorms Hit Clark
County (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Pot Businesses in Cowlitz County Could Lose
Lights (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Seattle City Council Approves Pay Raise for City
Light CEO (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Huffington Post Pulls Blog Item Tied to Seattle City
Light Paid PR Effort (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Bonneville Power Begins Construction on Central
Ferry-Lower Monumental Transmission Line (Yahoo! Finance)
What Is Google Plotting for the Smart Grid? (The
Energy Collective)
American Public Power Association: Doing What Is
Right for Customers - Sue Kelly Addresses Public Power’s Greatest Challenges (American
Public Power Association)
World Cup 2014: How Much Energy Does It Take? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Utility Profits Linked to Gender Diversity (Renewable
Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Summer Salmon Fishing Season Could Be among Best
in Recent History (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Lake Washington Sockeye Counts Moving at a Snail’s
Pace (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Editorial: A Critical Time for Pacific Northwest Hatcheries,
Fish Runs (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
A Chain Reaction of Change behind Dams (NY Times)
Judge Permits Timber Harvest That
Environmentalists Claim Threatens Marbled Murrelet in Clallam & Jefferson
Counties (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Spokane City Council Aims to Protect Honeybees (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
President
Obama Will Propose Vast Expansion of Pacific Ocean Marine Sanctuary (Washington
Post)
Lower
Elwha Klallam Tribe Earns Environmental Award; Presentation Set Later This
Month in Seattle (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Spokane
Losing 20 Percent of Water Deliveries (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SolarCity,
an Installer, to Buy Panel-Maker Silevo (Associated
Press)
‘Pay-As-You-Go’
Solar Energy Companies Win National Geographic Terra Watt Prize (The Energy
Collective)
Department
of Energy Shifts Digital Resources for Wind to Regions, Rather Than States
(Triangle Business Journal, NC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cable TV Boxes Become Second Biggest Energy Users in
Many Homes (Los Angeles Times, CA – The second biggest? That doesn’t seem
correct)
Are You Paying $150 To Keep a Six-Pack Cold?
Energytrust Wants to Change That (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2014/06/are-you-paying-150-to-keep-a-six-pack.html
The Nest Protect Returns at a Cheaper Price &
With One Less Feature (GigaOM)
D-C Streetlight Debacle: ‘Pervasive Improprieties’
Force Appeals Board to Again Toss $73 Million Contract (Washington Business
Journal, DC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Democrats Unveil Legislation Forcing the FCC to Ban
Internet Fast Lanes (Washington Post)
Report: AT&T to Exclusively Carry Amazon Smartphone
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Google Loon Making Progress, Delivering 5 to 22
Mbps in Tests (Broadband Reports)
Bitcoin Faces Biggest Threat Yet: A Miner Takeover (USA
Today)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
The Sophisticated Social Media Strategy of ISIL
(Mashable)
Indiana Co-ops’ Film Nominated for Emmy (Electric Co-op Today)
How to Perfect Your One-Minute Pitch & Capture
Some Fans (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
KGY Radio Renews Lease with Port of Olympia (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
2014 Mason County Voters Guide (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
GENERAL NEWS
I-5 in Seattle Shut after Police Shoot Freeway
Spray-Painter (Reuters)
Washington State Plan to Increase Fish Consumption
Could Threaten Boeing Expansion: Roundup (Chicago
Business Journal, IL)
Second Largest U-S Lumber Producer May Add Sawmill in
Washington State (Woodworking Network)
Timber Giant Begins Selling Seasonal Permits, But
Some Push Back (Northwest Public Radio)
Mom, I’m Going into the Pot Business - UW Students
Take Advantage of New Industry (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Port Townsend Makes Fodor’s Prestigious List of Ten
Best Small Towns in America (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Worker
at Yakima Nonprofit Finds $5,000 in Yard Sale Box
Cat
Missing for Two Years Reunited with Everett Family
AP
Exclusive: Picasso Painting Reveals Hidden Man
Library
Waives $7,600 Fee for Book 91-Year-Old Man Returned 61 Years Late
SONG OF THE DAY
Adele
- Hiding My Heart
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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