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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Group
Tests Oregon Coast for Fukushima Radiation (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Discarded Fish Cost About $2 Billion in U-S, $20
Million in Northwest, Oceana Says (Oregonian, Portland)
FERC under Fire
(The Hill, Washington, DC)
Mason PUD 1
Commissioner, Janda Elected Vice Chair of Energy Northwest Executive Board
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Seattle City
Light Worker Who Blew Whistle on Whiskey ‘Gifts’ Loses Out (Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- FERC under Fire
- Seattle City Light Worker Who Blew Whistle on Whiskey ‘Gifts’ Loses Out
- Mason PUD 1 Commissioner, Janda Elected Vice Chair of Energy Northwest Executive Board
- PUD 3 Commission Report - June 24, 2014 Business Meeting
- Seattle City Light Releases Energy Bills for CEO
- Coleman Smith Named Grand Coulee Dam Power Manager
- Natural Gas Sinks after Weekly Storage Report
- British Columbia: Ex-MLA Weisgerber Moves from Site C Consultancy to B-C Hydro’s Board
- Florida Move Over Law Now Protects Utility Vehicles
- Glencore Denies Media Claim It Avoided Australia Taxes
- Discarded Fish Cost About $2 Billion in U-S, $20 Million in Northwest, Oceana Says
- Latest State Fish & Wildlife Ocean Salmon Catch Figures
- Op/Ed: Environmentalists Refuse To See Success of Salmon Efforts
- Celilo Arc Will Honor Tribes, Salmon and a Lost Way of Life
- Group Tests Oregon Coast for Fukushima Radiation
- Editorial: Water Storage Projects Still Vital for Mid-Columbia
- California: Feds Nix Eagle Penalties for Solano County Wind Farm
- Rooftop Solar Leases Scaring Buyers When Homeowners Sell
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Using $2.2 Million Grant for Hydrogen-Production System
- German Lawmakers Vote to Reduce Renewable-Energy Subsidies
- 'Risky Business:' The Regional Rundown from the Climate Report
- A Map of How Much Better U-S Air Quality Has Gotten in the Last Decade
- Portland State University Lands Federal Grant for Ecodistrict Energy Project
- Portland EV Fest Will Show Off the Latest Electric Cars at Pioneer Courthouse Square
- Orem Bows Out of Macquarie UTOPIA Proposal
- Is Municipal Broadband More Important than Net Neutrality?
- Oregon: 911 Service Restored to Thousands after Outage
- Woman Electrocuted & Killed While Talking on Phone Plugged into Faulty USB Charger
- Facebook or Twitter? Here's What 4,700 People Say
- Mason County Hospital District 2 Selects New Commissioner
- $1 Million Washington State Lottery Ticket About to Expire
- New Jersey: Two Men Throw Away Winning $1M Powerball Ticket, Sue Lottery
- Environment Canada Tornado Tweets Stalled by Language Laws
Sophomoric • \soff-MORE-ick\ • Adjective - 1:
conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature 2:
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore.
“This stuff is like crack,” complained Abernathy to
his stolid butler. Sitting before his big-screen TV, engaged in binge watching,
he sophomoric “Three Stooges” humor washed over him in waves. Ab knew he should
find it so funny, but he just couldn’t resist. He also likes “Benny Hill.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect until 3:00 This Afternoon.
Wind & Waves: southerly winds 15 to 25
knots...becoming light and variable this afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 feet this
morning before subsiding this afternoon.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions: a small craft
advisory means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots are expected to produce
hazardous wave conditions to small craft. inexperienced mariners...especially
those operating smaller vessels should...avoid navigating in these conditions.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
FERC under Fire (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
Seattle City
Light Worker Who Blew Whistle on Whiskey ‘Gifts’ Loses Out (Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA)
Mason PUD 1
Commissioner, Janda Elected Vice Chair of Energy Northwest Executive Board
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
PUD 3 Commission
Report - June 24, 2014 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Seattle City
Light Releases Energy Bills for CEO (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Coleman Smith Named Grand Coulee Dam Power
Manager (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Natural Gas Sinks after Weekly Storage Report (Associated
Press)
British Columbia: Ex-MLA Weisgerber Moves from Site
C Consultancy to B-C Hydro’s Board (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Florida Move Over
Law Now Protects Utility Vehicles (Electric Energy Online)
Glencore Denies
Media Claim It Avoided Australia Taxes (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Discarded Fish Cost About $2 Billion in U-S, $20
Million in Northwest, Oceana Says (Oregonian, Portland)
Latest State Fish & Wildlife Ocean Salmon
Catch Figures (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Environmentalists Refuse To See Success of
Salmon Efforts (Capital Press)
Celilo Arc Will Honor Tribes, Salmon and a Lost
Way of Life (Skanner News, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Group
Tests Oregon Coast for Fukushima Radiation (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Editorial:
Water Storage Projects Still Vital for Mid-Columbia (Tri-City Herald, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California:
Feds Nix Eagle Penalties for Solano County Wind Farm (Contra Costa Times,
Walnut Creek, CA)
Rooftop Solar Leases Scaring Buyers When
Homeowners Sell (Renewable Energy
World)
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory Using $2.2 Million Grant for Hydrogen-Production
System (Bellingham Herald, WA)
German Lawmakers Vote to Reduce
Renewable-Energy Subsidies (Bloomberg News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
'Risky
Business:' The Regional Rundown from the Climate Report (U-S News & World
Report)
A
Map of How Much Better U-S Air Quality Has Gotten in the Last Decade (Gizmodo)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Portland
State University Lands Federal Grant for Ecodistrict Energy Project (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Portland
EV Fest Will Show Off the Latest Electric Cars at Pioneer Courthouse Square (Oregonian,
Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Orem Bows Out of Macquarie UTOPIA Proposal - City
joins four others in rejecting plan to make Internet service a utility (Deseret
News, Salt Lake City, UT)
Is Municipal Broadband
More Important than Net Neutrality? (Fortune Magazine)
Oregon: 911 Service Restored to Thousands after
Outage - Cut Telephone Fiber in Yamhill County Left More than 2,000 without
Phone, Internet Service (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Woman Electrocuted & Killed While Talking on
Phone Plugged into Faulty USB Charger (Consumerist)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook or Twitter? Here's What 4,700 People Say
(Mashable)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Hospital District 2 Selects New
Commissioner (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
$1 Million Washington State Lottery Ticket About to
Expire (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
New Jersey: Two Men Throw Away Winning $1M
Powerball Ticket, Sue Lottery Commission to Get the Money (Consumerist)
Environment
Canada Tornado Tweets Stalled by Language Laws (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
DIVERSIONS
Eight
Months Pregnant, Olympian Runs Elite 800M Race
This
Means War! Seth Rogen Laughs Off North Korea's Threats
Food
Truck Meals Can Be More Sanitary than Sit-Down Dining
Where
the Dollar Sign Comes From
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA
- Money Money Money
Sungha
Jung - Money Money Money
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