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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Excessive Heat Watch in Effect from Saturday
Morning through Sunday Evening (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Montana Dereg Law Raised in Northwest Energy Dams
Hearing (Montana Standard, Butte)
A Debate on the Proposed Killing of Cormorants to
Save Salmon (Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR)
New Idaho Hydro Generation Unit at Black Canyon
Diversion Dam Delayed (Capital Press)
Small,
Distributed Generation Could Change Tennessee Valley Authority’s Power Pricing
Model - TVA studies value of solar, wind generation (Chattanooga Free Times
Press, TN)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana Dereg Law Raised in Northwest Energy Dams Hearing
- New Idaho Hydro Generation Unit at Black Canyon Diversion Dam Delayed
- Washington State Bills Klickitat PUD for Starting MM 28 Fire
- Energy Quote of the Day: Cannabis Growing Uses ‘A Staggering Amount of Electricity’
- Editorial: Millersburg Must Keep Public Power Deliberations Public
- Man Cutting Fire Wood Electrocuted in Pend Oreille County
- How Emerald PUD Attracts Future Employees
- A Big, Controversial Columbia River Oil Terminal: The Governor Will Decide
- Natural Gas Pipeline Plan Roils Rural Massachusetts
- Stigmatized Nuclear Workers Quit Japan Utility
- EIA Projections Show Hydro Growth Limited by Economics not Resources
- Massachusetts Man Injured When Dragged by Wires
- A Debate on the Proposed Killing of Cormorants to Save Salmon
- Salmon Can Adapt to Warmer Environment, Study Says
- Visiting Sea Lions Could Mean Trouble at Westport
- Montana: Defending One of the Last (Trout) Strongholds
- September 16: Pivot Point for the Columbia River Treaty & the Future of the Columbia River Basin
- Small, Distributed Generation Could Change Tennessee Valley Authority’s Power Pricing Model
- Is Texas Souring on Wind Power?
- Wal-Mart, GM, HP Lobby to Boost Renewable Energy
- Scientists to EPA: Boost Biomass Regulations
- Solar Roadways Seeks to Integrate Solar Panels into Our Environment
- Internet TV: Aereo Presses Case despite Supreme Court Setback
- Time Running Out to Speak Up about Internet ‘Toll Lanes’
- Amazon Faces Federal Lawsuit over Charges Racked Up by Children Playing App Games
- Chattanooga Wants Feds to Pre-Empt Broadband Ban
- NTCA: Rural Schools Doing OK When It Comes to Broadband
- Free Wi-Fi Can Be a Pain for Business Owners
- What a Quarter-Century of Internet Growth Looks Like, Underwater
- Alaska: Sitka Uses Social Media to Update on Dam Expansion
- This Girl’s Facebook Cover Photos Are Just Fantastic
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Excessive Heat Watch in Effect from Saturday Morning through Sunday Evening
- Mason County Burn Ban Starts July 11 Noon
- Measles Cases in Washington Have Quintupled
- Estacada Man Killed While Improperly Cutting Down Tree, Sheriff’s Office Says
- Canada: Gitxsan First Nation Evicting Rail, Logging, Fishing Interests
- KMAS & OlySports.com Announce Expanded High School Football Coverage
- The Hype is Over – Let the Hype Begin: LeBron James Decides He’s Returning ‘Home’ to Cleveland
Unregenerate
• \un-rih-JENN-uh-rutt\ • Adjective - 1: not spiritually reborn or converted 2a:
not reformed: unreconstructed b: obstinate, stubborn.
Francis;
Talking Mule
An
Unregenerate Beast
Can’t
make me do that!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana Dereg Law Raised in Northwest Energy Dams
Hearing (Montana Standard, Butte)
New Idaho Hydro Generation Unit at Black Canyon
Diversion Dam Delayed (Capital Press)
Washington State Bills Klickitat PUD for Starting
MM 28 Fire (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
Energy Quote of the Day: Cannabis Growing Uses ‘A
Staggering Amount of Electricity’ (The Energy Collective)
Editorial: Millersburg Must Keep Public Power
Deliberations Public Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Man Cutting Fire Wood Electrocuted in Pend
Oreille County (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
How Emerald PUD Attracts Future Employees (American
Public Power Association)
A Big, Controversial Columbia River Oil Terminal:
The Governor Will Decide (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Natural Gas Pipeline Plan Roils Rural
Massachusetts (NY Times)
Stigmatized Nuclear Workers Quit Japan Utility
(Associated Press)
EIA Projections Show Hydro Growth Limited by
Economics not Resources (The Energy Collective)
Massachusetts Man Injured When Dragged by Wires (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
A Debate on the Proposed Killing of Cormorants to
Save Salmon (Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR)
Salmon Can Adapt to Warmer Environment, Study
Says (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Visiting Sea Lions Could Mean Trouble at Westport
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Montana: Defending One of the Last Strongholds - The
South Fork Flathead River is home to the strongest population of westslope
cutthroat trout in Montana (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
September
16: Pivot Point for the Columbia River Treaty & the Future of the Columbia
River Basin (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Small,
Distributed Generation Could Change Tennessee Valley Authority’s Power Pricing
Model - TVA studies value of solar, wind generation (Chattanooga Free Times
Press, TN)
Is
Texas Souring on Wind Power? (Forbes Magazine)
Wal-Mart, GM, HP Lobby to Boost Renewable
Energy (USA Today)
Scientists
to EPA: Boost Biomass Regulations (Poughkeepsie Journal, NY)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar
Roadways Seeks to Integrate Solar Panels into Our Environment (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet TV: Aereo Presses Case despite Supreme
Court Setback (Associated Press)
Time Running Out to Speak Up about Internet ‘Toll
Lanes’ (USA Today – If you watch the video, it contains PG-13 Language)
Amazon Faces Federal Lawsuit over Charges Racked Up
by Children Playing App Games (Oregonian, Portland)
Chattanooga Wants Feds to Pre-Empt Broadband Ban (Center
for Public Integrity)
NTCA: Rural Schools Doing OK When It Comes to
Broadband (Fierce Telecom)
Free Wi-Fi Can Be a Pain for Business Owners
(Everett Herald, WA)
What a Quarter-Century of Internet Growth Looks
Like, Underwater (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Alaska: Sitka Uses Social Media to Update on Dam
Expansion (American Public Power Association)
This Girl’s Facebook Cover Photos Are Just
Fantastic (Gizmodo)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GENERAL NEWS
Excessive Heat Watch in Effect from Saturday
Morning through Sunday Evening (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Burn
Ban Starts July 11 Noon (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Measles Cases in Washington Have Quintupled (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Estacada Man Killed While Improperly Cutting Down
Tree, Sheriff’s Office Says (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Canada: Gitxsan First Nation Evicting Rail,
Logging, Fishing Interests (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
KMAS & OlySports.com Announce Expanded High
School Football Coverage (OlySports)
The Hype is Over –
Let the Hype Begin: LeBron James Decides He’s Returning ‘Home’ to Cleveland
(Mashable)
DIVERSIONS
Fourteen
Cool DIY Tricks to Beat the Heat
Eagle
Shot Wins Drone Photography Competition
Men
Get Draft Notices 100 Years after the Fact
Probation
for Official Who Stole $460,000 in Quarters
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve
Miller Band-Fly Like an Eagle
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