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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Congressman
Kilmer Asks EPA Head to Address Sewage Issue with Canada (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon:
Three Arrested in Eugene Wood-Burning Power Plant Protest (Associated Press)
Biologists Eye Fish Passage at Jury-Rigged
Columbia Dam Fish Ladders (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
FERC Approves
First Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout Case (Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC)
Lines Form as Legal Marijuana Sales Start in
Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- FERC Approves First Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout Case
- Lenders Agree to Give Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority More Time to Repay Debt
- Japan Government Sees Delay in Restart of World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant
- Not in My Alps! Examining Germany’s NIMBY Protests
- Harvey Haven: Bonneville Power Administration’s Patron Saint of Safety
- Biologists Eye Fish Passage at Jury-Rigged Columbia Dam Fish Ladders
- Utilities Sign Agreement That Will Improve Fish Runs In the Cowlitz River
- Cowlitz River Steelhead “Recycling’’ to Begin
- Congressman Kilmer Asks EPA Head to Address Sewage Issue with Canada
- Washington State, Navy Sign Hood Canal Conservation Easement
- Oregon: Three Arrested in Eugene Wood-Burning Power Plant Protest
- British Columbia: SunMine Solar Farm Construction Begins in Kimberley
- American Public Power Association Says Solar PV Has Caused Cost Shifting Among Customers
- ‘Microgrids’ Offer Energy Security & Independence
- Offshore Wind Energy Traversing Regulatory & Financial Currents
- Smart LED Light Bulbs Leak Wi-Fi Passwords
- Home Depot Expands Stock of Smart Home Gadgets
- Snohomish County Program’s Loans Help Homeowners Save Money, Energy
- Oregon County Looks At Effects of Climate Change
- Whale Poop May Help Fight Climate Change
- Michigan: Chevy Volt Battery Covers Provide Homes for Thousands of Bats at Consumers Energy Facilities
- Tri-Cities: Basin Disposal Opening Commercial Natural Gas Fueling Stations
- Four in Ten U-S Homes Are Cellphone Only, Skip Landline
- New Mexico: Frustrated with Slow Speeds, Santa Fe Launches Muni Broadband Project
- The Big City Library as Internet Provider
- A Perfect Storm: Net Neutrality & the End of the Internet Tax Moratorium
- They Have Seen the Future of the Internet, & It Is Dark
- Inside the Democratic Party’s Hogwarts for Digital Wizardry
- Lines Form as Legal Marijuana Sales Start in Washington State
- Colorado, Washington State Differ in Legalizing Marijuana
- Veteran Said He Was Entitled to a ‘Preference’ for a Pot License
- Grays Harbor County Tries Tax Gambit to Stop Timber Companies’ Recreation Fees
- Two of Three Boeing Fuselages Removed From Montana Derailment
- FedEx Accidentally Uncovers Spokane Drug-Smuggling Operation
- Grass from Oregon Seed Grows on World Cup Soccer Fields
Palaver
• \puh-LAV-er\ • noun - 1a: a long parley usually between persons of different
cultures or levels of sophistication b: conference, discussion 2a: idle talk b:
misleading or beguiling speech
The
ethereal palaver between Moses, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Winston Churchill &
Tiny Tim had its awkward moments. A breakthrough was achieved when Beethoven
snatched Tiny Tim’s ukulele & played an exceptionally energetic version of “Born
to be Wild”. God was not amused.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
FERC Approves
First Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout Case (Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC)
Lenders Agree to
Give Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority More Time to Repay Debt (NY Times)
Japan Government Sees Delay in Restart of World’s
Biggest Nuclear Power Plant (Reuters)
Not in My Alps!
Examining Germany’s NIMBY Protests (Renewable Energy World)
Harvey Haven: Bonneville Power Administration’s Patron
Saint of Safety (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Biologists Eye Fish Passage at Jury-Rigged Columbia
Dam Fish Ladders (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Utilities Sign Agreement That Will Improve Fish
Runs In the Cowlitz River (Northwest Public Power Association, E-News)
Cowlitz River Steelhead “Recycling’’ to Begin (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Congressman
Kilmer Asks EPA Head to Address Sewage Issue with Canada (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington
State, Navy Sign Hood Canal Conservation Easement (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon:
Three Arrested in Eugene Wood-Burning Power Plant Protest (Associated Press)
British
Columbia: SunMine Solar Farm Construction Begins in Kimberley (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
American
Public Power Association Says Solar PV Has Caused Cost Shifting Among Customers
(American Public Power Association)
‘Microgrids’
Offer Energy Security & Independence “…The quality of our power supply has
gone down…storms on the East Coast in the last three years have accelerated
that trend…” (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Offshore
Wind Energy Traversing Regulatory & Financial Currents (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart
LED Light Bulbs Leak Wi-Fi Passwords (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Home
Depot Expands Stock of Smart Home Gadgets (USA Today)
Snohomish
County Program’s Loans Help Homeowners Save Money, Energy (Everett Herald, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon
County Looks At Effects of Climate Change (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Whale Poop May Help Fight Climate Change (Grist Online)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Michigan:
Chevy Volt Battery Covers Provide Homes for Thousands of Bats at Consumers
Energy Facilities (Jackson Citi8zen Patriot, MI)
Tri-Cities:
Basin Disposal Opening Commercial Natural Gas Fueling Stations (Basin Disposal)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Four in Ten U-S Homes Are Cellphone Only, Skip
Landline (Associated Press)
New Mexico: Frustrated with Slow Speeds, Santa Fe Launches
Muni Broadband Project (Fierce Telecom)
The Big City Library as Internet Provider (Washington
Post)
A Perfect Storm: Net Neutrality & the End of
the Internet Tax Moratorium (Forbes Magazine)
They Have Seen the Future of the Internet, & It
Is Dark (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Inside the Democratic Party’s Hogwarts for Digital
Wizardry (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Lines Form as Legal Marijuana Sales Start in Washington
State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Colorado, Washington State Differ in Legalizing
Marijuana (USA Today)
Veteran Said He Was Entitled to a ‘Preference’ for
a Pot License (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Grays Harbor County Tries Tax Gambit to Stop Timber Companies’ Recreation Fees (Northwest
Public Radio)
Two of Three Boeing Fuselages Removed From Montana Derailment
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
FedEx Accidentally Uncovers Spokane Drug-Smuggling
Operation (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/fed-ex-accidentally-uncovers-drug-smuggling-operation/26835566
Grass from Oregon Seed Grows on World Cup Soccer
Fields (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
DIVERSIONS
Unfaithful
Liar or Romantic Sweetheart? Century-Old Mail Details President’s Affair (Note
slight PG-13 Content)
Postal
Worker Caught On Video Hurling Packages into Ravine
Gingers
Face Extinction Due to Sunshine, Say Scientists
How
911 Became the Emergency Call Number
SONG OF THE DAY
Hank
William Sr - Your Cheatin Heart
Patsy
Cline - Your Cheatin' Heart
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