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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
$14.3 Million State Grant for ‘Smart Grid’ Technology
Could Mean Big Business for Mukilteo Startup (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Prepares for a Changing
Climate (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Record Sockeye
Run Reported by Chelan County PUD Biologist (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Drought in Southwest Drops Water Levels at Nevada’s Lake
Mead Reservoir to Historic Lows (Associated Press)
President
Obama to Nominate New Deputy Secretary of Energy (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- President Obama to Nominate New Deputy Secretary of Energy
- Tribes Oppose Columbia River Coal Terminal Project over Fishing
- Poll: Most Northwest Residents Support Oil Trains But Don’t Know Much about the Issue
- U-S Environmental Agenda Might Bring Power System Operator to the West
- Chelan PUD Pays Off $72 Million More Debt
- Cowlitz PUD: Refinancing of Bonds Saves $3.5 Million
- Utility Lines Pulled Down, I-84 Closed Briefly
- Wisconsin Reactor’s Demise Shows Nuclear Towns’ Plight
- East Coast Storms Leave Five Dead, 200,000 without Power
- Record Sockeye Run Reported by Chelan County PUD Biologist
- Priest Rapids & Wanapum Dams - River Passage Addressed with Fish Water Slide
- Washington State Governor Inslee to Outline Fish Consumption Plan
- Millions of Jellyfish-Like Creatures Appear on Oregon Beaches
- California: Drakes Bay Oyster Company Appears Ready to Wind Down Operations
- Drought in Southwest Drops Water Levels at Nevada’s Lake Mead Reservoir to Historic Lows
- As Farm Interests Line Up against Water Regs, EPA Officials Begin the Hard Sell
- $14.3 Million State Grant for ‘Smart Grid’ Technology Could Mean Big Business for Mukilteo Startup
- Snohomish County PUD Gets Energy Storage Grant
- Avista Testing Batteries that Store Wind, Solar Energy
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Assists with Energy Storage Projects
- Why Washington State’s $14.3M Storage Program is So Different from Others
- Apple Building Giant Solar Farm, Eventually Hopes to Run Apple Stores Off the Grid
- California: New Law on Energy Usage is a Headache for Commercial Real Estate Professionals
- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Outlines Strategic & Business Plans
- Bonneville Power Administration Prepares for a Changing Climate
- Blueprints for Taming the Climate Crisis
- Zero-Energy House of the Future Could Be Lurking in Your Neighborhood
- San Francisco Bay Area Governments Make Big Electric-Vehicle Buy
- Poll: California’s Digital Divide Still Gaping
- Intel Offers ‘Internet of Things’ Standards to Rival Qualcomm
- The Smart Home Dominates the Internet of Things
- These Are the FCC Merger Hawks Who’ll Decide Your Cable Future
- Wall Street Whines about New 10 Mbps Minimum Broadband Definition
- Twitter Sets Record with Brazil’s World Cup Blowout
- Ten Tricks to Make Yourself an Instagram Master
- Wallet App Isis Rebrands to Distance from Militant Group
- Maine Police Get Facebook Boost with Stuffed Duck
- The Selfie: Five Facts about Social Media’s Most Annoying Fad
- Tim Eyman Losing Support, Money from Business
- Highway Investment - Industry Sees Bumpy Road Ahead
- First Customers Buy Marijuana in Seattle, Bellingham
- Wonkbook: Washington State’s Legal Marijuana Policy Experiment
- Growing Wildfire Prompts Evacuations in Chelan County
- Two Dead in Shooting at Washington State Medical Center
- Shelton’s Community Kitchen Remains Open for Now
- Staying in the 80s, Weekend Sizzles
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praised or boasted about.
The vaunted Brazilian team, well, um, err. Oh, never
mind. Good match Germany.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
President Obama
to Nominate New Deputy Secretary of Energy (NY Times)
Tribes Oppose Columbia
River Coal Terminal Project over Fishing (Associated Press)
Poll: Most
Northwest Residents Support Oil Trains But Don’t Know Much about the Issue (Northwest
Public Radio)
U-S
Environmental Agenda Might Bring Power System Operator to the West (Penn
Energy)
Chelan PUD
Pays Off $72 Million More Debt (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Cowlitz PUD:
Refinancing of Bonds Saves $3.5 Million (Longview Daily News, WA)
Utility Lines
Pulled Down, I-84 Closed Briefly (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Wisconsin
Reactor’s Demise Shows Nuclear Towns’ Plight (Bloomberg News)
East Coast Storms
Leave Five Dead, 200,000 without Power (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Record Sockeye
Run Reported by Chelan County PUD Biologist (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Priest Rapids
& Wanapum Dams - River Passage Addressed with Fish Water Slide (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Washington
State Governor Inslee to Outline Fish Consumption Plan (Everett Herald,
WA)
Millions of Jellyfish-Like
Creatures Appear on Oregon Beaches (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.kgw.com/news/Millions-of-jellyfish-like-creatures-appear-on-Oregon-beaches-266362781.html
California: Drakes
Bay Oyster Company Appears Ready to Wind Down Operations (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Drought in
Southwest Drops Water Levels at Nevada’s Lake Mead Reservoir to Historic Lows (Associated
Press)
As Farm
Interests Line Up against Water Regs, EPA Officials Begin the Hard Sell (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
$14.3 Million State Grant for ‘Smart Grid’ Technology
Could Mean Big Business for Mukilteo Startup (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Snohomish County PUD Gets Energy Storage Grant (Everett Herald, WA)
Avista Testing Batteries that Store Wind, Solar Energy (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Assists with Energy
Storage Projects (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Why Washington State’s $14.3M Storage Program is So
Different from Others (GreenTech Grid)
Apple Building Giant Solar Farm, Eventually Hopes to Run
Apple Stores Off the Grid (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California: New
Law on Energy Usage is a Headache for Commercial Real Estate Professionals (Sacramento
Business Journal, CA)
Northwest Energy
Efficiency Alliance Outlines Strategic & Business Plans (Fierce Energy)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Bonneville Power Administration Prepares for a Changing
Climate (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Blueprints for Taming the Climate Crisis (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Zero-Energy House of the Future Could Be Lurking in Your
Neighborhood (Grist
Online)
San Francisco Bay Area Governments Make Big
Electric-Vehicle Buy (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Poll: California’s
Digital Divide Still Gaping (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Intel Offers ‘Internet
of Things’ Standards to Rival Qualcomm (Oregonian, Portland)
The Smart Home
Dominates the Internet of Things (Reviewed.Com)
These Are the
FCC Merger Hawks Who’ll Decide Your Cable Future (Washington Post)
Wall Street
Whines about New 10 Mbps Minimum Broadband Definition (Broadband
Reports)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Twitter Sets
Record with Brazil’s World Cup Blowout (USA Today)
Ten Tricks to
Make Yourself an Instagram Master (Gizmodo)
Wallet App Isis Rebrands
to Distance from Militant Group (USA Today)
Maine Police Get
Facebook Boost with Stuffed Duck (Associated Press)
The Selfie: Five
Facts about Social Media’s Most Annoying Fad (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Tim Eyman Losing
Support, Money from Business (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Highway Investment
- Industry Sees Bumpy Road Ahead (U-S News & World Report)
GENERAL NEWS
First Customers
Buy Marijuana in Seattle, Bellingham (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Wonkbook:
Washington State’s Legal Marijuana Policy Experiment (Washington Post)
Growing Wildfire
Prompts Evacuations in Chelan County (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Two Dead in
Shooting at Washington State Medical Center (Reuters)
Shelton’s Community
Kitchen Remains Open for Now (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Staying in the
80s, Weekend Sizzles (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Exclusive: Roosters’ Fertility Problem Hits U-S Chicken
Supply, Lifts Prices
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-chicken-supply-genetics-exclusive-idUSKBN0FE0C820140709
Sleeping Yankees Fan Lawsuit Seems Destined to Backfire
‘Keep Calm & Carry On’: The Unlikely Success of a
Failed Slogan
Fugitive Arrested after Giving Newspaper Opinion on
Redskins
SONG OF THE DAY
Elmer Bernstein - True Grit (Soundtrack) – Guess the
connection with diversions. It’s easy AND fun!
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