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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax
Initiative (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound
Salmon Season (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen,
WA)
Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of
Millions’ at Stake (Oregonian, Portland)
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal
Terminal Permit (Northwest Public Radio)
Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal Terminal Permit
- Forget Cars, These Guys Build Nuclear Reactors in Their Back Yards
- Lewis County PUD Commissioner Candidate Withdraws
- Snohomish PUD – Hack My Servers, Please
- Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound Salmon Season
- Idaho: Middle Fork Could Regain Role as Salmon Nursery
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Feds Hammered for Impact on Sage Grouse
- Cowlitz PUD Osprey Cam: First Chick Hatches, More on the Way
- Is the Drought Making California’s Beaches Cleaner?
- Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project
- Clean Energy: Governor Attends Ravalli Electric Cooperative Valley Solar Project Ribbon Cutting
- Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative
- Moses Lake: Solar Cars Race Down the Track – Fifth-Grade Energy Powers Annual Event
- Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’ at Stake
- Microsoft, Facebook to Build Transatlantic Subsea Cable
- Apple Must Shut Down iMessage, FaceTime: Lawsuit Demands
- New Study Revives Old Cell Phone & Cancer Risk Debate
- Here’s What to Do If You’re Worried About Cellphones Causing Cancer
- Snapchat Raises $1.81 Billion in New Funding Round
- B-U-R-N! National Spelling Bee Handles a Twitter Troll
- Google Reveals Top Misspelled Word in Each State
- How to Take Jaw-Dropping Photographs of Star Trails
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- U-S House Votes to Enter Conference Committee with Senate on Energy Bills
- More Than 200 Olympic Panel Products Workers to Lose Jobs in Shelton with July Closure
- Lake Cushman: Big Creek Campground Grand Re-Opening Celebration June 2
- Two Gas Leaks Shut Down Streets in Seattle & Bellevue
- Lawsuit Alleges Yakima Employee Was Fired for Old Age
- Mars Is Making Its Closest Approach to Us in a Decade & Here’s How to Watch
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal
Terminal Permit (Northwest Public Radio)
Forget Cars, These Guys Build Nuclear Reactors in Their Back
Yards (Washington Post)
Lewis County PUD Commissioner Candidate Withdraws (KELA
Radio, Centralia, WA)
Snohomish PUD – Hack My Servers, Please (EDM Digest)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound
Salmon Season (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen,
WA)
Idaho: Middle Fork Could Regain Role as Salmon Nursery (Idaho
Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Feds Hammered for Impact on
Sage Grouse (Courthouse News
Service)
Cowlitz PUD Osprey Cam: First Chick Hatches, More on the Way
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Is the Drought Making California’s Beaches Cleaner? (Christian
Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Clean Energy: Governor Attends Ravalli Electric Cooperative
Valley Solar Project Ribbon Cutting (Ravalli Republic, MT)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax
Initiative (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Moses Lake: Solar Cars Race Down the Track – Fifth-Grade
Energy Powers Annual Event (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’
at Stake (Oregonian, Portland)
Microsoft, Facebook to Build Transatlantic Subsea Cable (Reuters)
Apple Must Shut Down iMessage, FaceTime: Lawsuit Demands (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
New Study Revives Old Cell Phone & Cancer Risk Debate (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
Here’s What to Do If You’re Worried About Cellphones Causing
Cancer (Mashable)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Snapchat Raises $1.81 Billion in New Funding Round (Reuters)
B-U-R-N! National Spelling Bee Handles a Twitter Troll (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Google Reveals Top Misspelled Word in Each State (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
How to Take Jaw-Dropping Photographs of Star Trails
(Mashable)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S House Votes to Enter Conference Committee with Senate on
Energy Bills (Utility Dive)
GENERAL NEWS
More Than 200 Olympic Panel Products Workers to Lose Jobs in
Shelton with July Closure (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Lake Cushman: Big Creek Campground Grand Re-Opening
Celebration June 2 – U-S Forest Service & Tacoma Power (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Two Gas Leaks Shut Down Streets in Seattle & Bellevue (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Lawsuit Alleges Yakima Employee Was Fired for Old Age (Associated Press)
Mars Is Making Its Closest Approach to Us in a Decade &
Here’s How to Watch (Gizmodo)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Stoned Sheep Cause Mayhem in Swansea Valley after Eating
Cannabis Plants
Crows: Bird Takes Off with Knife from Crime Scene
Man Killed By More Than 1,000 Bee Stings in Arizona Park
World’s Oldest Stamps Traveling to New York in Bomb-Proof
Case
SONG OF THE DAY
Rimsky-Korsakov – Flight of the Bumblebee (Orchestra)
Harry James – Flight of the Bumblebee (Big Band, Trumpet)
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