SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for June 7, 2016
June Sizzles Under El Nino Warming (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Preparing for the Big One: ‘Cascadia Rising 2016’ Getting
Under Way (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Idaho: Crop Dusting Plane Hits Power Lines; Kills Pilot in
Benewah County (Northwest Cable News Network)
Who's In Charge? Getting Western States to Agree on Sharing
Renewable Energy (National Public Radio)
Emails Show a Bloodied but Unbowed EPA after Rule Freeze
(E&E News)
Columbia River Sockeye Run Starts Strong at Bonneville
(Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho: Crop Dusting Plane Hits Power Lines; Kills Pilot in Benewah County
- Steven Chu Criticizes Clean Power Plan for Neglecting Nuclear
- Federal Appeals Court Upholds Storage of Nuclear Waste at Power Plants, Rebuffing States
- As Nuclear Plants Shutter, State Efforts to Save Them Are Coming Too Late
- FERC Greenlights CAISO's Push to Integrate Distributed Energy Resources into Markets
- An Attack on the Grid? Power Execs Push Back on Koppel Claims
- Clallam Public Utility District Candidate Exits Race
- Sparky the Bear’s Story: From Substation to Home
- Columbia River Sockeye Run Starts Strong at Bonneville
- Sockeye Fishing Curtailed in Upper Columbia; Weak Run Expected
- Op/Ed: Why Pro-Salmon Ruling on Dams Could Be Bad for the Environment
- California: Critical Index Finds Smelt Nearly Extinct in Sacramento Delta
- Beekeepers Feel the Sting of Stolen Hives
- Nervous Farmers, Thrill-Seeking Kayakers Chase Dwindling Northwest Water
- Who's In Charge? Getting Western States to Agree on Sharing Renewable Energy
- Bat Killings by Wind Energy Turbines Continue
- California Utility Nears Okay of 'Wood Tolling' Deal
- A Suburban Experiment Aims for “Free” Energy
- Wave Power Project Set to Supply 15% of Gibraltar’s Electricity Needs
- Energy Trust of Oregon Finds Margie Harris' Replacement in New York
- Why Smart Homes Are Still So Dumb
- City of (LED) Lights: Tempe, Arizona Is Installing 4,000 Energy Saving Bulbs
- Air Conditioning Crews Working around the Clock after Early Spokane Summer
- How to Build Your Own Air Conditioning Unit for About $20
- These Simple Steps Will Make Your Refrigerator Work Better
- Doctor and Patient Fight Washington State Pot Law
- Cannabis Growing 101: Everything You Need to Get Started Indoors
- Emails Show a Bloodied but Unbowed EPA after Rule Freeze
- Alaska’s Huge Climate Mystery – And Its Global Consequences
- The Case against Biofuel Mandates
- LEED by the Numbers: 16 Years of Steady Growth
- Cloudability, Portland Cloud Computing Company, Raises $24 Million
- Chattanooga Was a Typical Postindustrial City. Then It Began Offering Municipal Broadband.
- Hacking of Facebook Founder Serves as Reminder to Change Passwords
- The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide
- Verizon Communications Bids $3 Billion for Yahoo’s Core Internet Business
- Quinn: CEO Tweeters Need to Find Their Voice
- Drew Houston of Dropbox: Figure Out the Things You Don’t Know
- Student Arrested after Live-Streaming Movie Premiere on Facebook
- Federal Energy Bill Prospects Dim in Dispute over Drilling, Drought
- History in Hand, Clinton Faces Voters as Presumptive Nominee
- Preparing for the Big One: ‘Cascadia Rising 2016’ Getting Under Way
- Culvert Construction Temporarily Shifts State Route 3 in Belfair
- Washington State Official Expects Belfair SR 3 Widening to be Complete in July 2017
- Congressman Kilmer Announces Federal Investment in Road to Staircase, Olympic National Park
- Union Pacific Temporarily Halting Oil Trains in Columbia River Gorge after Fiery Wreck
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho: Crop Dusting Plane Hits Power Lines; Kills Pilot in Benewah
County (Northwest Cable News Network)
Steven Chu Criticizes Clean Power Plan for Neglecting
Nuclear (Forbes Magazine)
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Storage of Nuclear Waste at
Power Plants, Rebuffing States (The Hill, Washington, DC)
As Nuclear Plants Shutter, State Efforts to Save Them Are
Coming Too Late (Utility Dive)
FERC Greenlights CAISO's Push to Integrate Distributed
Energy Resources into Markets (Utility Dive)
An Attack on the Grid? Power Execs Push Back on Koppel
Claims (USA Today)
Clallam Public Utility District Candidate Exits Race (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Sparky the Bear’s Story: From Substation to Home (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Sockeye Run Starts Strong at Bonneville (Oregonian,
Portland)
Sockeye Fishing Curtailed in Upper Columbia; Weak Run
Expected (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
Op/Ed: Why Pro-Salmon Ruling on Dams Could Be Bad for the Environment
(Oregonian, Portland)
California: Critical Index Finds Smelt Nearly Extinct in Sacramento
Delta (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Beekeepers Feel the Sting of Stolen Hives (Northwest Public
Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Nervous Farmers, Thrill-Seeking Kayakers Chase Dwindling
Northwest Water (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Who's In Charge? Getting Western States to Agree on Sharing
Renewable Energy (National Public Radio)
Bat Killings by Wind Energy Turbines Continue (Scientific
American)
California Utility Nears Okay of 'Wood Tolling' Deal (Renewable Energy World)
A Suburban Experiment Aims for “Free” Energy (NY Times)
Wave Power Project Set to Supply 15% of Gibraltar’s
Electricity Needs (Clean Technica)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Trust of Oregon Finds Margie Harris' Replacement in New
York (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Why Smart Homes Are Still So Dumb (Washington Post)
City of (LED) Lights: Tempe, Arizona Is Installing 4,000
Energy Saving Bulbs (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Air Conditioning Crews Working around the Clock after Early Spokane
Summer (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
How to Build Your Own Air Conditioning Unit for About $20 (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
These Simple Steps Will Make Your Refrigerator Work Better (Grist Online)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Doctor and Patient Fight Washington State Pot Law (Courthouse News Service)
Cannabis Growing 101: Everything You Need to Get Started
Indoors (Leafly)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Emails Show a Bloodied but Unbowed EPA after Rule Freeze
(E&E News)
Alaska’s Huge Climate Mystery – And Its Global Consequences
(Washington Post)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Case against Biofuel Mandates (Washington Examiner)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-case-against-biofuel-mandates/article/2592995?custom_click=rss
LEED by the Numbers: 16 Years of Steady Growth (The Energy
Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cloudability, Portland Cloud Computing Company, Raises $24
Million (Oregonian, Portland)
Chattanooga Was a Typical Postindustrial City. Then It Began
Offering Municipal Broadband. (The Nation)
Hacking of Facebook Founder Serves as Reminder to Change
Passwords (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide (NY Times)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Verizon
Communications Bids $3 Billion for Yahoo’s Core Internet Business (San
Francisco Business Times, CA)
Quinn: CEO Tweeters Need to Find Their Voice (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Drew Houston of Dropbox: Figure Out the Things You Don’t
Know (NY Times)
Student Arrested after Live-Streaming Movie Premiere on
Facebook (Consumerist)
https://consumerist.com/2016/06/03/student-arrested-after-live-streaming-movie-premiere-on-facebook/
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Federal Energy Bill Prospects Dim in Dispute over Drilling,
Drought (Associated Press)
History in Hand, Clinton Faces Voters as Presumptive Nominee
(Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Preparing for the Big One: ‘Cascadia Rising 2016’ Getting
Under Way (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Culvert Construction Temporarily Shifts State Route 3 in
Belfair (Washington State Department of Transportation)
Washington State Official Expects Belfair SR 3 Widening to
be Complete in July 2017 (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Congressman Kilmer Announces Federal Investment in Road to
Staircase, Olympic National Park (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Union Pacific Temporarily Halting Oil Trains in Columbia
River Gorge after Fiery Wreck (Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Jesus' Tomb Is Finally Getting the Restoration That
Bickering Monks Delayed for 200 Years
Electric Eels Can Jump Out of the Water to Attack
The 50 Best Doughnuts in America
Set Your Phasers to Stun In New Star Trek Swimsuits
SONG OF THE DAY
Star Trek Season 2 Fight Music
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