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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Climber Killed In Fiery Plunge on Seattle
High-Voltage Tower (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Decision
on International Columbia River Water Treaty in the Works (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Warmest Weekend of Year - So Far - Forecast for
Washington State (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Hood Canal Shrimp Sport Fishery Opens May 4 as
Five-Day Season (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Climber Killed In Fiery Plunge on Seattle High-Voltage Tower
- Clallam County PUD to Consider New Rate Plan
- Montana - Mission Valley Power Users Learn About Rate Increases at Customer Appreciation Dinner
- Avista Reports Profitable First Quarter
- Chelan County PUD Hires New Communications Manager from Seattle City Light
- Power-Pole Inspection Work Will Improve Safety in Quincy, Ephrata, Royal Slope
- Columbia River PUD Employees Donate to Food Bank
- Texas - ERCOT Predicts Rolling Blackouts
- Marijuana Growers Siphon Electricity from Power Lines
- Dams in the Amazon - The Rights & Wrongs of Belo Monte
- Plans for a Memorial to Honor Nikola Tesla
- Grant PUD builds salmon slide down face of Priest Rapids Dam
- Scientists Are Divided Over Threat to Pacific Northwest Salmon
- 3,500 Students to Fill Columbia Park in Kennewick for Salmon Summit
- Decision on International Columbia River Water Treaty in the Works
- USGS Losing Some Critical Stream Gauges
- Wind Farm Threat to D-Day Beaches
- Five Steps to Keep Your Wind Farm from Killing Eagles
- PacifiCorp Issues Oregon Solar RFP
- Kansas - $2 Billion Wind Power Transmission Project Promises 5,000 Construction Jobs
- United Kingdom - Renewable Energy Firms Accuse Activists of Scaremongering over Biomass
- Northwest Initiative Offers $200 Rebate for Water Heater Upgrades
- Seattle City Light Measures Carbon Footprint, Registers with Climate Registry
- Study Estimates Low-Carbon Future Would Be Costly
- Unburnable Fuel - Either Governments Are Not Serious About Climate Change or Fossil-Fuel Firms Are Overvalued
- Solar-Powered Plane Takes Off for Flight Across U-S
- New York Deems Free Electric Car Charging Unconstitutional on Public Property
- Renewable Energy Groups in Spat over Imports
- Prosser - Wi-Fi Coming to a School Bus near You?
- Bye, Hotmail: Microsoft Completes Switch to Outlook
- Microsoft Azure Cloud Sales Top $1 Billion, Challenging Amazon
- RealNetworks Loss Continues to Grow as Company Moves to Smaller Space
- Next Google Fiber City - Welcome, Shawnee, Kansas!
- Provo Doesn’t Know Where Its Fiber Is, Google Makes City Spend $500,000 to Find It
- Craving Wi-Fi, Preferably Free & Really Fast
- Sore Thumbs? U-S Text Messaging Declines
- Managers to Millennials: Job Interview No Time to Text
- Golden State Warriors Step Up Social Media Game Plan
- How Photographing Your Food Can Help Fight World Hunger
- Clark County Shocker: Benton Tapped for Top Environmental Job - Commissioner Stuart storms out of meeting, alleges cronyism
- DSHS Case in Washington Supreme Court May Cost $100 Million
- Warmest Weekend of Year - So Far - Forecast for Washington State
- Hood Canal Shrimp Sport Fishery Opens May 4 as Five-Day Season
- Belfair Water District “Most Improved”
- Xerox Closing Oregon Call Centers - 300 to Lose Jobs
- Massive Swarm of Bees Forces Kids to Stay Inside Oregon School
- Study: More Teens Want Money, Less Willing to Earn It
- Really? David Stern: Seattle Would-Be NBA Owners the ‘Perfect Prototype’
- Rat-Meat Ring Busted, China Beefs Up Food Safety Law
WORD OF THE DAY
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• \rih-DACK-shun\ • Noun - 1a: an act or instance of preparing something for
publication b: an act or instance of obscuring or removing something from a
document prior to publication or release 2: edition, version
Here’
a funny, ribald joke to brighten your Friday: [REDACTED]!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Climber Killed In Fiery Plunge on Seattle High-Voltage
Tower (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Clallam County PUD to Consider New Rate Plan (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Montana - Mission Valley Power Users Learn About
Rate Increases at Customer Appreciation Dinner (Char Koosta News, Pablo, MT)
Avista Reports Profitable First Quarter (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Chelan County PUD Hires New Communications Manager
from Seattle City Light (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
Power-Pole Inspection Work Will Improve Safety in
Quincy, Ephrata, Royal Slope (Wenatchee World, WA)
Columbia River PUD Employees Donate to Food Bank
(St Helens Chronicle, OR)
Texas - ERCOT Predicts Rolling Blackouts (Lake
County Sun, Graford, TX)
Marijuana Growers Siphon Electricity from Power
Lines (Energy Manager Today)
Dams in the Amazon - The Rights & Wrongs of Belo
Monte: Having spent heavily to make the world’s third-biggest hydroelectric
project greener, Brazil risks getting a poor return on its $14 billion
investment (The Economist)
Plans for a Memorial to Honor Nikola Tesla (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Grant PUD builds salmon slide down face of Priest
Rapids Dam (iFiber One, Ephrata, WA)
Scientists Are Divided Over Threat to Pacific
Northwest Salmon (NY Times)
3,500 Students to Fill Columbia Park in Kennewick
for Salmon Summit (Tri-City Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Decision
on International Columbia River Water Treaty in the Works (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
USGS
Losing Some Critical Stream Gauges (Northwest
Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Farm Threat to D-Day Beaches (London Times, UK)
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article3753230.ece
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article3753230.ece
Five
Steps to Keep Your Wind Farm from Killing Eagles (Forbes Magazine)
PacifiCorp
Issues Oregon Solar RFP (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Kansas
- $2 Billion Wind Power Transmission Project Promises 5,000 Construction Jobs
(Kansas City Business Journal, KS)
United
Kingdom - Renewable Energy Firms Accuse Activists of Scaremongering over
Biomass (The Guardian, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Northwest
Initiative Offers $200 Rebate for Water Heater Upgrades (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle
City Light Measures Carbon Footprint, Registers with Climate Registry (American Public Power Association)
Study
Estimates Low-Carbon Future Would Be Costly (American Public
Power Association)
Unburnable
Fuel - Either Governments Are Not Serious About Climate Change or Fossil-Fuel
Firms Are Overvalued (The Economist)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar-Powered
Plane Takes Off for Flight Across U-S (Reuters)
New York Deems Free Electric Car Charging
Unconstitutional on Public Property (Fox News)
Renewable Energy Groups in Spat over Imports (Politico)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Prosser - Wi-Fi Coming to a School Bus near You? (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Bye, Hotmail: Microsoft Completes Switch to Outlook
(USA Today)
Microsoft Azure Cloud Sales Top $1 Billion,
Challenging Amazon (Bloomberg News)
RealNetworks Loss Continues to Grow as Company
Moves to Smaller Space (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Next Google Fiber City - Welcome, Shawnee, Kansas!
(Google)
Provo Doesn’t Know Where Its Fiber Is, Google Makes
City Spend $500,000 to Find It (Ars Technica)
Craving Wi-Fi, Preferably Free & Really Fast (NY
Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Sore Thumbs? U-S Text Messaging Declines (Associated
Press)
Managers to Millennials: Job Interview No Time to
Text (CNBC)
Golden State Warriors Step Up Social Media Game
Plan (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2013/04/30/golden-state-warriors-step-up-social-media-game-plan/
How
Photographing Your Food Can Help Fight World Hunger (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Clark County Shocker: Benton Tapped for Top
Environmental Job - Commissioner Stuart storms out of meeting, alleges cronyism
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
DSHS Case in Washington Supreme Court May Cost $100
Million (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Warmest Weekend of Year - So Far - Forecast for
Washington State (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Hood Canal Shrimp Sport Fishery Opens May 4 as Five-Day
Season (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Belfair Water District “Most Improved” (Mason
Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Xerox Closing Oregon Call Centers - 300 to Lose
Jobs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Massive Swarm of Bees Forces Kids to Stay Inside Oregon
School (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Study: More Teens Want Money, Less Willing to Earn
It (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Really? David Stern: Seattle Would-Be NBA Owners the
‘Perfect Prototype’ (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Rat-Meat Ring Busted, China Beefs Up Food Safety
Law (Christian Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
Nice
Weather Shuts Down Washington State School
Watch
the World’s Smallest Flying Robot Insect Take to the Sky (Gizmodo)
NY
Firm Gives Raises for Tattoos of Company Logo
House
Fire Teaches Couple Not to Put Shiny Metal Dog Bowls in the Sun
SONGS OF THE DAY
The
Lovin’ Spoonful - Daydream
The
Young Rascals - Groovin’
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