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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Refueling Outage Planned at Richland Nuclear
Plant (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Oregon
Prepares to Foreclose on SoloPower as Solar Startup Misses Loan Payment
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Threat
to Water Supply – City of Port Angeles, Olympic National Park Meet on Elwha
Sediment Issue (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Olympia May See LED Streetlights (Olympian, WA)
Race
Fosters Kids’ Engineering Skills at Lacey Renewable Energy Fair (Olympian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Refueling Outage Planned at Richland Nuclear Plant
- Northwest Utilities Report Details Load, Resources Need for Next Decade - Says Demand Down 2014
- Changes to Columbia River Treaty Might Affect Mid-Columbia
- OP/Ed - To Manage the Columbia River, We Need a New Treaty for a New Era
- Canadian Hydropower: Is It Good for Connecticut?
- Connecticut Law Could Be Good for Northern Pass, Bad for New Hampshire Biomass
- Plans to Harness Chinese River’s Power Threaten a Region
- Chicken Soup for the Hydropower Soul
- Is Nuclear Fusion Power Now Possible?
- Navajo Generating Station worth $13 Billion to Navajo Nation over Next Three Decades
- Bassmaster Magazine Again Brags on Dworshak, Columbia River as Some of Country’s ‘Best Bass Lakes’
- Nevada - Big Trout Saved from Close Call with Extinction
- Threat to Water Supply – City of Port Angeles, Olympic National Park Meet on Elwha Sediment Issue
- How Much Water in That Snowpack? Scientists Seek a Better Gauge
- Montana to Keep River Gauges Operating
- Op/Ed - It’s Time to Assess Use of Shrinking Tax Dollars on Lower Snake River Dams
- Oregon Prepares to Foreclose on SoloPower as Solar Startup Misses Loan Payment
- Small Alternative-Energy Projects Hold Hope for Villages
- Will Pacific Gas & Electric Be the First Utility to Fall to Solar Energy?
- Tennessee Valley Authority Cap on Solar Worries New Energy Companies
- Scotland - £1 Million ($1.5 million) for Wind Farms to Shut Turbines for One Day
- Olympia May See LED Streetlights
- Green Building Education Workshops Offered To Real Estate Brokers
- Banks Reluctant to Finance Energy Efficiency
- Tacoma Glaciologist Discusses Local Efforts to Monitor Climate Change
- United Nations: 2012 Was 9th-Hottest Year since 1850
- Cap-And-Trade Puttering Along Quite Nicely in the Northeast U-S
- Race Fosters Kids’ Engineering Skills at Lacey Renewable Energy Fair
- Company Expands Wi-Fi Reach on Long-Beach Peninsula
- Google Fiber Earns Good Grades from Early Customers
- USDA Announces New Rules to Fund Broadband Service in Unserved Rural Communities
- Why Hang on to Your Unlimited Data Plan?
- Accessories No Longer Tethered to Apple
- How to Use Twitter for Business: Tips for Novices & the More Experienced
- Social Media & Disasters: When a Small Post Can Spur Hope
- The Onion Explains Exactly How Much Your Social Media Cred Is Worth
- Former Washington State Governor Gregoire Gets Top Pension under Old Rules
- Most Top City of Portland Administrators Hired without Outside Recruitment
- Fatal Motorcycle Crash on Highway 101 near Eldon
- Another Fatal Motorcycle Crash on 101
- Weekend Wildfires Continue to Burn in Washington State
- Utah Soccer Ref Dies after Punch by Player
- Washington State Worker Demoted for Jell-O Shot Party - To Celebrate his Promotion
- In The Chips – Shelton’s Jalisco Tortillas a Family Dream
WORD OF THE DAY
Troglodyte
• \TROG-luh-dyte\ • Noun - 1: a member of any of various peoples who lived or
were reputed to live chiefly in caves 2: a person characterized by reclusive
habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes
Troglodyte,
troglodyte; come into the light.
Your
cave is dark and damp.
But
the future is bright.
Oh,
and we have a promotion going on for a free iPad Mini drawing if you sign up
for paperless billing with PUD 3. Just sayin’.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Refueling Outage Planned at Richland Nuclear
Plant (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Northwest Utilities Report Details Load,
Resources Need for Next Decade - Says Demand Down 2014 (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
Changes
to Columbia River Treaty Might Affect Mid-Columbia (Tri-City Herald, WA)
OP/Ed - To Manage the Columbia River, We Need a
New Treaty for a New Era (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Canadian Hydropower: Is It Good for Connecticut?
(Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT)
Connecticut Law Could Be Good for Northern Pass,
Bad for New Hampshire Biomass (New Hampshire Public Radio)
Plans to Harness Chinese River’s Power Threaten a
Region (NY Times)
Chicken Soup for the Hydropower Soul (Renewable
Energy World)
Is Nuclear Fusion Power Now Possible? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Navajo Generating Station worth $13 Billion to Navajo
Nation over Next Three Decades, Study Finds (American Public
Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bassmaster Magazine Again Brags on Dworshak,
Columbia River as Some of Country’s ‘Best Bass Lakes’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Nevada - Big Trout Saved from Close Call with
Extinction (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Threat
to Water Supply – City of Port Angeles, Olympic National Park Meet on Elwha Sediment
Issue (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
How
Much Water in That Snowpack? Scientists Seek a Better Gauge (Christian Science
Monitor)
Montana
to Keep River Gauges Operating (Associated Press)
Op/Ed
- It’s Time to Assess Use of Shrinking Tax Dollars on Lower Snake River Dams (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Prepares to Foreclose on SoloPower as Solar Startup Misses Loan Payment (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Difficulties
Plague Interior Alaska Experimental Biomass-Burning Generator (Fairbanks Daily
News-Miner, AK)
Small
Alternative-Energy Projects Hold Hope for Villages (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/2013/05/04/2890872/bradner-small-alternative-energy.html
http://www.adn.com/2013/05/04/2890872/bradner-small-alternative-energy.html
Will
Pacific Gas & Electric Be the First Utility to Fall to Solar Energy? (Renewable
Energy World)
Tennessee
Valley Authority Cap on Solar Worries New Energy Companies (Memphis Business
Journal, TN)
Scotland
- £1 Million ($1.5 million) for Wind Farms to Shut Turbines for One Day (The
Scotsman, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Olympia May See LED Streetlights (Olympian, WA)
Green Building Education Workshops Offered To Real
Estate Brokers (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Banks
Reluctant to Finance Energy Efficiency (The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tacoma
Glaciologist Discusses Local Efforts to Monitor Climate Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
United
Nations: 2012 Was 9th-Hottest Year since 1850 (USA
Today)
Cap-And-Trade
Puttering Along Quite Nicely in the Northeast U-S (Grist Online)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Race
Fosters Kids’ Engineering Skills at Lacey Renewable Energy Fair (Olympian, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Company Expands Wi-Fi Reach on Long-Beach Peninsula
(Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
Google Fiber Earns Good Grades from Early Customers
(Phys.Org)
USDA Announces New Rules to Fund Broadband Service
in Unserved Rural Communities (U-S Department of Agriculture)
Why Hang on to Your Unlimited Data Plan? (USA Today)
Accessories No Longer Tethered to Apple (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
How to Use Twitter for Business: Tips for Novices &
the More Experienced (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Social Media & Disasters: When a Small Post Can
Spur Hope - When social media is used during disasters, it can save lives &
ease communities (Christian Science Monitor)
The Onion Explains Exactly How Much Your Social
Media Cred Is Worth (The Onion – Remember this is the ONION!)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Former Washington State Governor Gregoire Gets Top
Pension under Old Rules (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Most Top City of Portland Administrators Hired without
Outside Recruitment (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Fatal Motorcycle Crash on Highway 101 near Eldon
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Another Fatal Motorcycle Crash on 101 (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Weekend Wildfires Continue to Burn in Washington
State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Utah Soccer Ref Dies after Punch by Player (Associated
Press)
Washington State Worker Demoted for Jell-O Shot
Party - To Celebrate his Promotion (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
In The Chips – Shelton’s Jalisco Tortillas a Family
Dream (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Scranton
Gives Big Sendoff to TV’s ‘The Office’ After Image Boost – Final Episode May 16
Washington
State Boy Drove Mom’s Car 115 Mph in I-5 Chase
Kafkaesque
- Man Accused of Robbing Credit Union to Pay for Disney Cruise Didn’t Want to
Ruin Family Trip
The
Twinkies Are Coming, the Twinkies Are Coming! New Hostess to Open Bakeries Soon
SONG OF THE DAY
UK
Office Theme Song – Handbags & Gladrags
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