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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Winds Knock Out Power in Western Washington - More
Rain, Wind Expected Monday (NW Cable News)
Tester, Baucus Push for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company
Plant Reopening – Dependent on Bonneville Power Administration agreement
(KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
Seattle City Light Ups Business Energy-Efficiency
Incentives (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Hood
Canal Shellfish Closure Extended (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Scientists
Want Publisher to Refreeze Greenland (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Winds Knock Out Power in Western Washington - More Rain, Wind Expected Monday
- Wind Knocks Out Power to 9,000 Snohomish County Residents
- Tester, Baucus Push for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Plant Reopening – Dependent on Bonneville Power Administration agreement
- Bonneville Power Administration Announces Plans for New Transmission Line
- Chelan PUD Rate Change Could Leave Ratepayers with More Change
- Oregon Trail Electric Co-Op Rate Hike: 7.1 Percent
- Montana - Beartooth Co-Op Members Elect ‘Reform’ Candidates, Overwhelmingly Support Vote by Mail
- California - High-Speed Rail Would Test Power Grid
- Ruby Pipeline Ramps Up Rapidly to Supply Natural Gas to Northern California
- Pacific Gas & Electric Trial on San Bruno Natural Gas Explosion Set for July
- Colorado - Boulder Business Groups Weigh In On Municipalization Ballot Measures
- New York Judge Tosses Electrical Utility’s 9/11 Lawsuit
- Nuclear Progresses in Some Countries Despite Fukushima Fears
- Iran’s Nuclear Energy Setbacks - More Than Just Bad Luck?
- Hood Canal Shellfish Closure Extended
- Salmon Hatchery under Construction - Decades Old Promise Fulfilled for Colville Tribe
- Colville Tribes Turning to Traditional Fishing Methods
- High Water Damages Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder; John Day Reservoir Level Range Highest Since 1995
- Eagle-Eye View of Elwha River’s Origin Reveals Watershed of Olympian Proportions
- Editorial - Let the Klamath River Dams Come Down
- Industrial Poetry at the Brightwater Sewage Treatment Plant
- SoloPower, Preparing To Manufacture in Portland - Says Its Flexible Solar Panels Surpass Solyndra & Competitors
- Solyndra Leaders Invoke Fifth Amendment at Congressional Hearing
- GOP Lawmaker: US Solar Panel Industry Could Fail
- Tapping Into the Sun’s Energy in Thurston County
- Vancouver, WA Biomass Plant Arguments Heat Up Again This Week
- Alaska - Naknek Geothermal Project Appears Dead
- Austin Energy Tests Home Wind Turbine
- California’s Public Goods Fee for State Energy Program to End
- Poop Power Can Be Electric
- Seattle City Light Ups Business Energy-Efficiency Incentives
- The Right Space Heater Can Tame Energy Bills
- How to Save a Few Bucks with Efficient Appliances
- Op/Ed - Now’s the Time
- Oregon Heath & Science University Building Earns Second LEED Platinum
- California - LED Startup Switch Lighting Hopes To Light the Way in Valley
- Scientists Want Publisher to Refreeze Greenland
- Scientist Quits Over Climate ‘Religion’
- A Deepening Desire to Disbelieve: Why US Remains Last Redoubt of Climate ‘Denialism’
- Odor Complaints Abound for Seattle’s Composter
- Seattle’s Version of the Oregon Sustainability Center Will Open Next Fall, a Year before Portland’s
- New Jersey Electric Vehicle Drivers Offered Cut-Price Solar Power
- Clark County Talks with Comcast ‘Progressing’ - Negotiations over franchise pact slow, but no major issues
- Clearwire Looks to Sell 4G Service to Sprint Competitors
- Net Neutrality Rules Are Coming. Here’s Why They Matter
- NTIA Broadband Map of the United States
- California Governor Signs Compromise on Collecting Internet Sales Tax, Moving Debate to Washington, DC
- Amazon Has High Hopes for Its iPad Competitor
- Mason County Commissioner Ring-Erickson to Run for 35th District Washington State Representative
- Alaska ‘Bridge to Nowhere,’ The Knik Arm Crossing Project, Still on the Table
- ORCAA Hearing On Simpson Air Quality Permit Tuesday
- Boeing 787 Assembly Shapes Up
- CH2M Hanford Owes the US $1.5 Million for False Claims & Kickbacks
- Workers Complain of Harsh Conditions in Amazon Warehouse
- Editorial – Belfair: Goodbye (Crazy) Eric’s, Hello Future
- Report: Americans Fail to Appreciate Local Papers
WORD OF THE DAY
Tchotchke • \CHAWCH-kuh\ • Noun - knickknack, trinket
Like manic Costco customers wrenching their overflowing shopping carts from
the store on a Sunday afternoon; the rabid prize locusts reeled from the vendor
hall at the trade association meeting…their “gift bags” bulging with various
and sundry tchotchkes. “One giveaway I could really have used,” grunted one
such forager, “was a free truss, with the vendor’s logo prominently displayed.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Winds Knock Out Power in Western Washington - More
Rain, Wind Expected Monday (NW Cable News)
Wind Knocks Out Power to 9,000 Snohomish County
Residents (Everett Herald, WA)
Tester, Baucus Push for Columbia Falls Aluminum
Company Plant Reopening – Dependent on Bonneville Power Administration
agreement (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
Bonneville Power Administration Announces Plans for
New Transmission Line (Associated Press)
Chelan PUD Rate Change Could Leave Ratepayers with
More Change (Lake Chelan Mirror, WA)
Oregon Trail Electric Co-Op Rate Hike: 7.1 Percent
(Baker City Herald, OR)
Montana - Beartooth Co-Op Members Elect ‘Reform’
Candidates, Overwhelmingly Support Vote by Mail (Billings Gazette, MT)
California - High-Speed Rail Would Test Power Grid
(Fresno Bee, CA)
Ruby Pipeline Ramps Up Rapidly to Supply Natural
Gas to Northern California (Energy Information Administration)
Pacific Gas & Electric Trial on San Bruno Natural
Gas Explosion Set for July (SF Chronicle)
Colorado - Boulder Business Groups Weigh In On
Municipalization Ballot Measures (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
New York Judge Tosses Electrical Utility’s 9/11 Lawsuit
- Says ‘strange, improbable’ events downed 7 World Trade Center building (Associated
Press)
Nuclear Progresses in Some Countries Despite Fukushima
Fears (Energy Collective)
Iran’s Nuclear Energy Setbacks - More Than Just Bad
Luck? (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Hood
Canal Shellfish Closure Extended (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Salmon
Hatchery under Construction - Decades Old Promise Fulfilled for Colville Tribe
(KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Colville
Tribes Turning to Traditional Fishing Methods (Wenatchee World, WA)
High Water Damages Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder;
John Day Reservoir Level Range Highest Since 1995 (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
Eagle-Eye
View of Elwha River’s Origin Reveals Watershed of Olympian Proportions (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Editorial
- Let the Klamath River Dams Come Down (SF Chronicle)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Industrial
Poetry at the Brightwater Sewage Treatment Plant (Crosscut Seattle)
Restoration
of Garry Oak Meadows Goal of New Guide (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SoloPower,
Preparing To Manufacture in Portland - Says Its Flexible Solar Panels Surpass Solyndra
& Competitors (Oregonian, Portland)
Solyndra
Leaders Invoke Fifth Amendment at Congressional Hearing (Associated Press)
GOP
Lawmaker: US Solar Panel Industry Could Fail (Associated Press)
Tapping
Into the Sun’s Energy in Thurston County - Stone Hedge House largest of 19
projects that can be viewed Oct. 1 (Olympian, WA)
Vancouver,
WA Biomass Plant Arguments Heat Up Again This Week (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Alaska
- Naknek Geothermal Project Appears Dead (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Austin
Energy Tests Home Wind Turbine (KVET-TV, Austin, TX)
California’s
Public Goods Fee for State Energy Program to End – “…Has generated billions of
dollars in funding for energy efficiency & renewable energy research over
the past 14 years…” (SF Chronicle)
Poop
Power Can Be Electric (Ft Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, FL)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle City Light Ups Business Energy-Efficiency
Incentives (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
The Right Space Heater Can Tame Energy Bills (Seattle
Times)
How to Save a Few Bucks with Efficient Appliances (Seattle
Times)
Op/Ed - Now’s the Time (Longview Daily News, WA)
Oregon Heath & Science University Building
Earns Second LEED Platinum (Sustainable Business Oregon)
California - LED Startup Switch Lighting Hopes To
Light the Way in Valley (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scientists
Want Publisher to Refreeze Greenland (NY Times)
Scientist
Quits Over Climate ‘Religion’ (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
A
Deepening Desire to Disbelieve: Why US Remains Last Redoubt of Climate ‘Denialism’
(Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Odor
Complaints Abound for Seattle’s Composter (Associated Press)
Seattle’s
Version of the Oregon Sustainability Center Will Open Next Fall, a Year before
Portland’s (Oregonian, Portland)
New
Jersey Electric Vehicle Drivers Offered Cut-Price Solar Power (Brighter Energy)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clark County Talks with Comcast ‘Progressing’ - Negotiations
over franchise pact slow, but no major issues (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Clearwire Looks to Sell 4G Service to Sprint
Competitors (Kansas City Business Journal)
Net Neutrality Rules Are Coming. Here’s Why They
Matter (Christian Science Monitor)
NTIA Broadband Map of the United States (NTIA)
California Governor Signs Compromise on Collecting
Internet Sales Tax, Moving Debate to Washington, DC (Associated Press)
Amazon Has High Hopes for Its iPad Competitor (NY
Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Commissioner Ring-Erickson to Run for
35th District Washington State Representative (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – As seen in the news digest mid-day Friday)
Alaska ‘Bridge to Nowhere,’ The Knik Arm Crossing
Project, Still on the Table (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
ORCAA Hearing On Simpson Air Quality Permit Tuesday
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Boeing 787 Assembly Shapes Up (Seattle Times)
CH2M Hanford Owes the US $1.5 Million for False
Claims & Kickbacks (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Workers Complain of Harsh Conditions in Amazon Warehouse
(San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Editorial – Belfair: Goodbye (Crazy) Eric’s, Hello
Future (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Report: Americans Fail to Appreciate Local Papers -
A Majority of Americans Don’t Seem to Recognize the Value of Their Local
Newspaper (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
UC Berkeley Scientists ‘See’ Movies in the Mind
Cat Scratch Turntable Is the Only Stupid
Thingamajig That Actually Needs a USB Connection
Pig Thefts a Byproduct of Spiking Pork Prices
Woman Who Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant Has Baby after
Being Rescued While Hiking
SONG OF THE DAY
Clint
Holmes - Playground In My Mind
