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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Natural Gas Exploration Fuels Hope in Grays Harbor
County (KING-TV, Seattle)
FERC Proposes to Approve NERC’s Revised Definition
for Bulk Electric System (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Cowlitz PUD ‘Blackout’ Protest Has Little Obvious
Impact (Longview Daily News, WA)
Simpson’s
Tacoma Pulp Mill Seen as Environmental Model (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
AT&T May Be Ready to Begin Its Small Cell Push
(GigaOM)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Natural Gas Exploration Fuels Hope in Grays Harbor County
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- FERC Proposes to Approve NERC’s Revised Definition for Bulk Electric System
- Cowlitz PUD ‘Blackout’ Protest Has Little Obvious Impact
- Op/Ed - Seattle City Light Rate Plan Provides Predictability, Accountability
- Feds Float Missoula Substation to Move Wind Energy West
- Business Gets Clarity on Oregon Governor’s Energy Plan
- $7.5 Million Suit Filed Against Oregon Attorney General in Continuing Fallout from Energy Department Case
- Construction of PUD 3’s Johns Prairie Operations Center in Less Than a Minute
- 1950s, A Decade to Remember: The Door Opens for Public Power on the Columbia
- Power Companies Ready for U-S Northeast Heat Wave
- Busting the Myths Surrounding Hydropower & Keystone XL
- Electricity? That’s in Aisle 5
- $1.3 Million Utility Bill? Monthly Payment Stuns Texas Woman
- Willapa Bay Oyster Grower Sounds Alarm, Starts Hatchery in Hawaii
- California Environmentalists Seek Protection for Unfished Species
- Simpson’s Tacoma Pulp Mill Seen as Environmental Model
- Analysis: Solar Firms Seek New Financing as Subsidies Fade
- Hydro Powers Latin America
- Loans Available for Snohomish County Energy-Efficiency Improvements
- Power of the iPad: Tablets Could Bring Down Electricity Consumption, Report Says
- Dreaming Up Whole New Carbon Markets
- U-S & Canada Clean Energy Talks Proceed
- Interview with Richard Branson - ‘Climate Change is a Huge Opportunity’
- Portland, Seattle, San Francisco Tied for Rank of Greenest Cities
- British Columbia Government Classifies Some Natural Gas as ‘Clean’
- Rise of Gadgets Doubles Costs of Lightning Damage
- AT&T May Be Ready to Begin Its Small Cell Push
- Twitter Outages Caused by a ‘Cascading Bug’
- LinkedIn Sued for $5 Million for Security Breach
- New Mexico – Federal Stimulus: Broadband Construction Starts in Taos
- Where In the World Is My Data Center?
- High Court Could Rule on Health Care Law Next Week
- No Money for Washington State Agency Management Assessments
- Microsoft, Yahoo Selling Your Info to Political Campaigns
- Small Earthquake Off Harstine Island
- Park Ranger Dies during Rescue on Mount Rainier
- Wild Olympics - 126,554 Acres of Olympic Peninsula Would be Protected by New Bill
- Sitting On A Billion, Regence Seeks Health Insurance Rate Hike
- Voyager Approaches Edge of Solar System
- College Football - BCS Changes: Why Now? Who Wins & Who Loses?
WORD OF THE DAY
Paraprosdokian
• \pair-uh-pros-DOKE-ee-un\ • Noun - a phrase or sentence that leads us down
the garden path to an unexpected ending. It sets us up to expect one thing but
ends on a surprising semantic twist.
One
of our employees provided me with a funny list of paraprosdokian phrases. Here
are a few (View a longer list here: http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2012/06/paraprosdokian.html):
“You
can always count on the Americans to do the right thing—after they have tried
everything else.” (Winston Churchill)
“I
had a wonderful evening—but this wasn’t it.” (Groucho Marx)
“Philadelphia,
wonderful town, spent a week there one night.” (W-C Fields)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Natural Gas Exploration Fuels Hope in Grays Harbor
County (KING-TV, Seattle)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
FERC Proposes to Approve NERC’s Revised Definition
for Bulk Electric System (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Cowlitz PUD ‘Blackout’ Protest Has Little Obvious
Impact (Longview Daily News, WA)
Op/Ed - Seattle City Light Rate Plan Provides
Predictability, Accountability (Seattle Times)
Feds Float Missoula Substation to Move Wind Energy
West (Missoula Independent, MT)
Business Gets Clarity on Oregon Governor’s Energy
Plan (Sustainable Business Oregon)
$7.5 Million Suit Filed Against Oregon Attorney
General in Continuing Fallout from Energy Department Case (Oregonian, Portland)
Construction of PUD 3’s Johns Prairie Operations
Center in Less Than a Minute (Mason County PUD No. 3)
1950s, A Decade to Remember: The Door Opens for
Public Power on the Columbia (Wenatchee World, WA)
Power Companies Ready for U-S Northeast Heat Wave (Reuters)
Busting the Myths Surrounding Hydropower &
Keystone XL (US News & World Report)
Electricity? That’s in Aisle 5 - Utilities team up
with retailers to sell energy products directly to consumers (Wall Street
Journal)
$1.3 Million Utility Bill? Monthly Payment Stuns
Texas Woman (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Willapa Bay Oyster Grower Sounds Alarm, Starts
Hatchery in Hawaii (Seattle Times)
California Environmentalists Seek Protection for
Unfished Species (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Simpson’s
Tacoma Pulp Mill Seen as Environmental Model (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Analysis:
Solar Firms Seek New Financing as Subsidies Fade (Reuters)
Hydro
Powers Latin America (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Loans Available for Snohomish County Energy-Efficiency
Improvements (Everett Herald, WA)
Power of the iPad: Tablets Could Bring Down
Electricity Consumption, Report Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Dreaming
Up Whole New Carbon Markets (NY Times)
U-S
& Canada Clean Energy Talks Proceed (Electric Light & Power)
Interview
with Richard Branson - ‘Climate Change is a Huge Opportunity’ (Spiegel Online
International)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Portland,
Seattle, San Francisco Tied for Rank of Greenest Cities (Oregonian, Portland)
British
Columbia Government Classifies Some Natural Gas as ‘Clean’ (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
Rise
of Gadgets Doubles Costs of Lightning Damage (Reuters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AT&T May Be Ready to Begin Its Small Cell Push (GigaOM)
Twitter Outages Caused by a ‘Cascading Bug’ (GigaOM)
LinkedIn Sued for $5 Million for Security Breach (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-linkedin-5-million-hack-20120621,0,6430486.story
New Mexico – Federal Stimulus: Broadband Construction
Starts in Taos (Taos News, NM)
Where In the World Is My Data Center? (Gigaom)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
High Court Could Rule on Health Care Law Next Week
- The wait is almost over for the Supreme Court’s verdict on President Barack
Obama’s health care overhaul. (Associated Press)
No Money for Washington State Agency Management Assessments
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Microsoft, Yahoo Selling Your Info to Political
Campaigns (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Small Earthquake Off Harstine Island (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Park Ranger Dies during Rescue on Mount Rainier (Northwest
Cable News Network)
Wild Olympics - 126,554 Acres of Olympic Peninsula Would
be Protected by New Bill (Seattle Times)
Sitting On A Billion, Regence Seeks Health
Insurance Rate Hike (Associated Press)
Voyager Approaches Edge of Solar System (USA Today)
College Football - BCS Changes: Why Now? Who Wins &
Who Loses? (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
U-S Olympic Committee Apologizes to Knitters, But
Knitters Will Not Be Appeased (Note: Comment section may contain PG-13 or
greater language)
Why Noisy Coffee Shops Are Good for You
Inmates to Test New Locks at Atlanta Jail
Debbe Ebben, Beauty Queen Who Shaved Head, Wins
Miss Alaska Title
SONG OF THE DAY
Elmer
Bernstein - The Great Escape, Main Title/Theme
