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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Overworked Feds Slow Relicensing of Douglas PUD’s
Wells Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
Big Sockeye Salmon Numbers on Columbia (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Tacoma Click Official: CenturyLink Sales Agent
Still Lying About Closure (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Olympic
Peninsula Tribes Host National Climate Change Conference (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Proposal Streamlines Retrofitting of
Non-Generating Dams (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Overworked Feds Slow Relicensing of Douglas PUD’s Wells Dam
- Douglas PUD to Issue Bonds for Upgrades, Refinancing
- Bonneville Dam Prepares 75th Anniversary Celebration of Roosevelt Dedication
- Proposal Streamlines Retrofitting of Non-Generating Dams
- Clark Public Utilities Earns Fifth Satisfaction Award
- J.D. Power and Associates Ranking on Overall Utility Satisfaction
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for July 10, 2012
- Bremerton City Council to Decide Whether Fourth Businesses Must Pay for Moving Power Lines
- Op/Ed - Beyond Reason: Apparently, The Battle for Clean Energy Can be a Very Dirty Business
- Pacific Northwest Electricity Demand Increases 1.2 Percent Per Year over Last Two Years
- Pepco Grilled over Washington, D-C June Outages
- New York - Con Ed Reinstates Locked Out Workers' Health Insurance
- Nationwide Utility Payment Scam Hurts Thousands
- New Details about Problems at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant
- Nuclear Waste Issue Searing American Landscape
- Editorial - Texas: Don't Turn to State for Energy Fairness
- Big Sockeye Salmon Numbers on Columbia
- Editorial – Sockeye Salmon, the Record
- Kalispell Tribe of Indians Joins Federal Agencies to Protect Bull Trout & Other Species
- Lamprey Harvest Underway at Willamette Falls by Tribes of the Columbia River Basin
- Elwha Dams: Before & After, An Aerial Photo Essay
- Kitsap County Shellfish Harvest Closure
- Lake Chelan Water Level Meets Target Elevation
- Belfair Water District to Study ‘Haphazard’ Rate Structure
- Editorial - Why The Hysteria Over Restoring Hetch Hetchy?
- Should Grays Harbor Paper Mill Not Reopen, Grays Harbor PUD Could Be on the Hook for Some Cleanup Costs
- Hoku Corp. Decides to Terminate Its Nasdaq Listing Voluntarily
- California Group Appeals Cogeneration Plant Permit; Sierra Pacific's Burn Plan Contested
- Op/Ed - Using Biomass to Generate Jobs in Oregon Forests
- California Hits Solar Power Milestone
- GoSolarSF Rebate Backers Fight Fund Cuts
- Energy, Jobs Topics at July 17 Luncheon Event in Port Townsend
- U.S. Fares Poorly in Efficiency Rankings
- ACEEE Study: States That Spend on Energy-Efficiency May Be Good Bets (
- Olympic Peninsula Tribes Host National Climate Change Conference
- Cap and Trade Resurrected? Some States Awaken to Its Economic Benefits
- De-hazing the Lazy Days of Summer
- Survey: Americans Rank Last In Green Lifestyles, Don't Feel Guilty
- Apple Returns to Environmental Ratings List
- Tacoma Click Official: CenturyLink Sales Agent Still Lying About Closure
- Zhone Technologies Awarded Extensive Broadband Project with Pend Oreille County Public Utility District
- Court Upholds FCC Broadband Subsidy
- West Virginia Officials Defend Stimulus Broadband Spending
- Who’s Afraid of Google Fiber? Time Warner for Starters
- That’s a Wrap: The Four-Part Series on North Carolina’s Mega Data Centers
- MSNBC.Com Breakup Gives Microsoft More Freedom Online
- GOP's Didier Jumps In to Challenge Washington State Lands Commissioner Goldmark
- Former Washington State Senator Cheryl Pflug Lashes Out at Naming of Rossi as Temporary Successor
- About $6 a Signature to Get Charter Schools on State Ballot
- Political Feuds, Denial Drove San Bernardino to Bankruptcy
- Washington Corrections Center Officer Fatally Stabbed in Hoquiam
- Sister of Lakewood Cop Killer Released from Prison
- Thieves in Puyallup Are Stealing Air Conditioners
- Are Solar Storms Hazardous? It Depends on How Fast They Move
- Pours For Prostates at Shelton Business to Feature Westport Winery
- Badge of Honor: Belfair Brothers Get 262 Scout Awards Combined
WORD OF THE DAY
Tussle • \TUSS-sull\ • Noun - 1: a physical contest
or struggle: scuffle 2: an intense argument, controversy, or struggle
Graduates get mad
Tussle over a tassel
Flip it left, or right?
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Overworked Feds Slow Relicensing of Douglas PUD’s
Wells Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
Douglas PUD to Issue Bonds for Upgrades,
Refinancing (Wenatchee World, WA)
Bonneville Dam Prepares 75th Anniversary
Celebration of Roosevelt Dedication (Oregonian,
Portland)
Proposal Streamlines Retrofitting of Non-Generating
Dams (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Clark Public Utilities Earns Fifth Satisfaction
Award (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
J.D. Power and Associates Ranking on Overall Utility
Satisfaction - Clark Public Utilities ranks highest among midsize utility
companies in the West region for a fifth consecutive year, followed by Seattle
City Light and Colorado Springs Utilities (MarketWatch)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for July 10,
2012 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Bremerton City Council to Decide Whether Fourth Businesses
Must Pay for Moving Power Lines (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Op/Ed - Beyond Reason: Apparently, The Battle for
Clean Energy Can be a Very Dirty Business (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Pacific Northwest Electricity Demand Increases
1.2 Percent Per Year over Last Two Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Pepco Grilled over Washington, D-C June Outages - Thousands
were left without power after derecho (WRC-TV, Washington, D-C)
New York - Con Ed Reinstates Locked Out Workers'
Health Insurance (Associated Press)
Nationwide Utility Payment Scam Hurts Thousands (USA
Today)
New Details about Problems at San Onofre Nuclear
Power Plant (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Nuclear Waste Issue Searing American Landscape
(Forbes Magazine)
Editorial - Texas: Don't Turn to State for Energy
Fairness (Austin Statesman-American, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Big Sockeye Salmon Numbers on Columbia (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Editorial – Sockeye Salmon, the Record (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Kalispell Tribe of Indians Joins Federal Agencies
to Protect Bull Trout & Other Species (Bonneville Power Administration)
Lamprey Harvest Underway at Willamette Falls by
Tribes of the Columbia River Basin (Oregonian,
Portland)
Elwha Dams: Before & After, An Aerial Photo
Essay (Seattle Times)
Kitsap County Shellfish Harvest Closure (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lake
Chelan Water Level Meets Target Elevation (Lake Chelan Mirror, WA)
Belfair
Water District to Study ‘Haphazard’ Rate Structure (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Editorial
- Why The Hysteria Over Restoring Hetch Hetchy? (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Should
Grays Harbor Paper Mill Not Reopen, Grays Harbor PUD Could Be on the Hook for
Some Cleanup Costs (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Hoku
Corp. Decides to Terminate Its Nasdaq Listing Voluntarily (Pacific Business
News, HI)
California
Group Appeals Cogeneration Plant Permit; Sierra Pacific's Burn Plan Contested
(Redding Record-Searchlight, CA)
Op/Ed
- Using Biomass to Generate Jobs in Oregon Forests (Oregonian, Portland)
California
Hits Solar Power Milestone (The Energy Collective)
GoSolarSF
Rebate Backers Fight Fund Cuts (SF Chronicle, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy, Jobs Topics at July 17 Luncheon Event in
Port Townsend (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
U.S. Fares Poorly in Efficiency Rankings (NY Times)
ACEEE Study: States That Spend on Energy-Efficiency
May Be Good Bets (Area Development Online – Reports are in PDF form, linked
under story introduction)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Olympic
Peninsula Tribes Host National Climate Change Conference (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Cap
and Trade Resurrected? Some States Awaken to Its Economic Benefits (Insaide
Climate News)
De-hazing
the Lazy Days of Summer (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Survey:
Americans Rank Last In Green Lifestyles, Don't Feel Guilty (Forbes Magazine)
Apple
Returns to Environmental Ratings List (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tacoma Click Official: CenturyLink Sales Agent
Still Lying About Closure (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Zhone Technologies Awarded Extensive Broadband
Project with Pend Oreille County Public Utility District (MarketWatch)
Court Upholds FCC Broadband Subsidy (Courthouse
News Service)
West Virginia Officials Defend Stimulus Broadband
Spending (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Who’s Afraid of Google Fiber? Time Warner for
Starters (GigaOM)
That’s a Wrap: The Four-Part Series on North
Carolina’s Mega Data Centers (GigaOM)
MSNBC.Com Breakup Gives Microsoft More Freedom
Online (Seattle Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
GOP's Didier Jumps In to Challenge Washington State
Lands Commissioner Goldmark (Associated Press)
Former Washington State Senator Cheryl Pflug Lashes
Out at Naming of Rossi as Temporary Successor (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
About $6 a Signature to Get Charter Schools on
State Ballot (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Political Feuds, Denial Drove San Bernardino to
Bankruptcy (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington Corrections Center Officer Fatally
Stabbed in Hoquiam (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Sister of Lakewood Cop Killer Released from Prison (Associated
Press)
Thieves in Puyallup Are Stealing Air Conditioners
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Are Solar Storms Hazardous? It Depends on How Fast
They Move (Christian Science Monitor)
Pours For Prostates at Shelton Business to Feature
Westport Winery (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Badge of Honor: Belfair Brothers Get 262 Scout
Awards Combined (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Coffee that Will Raise the Dead - Newest Starbucks Store
Could be Weirdest Ever
‘Your Land,’ and Woody Guthrie’s, Preserved
Chinese Kitten Stows Away on LA-Bound Freighter
Elvis DNA Used on Mice
SONG OF THE DAY
Ink
Spots - The Java Jive
Manhattan
Transfer – Java Jive
