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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Spokane Lineman Dies after Fall from Transmission
Tower (Northwest Cable News Network)
Conservation
Services Group Will Lay Off 40 in Portland as Energy Trust Contract Expires
(Oregonian, Portland)
Nine
Canyon Wind Project Marks Decade of Production (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Editorial - Bonneville Power Administration Can’t
Stint on Fish & Wildlife: Its mission must include a healthy river (The
Daily Astorian, OR)
Comcast to close All Its California Call Centers –
Some May Be Bound for Washington State (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Spokane Lineman Dies after Fall from Transmission Tower
- Texas - ERCOT Survived another Summer without Blackouts
- Green Dot Scam Hits Co-op Members
- Editorial - Bonneville Power Administration Can’t Stint on Fish & Wildlife: Its mission must include a healthy river
- Op/Ed - Proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay Threatens Seattle’s Salmon Industry
- Dam-Free River Plots New Course - Changes unfold for the White Salmon now Condit Dam is gone
- Drones Are Elwha Dam Researchers’ Eyes in the Sky
- Canada - Salmon Advocate Bypasses Inquiry into Fraser River Sockeye Run
- Woman Improving after Eating Toxic Discovery Bay Mussels
- Washington State Court Rules against Clark County in Polluted Runoff Case
- Nine Canyon Wind Project Marks Decade of Production
- Editorial - Federal Ruling is a Win for Wind & Idaho Consumers
- Biggest English Polluter Spends $1 Billion to Burn Wood: Energy
- Conservation Services Group Will Lay Off 40 in Portland as Energy Trust Contract Expires
- Mason County PUD 3 Website Provides Rich Information about Saving Energy
- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Field Days Demonstrate Irrigation Technologies for Pacific Northwest Growers
- Climate Change a Ghost Issue in U-S Election
- U-S Carbon Tax Could Halve Deficit in Ten Years: Report
- Using Carbon Credits to Pay for Energy Retrofits
- EPA Honors Organizations for Supporting Green Power – Kettle Foods of Salem, OR & City of Beaverton, OR Cited
- Could You Live in 150 Square Feet? Cities Try Out Micro-Housing
- Comcast to close All Its California Call Centers – Some May Be Bound for Washington State
- Mount Rainier National Park Could Increase Cell Phone Coverage in Park
- Google Powers a Data Center with Wind for the First Time
- Bravo New York Times for Discovering Reality in ‘Power, Pollution & the Internet’
- Tenino Mayor Under Investigation; Two Councilmen Subject of Recall
- Judge Orders Pacific Mayor Cy Sun to Fill Empty Positions at City Hall
- Mason County Unemployment Rises
- Copper Metal Targeted by Lewis County Thieves, Again
- Obama Orders Federal Money for Washington State Recovery from July Storm
- Packers Seething as NFL Replacement Refs Take Heat
- KING 5 Poll: Washington Residents Saw Interception Too, But They’ll Take the Win
- Vegas Books: Over $300 Million Changed Hands with NFL’s Seattle/Green Bay Call
WORD OF THE DAY
Kitsch • \KITCH\ • Noun – 1: something that appeals
to popular or lowbrow taste & is often of poor quality 2: a tacky or
lowbrow quality or condition
Kitsch in the kitchen
Crowing rooster egg timer
Calling “Walter Drake”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Spokane Lineman Dies after Fall from Transmission
Tower (Northwest Cable News Network)
Texas - ERCOT Survived another Summer without
Blackouts (Dallas Morning News, TX)
Green Dot Scam Hits Co-op Members (Electric Co-op
Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Editorial - Bonneville Power Administration Can’t
Stint on Fish & Wildlife: Its mission must include a healthy river (The
Daily Astorian, OR)
Op/Ed - Proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay Threatens
Seattle’s Salmon Industry (Seattle Times)
Dam-Free River Plots New Course - Changes unfold
for the White Salmon now Condit Dam is gone (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Drones Are Elwha Dam Researchers’ Eyes in the Sky
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Canada - Salmon Advocate Bypasses Inquiry into Fraser
River Sockeye Run (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Woman Improving after Eating Toxic Discovery Bay Mussels
“…harvested the mussels…despite warning signs posted at the beach…” (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State Court Rules against Clark County in Polluted Runoff Case (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Nine
Canyon Wind Project Marks Decade of Production (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Editorial
- Federal Ruling is a Win for Wind & Idaho Consumers (Idaho Statesman,
Boise)
Biggest
English Polluter Spends $1 Billion to Burn Wood: Energy (Bloomberg News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Conservation
Services Group Will Lay Off 40 in Portland as Energy Trust Contract Expires
(Oregonian, Portland)
Mason County PUD 3 Website Provides Rich
Information about Saving Energy (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Field Days
Demonstrate Irrigation Technologies for Pacific Northwest Growers (Yahoo!
Finance)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Change a Ghost Issue in U-S Election (Vancouver Sun, B-C)
U-S
Carbon Tax Could Halve Deficit in Ten Years: Report (Reuters)
Using
Carbon Credits to Pay for Energy Retrofits (Forbes
Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
EPA
Honors Organizations for Supporting Green Power – Kettle Foods of Salem, OR
& City of Beaverton, OR Cited (Environmental Protection Agency)
Could
You Live in 150 Square Feet? Cities Try Out Micro-Housing (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast to close All Its California Call Centers –
Some May Be Bound for Washington State (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Mount Rainier National Park Could Increase Cell
Phone Coverage in Park (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Google Powers a Data Center with Wind for the First
Time (GigaOM)
Bravo New York Times for Discovering Reality in ‘Power,
Pollution & the Internet’ (Forbes Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Tenino Mayor Under Investigation; Two Councilmen
Subject of Recall (KING-TV, Seattle)
Judge
Orders Pacific Mayor Cy Sun to Fill Empty Positions at City Hall (King-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Unemployment Rises (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Copper Metal Targeted by Lewis County Thieves,
Again (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Obama Orders Federal Money for Washington State Recovery
from July Storm (Associated Press)
Packers Seething as NFL Replacement Refs Take Heat (Associated
Press)
KING 5 Poll: Washington Residents Saw Interception
Too, But They’ll Take the Win (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Vegas Books: Over $300 Million Changed Hands with NFL’s
Seattle/Green Bay Call (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Oink,
Oink: Drought to Cause Worldwide Bacon Shortage
Human Finger in Idaho Trout Belongs to Wakeboarder
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Human-finger-in-Idaho-trout-belongs-to-wakeboarder-171240931.html
Niagara Regional Police in Alleged Canadian Cheese
Smuggling Controversy – Cheaper U-S Cheese the Prize
‘Moon River’ Crooner Andy Williams Dies at Age 84
SONG OF THE DAY
Andy
Williams - Try to Remember
