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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Kitsap County - Storm Drops Trees Across Power
Lines, Roads: Fallen power pole sparks fire at funeral home (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Update - Electricity Restored
in Dayton/Matlock Areas West of Shelton - Tiger/Mission Lk N of Belfair (Mason
County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)
Salmon-Eating Terns Are on Their Own, No More
Help from the Army (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Why
Wind Farms Kill Eagles with Federal Impunity (Christian Science Monitor)
Efficiency
Exchange Northwest Conference Unveils Innovative Ideas on Energy Efficiency (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Kitsap County - Storm Drops Trees Across Power Lines, Roads: Fallen power pole sparks fire at funeral home
- Puget Sound Energy Crews Still Working to Restore Power
- Mason County PUD 3 Update - Electricity Restored in Dayton/Matlock Areas West of Shelton - Tiger/Mission Lk N of Belfair
- Oregon - Junction City Car Crash Knocks Out Power to Hundreds
- Vilsack: Rural Utility Service Could Turn to Banks
- Colorado - Boulder Selects Finalists for Independent Review of Public Power Proposal
- Long Island Power Authority: Will Three-Year Rate Freeze Help?
- Cyberattacks Against U-S Corporations Are on the Rise - Primary Targets: Energy Companies
- Electricity Loss & Theft: Who Pays?
- Salmon-Eating Terns Are on Their Own, No More Help from the Army
- The Sea Lion Conundrum, Are We at a Tipping Point?
- Washington State, Oregon to Consider Reopening Spring Chinook Season in Columbia
- Fish Tagging Forum Finds Some Consensus on Efficiencies, but Differences on Coded Wire Tags
- Columbia River Estuary Island Purchased for Conservation
- Biologist Fights Transfer of Sick Canadian Salmon
- Montana - Local Meetings Will Consider Columbia Treaty
- Forest Grove Aims to Save for Scoggins Dam Upgrades with Water Rate Increase
- Why Wind Farms Kill Eagles with Federal Impunity
- Ohio - Redactions Cloud Dispute over FirstEnergy’s Renewable Credit Purchases
- Efficiency Exchange Northwest Conference Unveils Innovative Ideas on Energy Efficiency
- Electric Co-ops Urge Water Heater Rule Change
- North Carolina - Bill Rolls Back Energy Efficiency Standards for Builders
- Australia - Carbon Price Slide Hits Green Schemes
- Solar Installer Glows with Pride over Energy-Efficient Projects
- London May Soon Be Drinking Recycled Sewage
- Google Fiber Comes to Gladstone, Missouri
- Google Combines Cloud Storage for Gmail, Drive, Google+ Services
- These Brands Define Advertainment
- Of Course a Cheese Store Has a Tiny Grater Business Card
- Washington State Governor Narrows List of Priorities for Special Session
- First Day of Mason County Candidate Filing - Race on for Shelton Commission Seat
- Port Angeles Man Who Bulldozed Houses Held on $1 Million Bail
- How States & Counties Stack Up in Businesses
- Convicted Puppy Mill Owner Once Again Selling Animals
- Young Americans Lead Trend to Less Driving
WORD OF THE DAY
Stentorian
• \stent-TORE-ee-un\ • Adjective - Extremely loud.
Stentorian
amp
The
knob goes to eleven
Ouch,
my bleeding ears
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Kitsap County - Storm Drops Trees Across Power
Lines, Roads: Fallen power pole sparks fire at funeral home (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Crews Still Working to Restore
Power (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Update - Electricity Restored
in Dayton/Matlock Areas West of Shelton - Tiger/Mission Lk N of Belfair (Mason
County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)
Oregon - Junction City Car Crash Knocks Out Power
to Hundreds (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)
Vilsack: Rural Utility Service Could Turn to
Banks - climate change concerns are behind a budget proposal that would sharply
restrict the way the RUS loans money to electric cooperatives
Colorado - Boulder Selects Finalists for
Independent Review of Public Power Proposal (American Public
Power Association)
Long Island Power Authority: Will Three-Year Rate
Freeze Help? (Christian Science Monitor)
Cyberattacks Against U-S Corporations Are on the
Rise - Primary Targets: Energy Companies (NY Times)
Electricity Loss & Theft: Who Pays? (Renewable
Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon-Eating Terns Are on Their Own, No More
Help from the Army (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
The Sea Lion Conundrum, Are We at a Tipping
Point? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Washington State, Oregon to Consider Reopening
Spring Chinook Season in Columbia (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Fish Tagging Forum Finds Some Consensus on
Efficiencies, but Differences on Coded Wire Tags (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Columbia River Estuary Island Purchased for
Conservation (Bonneville Power Administration)
Biologist Fights Transfer of Sick Canadian Salmon
(Courthouse News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Montana
- Local Meetings Will Consider Columbia Treaty (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Forest
Grove Aims to Save for Scoggins Dam Upgrades with Water Rate Increase (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Why
Wind Farms Kill Eagles with Federal Impunity (Christian Science Monitor)
Ohio
- Redactions Cloud Dispute over FirstEnergy’s Renewable Credit Purchases (Midwest Energy News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Efficiency
Exchange Northwest Conference Unveils Innovative Ideas on Energy Efficiency (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Electric
Co-ops Urge Water Heater Rule Change (Electric Co-op Today)
North
Carolina - Bill Rolls Back Energy Efficiency Standards for Builders (Raleigh
News & Observer, NC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Australia
- Carbon Price Slide Hits Green Schemes (Brisbane Times, AU)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar
Installer Glows with Pride over Energy-Efficient Projects (Boston Globe, MA)
London
May Soon Be Drinking Recycled Sewage (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Comes to Gladstone, Missouri
(Mashable)
Google Combines Cloud Storage for Gmail, Drive,
Google+ Services (Los Angeles Times, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
These Brands Define Advertainment (Mashable)
Of Course a Cheese Store Has a Tiny Grater Business
Card (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor Narrows List of
Priorities for Special Session (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
First Day of Mason County Candidate Filing - Race
on for Shelton Commission Seat (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Port Angeles Man Who Bulldozed Houses Held on $1
Million Bail (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
How States & Counties Stack Up in Businesses (Seattle
Times, WA)
Convicted Puppy Mill Owner Once Again Selling
Animals (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Young Americans Lead Trend to Less Driving (NY
Times)
DIVERSIONS
Joyce
Brothers, Columnist, TV Star & $64,000 Winner, Dies
Shrimp
of the Land - How to Survive Cicada Invasion? Eat Them
Bye,
Bye Ewoks - JJ Abrams Boldly Going from ‘Trek’ to ‘Star Wars’
Builders
Bulldoze Big Mayan Pyramid in Belize
SONG OF THE DAY
Pete
Fountain - Shrimp Boats
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