Friday, May 30, 2014

Hot Shots Edition - Energy News Digest for May 30, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Wildfire Damages Power Lines in Chelan County (Associated Press)

The Fight Is On: Obama’s Climate Rules Aren’t Out Yet, But Both Sides Are Already Slugging (Grist Online)

Oregon: Northern Wasco PUD Faces Opposition on Freedom Project Hydro (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

California orders thousands of Sacramento Valley water users to stop pumping from streams

Pend Oreille River to Hit Lowered Flood Stage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

New Bill Threatens to Stop FCC Treating Broadband as a Utility (Gizmodo)

Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the May 27 Business Meeting (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Steve Ballmer Reportedly Buys L-A Clippers (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Longtime KOMO Commentator, Reporter Ken Schram Dies at 66 (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

New Wave of Suspected Tsunami Debris Washes Ashore (Northwest Public Radio)

Stunning Photos of Google's Massive Data Centers (Forbes Magazine)

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