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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Heat Advisory Issued for NW Oregon, SW Washington
State (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Group Voices Opposition to Seattle City Light
‘Smart Meters’ (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Idaho: Chinook Coming to the Boise River (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
U-S
Supreme Court Denies Review of California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
The
Return of ‘Mr. Floatie,’ Falsetto-Voiced Symbol of Victoria Sewage (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Group Voices Opposition to Seattle City Light ‘Smart Meters’
- Seattle City Light CEO Admits He Sought Raise, Contrary to Earlier Statement
- Montana: Senator Tester Voices Frustration over Glencore –
- The Pacific Northwest Grid Gets Smarter with Nation’s Largest Test
- Deadly Derecho Hits U-S Midwest, Knocks Out Power to Hundreds of Thousands
- Symantec Warns ‘Energetic Bear’ Hackers Threaten Utilities
- Inaugural Class of Women with Hydro Vision Award Recipients Announced
- How One Proactive Kentucky Municipal Utility Lowers Overall Electricity Costs to Customers
- A Solar Show with Mixed Reviews
- Idaho: Chinook Coming to the Boise River
- The Hanford REACH Holds Opening Events in Richland
- New Puget Sound Smelt Fishing Regulations Hope to Stop Decline in Fish Population
- Oregon: Turning Gravel Pits into Fish Habitat
- The Return of ‘Mr. Floatie,’ Falsetto-Voiced Symbol of Victoria Sewage
- Olympia Solar Energy Meeting Draws a Crowd
- Massachusetts: Cape Wind Gets $150 Million Boost
- Four New Energy Maps Show a Lot about Renewables
- For Oil-And-Gas Giant Iran, Officials Launch New Push for Solar Power to Light Its Future
- U-S Supreme Court Denies Review of California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard
- Oregon’s Electric Vehicle Work Gets an NPR Spotlight
- Google Fiber Build Complaints Mount
- Montana: Bozeman Prepares to Launch Broadband Master Plan
- Op/Ed: For Taxpayers, Broadband ‘UTOPIA’ Anything But
- Olympia’s KGY AM 1240 Sold to Catholic Broadcasting Company
- “…Otto Mattick Reporting…” How Robots Will Write Earnings Stories for the Associated Press
- Google to Terminate Orkut, Its First Social Network
- Nearly 3,000 Washington Businesses Scammed Out of $125 Each
- Heat Advisory Issued for NW Oregon, SW Washington State
- Heat Advisory for Southwest Washington & Northwest Oregon
- Washington State Bets on Composites as Future of Manufacturing
- GM Safety Crisis Grows as Recalls Mount
- GM Has Officially Recalled More Vehicles in 2014 Than It Has Sold in the Last Seven Years
- Coast to Coast, STEM Jobs Take Longest to Fill
Propinquity
• \pruh-PIN-kwuh-tee\ • Noun - 1: nearness of blood: kinship 2: nearness in
place or time: proximity.
Propinquity
versus Desire
Power
in the wind
Green
scream, “we want more of it!”
Transmission;
got some?
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Group Voices Opposition to Seattle City Light ‘Smart
Meters’ (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Seattle City Light CEO Admits He Sought Raise,
Contrary to Earlier Statement (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Montana: Senator Tester Voices Frustration over
Glencore - Says global company never intended to reopen shuttered Columbia
Falls Aluminum Company plant (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
The Pacific Northwest Grid Gets Smarter with
Nation’s Largest Test (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Deadly Derecho Hits U-S Midwest, Knocks Out
Power to Hundreds of Thousands (The Vane)
Symantec
Warns ‘Energetic Bear’ Hackers Threaten Utilities (Bloomberg News)
Inaugural Class of Women with Hydro Vision
Award Recipients Announced (Renewable Energy World)
How One Proactive Kentucky Municipal Utility
Lowers Overall Electricity Costs to Customers (Forbes Magazine)
A Solar Show with Mixed Reviews (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho: Chinook Coming to the Boise River (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
The Hanford REACH Holds Opening Events in
Richland (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri
Cities, WA)
New Puget Sound Smelt Fishing Regulations Hope to
Stop Decline in Fish Population (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Oregon: Turning Gravel Pits into Fish Habitat
(Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
The
Return of ‘Mr. Floatie,’ Falsetto-Voiced Symbol of Victoria Sewage (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Olympia
Solar Energy Meeting Draws a Crowd (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Massachusetts:
Cape Wind Gets $150 Million Boost – U-S Department of Energy to loan money for
construction of offshore turbine farm (Boston Globe, MA)
Four
New Energy Maps Show a Lot about Renewables (Clean Technica)
For
Oil-And-Gas Giant Iran, Officials Launch New Push for Solar Power to Light Its
Future (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Supreme Court Denies Review of California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon’s
Electric Vehicle Work Gets an NPR Spotlight (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Build Complaints Mount (Broadband
Reports)
Montana: Bozeman Prepares to Launch Broadband
Master Plan (KVTM-TV, Butte, MT)
Op/Ed: For Taxpayers, Broadband ‘UTOPIA’ Anything
But (Forbes Magazine)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Olympia’s KGY AM 1240 Sold to Catholic Broadcasting
Company (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
“…Otto Mattick Reporting…” How Robots Will Write
Earnings Stories for the Associated Press (USA Today)
Google to Terminate Orkut, Its First Social Network
(Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Nearly 3,000 Washington Businesses Scammed Out of
$125 Each (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Heat Advisory Issued for NW Oregon, SW Washington
State (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Heat Advisory for Southwest Washington &
Northwest Oregon - Even though the National Weather Service says it will be HOT
in south Puget Sound region, it has not issued a heat advisory for us (National
Weather Service, Seattle)
Washington State Bets on Composites as Future of
Manufacturing “…BMW demanded a plant powered by low-cost, renewable, “green”
energy…” (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GM Safety Crisis Grows as Recalls Mount (Associated Press)
GM Has Officially Recalled More Vehicles in 2014
Than It Has Sold in the Last Seven Years (Consumerist)
Coast to Coast, STEM Jobs Take Longest to Fill (USA
Today)
DIVERSIONS
Fifteen
Classic Images to Celebrate 150 Years of Yosemite
Diamond
Dog Coughs Up Wisconsin Woman’s Wedding Ring, Five Years After It Disappeared
Local Pet Supply Store Owner Eats Dog Food for
a Month
Cousteau
Prepares to End ‘Mission 31’ in Florida Keys
SONG OF THE DAY
Sammy
Ambrose - This Diamond Ring
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