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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Attorney General’s Office Urges
Lower Avista Electric Rates (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
U-S House Passes Endangered Species Act Bill
(Capital Press)
Is
Lewis County in Consideration for a Massive Tesla Motors Battery ‘Gigafactory’?
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Thirteen Oregon Counties, One Third of Nation Experiencing
Notable Drought (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Frontier CEO Says She’ll Beat Google Fiber ‘Hype’
with Better Prices “…10 to 12 megabits per second will be perfectly adequate
for at least the next couple years…” (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Attorney General’s Office Urges Lower Avista Electric Rates
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Faces New Criminal Charges over Fatal 2010 Pipeline Explosion
- Moody’s Assigns Aa1 to Energy Northwest Bonds, Rating Outlook Stable
- Thanks to Hydro: BMW i8 Visits Nation’s Capitol - Car Made with Moses Lake Carbon Fiber
- Tri-Cities Official: Fire Sparked after Bird Hits Power Pole
- No Fukushima Radiation in Oregon, Group Says
- Tennessee Valley Authority Ends LiveWell Program, Closes Employee Gyms to Cut Costs
- U-S House Passes Endangered Species Act Bill
- News Release: U-S House Approves Legislation to Improve & Update the Endangered Species Act
- Thirteen Oregon Counties, One Third of Nation Experiencing Notable Drought
- British Columbia Leader Promises Victoria Sewage Treatment to U-S Politicians, But Details Remain Vague
- Windfall from Carlsborg Sewer Plan: Sequim Could See More Than $6 Million in Revenue
- How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power Earth?
- Turning Wind Energy into a Waltz
- Gadgets, Apps & The Science Of Changing Energy Consumer Behavior
- Puget Sound Energy, Habitat for Humanity, Bonneville Power Administration Showcase New, Super-Efficient Manufactured Home
- Is Third Party Financing for Energy Efficiency Ready for Prime Time?
- Governor Inslee’s Seattle Wastewater Plant Tour Highlights Sea Rise Woes
- Eugene Passes Carbon Emissions Reduction Law
- Is Lewis County in Consideration for a Massive Tesla Motors Battery ‘Gigafactory’?
- Which Utilities Are Doing the Most in Clean Energy? Hint: Some of Them Are Here
- Frontier CEO Says She’ll Beat Google Fiber ‘Hype’ with Better Prices
- Montana: Study Finds Missoula City, County Should Spend $10 Million on Broadband
- Up to Speed: Windstream’s Novel Spinoff Could Save Billions & Inspire Copycats in Communications Industry
- The Government Accounting Office Finds a Few Problems with Broadband Data Caps
- Twitter Users Are Growing & the Stock Market is Pleased
- Social Media Has Changed the Way That War Reporting Works — And That’s a Good Thing
- Cyber-Men to the Rescue: Out West, Power Works Hard for Co-op Members
- Instagram Launches Bolt App Abroad
- Skokomish River: Bremerton Man Rescued from High Steel Bridge
- Senators from Colorado, Washington Want Federal Pot Laws Applied Fairly
- News Release: Washington, Colorado Senators Press Obama Administration on Marijuana Policies
- Don’t Like the Smell of Your Neighbor’s Pot? Too Bad!
- Biotech Giant Leaves Seattle, Cuts Hundreds of Jobs
- Problems Persist After Ferry Breakdown in Puget Sound
Polyandry
• \POLLY-and-ree\ • Noun – The state or practice of having more than one
husband or male mate at one time
The
lack of eligible women in the remote Russian village had led over the years to
practice of polyandry. After several generations, the shortage was revealed as
a hoax, as a village one valley over was the seething hotbed for polygamy. The two leaders decided to end their
respective practices during a summit session last week. Said one leader “my
agreement to your terms is big of me.” “No,” replied his adversary, “what we
were practicing was bigamy!”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State Attorney General’s Office Urges
Lower Avista Electric Rates (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Faces New
Criminal Charges over Fatal 2010 Pipeline Explosion (Silicon Valley Business
Journal, CA)
Moody’s Assigns Aa1 to Energy Northwest Bonds, Rating
Outlook Stable (TWST.COM)
Thanks to Hydro: BMW i8 Visits Nation’s Capitol -
Car Made with Moses Lake Carbon Fiber (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Tri-Cities Official: Fire Sparked after Bird Hits
Power Pole (Associated Press)
No Fukushima Radiation in Oregon, Group Says (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
Tennessee Valley Authority Ends LiveWell Program,
Closes Employee Gyms to Cut Costs (Chattanooga Times-Free Press, TN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
U-S House Passes Endangered Species Act Bill
(Capital Press)
News Release: U-S House Approves Legislation to
Improve & Update the Endangered Species Act (Committee on Natural Resources,
U-S House of Representatives)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Thirteen Oregon Counties, One Third of Nation
Experiencing Notable Drought (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
British
Columbia Leader Promises Victoria Sewage Treatment to U-S Politicians, But
Details Remain Vague (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Windfall
from Carlsborg Sewer Plan: Sequim Could See More Than $6 Million in Revenue (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
How
Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power Earth? (Christian Science Monitor)
Turning
Wind Energy into a Waltz (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Gadgets,
Apps & The Science Of Changing Energy Consumer Behavior (Forbes Magazine)
Puget
Sound Energy, Habitat for Humanity, Bonneville Power Administration Showcase
New, Super-Efficient Manufactured Home (Bonneville Power Administration)
Is
Third Party Financing for Energy Efficiency Ready for Prime Time? (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governor Inslee’s Seattle Wastewater Plant
Tour Highlights Sea Rise Woes (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Eugene Passes Carbon Emissions Reduction Law (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Is
Lewis County in Consideration for a Massive Tesla Motors Battery ‘Gigafactory’?
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Which
Utilities Are Doing the Most in Clean Energy? Hint: Some of Them Are Here (Sustainable Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Frontier CEO Says She’ll Beat Google Fiber ‘Hype’ with
Better Prices “…10 to 12 megabits per second will be perfectly adequate for at
least the next couple years…” (Oregonian, Portland)
Montana: Study Finds Missoula City, County Should
Spend $10 Million on Broadband (The Missoulian, MT)
Up to Speed: Windstream’s Novel Spinoff Could Save
Billions & Inspire Copycats in Communications Industry “…categorize copper &
fiber-optic lines as real estate, then spin off those properties…” (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
The Government Accounting Office Finds a Few
Problems with Broadband Data Caps (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Users Are Growing & the Stock Market is
Pleased (GigaOM)
Social Media Has Changed the Way That War Reporting
Works — And That’s a Good Thing (GigaOM)
Cyber-Men to the Rescue: Out West, Power Works Hard
for Co-op Members (Electric Co-op Today)
Instagram Launches Bolt App Abroad (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Skokomish River: Bremerton Man Rescued from High
Steel Bridge (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Senators from Colorado, Washington Want Federal Pot
Laws Applied Fairly (Reuters)
News Release: Washington, Colorado Senators Press
Obama Administration on Marijuana Policies (U-S Senator Patty Murray)
Don’t Like the Smell of Your Neighbor’s Pot? Too Bad!
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Biotech Giant Leaves Seattle, Cuts Hundreds of Jobs
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Problems Persist After Ferry Breakdown in Puget
Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
A
Multi-Function Clip That Hides a Toolbox in Your Hair
Oak
Ridge Cancels Class to Reduce Southern Accents
Couple
Wants Middle Names to Include ‘Seamonster’
More
Mysterious Craters Found in Russia’s Remote Siberia Region
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Beatles - Fixing a Hole
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