Thursday, April 23, 2015

Energy News Digest for April 23, 2015 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Benton PUD Celebrates Earth Day with Solar Energy Project Groundbreaking (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Island Power to Host Public Forum (Bainbridge Island Review, WA)

Portland May Dodge Parching Drought (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://pamplinmediagroup.com/pt/9-news/257443-127214-portland-may-dodge-parching-drought-

Video: Copper Thief's Advice: 'Get a Real Job' (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Bellingham Pipeline Blast Remembered: 'Pipelines Blow Up And People Die' – After a series of deadly accidents, Congress created an office to oversee the nation’s oil and gas pipelines. A decade later, it’s become the can’t-do agency (Politico)

As Special Session Looms, Five Things to Know about Washington Legislature (Northwest Public Radio)

Catching Waves and Turning Them into Electricity (NY Times)

Model for Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter Painting Dies (USA Today)

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