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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Are Local Governments the Target of Cybercriminals? (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Washington State Patrol Academy Pulls Plugs on Lead-Tainted
Water Fountains (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Idaho: FERC Staff Recommends against Bear River Dam
(Breaking Energy)
Okanogan PUD to Decide Yay or Nay on Fate of Enloe Dam (Omak
Chronicle, WA)
First Licenses Issued to Recreational Marijuana Growers (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho: FERC Staff Recommends against Bear River Dam
- Okanogan PUD to Decide Yea or Nay on Fate of Enloe Dam
- Penlight Raised Rates in April
- Federal Columbia River Power System: Generating Benefits for Generations
- NRECA Lauds Partnership with Hydropower
- Squirrels, Other Wildlife Are Most Common Cause of Outages, Survey Finds
- Investor Network Says Utilities Should Face Climate Change Stress Tests
- Ohio Utilities Look to Re-Regulate Market with Plant Subsidies under FERC Scrutiny
- Ten Tips: Keep Customers Secure with Grid Modernization
- Carolyn Coyle: Engineering CRUD for Better Nuclear Reactors
- Washington State Patrol Academy Pulls Plugs on Lead-Tainted Water Fountains
- $9 Billion Federal Water Infrastructure Bill Heads to U-S Senate Floor
- Franklin PUD Completes Unique Community Solar Project
- ‘Community Solar’ Energy Systems May Add Savings to Local, Cooperative Energy Projects
- California Has Too Much Solar Power -- And That’s a Good Thing
- Solar Savings: As Costs Drop, Solar Power Makes More Sense
- Vestas Wind Profit Beats Estimate, Orders Surge
- Lobbying by Renewable Energy Groups is on the Rise in Massachusetts
- Oracle to Buy Utility Software Maker Opower
- Samsung’s Smart Home Gadgets Are Full of Security Holes
- First Licenses Issued to Recreational Marijuana Growers
- Working in Weed: Labor & Employment Issues in the Cannabis Industry
- Efforts to Cool Climate Change Debate Backfire, Research Finds
- Kids Win Again in Lawsuit Blaming Government for Not Fighting Global Warming
- What We’re Getting Wrong in the Carbon Tax Debate
- Solar Airplane Begins U-S Leg of Historic Round-The-World Flight
- Are Local Governments the Target of Cybercriminals?
- The FCC Just Did Something That Should Make Businesses Very Happy
- Huntsville Crews Begin Installing Google Fiber Cable
- Hulu Planning Live Subscription TV Service
- Craig Wright Reveals Himself as Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto
- Facebook Says It Gained 60 Million Users in the Last 3 Months
- Snapchat Signs Deal with NBC to Showcase Olympics
- Comcast “Cares” on Twitter. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- Sponsored Content: Use Social Media to Reach More Customers
- McIntosh Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner
- Conrad Burns, Former U-S Senator of Montana, Dies at 81
- Two Traffic Fatalities Sunday
- Five Seattle Police Injured, Nine People Arrested after May Day Marches
- Inmate Released from Cowlitz County Jail Wanted in Mason County
- Weyerhaeuser Sells Pulp Business to International Paper for $2.2 Billion
- Cowlitz Plan to Cash in for the Tribe, Community
- Sports Authority to Close All Stores Nationwide in Liquidation
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marketing machine and its beneficiaries.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho: FERC Staff Recommends against Bear River Dam
(Breaking Energy)
Okanogan PUD to Decide Yea or Nay on Fate of Enloe Dam (Omak
Chronicle, WA)
Penlight Raised Rates in April (Key Peninsula News, WA)
Federal Columbia River Power System: Generating Benefits for
Generations (Bonneville Power Administration)
NRECA Lauds Partnership with Hydropower (Electric Co-op Today)
Squirrels, Other Wildlife Are Most Common Cause of Outages, Survey
Finds (American Public Power Association)
Investor Network Says Utilities Should Face Climate Change
Stress Tests (Reuters)
Ohio Utilities Look to Re-Regulate Market with Plant
Subsidies under FERC Scrutiny (Utility Dive)
Ten Tips: Keep Customers Secure with Grid Modernization
(American Public Power Association)
Carolyn Coyle: Engineering CRUD for Better Nuclear Reactors
(The Energy Collective)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Patrol Academy Pulls Plugs on Lead-Tainted
Water Fountains (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
$9 Billion Federal Water Infrastructure Bill Heads to U-S Senate
Floor (Washington Examiner)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Franklin PUD Completes Unique Community Solar Project
(Franklin PUD, Pasco, WA)
‘Community Solar’ Energy Systems May Add Savings to Local,
Cooperative Energy Projects (Science Daily)
California Has Too Much Solar Power -- And That’s a Good
Thing (Motley Fool)
Solar Savings: As Costs Drop, Solar Power Makes More Sense
(Lincoln City News-Guard, Or)
Vestas Wind Profit Beats Estimate, Orders Surge (Renewable Energy World)
Lobbying by Renewable Energy Groups is on the Rise in Massachusetts
(Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oracle to Buy Utility Software Maker Opower (Reuters)
Samsung’s Smart Home Gadgets Are Full of Security Holes (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
First Licenses Issued to Recreational Marijuana Growers (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Working in Weed: Labor & Employment Issues in the
Cannabis Industry (Canna Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Efforts to Cool Climate Change Debate Backfire, Research
Finds (Montana Standard, Butte)
Kids Win Again in Lawsuit Blaming Government for Not
Fighting Global Warming (Forbes Magazine)
What We’re Getting Wrong in the Carbon Tax Debate (Grist Online)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar Airplane Begins U-S Leg of Historic Round-The-World
Flight (Mashable)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Are Local Governments the Target of Cybercriminals? (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
The FCC Just Did Something That Should Make Businesses Very
Happy (Washington Post)
Huntsville Crews Begin Installing Google Fiber Cable (Birmingham
Business Journal, AL)
http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2016/05/huntsville-crews-begin-installing-google-fiber.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2016/05/huntsville-crews-begin-installing-google-fiber.html
Hulu Planning Live Subscription TV Service (Broadband Reports)
Craig Wright Reveals Himself as Bitcoin Creator Satoshi
Nakamoto (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Says It Gained 60 Million Users in the Last 3
Months (AdWeek)
Snapchat Signs Deal with NBC to Showcase Olympics (Associated Press)
Comcast “Cares” on Twitter. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Consumerist)
Sponsored Content: Use Social Media to Reach More Customers (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
McIntosh Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Conrad Burns, Former U-S Senator of Montana, Dies at 81 (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Two Traffic Fatalities Sunday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Five Seattle Police Injured, Nine People Arrested after May
Day Marches (Reuters)
Inmate Released from Cowlitz County Jail Wanted in Mason
County (Longview Daily News, WA)
Weyerhaeuser Sells Pulp Business to International Paper for
$2.2 Billion (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
Cowlitz Plan to Cash in for the Tribe, Community (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Sports Authority to Close All Stores Nationwide in Liquidation
(Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Go Team! Top Court to Hear Cheerleader Uniform Copyright
Case
Starbucks Overfills Cold Drinks with Ice, Lawsuit Claims
Should You Hug Your Dog?
Ringling Elephants Perform Last Show, End 145-Year Run
SONG OF THE DAY
Debussy – Claire de Lune
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