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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
New Record Set for Fall Chinook Redds in Snake River (Associated
Press)
A Look at Restoring Wild Salmon Runs on the Upper Columbia
River (Associated Press)
California: Sacramento Municipal Utility District Cancels
$1.45 Billion Hydro Project in El Dorado County (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Editorial: It’s Not Too Late for Klamath – Not Congress – To
Manage Its Water (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Senate Votes to Oust Transportation
Secretary (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California: Sacramento Municipal Utility District Cancels $1.45 Billion Hydro Project in El Dorado County
- Avista Boosts Third Quarter Stock Dividend
- Port Townsend Buildings Evacuated After Underground Electrical Malfunction
- Electric Rates May Rise in Burley
- Cowlitz PUD Customers Protest High Electricity Bills, Call for Meter Audit
- California Saves $12 Million in New Energy Imbalance Market
- Super Bowl’s Super Solar Utility Has Been a Target of Attack
- Westview Wins Regional Bonneville Power Administration Science Bowl
- Massachusetts Plan Could Spur Hydro Imports to New England
- One Statistic Shows Just How Dramatically Our Energy System Is Changing – U-S Electricity Generation by Fuel Type
- New Record Set for Fall Chinook Redds in Snake River
- A Look at Restoring Wild Salmon Runs on the Upper Columbia River
- One-Day Smelt Season Nets More then 160 Violations
- Owners of Historic Hydroelectric Plant Sued Over Fish Protections
- Editorial: It’s Not Too Late for Klamath – Not Congress – To Manage Its Water
- Why Drought Might Be the New Normal for the American Southwest
- Arcadia Power Pitches Bozeman on Wind Power: But How Does It Work?
- World’s Biggest Wind Farm to Be Built Off the Coast of the UK
- Montana’s Geothermal Credit Mainly Benefits the Rich
- Legal Marijuana a High-Growth Business
- Seattle’s Brash King of Pot Raking in Cash & Raising Hackles at Uncle Ike’s
- Carbon Tax Measure, I-732, Might Be on Washington State Ballot
- Op/Ed: Politics behind Attacks on State’s Clean Energy Fund
- Op/Ed: Clean Energy Fund Is Delivering Outside Funding, Results
- Net Neutrality Again Puts FCC General Counsel at Center Stage
- How Many Americans Don’t Have Access to Broadband Internet?
- India Introduces Net Neutrality Rules Barring Facebook’s Free Internet
- LinkedIn Sheds $11 Billion in Value on Stock’s Worst Day since Debut
- Twitter Moves to Actively Seek Out Terrorist Supporters
- How to Use Facebook Messenger for Your Business
- The Five Worst Ads of Super Bowl 50
- The Five Best Ads of Super Bowl 50
- Washington State Senate Votes to Oust Transportation Secretary
- Peterson Responds to Firing, Washington State Republican Senator Threatens “More Heads are Going to Roll”
- Washington State Corrections Secretary Resigns
- National Park Service’s Maintenance Backlog Hits $11.9 Billion
- Belfair Woman Injured in Crash near Kitsap Lake
- Killer Found Insane Can’t Have Slain Wife’s Washington State Pension, Judge Rules
- Rig Count Plummets Nationwide As Oil Remains at $30 per Barrel
- Broncos Stifle Panthers, Win Super Bowl 50
- Commentary: Lynch Retirement Is a Disappointing But Clean Break for Seahawks
Portentous • \por-TEN-tuss\ • Adjective – 1: of, relating
to, or constituting a portent 2: eliciting amazement or wonder: prodigious 3
*a: being a grave or serious matter b : self-consciously solemn or important:
pompous c: ponderously excessive
Nicholas Abercrombie dressed in his most elaborate
ceremonial garb for the portentous event. “It isn’t every day that you base
jump off a 200 foot tall windmill,” he crowed. Obviously, his idea of a
portentous occasion versus a silly one was a matter of perspective.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California: Sacramento Municipal Utility District Cancels
$1.45 Billion Hydro Project in El Dorado County (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Avista Boosts Third Quarter Stock Dividend (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Port Townsend Buildings Evacuated After Underground Electrical
Malfunction (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Electric Rates May Rise in Burley (Twin Falls Times News,
ID)
Cowlitz PUD Customers Protest High Electricity Bills, Call for
Meter Audit (Longview Daily News,
WA)
California Saves $12 Million in New Energy Imbalance Market (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Super Bowl’s Super Solar Utility Has Been a Target of Attack
(Washington Examiner)
Westview Wins Regional Bonneville Power Administration Science Bowl (Pamplin Media
Group, Portland, OR)
Massachusetts Plan Could Spur Hydro Imports to New England (Associated Press)
One Statistic Shows Just How Dramatically Our Energy System
Is Changing – U-S Electricity Generation by Fuel Type (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Record Set for Fall Chinook Redds in Snake River
(Associated Press)
A Look at Restoring Wild Salmon Runs on the Upper Columbia
River (Associated Press)
One-Day Smelt Season Nets More then 160 Violations (Longview Daily News, WA)
Owners of Historic Hydroelectric Plant Sued Over Fish
Protections (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Editorial: It’s Not Too Late for Klamath – Not Congress – To
Manage Its Water (Oregonian, Portland)
Why Drought Might Be the New Normal for the American
Southwest (Christian Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Arcadia Power Pitches Bozeman on Wind Power: But How Does It
Work? (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, MT – Congrats, here’s your environmental indulgence)
World’s Biggest Wind Farm to Be Built Off the Coast of the
UK (Gizmodo)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Montana’s Geothermal Credit Mainly Benefits the Rich (The Bozeman
Daily Chronicle, MT)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal Marijuana a High-Growth Business (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Seattle’s Brash King of Pot Raking in Cash & Raising
Hackles at Uncle Ike’s (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Tax Measure, I-732, Might Be on Washington State Ballot
(Everett Herald, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Op/Ed: Politics behind Attacks on State’s Clean Energy Fund (Everett
Herald, WA)
Op/Ed: Clean Energy Fund Is Delivering Outside Funding,
Results (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Net Neutrality Again Puts FCC General Counsel at Center
Stage (NY Times)
How Many Americans Don’t Have Access to Broadband Internet?
(The Motley Fool)
India Introduces Net Neutrality Rules Barring Facebook’s Free
Internet (Reuters)
MARKETING & MEDIA
LinkedIn Sheds $11 Billion in Value on Stock’s Worst Day since
Debut (Reuters)
Twitter Moves to Actively Seek Out Terrorist Supporters (Associated Press)
How to Use Facebook Messenger for Your Business (Social
Media Examiner)
The Five Worst Ads of Super Bowl 50 (AdWeek)
The Five Best Ads of Super Bowl 50 (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senate Votes to Oust Transportation
Secretary (Associated Press)
Peterson Responds to Firing, Washington State Republican
Senator Threatens “More Heads are Going to Roll” (PubliCola)
Washington State Corrections Secretary Resigns (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
National Park Service’s Maintenance Backlog Hits $11.9
Billion (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Belfair Woman Injured in Crash near Kitsap Lake (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Killer Found Insane Can’t Have Slain Wife’s Washington State
Pension, Judge Rules (Olympian -
Paywall Advisory)
Rig Count Plummets Nationwide As Oil Remains at $30 per
Barrel (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Broncos Stifle Panthers, Win Super Bowl 50 (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Commentary: Lynch Retirement Is a Disappointing But Clean
Break for Seahawks (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Cat Missing for 16 Months Found Living in the Most Purrfect
Place
Quasimodo, a Rescue Pup with a Hunched Back, Now Has a Happy
Foster Home
Ancient Museum Mousetrap Still Works, Trapping This
Unsuspecting Critter
Indian Man Thought to Be First Ever Killed by Meteorite
SONG OF THE DAY
Kenny Loggins – Celebrate Me Home
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