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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Conservationists Seek Endangered Status for Klamath Chinook Salmon (Northwest Public Radio)
Indian Leader: Unleash Energy on Tribal Lands (Associated Press)
Washington State Must Act Quickly to Catch Clean-Tech Wave (Sustainable Industries)
Uranium Prices Boom, Time to Invest (Christian Science Monitor)
Idaho Megaloads Foes Abandon Legal Fight (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Idaho Megaloads Foes Abandon Legal Fight
· Nevada Congressman Files First Bill, on Power Generated at Hoover Dam
· Brazilian Dam Clears Hurdle
· Uranium Prices Boom, Time to Invest
· Senator Who Shot Cap-and-Trade Bill in Ad Named to Energy Panel
· Minnesota Supreme Court Hands Dairy Farmers a Win over Stray Voltage
· San Diego Gas & Electric Offers Power Line Safety Reminder
· Conservationists Seek Endangered Status for Klamath Chinook Salmon
· Lower Columbia May Become ‘Critical Habitat’ to Protect Smelt
· Washington State Closes Fishing in Clallam County Streams to Protect Wild Steelhead
· One Fish, Two Fish, Who Regulates You, Fish?
· Kitsap County Looking at Ways to Conserve Water
· Balmy Weather Eats Away at Mt Hood Snowpack
· DEQ Puts Oregon on Track to Cut Through Regulations to Reuse Graywater
· Oregon - Wetlands Bubble Back Near Cannon Beach Junction on the Oregon Coast
· Indian Leader: Unleash Energy on Tribal Lands
· Minnesota Lawmakers Debate Restrictions on North Dakota-Produced Electricity
· North Dakota - Wilton-Area Landowners Want More for Their Wind
· FirstEnergy Corp.: Not Enough Solar Power Available to Meet Ohio Renewable Energy Standards
· The Dark Side of Incentives - Loss of Solar Jobs Has Massachusetts Rethinking State Aid
· Austerity Pulling Plug on Europe’s Green Subsidies
· Clark PUD Energy Adviser: Tune into Savings When Buying a TV
· Greenland Glaciers Spring Surprise
· Washington State Must Act Quickly to Catch Clean-Tech Wave
· For Excess Solar Flow, a Veg-O-Matic for Voltage
· TreeShagger: 15 Places to Meet a Green Hottie
· Oregon - Wireless Network Could be No More in Hermiston
· Frontier Facing Questions in Portland over Huge FiOSTV Hike
· Frontier Fighting Community Fiber in Minnesota
· FairPoint Meets Broadband Commitment in Maine
· White House Moves to Give Airwaves to Public Safety for Emergency Wireless Network
· FCC Selects Companies to Secure Internet Service over TV Waves
· The Day Part of the Internet Died: Egypt Goes Dark
· Save the Internet by Doing Nothing - Governments should butt out of Internet regulation
· Patty Murray to Chair Veterans’ Affairs Committee
· Gregoire Appoints Former Senator Marr to State Liquor Board
· US Senators skewer Air Force over Tanker Bids
· Microsoft Says Employee Took it for $450K
WORD OF THE DAY
Auteur • \AWT-ur\ • Noun - 1: a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory; broadly: director 2: an artist (as a musician or writer) whose style and practice are distinctive
I guess if you use it in a literal sense, “Tiny Tim” was a ukulele auteur. As an artist, perhaps not.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho Megaloads Foes Abandon Legal Fight (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Nevada Congressman Files First Bill, on Power Generated at Hoover Dam (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
Brazilian Dam Clears Hurdle (NY Times)
Uranium Prices Boom, Time to Invest (Christian Science Monitor)
Senator Who Shot Cap-and-Trade Bill in Ad Named to Energy Panel (Bloomberg News)
Minnesota Supreme Court Hands Dairy Farmers a Win over Stray Voltage (Minnesota Public Radio)
San Diego Gas & Electric Offers Power Line Safety Reminder (Electric Energy Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Conservationists Seek Endangered Status for Klamath Chinook Salmon (Northwest Public Radio)
Lower Columbia May Become ‘Critical Habitat’ to Protect Smelt (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington State Closes Fishing in Clallam County Streams to Protect Wild Steelhead (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
One Fish, Two Fish, Who Regulates You, Fish? Is federal salmon oversight as complicated as President Obama claims? (Slate Magazine)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kitsap County Looking at Ways to Conserve Water - As population grows, demand on Kitsap’s limited water supply will also increase (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Balmy Weather Eats Away at Mt Hood Snowpack (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
DEQ Puts Oregon on Track to Cut Through Regulations to Reuse Graywater (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon - Wetlands Bubble Back Near Cannon Beach Junction on the Oregon Coast (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Indian Leader: Unleash Energy on Tribal Lands (Associated Press)
Minnesota Lawmakers Debate Restrictions on North Dakota-Produced Electricity (Grand Forks Herald, ND)
North Dakota - Wilton-Area Landowners Want More for Their Wind (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
FirstEnergy Corp.: Not Enough Solar Power Available to Meet Ohio Renewable Energy Standards (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
The Dark Side of Incentives - Loss of Solar Jobs Has Massachusetts Rethinking State Aid (National Public Radio)
Austerity Pulling Plug on Europe’s Green Subsidies (Globe & Mail)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Clark PUD Energy Adviser: Tune into Savings When Buying a TV (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Greenland Glaciers Spring Surprise - Some Greenland glaciers run slower in warm summers than cooler ones, meaning the icecap may be more resistant to warming than previously thought (British Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington State Must Act Quickly to Catch Clean-Tech Wave (Sustainable Industries)
For Excess Solar Flow, a Veg-O-Matic for Voltage
TreeShagger: 15 Places to Meet a Green Hottie (Grist Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon - Wireless Network Could be No More in Hermiston (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Frontier Facing Questions in Portland over Huge FiOSTV Hike - MACC Wonders if This Was the Plan All Along, Despite Previous Assurances (Broadband Reports)
Frontier Fighting Community Fiber in Minnesota - Insists Aging DSL Can Deliver ‘Same Speed of Service’ as Fiber (Broadband Reports)
FairPoint Meets Broadband Commitment in Maine (Associated Press)
White House Moves to Give Airwaves to Public Safety for Emergency Wireless Network (Washington Post)
FCC Selects Companies to Secure Internet Service over TV Waves (Bloomberg News)
The Day Part of the Internet Died: Egypt Goes Dark (USA Today)
Save the Internet by Doing Nothing - Governments should butt out of Internet regulation, because the Internet will civilize itself (Slate Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Patty Murray to Chair Veterans’ Affairs Committee (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Gregoire Appoints Former Senator Marr to State Liquor Board (Seattle Times)
GENERAL NEWS
US Senators skewer Air Force over Tanker Bids - Panel highlights missteps; decision due in February (Olympian, WA)
Microsoft Says Employee Took it for $450K (Courthouse News Service)
DIVERSIONS
And Here’s Why Your State Doesn’t Suck
Taco Bell fights lawsuit with ‘truth’ ads about its beef
Waitress Fired for Shaving Head in Support of Cancer-Riddled Uncle
$3,000 In Cash Discovered in Donation of Record Albums
SONG OF THE DAY
Taco - Puttin’ on the Ritz
