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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Increasing Salmon Spill at Columbia/Snake Dams;
Science Panel Lists Biological Risks to Aquatic Life (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Coal Quandary: Avista Uses Cheap Power, But
Inslee Wary (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
U-S
Supreme Court Justices Question Obama Climate Change Regulations (Reuters)
Oregon
Energy Department Looking to Liquidate Collateral from Failed Solar Facility
Loan (Oregonian, Portland)
California
Farmers Told Not to Expect U-S Water (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Coal Quandary: Avista Uses Cheap Power, But Inslee Wary
- Franklin PUD Considering Raising Rates
- Portland Man Burned After Using Candles to Heat Home, Officials Say
- Increasing Salmon Spill at Columbia/Snake Dams; Science Panel Lists Biological Risks to Aquatic Life
- Op/Ed: Increasing Spills Will Hurt Fish, Power Users, Environment
- Maine: Group Hopes ‘Planting’ Salmon Eggs in Rivers Will Restore Population
- California Farmers Told Not to Expect U-S Water
- California Drought: Rare Good News as Storms Move In & El Niño Conditions Emerge in Pacific
- California: Q&A - Why Not Tap Lake Tahoe for Water?
- Oregon Energy Department Looking to Liquidate Collateral from Failed Solar Facility Loan
- Powering the U-S with Renewables: A State-By-State Roadmap
- Sun Shines on New York Solar Energy Boom
- Bill for Wind Farm Moratorium in Eastern Oklahoma Moves Along
- Edison Electric Institute & Natural Resources Defense Council Closer to Getting It Right on Net Metering
- Feds Issue Final Rule on Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures
- How to be Part of Rural Utility Services Efficiency Loan Program
- U-S Supreme Court Justices Question Obama Climate Change Regulations
- To Be, or Not to Be: Carbon Markets Post 2020?
- Washington State Electric Car Charging Network at Standstill after Bankruptcy
- How Unheralded Wood Stoves Could Save the World
- Netflix Said to Agree to Pay Comcast for Faster Access
- Google Fiber: Portland Looked Like a Loser, But Years of Work May Now Pay Off
- Google Fiber: Three Things Your Non-Tech Business Needs to Know
- Apple Issues Software Update to Fix Vulnerability for iPhone, iPad
- Mark Zuckerberg: ‘We Want to Create a Dial Tone for the Internet’
- Social-Media Traffic to News Sites Has Increased 57% Since 2009
- Coke Wants You to Wear This Huge Funnel around Your Neck
- U-S Representative McMorris Rodgers ‘Closely’ Watching Farm Bill Implementation
- Shelton Hills Development Meeting Moved To March
- Federal DOT Asks Public Whether to Allow Calls on Planes
- Washington State Twins, 80, Die Working on Antique Car in Chehalis
- Olympia Homeless Camp - Small World, Big Idea
- Mary M. Knight Girls Win First District Basketball Championship
- Mason County Gives Farewell to Bob Simmons of WSU Cooperative Extension
WORD OF THE DAY
Teem
• \TEEM\ • Verb - 1: to become filled to overflowing 2: to be present in large
quantity.
The
frothing brew, teeming with bacteria and fermenting goo spread its enticing,
pungent aroma over downtown Olympia. Its residents were unaware that years
later, this evidence of community vitality (and God’s blessing to make us
happy) would be swept away in brewer consolidation and corporate decisions.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Coal Quandary: Avista Uses Cheap Power, But Inslee
Wary (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Franklin PUD Considering Raising Rates (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Portland Man Burned After Using Candles to Heat
Home, Officials Say (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Increasing Salmon Spill at Columbia/Snake Dams;
Science Panel Lists Biological Risks to Aquatic Life (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Op/Ed: Increasing Spills Will Hurt Fish, Power
Users, Environment (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Maine: Group Hopes ‘Planting’ Salmon Eggs in
Rivers Will Restore Population (Maine Sun Journal, Lewiston, ME)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California
Farmers Told Not to Expect U-S Water (Associated
Press)
California
Drought: Rare Good News as Storms Move In & El Niño Conditions Emerge in Pacific
(San Jose Mercury News, CA)
California:
Q&A - Why Not Tap Lake Tahoe for Water? (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Energy Department Looking to Liquidate Collateral from Failed Solar Facility
Loan (Oregonian, Portland)
Powering
the U-S with Renewables: A State-By-State Roadmap “…Washington State would lead
this pack due to its abundant hydro resources…” (Renewable
Energy World)
Sun
Shines on New York Solar Energy Boom (Yahoo! News)
Bill
for Wind Farm Moratorium in Eastern Oklahoma Moves Along (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma
City)
Edison
Electric Institute & Natural Resources Defense Council Closer to Getting It
Right on Net Metering (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Feds
Issue Final Rule on Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures (American Public Power
Association)
How
to be Part of Rural Utility Services Efficiency Loan Program (Electric Co-op Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Supreme Court Justices Question Obama Climate Change Regulations (Reuters)
To
Be, or Not to Be: Carbon Markets Post 2020? (The Energy Collective)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State Electric Car Charging Network at Standstill after Bankruptcy (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
How
Unheralded Wood Stoves Could Save the World (Popular Mechanics Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Netflix Said to Agree to Pay Comcast for Faster
Access (Bloomberg News)
Google Fiber: Portland Looked Like a Loser, But
Years of Work May Now Pay Off (Oregonian, Portland)
Google Fiber: Three Things Your Non-Tech Business
Needs to Know (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Apple Issues Software Update to Fix Vulnerability for
iPhone, iPad (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2014/02/24/apple-issues-software.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2014/02/24/apple-issues-software.html
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Mark Zuckerberg: ‘We Want to Create a Dial Tone for
the Internet’ (Mashable)
Social-Media Traffic to News Sites Has Increased
57% Since 2009 (Mashable)
Coke Wants You to Wear This Huge Funnel around Your
Neck (TIME Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Representative McMorris Rodgers ‘Closely’
Watching Farm Bill Implementation (Capital Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Hills Development Meeting Moved To March (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Federal DOT Asks Public Whether to Allow Calls on
Planes (USA Today)
Washington State Twins, 80, Die Working on Antique
Car in Chehalis (Associated Press)
Olympia Homeless Camp - Small World, Big Idea (NY
Times)
Mary M. Knight Girls Win First District Basketball Championship
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Gives Farewell to Bob Simmons of WSU
Cooperative Extension (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Ghostbusters
Actor, Harold Ramis Dies at 69
‘Which
(Blank) Are You?’ Online Quizzes Go Viral
Silver
Medal Face - The Saddest-Looking Second-Place Finishers in Olympic History
Want
This Star Wars Tapestry? That’ll Be $20,000
SONG OF THE DAY
Elmer
Bernstein – Stripes (Main Theme)
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