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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
The Pacific Northwest Has Seen 130 Quakes over the
Past Two Weeks (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Montana: Expert Says NorthWestern Dam Purchase
Could Cost Ratepayers Up to $800 Million Extra (The Missoulian, MT)
Grays Harbor PUD Says Customers Still Getting
Scam Phone Calls (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Oregon
Wave Energy Project Sinks (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Mining Giant Quits Controversial Bristol Bay
Project in Alaska (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana: Expert Says NorthWestern Dam Purchase Could Cost Ratepayers Up to $800 Million Extra (The Missoulian, MT)
- Grays Harbor PUD Says Customers Still Getting Scam Phone Calls (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
- Scammers Posing As Douglas County PUD Employees at It Again (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
- Business Briefs - Clallam Public Utility District Honored In National Field (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- Mason PUD 3 Receives Highest National Recognition for Reliable Electric Operations (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
- City Council Could Eliminate Tacoma Pay Targets (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Woman Arrested After Knocking Out Power to North Side of Pullman (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
- Massachusetts Utilities Appeal Millions in Fines for 2011 Storms (Associated Press)
- U-S Natural Gas Exports Poised For Takeoff despite Debate (USA Today)
- Security Holes in Power Grid Have Federal Officials Scrambling (Los Angeles Times, CA)
- Power Plant Regulations, While ‘Flexible,’ Will Be ‘Enforceable,’ EPA Admin Says (U-S News & World Report)
- Americans’ Energy Use Edged Up By 2.4% in 2013, Energy Department Reports (American Public Power Association)
- U-S Sailors Sue Japanese Utility over Radiation (Associated Press)
- Germany Says It Salvaged Power Discounts for Electricity-Heavy Companies, Which Faced European Union Probe (Associated Press)
- Mining Giant Quits Controversial Bristol Bay Project in Alaska (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
- Juvenile Salmon to be Released by Boat into San Francisco Bay (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
- First Nations Save First Foods: Northwest Tribes Seek to Restore Historic Fish Runs (Indian Country Today Media0
- Water Plan Advocates Lament Congressman Hastings’ Departure (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
- Cowlitz River Deepened for First Time since Mount St. Helens Eruption (Oregonian, Portland)
- Oregon Wave Energy Project Sinks (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- I-937 Updates: New Legislation & New Administrative Rules May Alter Washington’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
- Almost Half of New Electricity Is Now Clean & Green (New Scientist)
- A Glimpse at Your Future Electric Bill? New Hampshire Utility Experiments Encourage Conservation (New Hampshire Public Radio)
- Phantom Power: Leaving Electronic Devices on Standby Will Drain Your Finances (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
- How Climate Change Conquered the American Campus (Wall Street Journal)
- ‘We Made a Positive Impact’: Port Townsend Students Return from Climate-Change Trek to Washington, DC (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
- We Should Give Up Trying to Save the World from Climate Change, Says James Lovelock (The Telegraph, UK)
- U-S Court Questions EPA Delays to Biofuel Mandate (Reuters)
- Where Clean Energy Dollars Went in 2013 (Bloomberg News)
- In Scrutiny of Cable Merger, Internet Choice Will Be Crucial Battlefield (NY Times)
- Broadcasting Group Decries FCC’s Alleged Favoritism of Wireless Broadband (Ars Technica)
- Analysts: End of Windows XP Could Cause Operational & Security Problems for Industry, Consumers (Associated Press)
- Twitter’s Facebook-Lite Look Kicks in Today, With New Profile Powers (Gizmodo)
- Meet Erik Smith, the Newest Seattle Times Editorial Board Member (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- The Pacific Northwest Has Seen 130 Quakes over the Past Two Weeks (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
- President Obama to Visit Site of Oso Mudslide (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- New Website to Give Hanford Visitors Self-Guided Tour of Historic Reactor (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
WORD OF THE DAY
Virescent • \vuh-RESS-sunt\ • Adjective - Beginning
to be green: greenish.
The lesser known brother of Theodore Geisel, Abner, was
considered the more cerebral of the siblings. Whereas Ted waxed eloquently
about “Green Eggs & Ham,” Abner’s treatise was titled “The Psychological
Effects of Virescent Fried Chicken Embryos & Salt-Cured Pork Flesh on
Anthropomorphic Creatures in Children’s Literature.” Understandably, Ted’s
writings were much better sellers in every way.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana: Expert Says NorthWestern Dam Purchase
Could Cost Ratepayers Up to $800 Million Extra (The Missoulian, MT)
Grays Harbor PUD Says Customers Still Getting
Scam Phone Calls (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Scammers Posing As Douglas County PUD Employees at
It Again (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Business Briefs - Clallam Public Utility District
Honored In National Field (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Receives Highest National Recognition
for Reliable Electric Operations (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
City Council Could Eliminate Tacoma Pay Targets (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Woman Arrested After Knocking Out Power to North
Side of Pullman (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Massachusetts Utilities Appeal Millions in Fines for
2011 Storms (Associated Press)
U-S Natural Gas Exports Poised For Takeoff
despite Debate (USA Today)
Security Holes in Power Grid Have Federal
Officials Scrambling (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Power Plant Regulations, While ‘Flexible,’ Will
Be ‘Enforceable,’ EPA Admin Says (U-S News & World Report)
Americans’ Energy Use Edged Up By 2.4% in 2013, Energy
Department Reports (American Public Power Association)
U-S Sailors Sue Japanese Utility over Radiation (Associated
Press)
Germany Says It Salvaged Power Discounts for
Electricity-Heavy Companies, Which Faced European Union Probe (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Mining Giant Quits Controversial Bristol Bay
Project in Alaska (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Juvenile Salmon to be Released by Boat into San
Francisco Bay (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
First Nations Save First Foods: Northwest Tribes
Seek to Restore Historic Fish Runs (Indian Country Today Media0
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water
Plan Advocates Lament Congressman Hastings’ Departure (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Cowlitz
River Deepened for First Time since Mount St. Helens Eruption (Oregonian,
Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Wave Energy Project Sinks (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
I-937
Updates: New Legislation & New Administrative Rules May Alter Washington’s
Renewable Portfolio Standard (GTH Energy & Natural
Resources Law Blog)
Almost
Half of New Electricity Is Now Clean & Green (New Scientist)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
A Glimpse at Your Future Electric Bill? New
Hampshire Utility Experiments Encourage Conservation (New Hampshire Public
Radio)
http://nhpr.org/post/glimpse-your-future-electric-bill-nh-utility-experiments-encourage-conservation
Phantom Power: Leaving Electronic Devices on
Standby Will Drain Your Finances (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
Climate Change Conquered the American Campus (Wall Street Journal)
‘We
Made a Positive Impact’: Port Townsend Students Return from Climate-Change Trek
to Washington, DC (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
We
Should Give Up Trying to Save the World from Climate Change, Says James
Lovelock (The Telegraph, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
U-S
Court Questions EPA Delays to Biofuel Mandate (Reuters)
Where
Clean Energy Dollars Went in 2013 (Bloomberg News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
In Scrutiny of Cable Merger, Internet Choice Will
Be Crucial Battlefield (NY Times)
Broadcasting Group Decries FCC’s Alleged Favoritism
of Wireless Broadband (Ars Technica)
Analysts: End of Windows XP Could Cause Operational
& Security Problems for Industry, Consumers (Associated
Press)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Twitter’s Facebook-Lite Look Kicks In Today, With
New Profile Powers (Gizmodo)
Meet Erik Smith, the Newest Seattle Times Editorial
Board Member (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
The Pacific Northwest Has Seen 130 Quakes over the Past
Two Weeks (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
President Obama to Visit Site of Oso Mudslide (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
New Website to Give Hanford Visitors Self-Guided
Tour of Historic Reactor (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Stradivarius
Strung Out: In Blind Test, Soloists Prefer Newer Violins to Costly, Old Ones
Fargo
6th-Graders Mop Up Against College Investors
Washington
State Is Safe from ‘Bieber Fever’
ATM
Goes Haywire, Spews Out $37,000 to Maine Man with $140 Account
SONG OF THE DAY
Itzhak
Perlman - Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Itzhak
Perlman - Schindler’s List
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