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- U-S Unveils Sweeping Plan to Slash Power Plant Pollution
- States Move to Blunt Obama Carbon Plan
- Gov. Inslee Praises Obama Step on Reducing Coal-Plant Carbon Emissions
- EPA’s Clean Power Rule Must Ensure Electricity Remains Affordable & Reliable
- Bonneville Power Administration Audit Finds Credit Card Abuse by Employees, Lack of Controls at Agency
- Price Powers Eastside Debate of Putting Puget Sound Energy Line Underground
- Repair Work Started at Wanapum Dam
- Doubling Hydropower Doesn’t Mean New Dams, Says Energy Secretary Moniz at School Of Mines
- NorthWestern Energy: Natural Gas Rates Will Go Down, Electricity Rates Headed Up
- Pint-Size Nuclear Plants Get a Boost from Obama Administration
- Natural Gas Production Reached Record High in March
- Grand Coulee Dam’s New Laser Show worth the Wait (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
- Sea Lions Leave Bonneville Dam; Impact Well Below High Predation Years
- Groups Challenge in Ninth Circuit BPA’s Record of Decision Accepting Feds’ New Hydro/Salmon Plan
- Study Finds California Medical Pot Farms Draining Streams Dry
- Water, Water Anywhere? Should California Use Taxpayer Dollars to Build More Dams?
- Submerged Wave Energy Generator on Track for 2014 Deployment near Astoria
- Editorial: California Governor Brown’s Steady March to an Alternative Energy Future
- Halting Home Air Leaks Can Cut Electricity Costs
- Snohomish PUD Offering Everett Residents Tips on How to Save Money as Weather Heats Up
- Is Global Warming Real? Most Americans Say Yes
- Portland City Council Approves $15,000 for Its Share of Green Economy Global Study with London, Copenhagen & Oslo
- Solar Plane Makes Inaugural Flight
- Roll Your Eyes at the Beer Fridge That Promises to “Save the World”
- The Killer Gigabit App? It’s Not What You Think.
- Wow, Look How Many Gigabit Networks are in Washington State!
- FCC May Redefine Broadband As High As 25Mbps Download Instead Of 4Mbps
- Google Broadband Balloon Falls from the Sky near Yakima
- Twitter & Public Safety: Agencies Seek to Inform
- How Twitter Has Forever Changed the Nerdiest Event on ESPN
- Dead Identified in Double Fatal Mason County Crash
- Official: Too Dangerous to Get Climbers’ Bodies on Mt. Rainier
- North Mason School District Takes over Theler Center in Belfair
- USGS Confirms 2.6 Magnitude Earthquake near Seabeck
- President Obama Welcomes Release of Bowe Bergdahl
- Devastating ‘Coffee Rust’ Fungus Raises Prices on High-End Blends
U-S Unveils
Sweeping Plan to Slash Power Plant Pollution (Reuters)
States Move to
Blunt Obama Carbon Plan (Associated Press)
Gov. Inslee
Praises Obama Step on Reducing Coal-Plant Carbon Emissions (Bellingham Herald,
WA)
EPA’s Clean
Power Rule Must Ensure Electricity Remains Affordable & Reliable (American Public
Power Association)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power
Administration Audit Finds Credit Card Abuse by Employees, Lack of Controls at
Agency (Oregonian, Portland)
Price Powers
Eastside Debate of Putting Puget Sound Energy Line Underground (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Repair Work
Started at Wanapum Dam (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Doubling
Hydropower Doesn’t Mean New Dams, Says Energy Secretary Moniz at School Of
Mines (Denver Business Journal, CO)
NorthWestern
Energy: Natural Gas Rates Will Go Down, Electricity Rates Headed Up (Associated
Press)
Pint-Size
Nuclear Plants Get a Boost from Obama Administration (Christian Science
Monitor)
Natural Gas Production
Reached Record High in March (Forbes Magazine)
Grand Coulee Dam’s
New Laser Show worth the Wait (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lions
Leave Bonneville Dam; Impact Well Below High Predation Years (The Dalles
Chronicle, OR)
Groups
Challenge in Ninth Circuit BPA’s Record of Decision Accepting Feds’ New
Hydro/Salmon Plan (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study Finds California
Medical Pot Farms Draining Streams Dry (Associated Press)
Water, Water
Anywhere? Should California Use Taxpayer Dollars to Build More Dams?
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Submerged Wave Energy Generator on Track for 2014
Deployment near Astoria (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial: California Governor Brown’s Steady March to an
Alternative Energy Future (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Halting Home Air
Leaks Can Cut Electricity Costs (Associated Press)
Snohomish PUD
Offering Everett Residents Tips on How to Save Money as Weather Heats Up (My
Everett News, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Is Global Warming Real? Most Americans Say Yes (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Portland City Council Approves $15,000 for Its Share of
Green Economy Global Study with London, Copenhagen & Oslo (Oregonian,
Portland)
Solar Plane Makes Inaugural Flight (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
Roll Your Eyes at the Beer Fridge That Promises to “Save
the World” (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Killer
Gigabit App? It’s Not What You Think. (GigaOM)
Wow, Look How
Many Gigabit Networks are in Washington State! (Community Broadband Networks)
FCC May Redefine
Broadband As High As 25Mbps Download Instead Of 4Mbps (Digital Trends)
Google Broadband
Balloon Falls from the Sky near Yakima (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Twitter &
Public Safety: Agencies Seek to Inform (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
How Twitter Has
Forever Changed the Nerdiest Event on ESPN (GigaOM)
GENERAL NEWS
Dead Identified in Double Fatal Mason County Crash
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Official: Too Dangerous to Get Climbers’ Bodies on Mt.
Rainier (Associated Press)
North Mason
School District Takes over Theler Center in Belfair (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
USGS Confirms 2.6 Magnitude Earthquake near Seabeck
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
President Obama
Welcomes Release of Bowe Bergdahl (Northwest Cable News)
Devastating ‘Coffee
Rust’ Fungus Raises Prices on High-End Blends (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
Brady Bunch ‘Alice’ Actress Ann B. Davis Dies
Man Attempting To Blow Nose & Smoke Cigarette at Same
Time Winds Up Burning House Down
Cross-Country Flight Diverted After Dog Poops
Police Confiscate $3 Million Worth of Shoes from Kentucky
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