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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
New
Bill Pushes for $50 Million to Restore Columbia River (Jefferson Public Radio,
Ashland, OR)
http://ijpr.org/post/new-bill-pushes-50-million-restore-columbia-river
http://ijpr.org/post/new-bill-pushes-50-million-restore-columbia-river
Draft Snake River
Sockeye Recovery Plan Released for Comment; $101 Million over 25 Years
(Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Avista Thanks
Customers for Patience during Worst Spokane-Area Outage since 1996 Ice Storm
(KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Washington
State Governor Inslee to Lay Out Ideas for Cap-And-Trade, Carbon Tax (Crosscut
Seattle)
Dry Weather, Warm Temps for the Next Week across
Washington State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Thanks Customers for Patience during Worst Spokane-Area Outage since 1996 Ice Storm
- Squirrel Causes Transformer to Explode, Loss of TV in Grant County
- Zapped Critters Cause 17% of Snohomish PUD Outages
- Clallam Public Utility District to Take Bids on an Estimated $12.6 Million in Construction Projects
- California: Emails Show Pacific Gas & Electric, Regulator Have ‘Illegal, Unethical Relationship,’ San Bruno Official Says
- Southern Montana Electric Co-op Exits Bankruptcy
- Legal Marathon Continues over Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Project in Warrenton
- Small Idaho Town Gets Smarter with Automation
- West’s Largest Coal-Fired Plant on Track to Close
- Taiwan’s Nuclear Power Plants Are Magnets for Protesters – And Snorkelers
- Critical Grid Standards OK, but FERC Seeks More
- Draft Snake River Sockeye Recovery Plan Released for Comment; $101 Million over 25 Years
- Scientists Hoping to Restore Salmon in Ellensburg
- Puget Sound Hatchery Plans Opened to Public Comment
- Rocky Barker: Renewing Idaho’s Wild Salmon & Wild Rivers
- Oregon Historical Photo: Salmon Wheel Boat on the Columbia River, 1883
- New Bill Pushes for $50 Million to Restore Columbia River
- British Columbia: Kettle River, Long Abused, Serves as a Warning Sign for B-C’S Water Supply
- Editorial: B-C Premier Vows Sewage Treatment for Victoria — Someday
- Solar Panel Prices Expected to Rise in the U-S Due to New Tariffs on Chinese Panels
- How Clean Tech, After Notable Failures, Grew Up in Oregon
- Massachusetts: Hydropower Plan Vital in Climate Change Fight, Officials Say
- Your Giant American Refrigerator is Making You Fat & Poor
- Washington State Governor Inslee to Lay Out Ideas for Cap-And-Trade, Carbon Tax
- White House Report Presses Economic Case for Carbon Rule
- Report: More Acidic Seawater Poses Risks in Alaska
- Getting a Charge Out of Work: Oregon Employers to Provide Stations for Plug-In Vehicles
- Frontier Has Fiber Plans for the Portland Suburbs
- How Much Data Can One Smart Home Generate? About 1 GB a Week
- Major League Baseball Latest Opposed to FCC’s ‘Fast Lane’ Proposal
- Free Solar Marketing on Facebook Is Mostly Dead, Now What?
- Your Facebook Page’s Organic Reach Is About to Plummet
- Can Reddit Grow Up?
- Inside the EPA climate rule hearings — FERC weighs in on EPA rules — U.S., EU to toughen Russian sanctions
- State Senate Races: Republicans Dishing Dirt through Mail
- Dry Weather, Warm Temps for the Next Week across Washington State
- Why Gas Prices Remain Static despite U-S Oil Production Surge
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Thanks
Customers for Patience during Worst Spokane-Area Outage since 1996 Ice Storm (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
Squirrel Causes Transformer to Explode, Loss of TV
in Grant County (iFiber One, Ephrata, WA)
Zapped Critters Cause 17% of Snohomish PUD Outages
(Everett Herald, WA)
Clallam Public
Utility District to Take Bids on an Estimated $12.6 Million in Construction
Projects (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California: Emails
Show Pacific Gas & Electric, Regulator Have ‘Illegal, Unethical
Relationship,’ San Bruno Official Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Southern Montana Electric Co-op Exits Bankruptcy (Electric
Co-op Today)
Legal Marathon
Continues over Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Project in Warrenton (Oregonian,
Portland)
Small Idaho Town
Gets Smarter with Automation (Bonneville Power Administration)
West’s Largest
Coal-Fired Plant on Track to Close (Associated Press)
Taiwan’s Nuclear
Power Plants Are Magnets for Protesters – And Snorkelers (Christian Science
Monitor)
Critical Grid Standards OK, but FERC Seeks More (Electric
Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Draft Snake River
Sockeye Recovery Plan Released for Comment; $101 Million over 25 Years (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
Scientists Hoping
to Restore Salmon in Ellensburg (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Puget Sound Hatchery
Plans Opened to Public Comment (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Rocky Barker: Renewing
Idaho’s Wild Salmon & Wild Rivers (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Oregon Historical
Photo: Salmon Wheel Boat on the Columbia River, 1883 “…This new technology was
so efficient it eventually decimated the salmon population, contributing to the
decline of native communities & culture…” (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
New
Bill Pushes for $50 Million to Restore Columbia River (Jefferson Public Radio,
Ashland, OR)
http://ijpr.org/post/new-bill-pushes-50-million-restore-columbia-river
http://ijpr.org/post/new-bill-pushes-50-million-restore-columbia-river
British
Columbia: Kettle River, Long Abused, Serves as a Warning Sign for B-C’S Water
Supply (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Editorial:
B-C Premier Vows Sewage Treatment for Victoria — Someday (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar Panel Prices Expected to Rise in the U-S
Due to New Tariffs on Chinese Panels (Renewable Energy World)
How
Clean Tech, After Notable Failures, Grew Up in Oregon (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Massachusetts: Hydropower Plan Vital in
Climate Change Fight, Officials Say “…would require utility companies in the
state to sign long-term agreements to buy large amounts of hydroelectric power
from Canada…” (Boston Globe, MA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Your
Giant American Refrigerator is Making You Fat & Poor (Gawker Domesticity)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor Inslee to Lay Out Ideas for Cap-And-Trade, Carbon Tax (Crosscut
Seattle)
White
House Report Presses Economic Case for Carbon Rule (NY Times)
Report: More Acidic
Seawater Poses Risks in Alaska (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Getting
a Charge Out of Work: Oregon Employers to Provide Stations for Plug-In Vehicles
(Sustainable Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Frontier Has Fiber Plans for the Portland Suburbs (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2014/07/frontier-has-fiber-plans-for-the-portland-suburbs.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2014/07/frontier-has-fiber-plans-for-the-portland-suburbs.html
How Much Data Can One Smart Home Generate? About 1 GB
a Week (GigaOM)
Major League Baseball Latest Opposed to FCC’s ‘Fast
Lane’ Proposal (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Free
Solar Marketing on Facebook Is Mostly Dead, Now What? (Renewable Energy World)
Your Facebook Page’s Organic Reach Is About to
Plummet (Social Media Today)
Can Reddit Grow Up? (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inside the EPA climate rule hearings — FERC weighs
in on EPA rules — U.S., EU to toughen Russian sanctions — House takes up ESA
bill (Politico)
State Senate Races: Republicans Dishing Dirt through
Mail (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Dry Weather, Warm Temps for the Next Week across Washington
State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Why Gas Prices Remain Static despite U-S Oil
Production Surge (Christian Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
Study:
Fist Bumps Are Less Germy Than Handshakes (But Are They “Terrorist” Fist
Bumps?)
Clowns
Help Fellow Clown Who Crashed Car into Pole (White greasepaint all over the
highway!)
Wedding
Reception Shut Down When Brawl Breaks Out
Elegant
Louvre Garden in Paris Infested with Rats
SONG OF THE DAY
Camille
- Le Festin(Ratatouille Soundtrack)
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