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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington
State Carbon Cap Report to the Governor May Spur Action Statewide, But
Obstacles Remain (Associated Press)
Wind
Firm Sues to Block Release of Bird-Death Data (Associated
Press)
Nuclear Agency Rules Are Ill-Suited for Plant
Decommissioning, Leader Says (NY Times)
Puget Sound Energy Customers Getting $40 One-Time
Credit – Related to Jefferson PUD Takeover (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Study: Virus Killed Millions of Sea Stars on West
Coast (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Nuclear Agency Rules Are Ill-Suited for Plant Decommissioning, Leader Says
- Puget Sound Energy Customers Getting $40 One-Time Credit – Related to Jefferson PUD Takeover
- Study: Virus Killed Millions of Sea Stars on West Coast
- High Ocean Temperatures Endangering Seabirds?
- Can We Clone a Woolly Mammoth? Should We?
- Idaho: Lake Pend Oreille Water Releases Excised from Pact
- Wind Firm Sues to Block Release of Bird-Death Data
- SunEdison, TerraForm to Buy First Wind for $2.4 Billion
- City of Spokane Takes Over Operations at Waste to Energy Facility
- Giant Southwest U-S Solar Plant Lags in Early Production
- Fitch: U-S Wind Power Production Underperformance May Continue
- Why Wind Farms Can be Relied on for Almost Zero Power
- Marine Energy Making Waves on Both Sides of the Pond
- Kudos for Bonneville Power Administration’s ‘Save the Power campaign’
- California: In Roseville, Telefunken Spinoff Hopes to Slash World’s Energy Consumption
- Is an Electric Fireplace a Cheaper, Greener Alternative?
- Cannabis Wars Part 2: The Background, the Battle
- Why the Dangers of Secondhand Smoke Could Change the Innovation Dynamics of the Marijuana Industry
- Washington State Carbon Cap Report to the Governor May Spur Action Statewide, But Obstacles Remain
- Jordan Cove LNG in Coos Bay Could Quickly Become One of the Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitters in Oregon
- Study: Polar Bears Disappearing from Key Region
- A Road Test of Alternative Fuel Visions - Hydrogen Cars Join Electric Models in Showrooms
- A Plumbing Problem for the Internet & the Stock Market
- As Broadband Council Disbands, Internet in West Virginia Remains Poor
- Pay Phones in New York City Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots
- Google Buys Up Dutch Wind Energy for Data Center
- LeBron on Social Media: You Have to be Real
- WSP: Series of Errors Led to Skagit River I-5 Bridge Collapse; Driver Responsible
- Earthquake Swarm near Oregon Desert Intensifies
- Cold? Blame the Omega Block
- Private Flaggers Causing Seattle Traffic Concerns outside Amazon
- Microsoft Billionaire Reboots Seattle Movie Temple
- Well, Duh! Survey Finds Evergreen Is America’s Most Liberal Campus: Go Geoducks!
Histrionic
• \his-tree-ON-ick\ • Adjective - 1: Deliberately affected: theatrical 2: of or
relating to actors, acting, or the theater
Albert’s
acting style closely mirrored that of William Shatner. Unfortunately, his
histrionic flailing was inappropriate for the part he was playing: a zucchini
squash in the pre-school play about the food pyramid. The Klingon peaches were
not amused. (insert original Star Trek fight music here)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Nuclear Agency Rules Are Ill-Suited for Plant
Decommissioning, Leader Says (NY Times)
Puget Sound Energy Customers Getting $40 One-Time
Credit – Related to Jefferson PUD Takeover (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Study: Virus Killed Millions of Sea Stars on West
Coast (Associated Press)
High Ocean Temperatures Endangering Seabirds? (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
Can We Clone a Woolly Mammoth? Should We? (Christian
Science Monitor)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Idaho:
Lake Pend Oreille Water Releases Excised
from Pact (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Firm Sues to Block Release of Bird-Death Data (Associated
Press)
SunEdison, TerraForm to Buy First Wind for
$2.4 Billion (Reuters)
City of Spokane Takes Over Operations at Waste
to Energy Facility (KHQ-TV, Spokane,
WA)
Giant Southwest U-S Solar Plant Lags in Early
Production (Associated
Press)
Fitch:
U-S Wind Power Production Underperformance May Continue (PR BusinessWire)
Why
Wind Farms Can be Relied on for Almost Zero Power (The Energy Collective)
Marine Energy Making Waves on Both Sides of
the Pond (Renewable Energy
World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Kudos
for Bonneville Power Administration’s ‘Save the Power
campaign’ (Bonneville Power Administration)
California:
In Roseville, Telefunken Spinoff Hopes to Slash World’s Energy Consumption (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Is
an Electric Fireplace a Cheaper, Greener Alternative? (Las Vegas
Review-Journal, NV)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Cannabis Wars Part 2: The Background, the Battle
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Why
the Dangers of Secondhand Smoke Could Change the Innovation Dynamics of the
Marijuana Industry (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Carbon Cap Report to the Governor May Spur Action Statewide, But
Obstacles Remain (Associated Press)
Jordan
Cove LNG in Coos Bay Could Quickly Become One of the Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitters
in Oregon (Oregonian, Portland)
Study:
Polar Bears Disappearing from Key Region (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
A
Road Test of Alternative Fuel Visions - Hydrogen Cars Join Electric Models in
Showrooms (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A Plumbing Problem for the Internet & the Stock
Market (NY Times)
As Broadband Council Disbands, Internet in West
Virginia Remains Poor (Charleston Gazette, WV)
Pay Phones in New York City Will Become Free Wi-Fi
Hot Spots (NY Times)
Google Buys Up Dutch Wind Energy for Data Center (Associated Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
LeBron on Social Media: You Have to be Real (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
WSP: Series of Errors Led to Skagit River I-5 Bridge
Collapse; Driver Responsible (Associated Press)
Earthquake Swarm near Oregon Desert Intensifies (Associated Press)
Cold?
Blame the Omega Block (Northwest Public Radio)
Private Flaggers Causing Seattle Traffic Concerns outside
Amazon (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Microsoft Billionaire Reboots Seattle Movie Temple (NY
Times)
Well, Duh! Survey Finds Evergreen Is America’s Most
Liberal Campus: Go Geoducks! (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Landfill-Rescued
Video Games Sell for $37,000
Meh.
Oxford Names ‘Vape’ 2014 Word of the Year
Shades of the ‘Bass-O-Matic’ - Juice Blend Made with
Peru’s Lake Titicaca Frog Believed to Have Medicinal Properties
SUPER ‘Bass-O-Matic’
A Three-Year-Old Girl Saw Santa Eating Alone. So She
Joined Him
SONG OF THE DAY
Kevin
Bouchard - Pacman Orchestral Tribute
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