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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Tribal Fishing Activist Billy Frank Jr. Dies at
83 (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Damaged Insulators on High Voltage Transmission
Lines the Cause of Weekend Outages for Customers in South Mason County (Mason
County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Idaho
Expects Strong Spring Chinook Fishing Season; Already More Fish for Harvest
than Last Year (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Director Resigns Suddenly at Oregon Department of
Energy (Oregonian, Portland)
Cree About to Brighten the Commercial Office
Environment with LED T-8 Replacement (Forbes Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Damaged Insulators on High Voltage Transmission Lines the Cause of Weekend Outages for Customers in South Mason County (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
- Director Resigns Suddenly at Oregon Department of Energy (Oregonian, Portland)
- Private Community May Partner with Snohomish PUD to Get around Mudslide (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
- Incumbents Re-Elected to Orcas Power & Light Board (San Juan Islander, WA)
- Ashland City Council to Weigh Utility-Bill Increases (Medford Mail-Tribune, OR)
- State Energy Plan Would Alter New York Utilities (NY Times)
- Vermont Yankee: Clean Kilowatt Cow That Deserves Saving (The Energy Collective)
- Utility Prepaid Rebate Cards Gain Popularity (Electric Co-op Today)
- Tribal Fishing Activist Billy Frank Jr. Dies at 83 (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Idaho Expects Strong Spring Chinook Fishing Season; Already More Fish for Harvest than Last Year (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
- Salmon Conference Discusses ‘Principles, Parameters, Process’ in Restoring Passage to Historic Areas (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
- Mother Seal Run Over & Killed on Washington State Beach, Pup Missing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Pacific Northwest Imagery is Hooked on Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
- As Pipes Age & Rates Rise, Portland Voters Consider Stripping City of Utilities (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- Irrigation District Mulling Revenue Bonds to Pay to Bring Columbia River Water to Odessa Subarea (Tri-City Herald, WA)
- Editorial: Bureau of Reclamation Should Not Restrict Water to Eastern Washington Marijuana Farms (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- California City Looks to Sea for Water in Drought (Associated Press)
- Massachusetts: A War of Attrition - Cape Wind Opponents Vow to Continue Fighting Project (Boston Herald, MA)
- Kansas House Rejects Repeal of Renewable Energy Standards (Wichita Eagle, KS)
- Arizona May Impose Property Tax on Customers Who Lease Solar Panels (Renew Economy)
- Can’t Put Solar on Your House? Four Ways to Invest in Solar Leases (Renewable Energy World)
- Cree About to Brighten the Commercial Office Environment with LED T-8 Replacement (Forbes Magazine)
- New Ideas in Lighting Get Closer to Market (NY Times)
- Editorial: Pacific Northwest is the Model for the Future of Energy (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
- Air Leakages from Windows Can Affect Comfort of Home; Check Weather Stripping (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
- Obama: Dire Climate Report More Certain than Ever (Associated Press)
- Editorial: Governor Jay Inslee Climate-Change Effort Should Let Critics Speak (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
- Op/Ed: Australia - Carbon Tax Must Go: Solution to Energy Poverty Lies with Coal (Canberra Times, Australia)
- If All U-S Cars Suddenly Became Electric, How Much More Electricity Would We Need? “…increase in yearly electricity demand would be about 29 percent…” (Slate Magazine)
- BendBroadband Sold to TDS for $261 Million (Oregonian, Portland)
- Google Fiber: Where Might It Put Its Portland ‘Fiber Huts’? (Oregonian, Portland)
- Can Telemedicine Help Communities Justify Better Broadband? (Gigaom)
- Mozilla’s Crazy Plan to Fix Net Neutrality & Turn Broadband into a Utility – And Why It Could Work (GigaOM)
- FCC Levies $48,000 Fine against Man for Using Cell Jammer in Car (Broadband Reports)
- Yemen’s Latest, Greatest Threat: Twitter? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Target Data Breach: CEO Resigns after Rocky Tenure (Associated Press)
- Social Media: In Business, Be Edgy without Rocking the Boat (Sacramento Bee, CA)
- Retiring Cover Oregon Manager Fires Off Damning Email about State Leaders (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
- California: Six-States Measure Would Make Immediate Changes Even without Congressional Sign-Off (Sacramento Bee, CA)
- Wet Weekend: 4.5 Inches of Rain in Some Areas of Western Washington State in 48-Hour Period (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
- Skokomish River: Flood Warning Issued (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)
- Tacoma Firm Owners Admit Fraud in Asbestos-Removal Training (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
- Lottery Results for Marijuana Retail Stores Available – 10 Applicants in Mason County (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
- California Agriculture Officials Hope to Stop Ant Invasion Using Spam (Associated Press)
Risible
• \RIZZ-zuh-bull\ • Adjective - 1a: capable of laughing b: disposed to laugh 2:
arousing or provoking laughter; especially: laughable 3: associated with,
relating to, or used in laughter
This
wasn’t Hogwarts, and this wasn’t a Boggart blasting its way into his living
room. It was Alaska, and the creature was a Grizzly bear at the height of its
stupendous powers. Brandy was sure that the risible reaction to her softly
muttered “Riddikulus” was nothing more than desperation…but it worked, as the
bear, distracted by her waving arms, careened into the kitchen and ate itself
into a stupor on peanut butter and honey…her entire winter supply of the tasty
treats.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Damaged Insulators on High Voltage Transmission
Lines the Cause of Weekend Outages for Customers in South Mason County (Mason
County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Director Resigns Suddenly at Oregon Department of
Energy (Oregonian, Portland)
Private Community May Partner with Snohomish PUD
to Get around Mudslide (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Incumbents Re-Elected to Orcas Power & Light
Board (San Juan Islander, WA)
Ashland City Council to Weigh Utility-Bill
Increases (Medford Mail-Tribune, OR)
State Energy Plan Would Alter New York Utilities (NY Times)
Vermont Yankee: Clean Kilowatt Cow That Deserves
Saving (The Energy Collective)
Utility Prepaid Rebate Cards Gain Popularity (Electric
Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tribal Fishing Activist Billy Frank Jr. Dies at
83 (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Idaho Expects Strong Spring Chinook Fishing
Season; Already More Fish for Harvest than Last Year (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Salmon Conference Discusses ‘Principles,
Parameters, Process’ in Restoring Passage to Historic Areas (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
Mother Seal Run Over & Killed on Washington
State Beach, Pup Missing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pacific Northwest Imagery is Hooked on Salmon (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
As
Pipes Age & Rates Rise, Portland Voters Consider Stripping City of
Utilities (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Irrigation
District Mulling Revenue Bonds to Pay to Bring Columbia River Water to Odessa
Subarea (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Editorial:
Bureau of Reclamation Should Not Restrict Water to Eastern Washington Marijuana
Farms (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
California
City Looks to Sea for Water in Drought (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Massachusetts:
A War of Attrition - Cape Wind Opponents Vow to Continue Fighting Project
(Boston Herald, MA)
Kansas
House Rejects Repeal of Renewable Energy Standards (Wichita Eagle, KS)
Arizona
May Impose Property Tax on Customers Who Lease Solar Panels (Renew Economy)
Can’t
Put Solar on Your House? Four Ways to Invest in Solar Leases (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cree About to Brighten the Commercial Office
Environment with LED T-8 Replacement (Forbes Magazine)
New Ideas in Lighting Get Closer to Market (NY
Times)
Editorial: Pacific Northwest is the Model for the
Future of Energy (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Air
Leakages from Windows Can Affect Comfort of Home; Check Weather Stripping
(Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Obama:
Dire Climate Report More Certain than Ever (Associated
Press)
Editorial:
Governor Jay Inslee Climate-Change
Effort Should Let Critics Speak (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed:
Australia - Carbon Tax Must Go: Solution to Energy Poverty Lies with Coal
(Canberra Times, Australia)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
If
All U-S Cars Suddenly Became Electric, How Much More Electricity Would We Need?
“…increase in yearly electricity demand would be about 29 percent…” (Slate
Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BendBroadband Sold to TDS for $261 Million (Oregonian,
Portland)
Google Fiber: Where Might It Put Its Portland ‘Fiber
Huts’? (Oregonian, Portland)
Can Telemedicine Help Communities Justify Better
Broadband? (Gigaom)
Mozilla’s Crazy Plan to Fix Net Neutrality &
Turn Broadband into a Utility – And Why It Could Work (GigaOM)
FCC Levies $48,000 Fine against Man for Using Cell
Jammer in Car (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Yemen’s Latest, Greatest Threat: Twitter? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Target Data Breach: CEO Resigns after Rocky Tenure (Associated Press)
Social Media: In Business, Be Edgy without Rocking
the Boat (Sacramento Bee, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Retiring Cover Oregon Manager Fires Off Damning Email
about State Leaders (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
California: Six-States Measure Would Make Immediate
Changes Even without Congressional Sign-Off (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Wet Weekend: 4.5 Inches of Rain in Some Areas of
Western Washington State in 48-Hour Period (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Skokomish River: Flood Warning Issued (National Weather
Service, Seattle, WA)
Tacoma Firm Owners Admit Fraud in Asbestos-Removal
Training (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Lottery Results for Marijuana Retail Stores
Available – 10 Applicants in Mason County (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
California
Agriculture Officials Hope to Stop Ant Invasion Using Spam
DIVERSIONS
Michelangelo’s
David Could Topple Due to Weak Ankles
Drones
Ordered Out of Yosemite by the National Park Service
Look
East: Halley’s Comet Debris Will Be Visible in Meteor Shower Tonight (in the
area of Aquarius)
Contractor
Strikes Oil At Indiana State Campus
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Fifth Dimension - Aquarius (Let the Sunshine in)
Broadway
Cast - Aquarius (Let the Sunshine in)
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
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