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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES
John
Kitzhaber Saga Fuels Conservatives’ Fight on Clean Energy (Politico)
‘Poison
Pill’ in Washington State Gas Tax Plan Worry Enviros (Crosscut Seattle)
Last
Year is Now Warmest Year on Record for Washington State (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
How
the West's New Energy Imbalance Market is Building a Smarter Energy System
(Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- How the West's New Energy Imbalance Market is Building a Smarter Energy System
- Pacific Gas & Electric Welcomes the Year of the Goat with Asian-American Communities
- Wyoming Bill Would Help Finance Coal Ports in the Northwest
- Inside a TVA Power Plant on the Busiest February Day on Record
- Natural Gas Inventory Exceeds Five-Year Average for First Time since November 2013
- Threatened Smelt Touches Off Battles in California’s Endless Water Wars
- Longview: Ecology Opts for $28 Million Cleanup Option for Former Reynolds Aluminum Plant
- 'Jaw-Dropping' Changes to the Elwha River Shoreline, Nearshore to be Presented Saturday at Annual Forum, Tour
- Colorado's Mountain Snowpack is a Bright Spot in Severe Drought Gripping Much of West
- How Do You Know Your Solar Panels Are Working Correctly? You Probably Don’t
- Bonneville Power Administration Changing Energy Conservation Program
- Oregon Medical Marijuana Growers Worried about Proximity of Hemp Farms
- CannaCon, ‘World’s Largest’ Cannabis Expo, Kicks Off in Seattle
- Last Year is Now Warmest Year on Record for Washington State
- Oil Industry Takes Aim at California’s War on Carbon
- Internet Taxes, Another Window into the Net Neutrality Debate
- Facebook ‘Likes’ Seattle in a Big Way with New South Lake Union Digs
- Comcast Rep Lies, Tells Customer That Data Cap is “Mandated by Law”
- Social Media Overload Causing Anxiety for Many Teens
- How to Handle an Employee’s Offensive Social Media Post
- How to Diplomatically Get Out of Horrible Meetings
- Everything You Never Want to Hear in a Radio Ad, in Two Very Funny Videos
- John Kitzhaber Saga Fuels Conservatives’ Fight on Clean Energy
- Ex-Governor Kitzhaber is Clean Energy Critics' New 'Poster Child'
- Can Kate Brown Restore Oregonians’ Confidence in the Governor’s Office?
- ‘Poison Pill’ in Washington State Gas Tax Plan Worry Enviros
- Tsunami Surge Could Push Far Up Columbia River
- Time Expires on Bill to Abolish Daylight Saving Time in Washington State
- Attendance Climbs Washington State’s Three National Parks
- Seattle's Crippled Bertha Tunneler Drills into Rescue Pit
- Police: Homeless Man Steals Box of Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires
Doyen
• \DOY-un\ • Noun – 1: the senior or most experienced member of a group 2: the
oldest example of a category
“Man,
at 98 years old you’re the oldest employee here,” shouted Biff at handsome Buck
Mulligan. “The thing is you don’t look a day over 30. I’ll bet there’s a
picture of Doyen Gray somewhere in your attic!” (Sorry, the best I could do
this morning)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
How
the West's New Energy Imbalance Market is Building a Smarter Energy System (Utility
Dive)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Welcomes the Year of the Goat with Asian-American
Communities (PG&E Currents)
Wyoming
Bill Would Help Finance Coal Ports in the Northwest (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Inside
a TVA Power Plant on the Busiest February Day on Record (WHBQ-TV, Memphis, TN)
Natural
Gas Inventory Exceeds Five-Year Average for First Time since November 2013
(Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Threatened Smelt Touches Off Battles in California’s
Endless Water Wars (NY Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Longview:
Ecology Opts for $28 Million Cleanup Option for Former Reynolds Aluminum Plant (Longview Daily News, WA)
'Jaw-Dropping'
Changes to the Elwha River Shoreline, Nearshore to be Presented Saturday at Annual
Forum, Tour (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Colorado's
Mountain Snowpack is a Bright Spot in Severe Drought Gripping Much of West (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
How
Do You Know Your Solar Panels Are Working Correctly? You Probably Don’t (GreenTech
Media)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Bonneville
Power Administration Changing Energy Conservation Program (Wahkiakum Eagle,
Cathlamet, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon
Medical Marijuana Growers Worried about Proximity of Hemp Farms (Marijuana
Business Daily)
CannaCon,
‘World’s Largest’ Cannabis Expo, Kicks Off in Seattle (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Last
Year is Now Warmest Year on Record for Washington State (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Oil
Industry Takes Aim at California’s War on Carbon (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet
Taxes, Another Window into the Net Neutrality Debate (NY Times)
Facebook
‘Likes’ Seattle in a Big Way with New South Lake Union Digs (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Comcast
Rep Lies, Tells Customer That Data Cap is “Mandated by Law” (Consumerist)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Social
Media Overload Causing Anxiety for Many Teens (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
How
to Handle an Employee’s Offensive Social Media Post (Associated Press)
How
to Diplomatically Get Out of Horrible Meetings (Washington Post)
Everything
You Never Want to Hear in a Radio Ad, in Two Very Funny Videos (AdWeek – Note:
Some PG-13 Language)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
John
Kitzhaber Saga Fuels Conservatives’ Fight on Clean Energy (Politico)
Ex-Governor
Kitzhaber is Clean Energy Critics' New 'Poster Child' (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Can
Kate Brown Restore Oregonians’ Confidence in the Governor’s Office? (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
‘Poison
Pill’ in Washington State Gas Tax Plan Worry Enviros (Crosscut Seattle)
Tsunami Surge Could Push Far Up Columbia River (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Time Expires on Bill to Abolish Daylight Saving
Time in Washington State (Northwest Public Radio)
Attendance Climbs Washington State’s Three
National Parks (Associated Press)
Seattle's Crippled Bertha Tunneler Drills into
Rescue Pit (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Police: Homeless Man Steals Box of Diamonds,
Rubies, Sapphires (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Beautiful Inland Pacific Northwest Cloud
Formation Continues to Impress
Furious Owners Claim Delta Lost Their Show Dogs at
Airport
Overly Tight, Cheap Underpants Force Canada MP Out
of His Seat
After Years of Protests, Hong Kong Leader Tells
People to be 'Like Sheep'
SONG OF THE DAY
Joni
Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
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