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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
More Big Numbers Expected for 2015 Fall Chinook
Return to Columbia; Third Highest Since 1938 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Bonneville
Power Administration Requests 100MW of External Reserves (Argus Media)
Bills in Washington State Legislature Hit First Do-Or-Die
Deadline (Northwest Public Radio)
As
U-S Offshore Wind Power Sinks, Backers Seek Regional Rescue (Breaking Energy)
Car Drives into Case Inlet Friday; One Person
Dead (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Requests 100MW of External Reserves
- Clean Hydro Campaign Opens another Round in Education Outreach
- BC Hydro Shuffles Executive Deck – Promotes Key Vice-President, Opens Senior Internal Positions
- Delivery of Big Transformer to Cause Wenatchee-Area Traffic Delays
- Michigan: Cheap Natural Gas Might Doom New Fermi Nuke Plant
- Areva, French Nuclear Giant, Warns of $5.6 Billion Loss
- Into the Black Box: Utility Rates Going Way of Phone Plans?
- More Big Numbers Expected for 2015 Fall Chinook Return to Columbia; Third Highest Since 1938
- Idaho Puts Forward Plan to Protect Sage Grouse Habitat
- Klamaths: Timberland Sale Jeopardizes Water Pacts
- Oregon: Long-Planned Seismic & Capacity Fixes at Scoggins Dam in Western Washington County May Finally Become Reality
- Quinaults Seek Dismissal in Lake Lawsuit
- As U-S Offshore Wind Power Sinks, Backers Seek Regional Rescue
- World’s Would-Be Largest Offshore Wind Farm Takes another Step Forward
- Grays Harbor PUD Meets I-937 Obligations
- Facing Protests, SRP Proposes Changes to Rate Hikes for Solar Customers
- Rooftop Solar: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
- How to Fix That High Electric Bill – Or Just Nibbling Around the Edges?
- Retail Marijuana Store’s Sign of Contention
- Budding Marijuana Market Is a Tough Biz
- Green Rush: One Man’s Move to Spokane for Marijuana
- California Attorney General Says State Recreational Sales Inevitable
- Iowa Governor’s Cannabis Oil Idea Faces Roadblocks
- Here’s Where Ocean Acidification Will Hit the U-S Hardest
- The Race for the Electric Car’s Future Is On
- Apple to Spend $1.9 Billion on New European Data Centers
- Google & Apple Fight for the Car Dashboard
- Twitter Wants Aggressive Net Neutrality Rules
- Six Tips on Talking to the Post Generation – How the Under-14 Crowd Views Media & Content
- Christopher Guest Channels Best in Show for Brilliantly Bizarre PetSmart Ads
- Bills in Washington State Legislature Hit First Do-Or-Die Deadline
- No Surprises on Deadline Day as Policy Bills Live & Die, but Senate Democrats Raise a Ruckus
- Public Would Pay More for Records Requests under State House Bill
- Car Drives into Case Inlet Friday; One Person Dead
- Small Earthquake near Allyn
- Ports Increasingly Bustling Again after Tentative Labor Deal
- Showdown Looming Between Northwest States, Feds over Driver’s Licenses
- Most of Great Lakes Surface Frozen for Second Straight Year
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville
Power Administration Requests 100MW of External Reserves (Argus Media)
Clean Hydro Campaign Opens another Round in
Education Outreach (Clean Hydro)
BC Hydro Shuffles Executive Deck – Promotes Key
Vice-President, Opens Senior Internal Positions (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Delivery
of Big Transformer to Cause Wenatchee-Area Traffic Delays (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Michigan:
Cheap Natural Gas Might Doom New Fermi Nuke Plant (Detroit Free Press, MI)
http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2015/02/22/third-fermi-reactor-doomed-gas/23776681/
http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2015/02/22/third-fermi-reactor-doomed-gas/23776681/
Areva, French Nuclear Giant, Warns of $5.6
Billion Loss (NY Times)
Into the Black Box: Utility Rates Going Way of Phone Plans?
(Triad Business Journal, NC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Big Numbers Expected for 2015 Fall Chinook
Return to Columbia; Third Highest Since 1938 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Idaho Puts Forward Plan to Protect Sage Grouse
Habitat (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Klamaths:
Timberland Sale Jeopardizes Water Pacts (Associated
Press)
Oregon:
Long-Planned Seismic & Capacity Fixes at Scoggins Dam in Western Washington
County May Finally Become Reality (Oregonian, Portland)
Quinaults
Seek Dismissal in Lake Lawsuit (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
As
U-S Offshore Wind Power Sinks, Backers Seek Regional Rescue (Breaking Energy)
World’s
Would-Be Largest Offshore Wind Farm Takes another Step Forward (Forbes
Magazine)
Grays
Harbor PUD Meets I-937 Obligations (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Facing
Protests, SRP Proposes Changes to Rate Hikes for Solar Customers (Utility Dive)
Rooftop
Solar: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them (Breaking Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How
to Fix That High Electric Bill – Or Just Nibbling Around the Edges? (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Retail Marijuana Store’s Sign of Contention (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Budding
Marijuana Market Is a Tough Biz (Everett Herald, WA)
Green Rush: One Man’s Move to Spokane for Marijuana (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
California
Attorney General Says State Recreational Sales Inevitable (Marijuana Business
Daily)
Iowa
Governor’s Cannabis Oil Idea Faces Roadblocks (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Here’s Where Ocean Acidification Will Hit the U-S Hardest
(Climate Central)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Race for the Electric Car’s Future Is On (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple
to Spend $1.9 Billion on New European Data Centers (Reuters)
Google
& Apple Fight for the Car Dashboard (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter
Wants Aggressive Net Neutrality Rules (Washington Post)
Six
Tips on Talking to the Post Generation – How the Under-14 Crowd Views Media &
Content (AdWeek)
Christopher
Guest Channels Best in Show for Brilliantly Bizarre PetSmart Ads (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Bills in Washington State Legislature Hit First Do-Or-Die
Deadline (Northwest Public Radio)
No Surprises on Deadline Day as Policy Bills Live & Die,
but Senate Democrats Raise a Ruckus (Washington State Wire)
Public Would Pay More for Records Requests under State House
Bill (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Car Drives into Case Inlet Friday; One Person
Dead (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Small Earthquake near Allyn (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Ports Increasingly Bustling Again after Tentative
Labor Deal (Associated Press)
Showdown Looming Between Northwest States, Feds over Driver’s Licenses
(Northwest Public Radio)
Most of Great Lakes Surface Frozen for Second
Straight Year (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Before
Bill Murray Was a Star, He Played Baseball in Grays Harbor
Akamai
Awards Roundup: ‘Birdman’ Captures Best Picture Oscar
Police:
Man Unhappy with Price of $50 Haircut Flew into Rage at Salon
NY
Tourism Site that Urged Visitors to Go to Florida Crashes
SONG OF THE DAY
Sarah
Vaughan – Key Largo
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