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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oil
Industry Not Buying Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Cap & Trade Plan
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
The Sage Grouse Might Not Be Listed as an
Endangered Species After All (Washington Post)
Olympic
Region Clean Air Agency Awaiting Results after Emissions Tests on Nippon
Biomass Boiler (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Alaska
Becomes Third State with Legal Marijuana (Associated
Press)
Solar
Eclipse Threatens European Power Supplies (CNBC)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Solar Eclipse Threatens European Power Supplies
- Two Arrested After Trail of Clues Leads to Stolen Substation Wire
- Oregon: Hermiston City Council to Consider Power Rate Increase
- Pacific Gas & Electric – Secret "Self-Investigation" Finds Obstructions on 20% of Its Gas Pipelines
- All 77 of BPA’s Annual Reports Now Online
- Bill Gates and Other Business Leaders Urge U-S to Increase Energy Research
- Lobbyist Dubbed Dr Evil Behind Front Groups Attacking Obama Power Rules
- The Sage Grouse Might Not Be Listed as an Endangered Species After All
- Bonneville Power Administration Land Conservation Efforts Play Role in Oregon Chub’s Delisting
- How is Portland Doing on Air Pollution? It Depends Where You Look
- Water Thefts on the Rise in Drought-Stricken California
- Olympic Region Clean Air Agency Awaiting Results after Emissions Tests on Nippon Biomass Boiler
- Biomass Plants Gaining Steam – Do They Result in Less Carbon?
- On Burning Wood Pellets for Electricity – It's U-S Environmentalists Vs. European Generators
- Wind & Gas Hybrid Power – Wyoming's Idea of California Dreamin'
- How Renewables Are Changing the Way We Operate the Grid
- Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems
- Solar Energy’s New Best Friend Is … The Christian Coalition
- Microsoft Experiments with Taking Energy-Sucking Data Centers Off the Grid
- America's Energy Future Requires a Demand Response to Save Billions
- Alaska Becomes Third State with Legal Marijuana
- Oregon: Pot Growers Could Raise Electricity Rates in Ashland, Official Says
- Clallam County May Extend Temporary Marijuana Land-Use Controls
- Oil Industry Not Buying Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Cap & Trade Plan
- What We Can Learn from British Columbia’s Carbon Tax
- Head of United Nations Climate Panel Steps Down amid Harassment Case
- Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher
- Oregon: Lakeview's $200M Biofuel Project Gets a Public Airing
- Comcast Revenue Rises as It Adds Video, Internet Customers
- These Two Charts from Comcast Show Why Net Neutrality is Vital
- FCC Chief Pressed to Release Net Neutrality Rules
- Inside Opower’s New Growth Strategy: The Utility Bill ‘Is the Biggest Missed Opportunity’
- Google Teams Up with Three Wireless Carriers to Combat Apple Pay
- What You Think about Millennials is Wrong
- Lady Gaga, Julie Andrews Notch Oscars' Top Social Media Moment
- Pasco Residents Worried about Diluting the Hispanic Vote
- U-S Representative Herrera Beutler Censure on Clark County GOP Agenda
- State of Oregon Investigating Governor’s Leaked Emails
- Did You See the Fireball over Idaho Last Night? Here Are Sightings from Across the West
- Craigslist Animal Cruelty – Judge Calls Olympia Case 'Truly Disturbing'
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• \thray-SAW-nuh-kull\ • Adjective – Of, relating to, resembling, or
characteristic of Thraso: bragging, boastful
Fat
squirrel steals nuts
Loud
thrasonical display
Leaves
sad, angry birds
From
Merriam-Webster: Thraso was a blustering old soldier in the comedy Eunuchus, a
play written by the great Roman dramatist Terence more than 2,000 years ago.
Terence is generally remembered for his realistic characterizations, and in
Thraso he created a swaggerer whose vainglorious boastfulness was not soon to
be forgotten. Thraso's reputation as a braggart lives on in thrasonical, a word
that boasts a 450-year history as an English adjective.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Solar
Eclipse Threatens European Power Supplies (CNBC)
Two
Arrested After Trail of Clues Leads to Stolen Substation Wire (Everett Herald,
WA)
Oregon:
Hermiston City Council to Consider Power Rate Increase (East Oregonian,
Pendleton)
Pacific
Gas & Electric – Secret "Self-Investigation" Finds Obstructions
on 20% of Its Gas Pipelines (Utility Dive)
All
77 of BPA’s Annual Reports Now Online (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Bill
Gates and Other Business Leaders Urge U-S to Increase Energy Research (NY Times)
Lobbyist
Dubbed Dr Evil Behind Front Groups Attacking Obama Power Rules (The Guardian,
UK)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/23/lobbyist-dubbed-dr-evil-behind-front-groups-attacking-obama-power-rules
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/23/lobbyist-dubbed-dr-evil-behind-front-groups-attacking-obama-power-rules
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Sage Grouse Might Not Be Listed as an
Endangered Species After All (Washington Post)
Bonneville Power Administration Land Conservation
Efforts Play Role in Oregon Chub’s Delisting (Bonneville Power Administration)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
How
is Portland Doing on Air Pollution? It Depends Where You Look (Oregonian,
Portland)
Water
Thefts on the Rise in Drought-Stricken California (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Olympic
Region Clean Air Agency Awaiting Results after Emissions Tests on Nippon
Biomass Boiler (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Biomass
Plants Gaining Steam – Do They Result in Less Carbon? (Forbes Magazine)
On
Burning Wood Pellets for Electricity – It's U-S Environmentalists Vs. European Generators
(E&E Publishing)
Wind
& Gas Hybrid Power – Wyoming's Idea of California Dreamin' (E&E
Publishing)
How
Renewables Are Changing the Way We Operate the Grid (Utility Dive)
Grid-Connected
Renewable Energy Systems (Breaking Energy)
Solar
Energy’s New Best Friend Is … The Christian Coalition (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Microsoft
Experiments with Taking Energy-Sucking Data Centers Off the Grid (E&E
Publishing)
America's
Energy Future Requires a Demand Response to Save Billions (Forbes Magazine –
Hey Ho – It’s Energy Northwest!)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Alaska
Becomes Third State with Legal Marijuana (Associated
Press)
Oregon:
Pot Growers Could Raise Electricity Rates in Ashland, Official Says (Medford
Mail Tribune, OR)
Clallam
County May Extend Temporary Marijuana Land-Use Controls (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oil
Industry Not Buying Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Cap & Trade Plan
(Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
What
We Can Learn from British Columbia’s Carbon Tax (Grist
Online)
Head
of United Nations Climate Panel Steps Down amid Harassment Case (Associated Press)
Deeper
Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon:
Lakeview's $200M Biofuel Project Gets a Public Airing (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast
Revenue Rises as It Adds Video, Internet Customers (NY Times)
These
Two Charts from Comcast Show Why Net Neutrality is Vital (Consumerist)
FCC Chief Pressed to Release Net Neutrality Rules (USA
Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Inside
Opower’s New Growth Strategy: The Utility Bill ‘Is the Biggest Missed
Opportunity’ (Green Tech Media)
Google
Teams Up with Three Wireless Carriers to Combat Apple Pay (Oregonian, Portland)
What
You Think about Millennials is Wrong (Washington Post)
Lady
Gaga, Julie Andrews Notch Oscars' Top Social Media Moment (Reuters)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Pasco
Residents Worried about Diluting the Hispanic Vote (Tri-City Herald, WA)
U-S
Representative Herrera Beutler Censure on Clark County GOP Agenda (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
State
of Oregon Investigating Governor’s Leaked Emails (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Did
You See the Fireball over Idaho Last Night? Here Are Sightings from Across the
West (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Craigslist
Animal Cruelty – Judge Calls Olympia Case 'Truly Disturbing' (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
DIVERSIONS
Marshawn
Lynch Wants to Trademark 'I'm Just Here So I Won't Get Fined'
Documentary
or Narcissism? British Columbia Man Shoots Video Selfie While Rescuers Use Jaws
Of Life to Cut Him from Crashed Car
Hibernating
Pet Tarantulas Stolen from Crawlspace of House
Massachusetts
Man Selling, Shipping Snow from His Yard
SONG OF THE DAY
James
Newton Howard – Snow Falling on Cedars, End Title
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