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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
As
Republicans Concede, FCC is Expected to Enforce Net Neutrality (NY Times)
Proposals
Push Nuclear Energy in Washington State (Associated Press)
British Columbia’s Low Snow Pack Could Affect
Spring Salmon Run (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Washington
State House Bill on Tribal Pot Compacts Passes Committee (Yakima Herald Republic,
WA)
Proposed
Washington State Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Draws Praise, Criticism (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Proposals Push Nuclear Energy in Washington State
- Avista Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter & Fiscal Year 2014
- Mason PUD 3 Customers Help Others
- Hoquiam Residents Pressure City Council on Oil
- Obama Vetoes Bill Pushing Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
- ComEd Used $60 Million in Ratepayer Money for Charity, “Politically Influential” Donations
- A Call for Much Bigger Electricity Markets
- How Can Nuclear Energy Build Trust in a Time When Denying Science is Rampant?
- British Columbia’s Low Snow Pack Could Affect Spring Salmon Run
- Report: Columbia Salmon Restoration Won’t Happen Overnight
- Makah, Quileute & Quinault Native Fishing Rights Headed to Trial
- Seattle’s New Seawall Also a Highway for Fish
- Rats Might Not Be the Bad Guys behind Black Death’s 14th-Century Spread after All
- Proposed $480 Million Wind Farm in Northern British Columbia Would Be Province’s Biggest
- Texas Tech Researchers Take Part in National Wind Project – Mountain study will be conducted in the Columbia River Gorge
- Wind Generation Seasonal Patterns Vary across the United States
- Wave & Tidal Energy in 2015: Finally Emerging from the Labs
- The Eiffel Tower Is Generating Power with a Hidden Wind Farm on Its Legs
- Save Energy without Losing Comfort: Data Shows the Formula is Working
- Washington State House Bill on Tribal Pot Compacts Passes Committee
- Should Oregon Law Protect Marijuana Growers Like Farmers & Allow Harvesting after Eviction?
- Washington State Rec Shop Plans to Close, Blames State for Its Troubles
- Unless Congress Intervenes, Recreational Pot Is About to be Legal in Washington, D-C
- Proposed Washington State Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Draws Praise, Criticism
- Survey: Not Enough Oregonians Support a Carbon Tax
- The Remote Alaskan Village that Needs to be Relocated Due to Climate Change
- California’s Plastic Bag Ban Suspended by Ballot Referendum
- The Windmill Could Get a Snazzy Green Facelift, Thanks to Dutch Architects
- As Republicans Concede, FCC is Expected to Enforce Net Neutrality
- What is Net Neutrality & What Does It Mean for Me?
- The Government Loan Program with a 116 Percent Default Rate
- Now With 2 Million Advertisers, Facebook Is Gaining a Foothold with Small Businesses
- How Social Proof Can Help Your Website
- Facebook Cover Photo Do’s & Don’ts
- How to Enchant Co-op Members
- Apple to Make Emoji More Racially Diverse in iOS Update
- How Dirty Media Brought Down Oregon’s Clean-Energy Governor & His Activist Fiancée
- Crowd Shows Up to Fight for Shelton High Pool
- Video: Booze-For-Perks Scheme Alleged at Seattle Tunnel Site
- Man Steals Jeans at Capital Mall; Arrested after Multi-County Pursuit
- 18-Year-Old Shelton Man Arrested for Hate Crime over Sexual Orientation
- Motorcycle Collides With Dump Truck on Highway 3 South of Shelton
- 13,000 Customers Overcharged by Washington State Health Exchange
- ‘American Sniper’ Jury Finds Chris Kyle’s Killer Guilty of Murder
Fortuitous
• \for-TOO-uh-tus\ • adjective 1: occurring by chance 2: fortunate, lucky 3:
coming or happening by a lucky chance
Albert
was absolutely giddy about his fortuitous discovery of a $100 dollar bill on
the railroad tracks. Unfortunately, he was unaware his luck was about to change
as the 12:40 from Rancho Cucamonga barreled around the corner behind him.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Proposals
Push Nuclear Energy in Washington State (Associated Press)
Avista
Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter & Fiscal Year 2014 (MarketWatch)
Mason
PUD 3 Customers Help Others (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Hoquiam
Residents Pressure City Council on Oil (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Obama
Vetoes Bill Pushing Keystone XL Pipeline Approval (NY Times)
ComEd
Used $60 Million in Ratepayer Money for Charity, “Politically Influential”
Donations (Utility Dive)
A
Call for Much Bigger Electricity Markets (The Energy Collective)
How
Can Nuclear Energy Build Trust in a Time When Denying Science is Rampant? (The
Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia’s Low Snow Pack Could Affect Spring
Salmon Run (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Report: Columbia Salmon Restoration Won’t Happen
Overnight (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Makah, Quileute & Quinault Native Fishing
Rights Headed to Trial (Courthouse News Service)
Seattle’s New Seawall Also a Highway for Fish (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Rats
Might Not Be the Bad Guys behind Black Death’s 14th-Century Spread after All
(Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/02/black_death_gerbils_and_rats.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed
$480 Million Wind Farm in Northern British Columbia Would Be Province’s Biggest
(Business Vancouver, BC)
Texas
Tech Researchers Take Part in National Wind Project – Mountain study will be
conducted in the Columbia River Gorge (Lubbock Avalanche Journal, TX)
Wind
Generation Seasonal Patterns Vary across the United States (U-S Energy
Information Administration)
Wave
& Tidal Energy in 2015: Finally Emerging from the Labs (Renewable Energy World)
The
Eiffel Tower Is Generating Power with a Hidden Wind Farm on Its Legs (Gizmodo)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Save
Energy without Losing Comfort: Data Shows the Formula is Working (Energy
Efficient Markets)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
State House Bill on Tribal Pot Compacts Passes Committee (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
Should
Oregon Law Protect Marijuana Growers Like Farmers & Allow Harvesting after
Eviction? (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington
State Rec Shop Plans to Close, Blames State for Its Troubles (Marijuana
Business Daily)
Unless
Congress Intervenes, Recreational Pot Is About to be Legal in Washington, D-C (National
Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Proposed
Washington State Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Draws Praise, Criticism (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Survey:
Not Enough Oregonians Support a Carbon Tax (Portland Business Journal, OR)
The
Remote Alaskan Village that Needs to be Relocated Due to Climate Change
(Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California’s
Plastic Bag Ban Suspended by Ballot Referendum (Associated Press)
The
Windmill Could Get a Snazzy Green Facelift, Thanks to Dutch Architects (Grist
Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
As
Republicans Concede, FCC is Expected to Enforce Net Neutrality (NY Times)
What
is Net Neutrality & What Does It Mean for Me? (USA Today)
The
Government Loan Program with a 116 Percent Default Rate (Politico)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Now
With 2 Million Advertisers, Facebook Is Gaining a Foothold with Small
Businesses (AdWeek)
How
Social Proof Can Help Your Website (Mashable)
Facebook
Cover Photo Do’s & Don’ts (Hubspot Blogs)
How
to Enchant Co-op Members (Electric Co-op Today)
Apple
to Make Emoji More Racially Diverse in iOS Update (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
How
Dirty Media Brought Down Oregon’s Clean-Energy Governor & His Activist
Fiancée (Grist Online)
GENERAL NEWS
Crowd Shows Up to Fight for Shelton High Pool (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Video: Booze-For-Perks Scheme Alleged at Seattle
Tunnel Site (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Man Steals Jeans at Capital Mall; Arrested after Multi-County
Pursuit (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
18-Year-Old Shelton Man Arrested for Hate Crime
over Sexual Orientation (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Motorcycle Collides With Dump Truck on Highway 3
South of Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
13,000 Customers Overcharged by Washington State
Health Exchange (KHQ TV, Spokane, WA)
‘American Sniper’ Jury Finds Chris Kyle’s Killer
Guilty of Murder (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Oops:
Teen Butt-Dials Cops from Underage Drinking Party
Man
Sells Watch He Found at Secondhand Store for $35,000
Refracted
Rays from Nutella Jar Blamed for UK House Fire
Brazil
Judge in Batista Case Seen Driving Tycoon’s Seized Porsche
SONG OF THE DAY
Beach
Boys – 409
Barbershop
Quartet – 409
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