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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
In
Net Neutrality Victory, FCC Classifies Broadband Internet Service as a Public
Utility (NY Times)
Washington
State Lawmaker Calls for Focus on Nuclear Energy (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Lack
of Snow May Mean Less Power Generated at Cowlitz PUD’s Swift 2 Plant This Year (Longview Daily News, WA)
Companies
Spend $1 Billion in Latest California Carbon Auction (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Schools,
Kittitas County to Give Back $500,000 to Wind Farm (Ellensburg Daily Record,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Lawmaker Calls for Focus on Nuclear Energy
- Lack of Snow May Mean Less Power Generated at Cowlitz PUD’s Swift 2 Plant This Year
- Okanogan PUD Still Treading Water on Similkameen, Enloe Dam
- Grant PUD Commissioners Asked to Reconsider Power Rates for Ag Users
- Klamath Falls City Council Considers New Agreement with Pacific Power
- Hydropower & the New (Old) Model for Clean Energy
- Scams: Phony Klickitat PUD Dunning Strikes Businesses
- Proposed Drone Rules Could Revolutionize Grid Monitoring
- Another US Nuclear Plant Shuts Down
- Spanish Company Spends $3 Billion to Buy U-S Northeast Utility
- California Communities Seize Control of Their Energy Futures
- Safety is Theme of New Touchstone Energy Ads
- Great White Shark Thought to Swim near Washington State Coast, Feed on Seals
- Japanese Fish Found Alive in Oregon Waters
- Allan Scholz, Champion of Region’s Fisheries, Leaves Lasting Mark in His Wake
- U-S Supreme Court Rules That Ditching Undersize Fish Isn’t the Same as Shredding Documents
- Field Poll: More Californians Want Mandatory Water Rationing
- Schools, Kittitas County to Give Back $500,000 to Wind Farm
- Google Invests $300 Million in U-S Residential Solar Projects
- By the Time You Read This, They’ve Slapped a Solar Panel on Your Roof
- Cape Wind Chief Calls State Energy Legislation “Promising”
- Air-Source Heat Pumps
- Cost vs. Comfort: The Energy Efficiency “Sweet Spot”
- Franklin County Says No to Marijuana Sales for Six Months
- Fears of Marijuana Price Crash, ‘Bloodbath’ in Colorado as Regulatory Changes Take Hold
- Recreational Marijuana Becomes Legal in Washington, DC, Despite Threats from House Republicans
- Companies Spend $1 Billion in Latest California Carbon Auction
- Editorial: Focus Legislative Energy on a National Carbon Policy, Not Keystone XL
- Instruments Catch Greenhouse Gas in the Act of Warming the Planet
- Call for Oregon to Subsidize Electric Vehicles Intensifies
- And the World’s Most Sustainable City Is…
- In Net Neutrality Victory, FCC Classifies Broadband Internet Service as a Public Utility
- FCC Passes Net Neutrality: What This Means for Americans
- FCC Votes 3-2 to Override State Bans of Municipal Broadband
- The Push for Net Neutrality Arose from Lack of Choice
- Net Neutrality: As FCC Readies Vote, ‘Things Have Shifted’ for Oregon Lawmakers Walden & Wyden
- Idaho Governor Approves $3.64 Million Emergency Broadband Fix
- HP Said to Be in Talks to Buy Aruba Networks for Wi-Fi Technology
- Shake Shack Earns Major Following on Social Media
- Google Expands Push into Workplace with Android for Work Effort
- Washington State Public Agencies Could Appeal Audits under House Measure
- U-S Senate Panel Votes to Approve Loretta Lynch as Attorney General
- 35th District Representative Dan Griffey: Passing Bills & Passing Lanes
- Port Angeles Listed As 16th “Coolest” City in the U-S
- The 20 Coolest Towns in the U-S
- Mysterious Bright Spot on Ceres Actually Two Bright Spots
- Video Leads to Arrest of Pair in Theft of Donation Jar Meant for Young Patient
- Mad over Missing Tip, Delivery Worker Posts Customer’s Personal Info
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involving Beanie-Baby influence trading started unraveling the moment his “supplier”
failed to receive bailout funds for a new venture: soybean-babies.
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example sentence of the day went downhill from there. The editor had a hard
time coming up with a suitable sentence that did not include references to
seamy and dark-hearted things only found in cheap dime-novels or Lifetime
made-for-TV movies. Sorry.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington
State Lawmaker Calls for Focus on Nuclear Energy (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Lack
of Snow May Mean Less Power Generated at Cowlitz PUD’s Swift 2 Plant This Year (Longview Daily News, WA)
Okanogan PUD Still Treading Water on Similkameen, Enloe Dam
(Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)
Grant
PUD Commissioners Asked to Reconsider Power Rates for Ag Users (iFiber One News,
Ephrata, WA)
Klamath
Falls City Council Considers New Agreement with Pacific Power (Klamath Falls
Herald & News, OR)
Hydropower
& the New (Old) Model for Clean Energy (National Journal)
Scams:
Phony Klickitat PUD Dunning Strikes Businesses (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
Proposed
Drone Rules Could Revolutionize Grid Monitoring (Utility Dive)
Another
US Nuclear Plant Shuts Down (Breaking Energy)
Spanish
Company Spends $3 Billion to Buy U-S Northeast Utility (Associated Press)
California
Communities Seize Control of Their Energy Futures (Grist Online)
Safety
is Theme of New Touchstone Energy Ads (Electric Co-op
Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Great White Shark Thought to Swim near Washington
State Coast, Feed on Seals (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Japanese Fish Found Alive in Oregon Waters
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Allan Scholz, Champion of Region’s Fisheries,
Leaves Lasting Mark in His Wake (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
U-S Supreme Court Rules That Ditching Undersize
Fish Isn’t the Same as Shredding Documents (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Field
Poll: More Californians Want Mandatory Water Rationing (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Schools,
Kittitas County to Give Back $500,000 to Wind Farm (Ellensburg Daily Record,
WA)
Google
Invests $300 Million in U-S Residential Solar Projects (Reuters)
By
the Time You Read This, They’ve Slapped a Solar Panel on Your Roof (Bloomberg
News)
Cape
Wind Chief Calls State Energy Legislation “Promising” (WWLP-TV, Springfield, MA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Air-Source
Heat Pumps (Breaking Energy)
Cost
vs. Comfort: The Energy Efficiency “Sweet Spot” (American Public Power
Association)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Franklin
County Says No to Marijuana Sales for Six Months (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Fears
of Marijuana Price Crash, ‘Bloodbath’ in Colorado as Regulatory Changes Take
Hold (Marijuana Business Daily)
Recreational
Marijuana Becomes Legal in Washington, DC, Despite Threats from House
Republicans (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Companies
Spend $1 Billion in Latest California Carbon Auction (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Editorial:
Focus Legislative Energy on a National Carbon Policy, Not Keystone XL (Washington
Post)
Instruments
Catch Greenhouse Gas in the Act of Warming the Planet (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Call
for Oregon to Subsidize Electric Vehicles Intensifies (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
And
the World’s Most Sustainable City Is… (Breaking Energy)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
In
Net Neutrality Victory, FCC Classifies Broadband Internet Service as a Public
Utility (NY Times)
FCC
Passes Net Neutrality: What This Means for Americans (Christian Science Monitor)
FCC
Votes 3-2 to Override State Bans of Municipal Broadband (GigaOM)
The
Push for Net Neutrality Arose from Lack of Choice (NY Times)
Net
Neutrality: As FCC Readies Vote, ‘Things Have Shifted’ for Oregon Lawmakers Walden
& Wyden (Oregonian, Portland)
Idaho
Governor Approves $3.64 Million Emergency Broadband Fix (Associated Press)
HP
Said to Be in Talks to Buy Aruba Networks for Wi-Fi Technology (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Shake
Shack Earns Major Following on Social Media (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Google
Expands Push into Workplace with Android for Work Effort (Reuters)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Public Agencies Could Appeal Audits under House Measure (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
U-S
Senate Panel Votes to Approve Loretta Lynch as Attorney General (NY Times)
35th
District Representative Dan Griffey: Passing Bills & Passing Lanes (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Port Angeles Listed As 16th “Coolest” City in the
U-S (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
The 20 Coolest Towns in the U-S (Matador Networks)
Mysterious Bright Spot on Ceres Actually Two
Bright Spots (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0226/Mysterious-bright-spot-on-Ceres-actually-two-bright-spots
Video Leads to Arrest of Pair in Theft of Donation
Jar Meant for Young Patient (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
Mad over Missing Tip, Delivery Worker Posts
Customer’s Personal Info (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
KFC
Tests Sweet Edible Coffee Cup in U-K
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/02/25/kfc-edible-coffee-cup-fast-food-restaurants/23994315/
Infographic:
Here’s Just How Much Crappy Beer Americans Are Drinking - The unbearable
lightness of being mainstream
The
Girl Who Gets Gifts from Birds
Dog
Sniffs Way to Find Iowa Hospital Where Owner Was
SONG OF THE DAY
Lynyrd
Skynyrd - Free Bird
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