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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
High
Winds, Downed Trees Wreak Havoc in PDX – 71,000 people were without power
throughout the day Sunday (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Growth
in Residential Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, But Expected to Slow in
2015 (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Editorial:
Washington State Senate Bill a Path for Carbon Reduction (Everett Herald, WA)
Pacific Northwest Drought Could Mean Early Salmon
Season (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Is
Rooftop Solar Under Threat in Oregon? (Portland Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- High Winds, Downed Trees Wreak Havoc in PDX – 71,000 People Were without Power throughout the Day Sunday
- Some in Clark County Still without Power Today – Rainfall Records Set in Seattle Area
- Growth in Residential Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, But Expected to Slow in 2015
- Pacific Gas & Electric Reports Diablo Canyon Safe against Once-in-10,000 Year Earthquake
- Call Before You Dig During California Arbor Week & Every Day
- Pacific Northwest Drought Could Mean Early Salmon Season
- Anticipated ‘Very Poor’ Spring Chinook Returns to Deschutes River Closes Fishing
- Study Looks at Pacific Lamprey That Pass 8 Dams into Snake River Tributaries, Notes Good Habitat
- Governor Declares Emergency Drought in Parts of Washington
- Pacific Northwest Braces for Drought Because of Record-Low Snowpack
- Is Rooftop Solar Under Threat in Oregon?
- Report: Arizona Public Service to Propose Higher Rooftop Solar Fees
- Washington State Regulators Adopt New Rules for Energy Conservation, Renewables
- Think of Solar as a Technology, Not a Fuel
- Editorial: California Renewables – Energy Plan Sparks Productive Conversation
- KATU Sting Reveals Duct-Cleaning Company’s History of Complaints
- Europe’s Ban on ‘Wasteful’ Gadgets – Does It Cost or Save?
- Former New Mexico Governor Calls Washington State’s Marijuana Rules ‘Worst-Case Scenario’
- Woodland Confronts Marijuana Dilemma – Council Will Try to Make Code Align with Zoning Rules to Permit Businesses
- Chart of the Week: First Six Months of Recreational Marijuana Sales in Colorado vs. Washington State
- The Grass Ceiling: Once Upon a Time, Weed Was a No-No – Now It’s Your Next 9-to-5
- Editorial: Washington State Senate Bill a Path for Carbon Reduction
- Seattle’s Silly War on Oil Rigs: Reminder, The City is Also Home to Boeing, The World’s Largest Jet Maker
- Emissions by Makers of Energy Level Off
- Oregon: Jackson County Protests Human Waste as Fertilizer
- Iowa: Fiorina – Phase Out Federal Energy Incentives
- Google Fiber Has Just 30,000 Video Subscribers, Analyst Claims
- What Net Neutrality Opponents Are Saying Now – And Why It’s a Lot of Hot Air
- Oregon: New Ashland Cell Tower Light Angers Neighbors
- Google is Pleading with Firefox Users to Stop Using Yahoo
- Will the Internet of Things Come of Age in Five Years?
- Unconscious Diver Airlifted to Harborview after Hoodsport Area Incident
- Shelton Police Looking for Suspect after Finding over $10,000 in Methamphetamine
- Finalists Selected for Shelton Superintendent
- The Healthiest & Least Healthy Counties in Washington State May Surprise You
- Tentative Refinery Strike Settlement Should Help with Gas Prices
- Boeing Production Czar Says Planemaker Won’t Repeat Errors
- Oregon: Warm Springs Tribes Broke, Seek Federal Inquiry into Finances
Rhadamanthine
• \rad-uh-MAN-thun\ • Adjective - Rigorously strict or just.
“Flexibility
in interpretation be darned,” hooted the old west judge to the unrepentant
horse thief. “You may NOT drink yourself to death. The law says ye shall be
hanged by the neck until dead.” Since the town already had a “hanging judge,”
the literal jurist was known in the tiny Wyoming town as the Rhadamanthine
Justice. Only the local newspaper editor knew what that meant. Everyone else
thought that it was an east coast town from whence the tough judge came.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
High
Winds, Downed Trees Wreak Havoc in PDX – 71,000 people were without power
throughout the day Sunday (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Some
in Clark County Still without Power Today – Rainfall records set in Seattle
area (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Growth
in Residential Electricity Prices Highest in 6 Years, But Expected to Slow in
2015 (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Reports Diablo Canyon Safe against Once-in-10,000 Year
Earthquake (Utility Dive)
Call
Before You Dig During California Arbor Week & Every Day (PG&E Currents,
CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pacific Northwest Drought Could Mean Early Salmon
Season (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Anticipated ‘Very Poor’ Spring Chinook Returns to
Deschutes River Closes Fishing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Study Looks at Pacific Lamprey That Pass 8 Dams
into Snake River Tributaries, Notes Good Habitat (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor
Declares Emergency Drought in Parts of Washington (Associated Press)
Pacific
Northwest Braces for Drought Because of Record-Low Snowpack (E&E
Publishing)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Is
Rooftop Solar Under Threat in Oregon? (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Report: Arizona Public Service to Propose Higher Rooftop
Solar Fees (Utility Dive)
Washington State Regulators Adopt New Rules for Energy
Conservation, Renewables (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Think of Solar as a Technology, Not a Fuel (Electric
Co-op Today)
http://www.ect.coop/industry/trends-reports-analyses/think-of-solar-as-a-technology-not-a-fuel/79077
Editorial: California Renewables – Energy Plan Sparks
Productive Conversation (Victorville Daily Press, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
KATU
Sting Reveals Duct-Cleaning Company’s History of Complaints (KATU-TV, Portland,
OR)
Europe’s
Ban on ‘Wasteful’ Gadgets – Does It Cost or Save? (The Telegraph, UK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Former
New Mexico Governor Calls Washington State’s Marijuana Rules ‘Worst-Case
Scenario’ “…Washington State…screwed it up as bad as they possibly can…” (Oregonian,
Portland)
Woodland
Confronts Marijuana Dilemma – Council Will Try to Make Code Align with Zoning
Rules to Permit Businesses (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Chart
of the Week: First Six Months of Recreational Marijuana Sales in Colorado vs.
Washington State (Marijuana Business Daily)
The
Grass Ceiling: Once Upon a Time, Weed Was a No-No – Now It’s Your Next 9-to-5
(Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial:
Washington State Senate Bill a Path for Carbon Reduction (Everett Herald, WA)
Seattle’s
Silly War on Oil Rigs: Reminder, The City is Also Home to Boeing, The World’s
Largest Jet Maker (Forbes Magazine)
Emissions
by Makers of Energy Level Off “…many nations…promoted energy efficiency &
low-carbon energy sources like hydroelectric, solar, wind & nuclear power…”
(NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon:
Jackson County Protests Human Waste as Fertilizer (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Iowa:
Fiorina – Phase Out Federal Energy Incentives (Des Moines Register, IA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google
Fiber Has Just 30,000 Video Subscribers, Analyst Claims (Oregonian, Portland)
What
Net Neutrality Opponents Are Saying Now – And Why It’s a Lot of Hot Air (Consumerist)
Oregon:
New Ashland Cell Tower Light Angers Neighbors (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Google
is Pleading with Firefox Users to Stop Using Yahoo (Business Insider)
Will
the Internet of Things Come of Age in Five Years? (AdWeek)
GENERAL NEWS
Unconscious Diver Airlifted to Harborview after Hoodsport
Area Incident (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Police Looking for Suspect after Finding over
$10,000 in Methamphetamine (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Finalists Selected for Shelton Superintendent (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
The Healthiest & Least Healthy Counties in
Washington State May Surprise You (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Tentative Refinery Strike Settlement Should Help with Gas Prices
(Northwest Public Radio)
Boeing Production Czar Says Planemaker Won’t Repeat Errors (Reuters)
Oregon: Warm Springs Tribes Broke, Seek Federal Inquiry into
Finances (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Man Wins Lottery Without Knowing It, Loses
Ticket, Probably Cries
Knuckle Cracking is Probably Not Dangerous,
Just Annoying
Dog Gone It: PETA Cites Dog Cruelty in Calling for
End of the Iditarod
Coke a Healthy Snack? How Company Gets Its Message Out
SONG OF THE DAY
The
New Seekers – I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
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