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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Shelton Woman Dies in Crash on John’s Prairie
Road (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Homeowners’
Payments at Stake in Olympia Solar Debate (Investigate West)
Oregon
DOJ Launches Investigations of Tax Credits for University Solar Projects
(Oregonian, Portland)
Sabey
Breaks Ground on New Quincy Data Center Building (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Seattle
City Light’s Ethics Fight with Union Heats Up as Whistleblower Left Cold
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Light’s Ethics Fight with Union Heats Up as Whistleblower Left Cold
- Snohomish County PUD Rates to Increase in April
- Phone Scam Warning Signs
- Corps Delays Toutle River Sediment Study Due to Endangered Salmon
- Idaho May Serve as a ‘Noah’s Ark’ for Trout
- Homeowners’ Payments at Stake in Olympia Solar Debate
- Oregon DOJ Launches Investigations of Tax Credits for University Solar Projects
- Leased Solar Panels Can Complicate – Or Kill – A Home Sale
- California: Alameda County Supervisors to Hear Appeal on Controversial Altamont Wind Turbines
- California First State to Generate More Than 5% of Electricity from Utility-Scale Solar
- Kansas Utility Targets Solar Customers for Higher Rate
- Kansas Lawmakers Debate Axing Wind Energy Tax Exemptions to Fill Budget Hole
- LED Streetlights in Brooklyn Are Saving Energy but Exhausting Residents
- Solar Water Heaters
- Rivers’ Bill on Washington State Medical Marijuana Draws Heat
- Three Things to Understand about the Grow-Your-Own Marijuana Bill in Washington State
- Truckers, Fuel Manufacturers Sue to Stop Oregon’s Clean Fuels Law
- How the California Drought Became Ammunition in Climate Policy Debate
- Amazon Forest Becoming Less of a Climate Change Safety Net
- Will the Supreme Court Strike Down Obama’s Green Legacy?
- Sabey Breaks Ground on New Quincy Data Center Building
- Oregon Lawmakers Scramble to Fix Google Fiber Tax Law
- Latest Click! Cable Contracts Show More Big Increases in Broadcaster Fees
- FCC Sued by Broadband Companies over Net Neutrality Rules
- Tennessee Sues FCC for Dismantling Its Muni-Broadband Ban
- Did the National Broadband Plan Spur Innovation?
- This Should Go Well – Comcast to Take More Complaints via Facebook & Twitter
- Twitch Warns Users of Possible Data Breach
- The Network Effect at the Center of the Twitter Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
- NFL Suspending TV Blackout Rule for 2015 Season
- Duke Energy Mounts New Advertising Campaign
- FBI Sought Troy Kelley Records from Washington State Public Disclosure Commission
- Mystery Figure in Scandal Has Long Ties to Washington State Auditor
- Shelton Woman Dies in Crash on John’s Prairie Road
- Swanson Group Purchases Olympic Panel Products – To Relocate Assets to Oregon
- It’s the End of the Line for Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad
- Snow in Mountains May Give Brief Hope to Skiers
- As Silence Falls on Chicago Trading Pits, a Working-Class Portal Also Closes
Bowdlerize
• \BOWD-ler-ize\ • Verb – 1: to expurgate by omitting or modifying parts
considered vulgar *2: to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in
style or content
“Call
it ‘editing for clarity’ or protecting young minds from overexposure to egg
references,” grumbled Winston Smith. “Bowdlerizing ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ will
not protect anyone from egg-related cholesterol ingestion!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle
City Light’s Ethics Fight with Union Heats Up as Whistleblower Left Cold
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Snohomish
County PUD Rates to Increase in April (My Edmonds News, WA)
Phone Scam Warning Signs (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Corps Delays Toutle River Sediment Study Due to Endangered
Salmon (Longview Daily News, WA)
Idaho May Serve as a ‘Noah’s Ark’ for Trout (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Homeowners’
Payments at Stake in Olympia Solar Debate (Investigate West)
Oregon
DOJ Launches Investigations of Tax Credits for University Solar Projects (Oregonian,
Portland)
Leased
Solar Panels Can Complicate – Or Kill – A Home Sale (Los Angeles Times, CA)
California:
Alameda County Supervisors to Hear Appeal on Controversial Altamont Wind
Turbines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
California
First State to Generate More Than 5% of Electricity from Utility-Scale Solar (U-S
Energy Information Administration)
Kansas
Utility Targets Solar Customers for Higher Rate (Midwest Energy News)
Kansas
Lawmakers Debate Axing Wind Energy Tax Exemptions to Fill Budget Hole (Utility
Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
LED
Streetlights in Brooklyn Are Saving Energy but Exhausting Residents (NY Times)
Solar
Water Heaters (Breaking Energy)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Rivers’
Bill on Washington State Medical Marijuana Draws Heat (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Three
Things to Understand about the Grow-Your-Own Marijuana Bill in Washington State
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Truckers,
Fuel Manufacturers Sue to Stop Oregon’s Clean Fuels Law (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
How
the California Drought Became Ammunition in Climate Policy Debate (Christian
Science Monitor)
Amazon
Forest Becoming Less of a Climate Change Safety Net (NY Times)
Will
the Supreme Court Strike Down Obama’s Green Legacy? (National Journal)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sabey
Breaks Ground on New Quincy Data Center Building (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Oregon
Lawmakers Scramble to Fix Google Fiber Tax Law (Oregonian, Portland)
Latest
Click! Cable Contracts Show More Big Increases in Broadcaster Fees (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
FCC
Sued by Broadband Companies over Net Neutrality Rules (Reuters)
Tennessee
Sues FCC for Dismantling Its Muni-Broadband Ban (Broadband
Reports)
Did
the National Broadband Plan Spur Innovation? (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
This
Should Go Well – Comcast to Take More Complaints via Facebook & Twitter (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Twitch
Warns Users of Possible Data Breach (USA Today)
The
Network Effect at the Center of the Twitter Gender Discrimination Lawsuit (Washington
Post)
NFL
Suspending TV Blackout Rule for 2015 Season (Consumerist)
Duke
Energy Mounts New Advertising Campaign (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
FBI Sought Troy Kelley Records from Washington State Public
Disclosure Commission (Northwest Public Radio)
Mystery Figure in Scandal Has Long Ties to Washington State
Auditor (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Woman Dies in Crash on John’s Prairie
Road (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Swanson Group Purchases Olympic Panel Products – To Relocate Assets to
Oregon (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
It’s the End of the Line for Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Snow in Mountains May Give Brief Hope to Skiers (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
As Silence Falls on Chicago Trading Pits, a Working-Class Portal Also
Closes (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Feces
Contains Gold Worth Millions
Truck
Carrying 30,000 Pounds of Lobsters Overturns – All Survive to Become Dinner
Washington
State Girl Completes 600 Random Acts of Kindness
Suspect
in Maine Burglary Posts Online That He’s Hiding in Cabinet; Police Find Him in Same
Cabinet
SONG OF THE DAY
John
Stewart – Gold
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