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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Video:
Bracing for a Big Power Grid Attack: ‘One Is Too Many’ (USA Today)
Video:
Tacoma Power Explains Alarming Stats about Grid Attacks (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Benton
PUD to Build the First Local Community Solar (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Map:
The State of Broadband in the States (Washington Post)
Power
Companies Seek to End Losing Streak on EPA at Top U-S Court (Bloomberg News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Video: Bracing for a Big Power Grid Attack: ‘One Is Too Many’
- Video: Tacoma Power Explains Alarming Stats about Grid Attacks
- Cowlitz PUD Approves Three-Year Union Contract
- Oregon’s Nuclear Startup Adds Execs to Prepare for Regulatory Push
- Tentative agreement in Crescent Bar, Grant PUD dispute
- Oregon State PIRG Students Are Pushing Oregon to Go Solar
- Radioactive Politics: Inside the Renewed Push to Site Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain
- Price for Refusing American Electric Power’s Smart Meters Negotiated Down to $24/Month
- Part I: How Do You Teach Customers Algebra if They Don’t Know How to Multiply?
- Part II: How Do You Teach Customers Algebra if They Don’t Know How to Multiply?
- When Road Salt Seeps, Sometimes Manhole Covers Fly
- Herring Harvest Continues to be Controversial on British Columbia Coast
- Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy?
- Committee on Natural Resources: Chairman’s Opening Statement at the Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans Oversight Hearing
- Benton PUD to Build the First Local Community Solar
- California: Birds Die as East Bay Wind Turbine Replacement Lags
- Texas Weighs Bill to End Renewable Energy Incentives for Utilities
- Which States Have The Cheapest Electricity? Those with the Most Renewable Energy
- Editorial: Renewable Energy Isn’t Boosting Colorado Electric Bills Study Contends
- Co-Ops Plead with Congress to Save Water Heaters Used for Demand Response
- Bill Would Let Tribes Work with Washington State on Pot
- Six Ways Companion Marijuana Bills in Congress Could Change America
- Power Companies Seek to End Losing Streak on EPA at Top U-S Court
- U-S Senator Rob Portman Bucks Global-Warming Rule – Wants State Exemptions from EPA’s Pending Requirements
- Washington State: Four Charts Show Carbon Pollution Accountability Act is Still Awesome
- Florida’s Unspeakable Issue Leaves Climate Change Official Tongue-Tied
- The Weird Reason Why We Recycle Flat But Not Crumpled Up Paper
- Map: The State of Broadband in the States
- See How Fast Your State’s Broadband Is with This Interactive Map
- Kitsap County: New Homeowner Has to Sell House Because of Comcast’s Incompetence, Lack of Competition
- Google Fiber Adds Salt Lake City - Portland Still Pending
- Switchboard: Google Has Averaged a White House Visit per Week during Obama’s Presidency
- I Used a 56K Modem for a Week & It Was Hell on Earth
- Google Wants Websites to be Mobile-Friendly – Plans to Punish Those That Aren’t
- Media World Challenge: People Love News, But Won’t Pay for It
- Republicans Renewing Calls for Washington State Auditor to Take Leave
- Editorial: Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley Must Come Clean
- Washington State Lawmakers Eye Pension Changes for New Public Sector Workers
- Multistate Investigation Announced into Premera Cyberattack
- Mason County Unemployment Down Slightly
- Montesano Has a New City Council Member – It’s Ian Cope!
- Massachusetts: Electrician Finds Home Wired to Explode During Inspection
- Olympia Car Dealer Issues Apology after Consumers Complain about Ad
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situated on the farther side 2: going beyond what is openly said or shown.
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Snores
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Video:
Bracing for a Big Power Grid Attack: ‘One Is Too Many’ (USA Today)
Video:
Tacoma Power Explains Alarming Stats about Grid Attacks (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Cowlitz
PUD Approves Three-Year Union Contract (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Oregon’s
Nuclear Startup Adds Execs to Prepare for Regulatory Push (Big News Network)
Tentative
agreement in Crescent Bar, Grant PUD dispute (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Oregon
State PIRG Students Are Pushing Oregon to Go Solar (Daily Emerald, Eugene, OR)
Radioactive
Politics: Inside the Renewed Push to Site Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain (Utility
Dive)
Price
for Refusing American Electric Power’s Smart Meters Negotiated Down to $24/Month
(Columbus Business First, OH)
Part
I: How Do You Teach Customers Algebra if They Don’t Know How to Multiply? (Utility
Dive)
Part
II: How Do You Teach Customers Algebra if They Don’t Know How to Multiply?
(Utility Dive)
When
Road Salt Seeps, Sometimes Manhole Covers Fly (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Herring Harvest Continues to be Controversial on British
Columbia Coast – First Nations Say Stocks Are Fragile & Fishing Threatens
Recovery (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy? (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Committee
on Natural Resources: Chairman’s Opening Statement at the Subcommittee on
Water, Power, and Oceans Oversight Hearing (U-S House of Representatives,
Committee on Natural Resources)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Benton
PUD to Build the First Local Community Solar (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
California:
Birds Die as East Bay Wind Turbine Replacement Lags (SF Chronicle)
Texas
Weighs Bill to End Renewable Energy Incentives for Utilities (Utility Dive)
Which States Have The Cheapest Electricity? Those with the Most
Renewable Energy (Sustainable Business – Doesn’t qualify the mix
in Washington State, but we ALL know which renewable keeps our rates low!)
Editorial:
Renewable Energy Isn’t Boosting Colorado Electric Bills Study Contends (Denver
Post, CO)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Co-Ops
Plead with Congress to Save Water Heaters Used for Demand Response (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Bill
Would Let Tribes Work with Washington State on Pot – Cowlitz have no plans to
enter marijuana market (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Six
Ways Companion Marijuana Bills in Congress Could Change America (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Power
Companies Seek to End Losing Streak on EPA at Top U-S Court (Bloomberg News)
U-S
Senator Rob Portman Bucks Global-Warming Rule – Wants State Exemptions from EPA’s
Pending Requirements (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
Washington
State: Four Charts Show Carbon Pollution Accountability Act is Still Awesome
(Sightline Daily)
Florida’s
Unspeakable Issue Leaves Climate Change Official Tongue-Tied (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/23/climate-change-florida-official
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/23/climate-change-florida-official
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
Weird Reason Why We Recycle Flat But Not Crumpled Up Paper (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Map:
The State of Broadband in the States (Washington Post)
See
How Fast Your State’s Broadband Is With This Interactive Map (Gizmodo)
Kitsap
County: New Homeowner Has to Sell House Because of Comcast’s Incompetence, Lack
of Competition (Consumerist)
Google
Fiber Adds Salt Lake City - Portland Still Pending (Oregonian, Portland)
Switchboard:
Google Has Averaged a White House Visit per Week during Obama’s Presidency (Washington
Post)
I
Used a 56K Modem for a Week & It Was Hell on Earth (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Google
Wants Websites to be Mobile-Friendly – Plans to Punish Those That Aren’t (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Media
World Challenge: People Love News, But Won’t Pay for It (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Republicans
Renewing Calls for Washington State Auditor to Take Leave (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Editorial:
Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley Must Come Clean (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Washington
State Lawmakers Eye Pension Changes for New Public Sector Workers (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Multistate Investigation Announced into Premera Cyberattack
(Associated Press)
Mason County Unemployment Down Slightly (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Montesano Has a New City Council Member – It’s
Ian Cope! (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Massachusetts: Electrician Finds Home Wired to Explode
During Inspection (Associated Press)
Olympia Car Dealer Issues Apology after Consumers
Complain about Ad (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Driver
Ticketed in Fife for ‘Most Interesting Man’ HOV Violation
These
Sidewalk Games Only Appear When It Rains
ISIS
is Keeping Tourists from ‘Tatooine’
NASA’s
Opportunity Rover Completes First-Ever Mars Marathon
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
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