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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Executives Reap Pay Raises despite Scandal,
Indictment (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Congressman
Kilmer to Canadians: Get Off the Pot on Victoria Sewage (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Once-Starving
Seals, Sea Lions Swarm Columbia River for Smelt, Salmon Runs (Oregonian,
Portland)
Bill
Would Allow Klickitat PUD to Sell Landfill Energy (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
Washington
State Environmentalists, Utilities at Odds over (State-Mandated) Green Power
(Crosscut Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Executives Reap Pay Raises despite Scandal, Indictment
- Pacific Power Rates Go Up Three Percent Next Month
- Obama’s Clean Energy Order Boosts NuScale’s Nuclear Profile
- As World Expands Nuclear Power, U-S Grapples with Decades of Waste
- $7.2 Million Grand Coulee Contract Awarded
- Five Charts That Explain U-S Electricity Prices
- Once-Starving Seals, Sea Lions Swarm Columbia River for Smelt, Salmon Runs
- Video: Controversial Plan Would Kill Cormorants to Save Salmon
- Congressman Kilmer to Canadians: Get Off the Pot on Victoria Sewage
- Chelan PUD: Snowpack’s Low But Lake-Level Targets Should Be Hit
- Drained Lake Tapps Exposes Underwater Forests, Lost Items
- Op/Ed: Montana – Water Compact Damaging to State, Similar to Electrical Dereg
- Bill Would Allow Klickitat PUD to Sell Landfill Energy
- Washington State Environmentalists, Utilities at Odds over (State-Mandated) Green Power
- Lifting State Limits on Local Power
- Illinois Seizing Clean-Energy Funds to Balance Budget
- Sacramento’s Greenleaf Power Announces Deal to Acquire Connecticut Biomass Facility
- Geothermal Firm Sued under False Claims Act
- Cities & Towns Choose Renewables to Save Money
- PDF File Link – Governor Jay Inslee Honors Washington Industrial Energy Leaders
- A Bright Idea: How Oregon’s Rural Schools Are Taming Power Bills
- Ten Energy Saving Tips for Spring
- Why You Can’t Call Marijuana ‘Organic’
- U-S Supreme Court Appears Divided over MATS Rule
- Editorial: Rocky Barker – Harder for Us in the West to Ignore This Climate
- Clean Cars, Dirty Energy: Canada’s Electric Car Dilemma
- Smartphones Make Up 75 Percent of Mobile Market
- Op/Ed: National Broadband Plan & the Uncertain Future of the Internet
- Facebook’s Messenger App to Mix Business with More Pleasure
- Washington State Auditor Doesn’t Have Much Choice: Tough It Out or Quit
- Troy Kelley: A Man of Mystery, Even to His Staff
- Germanwings Co-Pilot, Andreas Lubitz, Deliberately Crashed Plane, Prosecutor Says
- Lawsuit Filed Against Shelton Schools over Pool Closure
- Community Kitchen in Shelton Forced to Close Its Doors
- City of Shelton, & Chamber of Commerce Partnering for Downtown Vision Plan
- Damage Caused by City Trees Rarely Covered by City’s Insurance
- Bend among Nation’s Fastest-Growing Metros, Census Bureau Reports
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Executives Reap Pay Raises despite Scandal,
Indictment (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Pacific
Power Rates Go Up Three Percent Next Month (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Obama’s
Clean Energy Order Boosts NuScale’s Nuclear Profile (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
As
World Expands Nuclear Power, U-S Grapples with Decades of Waste (Christian
Science Monitor)
$7.2
Million Grand Coulee Contract Awarded (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Five
Charts That Explain U-S Electricity Prices (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Once-Starving Seals, Sea Lions Swarm Columbia
River for Smelt, Salmon Runs (Oregonian, Portland)
Video: Controversial Plan Would Kill Cormorants to
Save Salmon (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Congressman
Kilmer to Canadians: Get Off the Pot on Victoria Sewage (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Chelan PUD: Snowpack’s Low But Lake-Level Targets Should Be
Hit (RenewablesBiz)
http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/15/03/chelan-pud-snowpacks-low-lake-level-targets-should-be-hit
Drained
Lake Tapps Exposes Underwater Forests, Lost Items (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Op/Ed:
Montana – Water Compact Damaging to State, Similar to Electrical Dereg (Montana
Standard, Butte)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bill
Would Allow Klickitat PUD to Sell Landfill Energy (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
Washington
State Environmentalists, Utilities at Odds over (State-Mandated) Green Power (Crosscut
Seattle)
Lifting State Limits on Local Power (Renewable
Energy World)
Illinois
Seizing Clean-Energy Funds to Balance Budget (Crain’s Chicago Business, IL)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150325/NEWS11/150329881/illinois-seizing-clean-energy-funds-to-balance-budget
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150325/NEWS11/150329881/illinois-seizing-clean-energy-funds-to-balance-budget
Sacramento’s
Greenleaf Power Announces Deal to Acquire Connecticut Biomass Facility (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Geothermal
Firm Sued under False Claims Act (Courthouse News
Service)
Cities
& Towns Choose Renewables to Save Money “…it’s becoming more common to see
wind, solar, hydropower & biomass use…” (Scientific American)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
PDF
File Link – Governor Jay Inslee Honors Washington Industrial Energy Leaders
(Washington State University, Bonneville Power Administration)
A
Bright Idea: How Oregon’s Rural Schools Are Taming Power Bills (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Ten
Energy Saving Tips for Spring (Breaking Energy)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Why
You Can’t Call Marijuana ‘Organic’ (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Supreme Court Appears Divided over MATS Rule (Utility Dive)
Editorial:
Rocky Barker – Harder for Us in the West to Ignore This Climate (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean
Cars, Dirty Energy: Canada’s Electric Car Dilemma (Triple Pundit)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Smartphones
Make Up 75 Percent of Mobile Market (SF Chronicle)
Op/Ed:
National Broadband Plan & the Uncertain Future of the Internet (The Hill)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook’s
Messenger App to Mix Business with More Pleasure (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Auditor Doesn’t Have Much Choice: Tough It Out or Quit (Everett Herald,
WA)
Troy Kelley: A Man of Mystery, Even to His Staff (Northwest
Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Germanwings Co-Pilot, Andreas Lubitz,
Deliberately Crashed Plane, Prosecutor Says (NY Times)
Lawsuit Filed Against Shelton Schools over Pool
Closure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Community Kitchen in Shelton Forced to Close Its
Doors (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton, & Chamber of Commerce Partnering
for Downtown Vision Plan (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Damage Caused by City Trees Rarely Covered by City’s
Insurance (Longview Daily News, WA)
Bend among Nation’s Fastest-Growing Metros, Census
Bureau Reports (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
USPS
Driver Shows Off Athleticism by Throwing Package, Running Lap around Delivery
Van
How
Floating Soap Was Invented
NASA
Wants to Orbit a Small Asteroid around the Moon
Mysterious
Bags of Smelly Goo Stump Officials on Bainbridge Island
SONG OF THE DAY
Nigel
Olsson - Little Bit of Soap
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