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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
TransAlta
Tax Break Bill Heard in Committee (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Oregon
Clean Energy Advocates Want Salem to Put Sunset on Coal (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
North-Central
Oregon Wind Farm Dies – Application withdraw for project in Wasco & Sherman
counties (Bend Bulletin, OR)
At
Nearly $1 Billion, California Cap-&-Trade Revenues Last Year Blew Past
Predictions (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Video: More Than 2,300 Sea Lions on Astoria Docks
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- TransAlta Tax Break Bill Heard in Committee
- Oregon Clean Energy Advocates Want Salem to Put Sunset on Coal
- Washington State Nuclear Power Measures Face Questions
- California PUC Head: Pacific Gas & Electric Used Pipeline Safety Money for Exec Raises before San Bruno Explosion
- ‘Cost of Service’ Workshop Set by Grant PUD Commissioners
- Testing Error Causes Short Grays Harbor Power Outage
- Pacific Power: Be on the Lookout for Phony Employees on ATVs
- Illinois Senate Energy & Public Utilities Committee Passes Bill Supporting Nuclear Energy Plants
- ‘Cat Litter Mix’ Closed U-S Nuclear Waste Repository
- Federal Agencies Renew Commitment to Hydropower
- Video: More Than 2,300 Sea Lions on Astoria Docks
- Milestone Reached in 2001 Klamath Water Lawsuits
- Oregon: Warrenton Dam Will Go, But How?
- North-Central Oregon Wind Farm Dies – Application withdraw for project in Wasco & Sherman counties
- Are Solar-Powered Homes Jacking Up Everyone Else’s Electric Bills?
- EIA: Sun Rises on Solar – Coal Takes its Lumps
- Texas Small Hydro Project Loses Exemption
- Costa Rica Goes 75 Days Powering Itself Using Only Renewable Energy
- Landscaping for Energy Conservation
- Maui plans to replace streetlights with LED lighting
- Slow Cooker Uses Less Electricity than Oven
- Oregon’s State Marijuana Chief Tom Burns Fired
- Pot Seed Giveaway Attracts Huge Crowd, No Cops, in Washington, D-C
- At Nearly $1 Billion, California Cap-&-Trade Revenues Last Year Blew Past Predictions
- Big Shelves of Antarctic Ice Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought
- Florida Democrat Hits Home-State Governor over Climate Gag Rule
- Washington State Patrol Makes Switch to Greener Power Source for Radio Towers
- Vancouver, WA Mayor Promises Broadband Internet, Fully Staffed Police Department
- Internet Outages Reveal Gaps in U-S Broadband Infrastructure
- Periscope & Meerkat Competition Heats Up
- Twitter’s Periscope Launch Is an Unintentional PR Coup for an Agency Called Periscope
- One Secret Facebook Doesn’t Want You to Know
- From New Logos to New Coke: When Corporations Make Mistakes
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Attorney: Washington State Auditor, Troy Kelley Knew of Federal Inquiry nearly Two Years Ago
- Nevada’s Harry Reid to Retire from U-S Senate in 2016
- Slashed Letter Found in Dust Bin Declared Germanwings Co-Pilot ‘Unfit to Work’
- Oregon Joins Texas, 21 Other States in Effort to Keep Radio Shack from Selling Customer Data
- Shelton Police: Two Arrested, One Hospitalized in Overnight Pine Tree Inn Bar-Fight
- Huffing Laughing Gas – Man Accused of Hitting Flagger: ‘Sorry Doesn’t Begin to Cover It’
- Kingdome Kash – Stadium’s Debts Paid Off—15 Years after Implosion
Prelapsarian
• \pree-lap-SAIR-ee-un\ • Adjective - Characteristic of or belonging to the
time or state before the biblical fall of humankind
Amber
and Bert walked hand in hand through the green and fragrant tunnel of vines and
creepers in the verdant rain forest. Each was lost in thought. Amber in
particular thought that the environment could have been like a prelapsarian
Eden, heavy in romance and primitive love. Bert could only think of one thing,
“Did I leave the iron on?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
TransAlta
Tax Break Bill Heard in Committee (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Oregon
Clean Energy Advocates Want Salem to Put Sunset on Coal (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Washington
State Nuclear Power Measures Face Questions (Crosscut Seattle)
California
PUC Head: Pacific Gas & Electric Used Pipeline Safety Money for Exec Raises
before San Bruno Explosion (Utility Dive)
‘Cost
of Service’ Workshop Set by Grant PUD Commissioners (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Testing
Error Causes Short Grays Harbor Power Outage (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Pacific
Power: Be on the Lookout for Phony Employees on ATVs (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)
Illinois
Senate Energy & Public Utilities Committee Passes Bill Supporting Nuclear
Energy Plants (Clinton Herald, IL)
‘Cat
Litter Mix’ Closed U-S Nuclear Waste Repository (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Federal
Agencies Renew Commitment to Hydropower (Fierce Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Video: More Than 2,300 Sea Lions on Astoria Docks
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Milestone
Reached in 2001 Klamath Water Lawsuits (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Oregon:
Warrenton Dam Will Go, But How? (Daily Astorian, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
North-Central
Oregon Wind Farm Dies – Application withdraw for project in Wasco & Sherman
counties (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Are
Solar-Powered Homes Jacking Up Everyone Else’s Electric Bills? (Mother Jones)
EIA:
Sun Rises on Solar – Coal Takes its Lumps (U-S News & World Report)
Texas
Small Hydro Project Loses Exemption (JD Supra)
Costa
Rica Goes 75 Days Powering Itself Using Only Renewable Energy (The Independent,
UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Landscaping
for Energy Conservation (High Plains Journal, Dodge City, KS)
Maui
plans to replace streetlights with LED lighting (Pacific Business Journal, HI)
Slow
Cooker Uses Less Electricity than Oven (Cincinnati Enquirer OH)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon’s
State Marijuana Chief Tom Burns Fired (Oregonian, Portland)
Pot
Seed Giveaway Attracts Huge Crowd, No Cops, in Washington, D-C (U-S News &
World Report)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
At
Nearly $1 Billion, California Cap-&-Trade Revenues Last Year Blew Past
Predictions (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Big
Shelves of Antarctic Ice Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought (National
Public Radio)
Florida
Democrat Hits Home-State Governor over Climate Gag Rule (National Journal)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State Patrol Makes Switch to Greener Power Source for Radio Towers (Walla Walla
Union-Bulletin, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Vancouver,
WA Mayor Promises Broadband Internet, Fully Staffed Police Department (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Internet
Outages Reveal Gaps in U-S Broadband Infrastructure (Associated Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Periscope
& Meerkat Competition Heats Up (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Twitter’s
Periscope Launch Is an Unintentional PR Coup for an Agency Called Periscope (AdWeek)
One
Secret Facebook Doesn’t Want You to Know (USA Today)
From
New Logos to New Coke: When Corporations Make Mistakes (Associated Press)
Consumerist
Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Attorney: Washington State Auditor, Troy Kelley Knew of Federal
Inquiry nearly Two Years Ago (Northwest Public Radio)
Nevada’s Harry Reid to Retire from U-S Senate in 2016 (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Slashed Letter Found in Dust Bin Declared Germanwings
Co-Pilot ‘Unfit to Work’ (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon Joins Texas, 21 Other States in Effort to
Keep Radio Shack from Selling Customer Data (Oregonian, Portland)
Shelton Police: Two Arrested, One Hospitalized in
Overnight Pine Tree Inn Bar-Fight (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Huffing Laughing Gas – Man Accused of Hitting
Flagger: ‘Sorry Doesn’t Begin to Cover It’ (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Kingdome Kash – Stadium’s Debts Paid Off—15 Years
after Implosion (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Richard
III’s Tomb Unveiled at Leicester Cathedral
Someone
Stole More Than 200 Hens That Lay Pastel-Colored Eggs
Tough
Jam: Cubs Pitcher Winds Up at Wrong Park, Misses Start
Feel-Good
Tale: Man Gets $7M Lottery Ticket in Get-Well Card
SONG OF THE DAY
Tears
for Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
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