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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Move
Afoot to Oust Puget Sound Energy: Bainbridge Grassroots Group Wants to Start
Public Utility (Bainbridge Island Review, WA)
First Nation Occupies Fisheries Office in British
Columbia as Herring Fight Escalates (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Washington
State Governor: No State-Funded Travel to Indiana (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
An
Opportunity to Strengthen I-937 (Washington Business Alliance)
Castle
Rock Seeking Free Wi-Fi for Cluster of Businesses (Longview Daily News, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Move Afoot to Oust Puget Sound Energy: Bainbridge Grassroots Group Wants to Start Public Utility
- 30,000 Affected: Idaho Power Says Some Customers Coming Back Online after Widespread Power Outage
- Op/Ed: Snake River Dams Are Assets That Must Remain
- Bonneville Power Administration to Build $65 Million Idaho Transmission Line
- Mary Jensen Named General Counsel at Bonneville Power Administration
- Grays Harbor PUD Moving to New Accounting & Customer Billing System
- Hello Pullman: Improbable Schweitzer Engineering ESOP Story – Growth Company That Stayed Put
- Regulators Plan to Drop Case at Closed San Onofre Nuclear Plant
- First Nation Occupies Fisheries Office in British Columbia as Herring Fight Escalates
- Photos: Fourth Pacific Northwest Baby Orca Spotted
- Stink Rising about Victoria Sewage from Both Sides of U-S/Canadian Border
- Specialists Monitor Conditions to Predict Pacific Northwest’s Water Supply
- An Opportunity to Strengthen I-937
- Austin Energy Warns Residents about High-Pressure Contractor Tactics for Solar, Efficiency
- California: Turlock Irrigation District to Host Solar Workshop
- Pennsylvania: Judge Sides with Electric Utility in Solar Metering Case
- Wave Energy Still Looking for a Game-Changing ‘First’
- United Nations: New Renewables Broke through 100GW Barrier in 2014
- Philips Sells 80 Percent of Lighting Components Unit for $2.8 Billion
- Washington Legislature Considers Compacts with Tribes over Marijuana
- Chart of the Week: 25-Month Average Wait Time from Legalization to Sales
- Obama Unveils Blueprint to Cut Greenhouse Gases
- Texas Town First of Many to Switch to 100% Renewable Power
- Scientists Can Predict Your City’s Obesity Rate by Analyzing Its Sewage
- Castle Rock Seeking Free Wi-Fi for Cluster of Businesses
- City of Port Angeles Extends Comments on Cable Franchise
- $10 Billion: Charter & Bright House Form the Latest Big Cable Union
- It…Is…Balloon! Bringing Internet to the Far Corners of the Earth
- Four Legal Issues Brands Need to Understand Before Livestreaming on Periscope or Meerkat
- Thirteen Mind-Bending Thoughts about Photography
- To Buy an Apple Watch, Make an Appointment
- Washington State Governor: No State-Funded Travel to Indiana
- Portland’s Mayor the Latest to Join Boycott-Indiana Movement, Calls Law ‘Blatant Discrimination’
- Access Denied: Reporters Say Federal Officials, Data Increasingly Off Limits
- City of Shelton Can Form Transportation Benefit District
Prothalamion
• \proh-thuh-LAY-mee-un\ • Noun – A song in celebration of a marriage.
Arturo
considered himself the pre-eminent prothalamion performer in the greater
Matlock area of Mason County. With his $59 Casio Keyboard and syndrum machine,
he would sing just about any song requested by the wedding couple. However, he
drew the line at Michael Stookey’s “Wedding Song.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Move
Afoot to Oust Puget Sound Energy: Bainbridge Grassroots Group Wants to Start
Public Utility (Bainbridge Island Review, WA)
30,000
Affected: Idaho Power Says Some Customers Coming Back Online after Widespread
Power Outage (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Op/Ed:
Snake River Dams Are Assets That Must Remain (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
Bonneville
Power Administration to Build $65 Million Idaho Transmission Line (Argus Media)
Mary
Jensen Named General Counsel at Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Grays
Harbor PUD Moving to New Accounting & Customer Billing System (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Hello
Pullman: Improbable Schweitzer Engineering ESOP Story – Growth Company That
Stayed Put (Forbes Magazine)
Regulators
Plan to Drop Case at Closed San Onofre Nuclear Plant (KPBS-TV, San Diego, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
First Nation Occupies Fisheries Office in British
Columbia as Herring Fight Escalates (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Photos: Fourth Pacific Northwest Baby Orca
Spotted (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Stink
Rising about Victoria Sewage from Both Sides of U-S/Canadian Border (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Specialists Monitor Conditions to Predict Pacific Northwest’s
Water Supply (Puget Sound Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
An
Opportunity to Strengthen I-937 (Washington Business Alliance)
Austin
Energy Warns Residents about High-Pressure Contractor Tactics for Solar,
Efficiency (American Public Power Association)
California:
Turlock Irrigation District to Host Solar Workshop (Turlock City News, CA)
Pennsylvania:
Judge Sides with Electric Utility in Solar Metering Case (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
PA)
Wave
Energy Still Looking for a Game-Changing ‘First’ (Breaking Energy)
United
Nations: New Renewables Broke through 100GW Barrier in 2014 (British Broadcasting Corporation)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Philips
Sells 80 Percent of Lighting Components Unit for $2.8 Billion (Reuters)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
Legislature Considers Compacts with Tribes over Marijuana (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Oregon
Chooses Kansas Company to Build Marijuana-Selling Apps (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Chart
of the Week: 25-Month Average Wait Time from Legalization to Sales (Marijuana
Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Obama
Unveils Blueprint to Cut Greenhouse Gases (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Texas
Town First of Many to Switch to 100% Renewable Power (The Motley Fool)
Scientists
Can Predict Your City’s Obesity Rate by Analyzing Its Sewage (Mother Jones)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Castle
Rock Seeking Free Wi-Fi for Cluster of Businesses (Longview Daily News, WA)
City
of Port Angeles Extends Comments on Cable Franchise (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
$10
Billion: Charter & Bright House Form the Latest Big Cable Union (Christian
Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2015/0331/Charter-and-Bright-House-form-the-latest-big-cable-union
It…Is…Balloon!
Bringing Internet to the Far Corners of the Earth (National Public Radio)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Four
Legal Issues Brands Need to Understand Before Livestreaming on Periscope or Meerkat
(AdWeek)
Thirteen
Mind-Bending Thoughts about Photography (Mashable – Prepare yourself for number
13)
To
Buy an Apple Watch, Make an Appointment (Christian Science Monitor)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Governor: No State-Funded Travel to Indiana (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Portland’s
Mayor the Latest to Join Boycott-Indiana Movement, Calls Law ‘Blatant
Discrimination’ (Oregonian, Portland)
Access
Denied: Reporters Say Federal Officials, Data Increasingly Off Limits (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton Can Form Transportation Benefit District (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Here’s
How to Play Pac-Man on Google Maps
Oregon
Farmers Agree Slugs Are a Problem – But What to Do?
When
Did the Eiffel Tower Open, & Why Was It ‘A Truly Tragic Street Lamp’?
Idaho
Man Calls 911 Twelve Times over Bar Bill, Now Faces $1,000 Fine & Jail Time
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Guess Who – No Time
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