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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Klamath
River Water Settlement Comes into Question – Tribes remain hopeful that
Congress will approve legislation (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Low
Snowpack Prompts Power Concerns for Washingt5on State Utilities (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon
Governor: Investigate $12 Million in Tax Credits for Solar Scheme (Oregonian,
Portland)
Two
Arizona Solar Companies Admit Fraud “…sold products that did not result in a
reduction of energy bills…” (Utility Dive)
Oregon
House Sends Low-Carbon Fuels Bill to Governor (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Low Snowpack Prompts Power Concerns for Washingt5on State Utilities
- Proposed Clark/Cowlitz Bonneville Power Administration Power Line Plan Moves Ahead Slowly
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Changes Meeting Schedule for March
- California: Bill Would Let Non-Utilities Sell Electricity to Commercial, Industrial Customers
- FAA Authorizes ComEd to Use Drones for Power Line Inspections
- Wedding Gifts for Merger – Exelon, Pepco Sweeten Package for Utility Customers in Maryland
- Idaho Salmon Leads 2015 Run Up the Columbia
- Northwest Salmon: Recalculating the Costs of Dams
- Editorial: New Numbers Won’t Change Debate about Snake River Structures
- Klamath River Water Settlement Comes into Question
- Wind Study Suggests Coal Dust Will Be Significant at Cherry Point Port
- The El Nino California Needed Finally Arrives – Too Little, Too Late for Drought Help
- Oregon Governor: Investigate $12 Million in Tax Credits for Solar Scheme
- Two Arizona Solar Companies Admit Fraud
- Changing of the Renewable Energy Guard: Nonhydro Sources Beat Dams in 2014
- Connecticut: Electricity Suppliers Pay $38.9 Million for Missing Renewable Energy Goals
- EPA Rules Kick Up Wind Wars in the West
- Boo Hoo Biomass: The EPA’s Not-So-Green Emissions Plan
- First Floating Solar Plant Hopes to Change Waste Energy in Australia
- Tacoma Power Expert: LEDs Are a Bright Idea
- Following the Nest Path to Energy Efficiency
- Oregon Marijuana Law Could Face Legal Challenge, City & County Associations Say
- Pierce County: Illegal Marijuana Store Could be Fined $1,000 a Day
- Washington State Marijuana Sales Set New Daily Record: $1.5 Million
- Patients Fear Medical Marijuana May Not Fare Well with New Rules
- Columbia River Gorge Town Gets into Business
- Ben & Jerry Like Idea of Ben & Jerry’s Marijuana-Infused Ice Cream
- Oregon House Sends Low-Carbon Fuels Bill to Governor
- Arctic Sea Ice Could Set an Ominous New Record This Year
- Electric Ferry Jolts Discussion over Powering Ships in British Columbia
- Netflix Tries to Explain Its Apparent Sudden Flip-Flop on Net Neutrality
- Gigabit FTTH Drives Record Broadband Sales Says Infonetics
- Five Pinterest Image Styles That People Love to Share
- Plastic Bottles Dream of Thrilling Future Lives in Keep America Beautiful’s Recycling Ads
- U-S State Dept. Will Review Clinton Emails for Possible Release
- Membership in Clinton’s Email Domain Remembered as a Mark of Status
- Coalition Rallies behind Tax-Exempt Bonds
- Officials Mystified by Man’s Crossbow Death in Olympic National Park
- Oregonians among the Most Vulnerable Targets for Identity Thieves
- New Community Radio Stations About to Hit the Airwaves
- Washington State Basketball: Mary M Knight vs. Neah Bay
Peroration
• \pair-uh-RAY-shun\ • Noun – 1: the concluding part of a discourse &
especially an oration 2: a highly rhetorical speech.
Bartholomew’s
speech had as many false endings as a bad opera. Frederic squirmed in his seat
as one peroration vaulted into another, like so many crashing waves on the
Oregon Coast.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Low
Snowpack Prompts Power Concerns for Washingt5on State Utilities (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Proposed
Clark/Cowlitz Bonneville Power Administration Power Line Plan Moves Ahead
Slowly (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Changes Meeting
Schedule for March (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
California: Bill Would Let Non-Utilities Sell Electricity to
Commercial, Industrial Customers (Utility Dive)
FAA Authorizes ComEd to Use Drones for Power Line
Inspections (Utility Dive)
Wedding Gifts for Merger – Exelon, Pepco Sweeten Package for
Utility Customers in Maryland (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Salmon Leads 2015 Run Up the Columbia (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Northwest Salmon: Recalculating the Costs of Dams
– A retired Army Corps engineer thinks his old agency got the breaching
decision wrong (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Editorial: New Numbers Won’t Change Debate about Snake
River Structures (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Klamath
River Water Settlement Comes into Question – Tribes remain hopeful that
Congress will approve legislation (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Wind
Study Suggests Coal Dust Will Be Significant at Cherry Point Port (Bellingham
Herald, WA)
The
El Nino California Needed Finally Arrives – Too Little, Too Late for Drought
Help (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon
Governor: Investigate $12 Million in Tax Credits for Solar Scheme (Oregonian,
Portland)
Two
Arizona Solar Companies Admit Fraud “…sold products that did not result in a
reduction of energy bills…” (Utility Dive)
Changing
of the Renewable Energy Guard: Nonhydro Sources Beat Dams in 2014 (Breaking
Energy)
Connecticut:
Electricity Suppliers Pay $38.9 Million for Missing Renewable Energy Goals (Republican-American,
Waterbury, CT)
EPA
Rules Kick Up Wind Wars in the West (Politico)
Boo
Hoo Biomass: The EPA’s Not-So-Green Emissions Plan (Washington Post)
First
Floating Solar Plant Hopes to Change Waste Energy in Australia (Mashable)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Tacoma
Power Expert: LEDs Are a Bright Idea (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
Following
the Nest Path to Energy Efficiency (The Energy Collective)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon
Marijuana Law Could Face Legal Challenge, City & County Associations Say (Oregonian,
Portland)
Pierce
County: Illegal Marijuana Store Could be Fined $1,000 a Day (KOMO-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Washington
State Marijuana Sales Set New Daily Record: $1.5 Million (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Patients
Fear Medical Marijuana May Not Fare Well with New Rules (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Columbia
River Gorge Town Gets into Business (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Ben
& Jerry Like Idea of Ben & Jerry’s Marijuana-Infused Ice Cream (Oregonian
Public Broadcasting)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon
House Sends Low-Carbon Fuels Bill to Governor (Associated
Press)
Arctic
Sea Ice Could Set an Ominous New Record This Year (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
Ferry Jolts Discussion over Powering Ships in British Columbia (Vancouver Sun, BC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Netflix
Tries to Explain Its Apparent Sudden Flip-Flop on Net Neutrality (Washington
Post)
Gigabit
FTTH Drives Record Broadband Sales Says Infonetics (LightWave)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Five
Pinterest Image Styles That People Love to Share (Social media Examiner)
Plastic
Bottles Dream of Thrilling Future Lives in Keep America Beautiful’s Recycling
Ads (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S
State Dept. Will Review Clinton Emails for Possible Release (Associated Press)
Membership
in Clinton’s Email Domain Remembered as a Mark of Status (NY Times)
Coalition
Rallies behind Tax-Exempt Bonds (American Public Power Association)
GENERAL NEWS
Officials Mystified by Man’s Crossbow Death in Olympic
National Park Campground (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregonians among the Most Vulnerable Targets for
Identity Thieves (Portland Business Journal, OR)
New Community Radio Stations About to Hit the Airwaves
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Basketball: Mary M Knight vs.
Neah Bay (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Parisians
Carry on Shopping as Mass Graves Are Exhumed Below Their Feet
Early
20th Century: “Let Women Fly!” The Rise & Rise of the “Aviatrix.”
Seattle
Dog Who Rides the Bus by Herself Now Part of a Children’s Book
Court:
Man Burned by Fajitas While Praying Can’t Sue Applebee’s
SONG OF THE DAY
Herb
Alpert- Route 101
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