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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘Warm Blob’ in Pacific Ocean Linked to Weird
Weather across the U-S (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Solar Companies Say Legislation Would Drive Them Out of Washington
State (Everett Herald, WA)
Group
Fighting for Seattle Broadband to Become a Public Utility (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Nez Perce Tribe Fights the Loss of the Lamprey (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Gallup:
Public Support Waning for Nuclear, Coal Power (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Gallup: Public Support Waning for Nuclear, Coal Power
- Op/Ed: Bainbridge Island – Cut Your Carbon Emissions without a Lifestyle Overhaul
- Benton PUD to Consider Raising Rates
- Car into Pole Knocks Out Power for Hours to Areas East of Port Angeles
- Congressman Dan Newhouse Tours Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository Site
- Bonneville Power Administration Line Crew Puts Innovative Work Plan into Aerial Action
- Copper Wire Thief Electrocuted in Stockton – Man Was 30 Years Old
- The Case for Breaking Up Combined Gas & Electric Utilities
- Nez Perce Tribe Fights the Loss of the Lamprey
- Hooking a Slippery Prize Where the Klamath River Meets the Pacific
- British Columbia Sockeye Run at Risk Due to DFO Policy, Say Critics
- NW Power/Conservation Council Assesses Ways to Protect Past Fish & Wildlife Infrastructure
- Astoria Tests Electrified Mats to Keep Sea Lions Off Docks
- Water Supply: Early Runoff Depleting Snowpack, Columbia River at Dalles Dam Projected at 82 Percent
- Cascade Locks Presses Forward With Nestle Spring Water Deal
- U-S Forest Service Investigates Expired Permit Nestle Uses to Draw Water Out of California for Bottled Water
- Mighty Rio Grande Now a Trickle under Siege
- Solar Companies Say Legislation Would Drive Them Out of Washington State
- Forest Service Considers Thousands of Acres for Geothermal Leasing
- FBI Joins Oregon Probe into Tax Credits for University Solar Projects
- Cowltiz PUD Commissioners to Get I-937 Update
- Go Solar with SolarCity, Get a Free Nest
- Microlenses Can Help Significantly Boost the Brightness of LED Bulbs
- ‘The Promise of Marijuana’ Tax Revenue May No Longer Save Washington’s Health Centers
- British Columbia Farmland Lost to Tree Planting for Carbon Credits is a Frightening Loss
- Oregon Lawmakers Want to Ban Gas Vehicles from Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
- A Solar Tree Grows at Co-op Office
- Group Fighting for Seattle Broadband to Become a Public Utility
- Getting Rural Areas Online a Worthy Challenge for Cathlamet Startup
- Google’s New Data Center in The Dalles Brings Total Project to $1.2 Billion
- Woman Sentenced for Theft from Mattawa Internet Company
- How California’s Red Tape Hurts Google Fiber, Future Telecommunications Upgrades
- Net Neutrality Will Be Fair Game for Lawsuits Starting Next Week
- Infographic: See Which Devices Your Target Audience Is Using
- Internet in a Frenzy over Hillary Campaign Logo
- Amazon, Google & More Are Drawn to Home Services Market
- Seven Ways to Use Video to Boost Your Social Media Marketing
- ‘Warm Blob’ in Pacific Ocean Linked to Weird Weather across the U-S
Grandiloquence
• \gran-DIH-luh-kwunss\ • noun – a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or
bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
The
superfluous use of bombastic and luridly descriptive language was the hallmark
of Edgar Rice Burrough’s writing style. As one wit commented, “when you read
about a rainstorm in one of his (Burrough’s) books, you actually get wet.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Gallup:
Public Support Waning for Nuclear, Coal Power (Utility Dive)
Op/Ed:
Bainbridge Island – Cut Your Carbon Emissions without a Lifestyle Overhaul
(Bainbridge Review, WA)
Benton
PUD to Consider Raising Rates (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Car
into Pole Knocks Out Power for Hours to Areas East of Port Angeles (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Congressman Dan Newhouse Tours Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste
Repository Site (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Line Crew Puts
Innovative Work Plan into Aerial Action (Bonneville Power Administration)
Copper
Wire Thief Electrocuted in Stockton – Man Was 30 Years Old (KCRA TV,
Sacramento, CA)
The
Case for Breaking Up Combined Gas & Electric Utilities (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Nez Perce Tribe Fights the Loss of the Lamprey (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Hooking a Slippery Prize Where the Klamath River
Meets the Pacific (NY Times)
British Columbia Sockeye Run at Risk Due to DFO Policy,
Say Critics – Conservationists & First Nations groups say fisheries
officials too focused on commercial interests (Vancouver Sun, BC)
NW Power/Conservation Council Assesses Ways to
Protect Past Fish & Wildlife Infrastructure (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Astoria Tests Electrified Mats to Keep Sea Lions
Off Docks (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water
Supply: Early Runoff Depleting Snowpack, Columbia River at Dalles Dam Projected
at 82 Percent (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Cascade
Locks Presses Forward With Nestle Spring Water Deal (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
U-S
Forest Service Investigates Expired Permit Nestle Uses to Draw Water Out of California
for Bottled Water (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Mighty
Rio Grande Now a Trickle under Siege (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar Companies Say Legislation Would Drive Them Out of Washington State
(Everett Herald, WA)
Forest
Service Considers Thousands of Acres for Geothermal Leasing (KUOW Radio,
Seattle, WA)
FBI Joins Oregon Probe into Tax Credits for University Solar Projects (Oregonian,
Portland)
Cowltiz
PUD Commissioners to Get I-937 Update (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Go
Solar with SolarCity, Get a Free Nest (SF Chronicle)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Microlenses
Can Help Significantly Boost the Brightness of LED Bulbs (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
‘The
Promise of Marijuana’ Tax Revenue May No Longer Save Washington’s Health
Centers (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
British
Columbia Farmland Lost to Tree Planting for Carbon Credits is a Frightening
Loss (Globe & Mail, Canada)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon Lawmakers Want to Ban Gas Vehicles from Electric
Vehicle Charging Stations (Northwest Public Radio)
A
Solar Tree Grows at Co-op Office (Electric Co-op
Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Group
Fighting for Seattle Broadband to Become a Public Utility (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Getting
Rural Areas Online a Worthy Challenge for Cathlamet Startup (Longview Daily News, WA)
Google’s
New Data Center in The Dalles Brings Total Project to $1.2 Billion (Oregonian,
Portland)
Woman
Sentenced for Theft from Mattawa Internet Company (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
How
California’s Red Tape Hurts Google Fiber, Future Telecommunications Upgrades (San
Francisco Business Times, CA)
Net
Neutrality Will Be Fair Game for Lawsuits Starting Next Week (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Infographic:
See Which Devices Your Target Audience Is Using (AdWeek)
http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/infographic-here-are-devices-your-target-audience-using-164026
Internet
in a Frenzy over Hillary Campaign Logo (Associated
Press)
Amazon,
Google & More Are Drawn to Home Services Market (NY Times)
Seven
Ways to Use Video to Boost Your Social Media Marketing (Social Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
‘Warm Blob’ in Pacific Ocean Linked to Weird
Weather across the U-S (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Space
Station Grocery Run Includes Italian Espresso Maker
‘Houston,
We Have a Problem’ – Explosion Happened 200,000 Miles from Earth on April 13,
1970 (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Wisconsin
Students’ Rice Krispies Treat a Snap, Crackle, Colossus
Ghostbusters
- Big Twinkie
Chess
Star Cheats in Tournament… From Unlikely Spot
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy
Preston - Outa-Space
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