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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Editorial:
Washington State Carbon Dioxide Cap-And-Trade Plans Need Serious Vetting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Protesters
Rally against Puget Sound Energy Plan to Cut Down Hundreds of Trees (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Portland
Building Owners Face Mandatory Energy Reporting Rules (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Biodiesel
Swindle Nets Man Five Years in Prison (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Throngs of Blue Jellyfish-Like Velella Velella Washing
Up on Oregon Beaches (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Protesters Rally against Puget Sound Energy Plan to Cut Down Hundreds of Trees
- Seattle City Light Heeds Tree-Sitter, Leaves Pine Standing
- Tennessee Valley Authority to Halt Development of Bellafonte Nuke, Rely More on Gas, Efficiency
- Maine Governor Wants Nuclear Power Back on Energy Table
- Judge Rules against Restarting Two Nuclear Reactors in Japan
- Snohomish County: PUD Scam Targets Local Business
- Massachusetts Utility Regulator Ends Bill Recalculations
- Texas: Caterpillars Knock Out Co-op Power
- Throngs of Blue Jellyfish-Like Velella Velella Washing Up on Oregon Beaches
- Drought Could Spell Disaster for Sage Grouse
- Want More Wind And Solar Energy? Invest a Lot More in the Grid
- Net Metering Success: A shocking Bill from the PUD
- Op/Ed: Washington State Must Step up Renewable Energy Game
- Portland Building Owners Face Mandatory Energy Reporting Rules
- Seattle and Surrounding Region Leads the Way in Energy Efficiency
- NRECA Urges Congress: Save Large Water Heater
- Is Energy Efficiency Disrupting the Electric Utilities' Business Model?
- Washington State Medical Marijuana Regulation One Step from Inslee's Desk
- Washington’s Legal Marijuana Numbers in One Graphic
- Editorial: Washington State Carbon Dioxide Cap-And-Trade Plans Need Serious Vetting
- The Pacific Ocean Has Been Slowing Global Warming Down – Here’s Why That Could Be about to Change
- Media Miscommunication about the Blob
- Biodiesel Swindle Nets Man Five Years in Prison
- A Project to Turn Corpses into Compost
- Republicans Introduce Bill to Quash Net Neutrality Rules
- Couple, Infant Killed By Concrete, Debris Falling from Highway 410 in Bonney Lake
- Worker Who Fell Asleep in Alaska Air Flight’s Cargo Hold Forces Emergency Landing
- 401 Schools Win State’s Highest Honor – Three in Mason County
- Study: Walk Faster to Survive Tsunami
- As It Happened: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Pelagic
• \puh-LAJ-ik\ • Adjective – Of, relating to, or living or occurring in the
open sea: oceanic.
Prior
to their mysterious departure from this blue-green planet, the pelagic species
known as dolphins sent a cryptic message, “so long, and thanks for all the
fish!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Protesters
Rally against Puget Sound Energy Plan to Cut Down Hundreds of Trees (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Seattle
City Light Heeds Tree-Sitter, Leaves Pine Standing (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Tennessee
Valley Authority to Halt Development of Bellafonte Nuke, Rely More on Gas,
Efficiency (Utility Dive)
Maine
Governor Wants Nuclear Power Back on Energy Table (Maine Public Broadcasting)
Judge
Rules against Restarting Two Nuclear Reactors in Japan (NY Times)
Snohomish
County: PUD Scam Targets Local Business (Monroe Monitor, WA)
Massachusetts
Utility Regulator Ends Bill Recalculations – Had been a source of consumer
confusion (Boston Globe, MA)
Texas:
Caterpillars Knock Out Co-op Power (Electric Co-op
Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Throngs of Blue Jellyfish-Like Velella Velella
Washing Up on Oregon Beaches (Oregonian, Portland)
Drought Could Spell Disaster for Sage Grouse (Argus
Observer, Ontario, Or)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Want
More Wind And Solar Energy? Invest a Lot More in the Grid (Forbes Magazine)
Net
Metering Success: A shocking Bill from the PUD (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Op/Ed:
Washington State Must Step up Renewable Energy Game (Breaking Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland
Building Owners Face Mandatory Energy Reporting Rules (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Seattle
and Surrounding Region Leads the Way in Energy Efficiency (Alliance to Save
Energy)
NRECA
Urges Congress: Save Large Water Heater (Electric Co-op
Today)
Is
Energy Efficiency Disrupting the Electric Utilities' Business Model? (The
Energy Collective)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
State Medical Marijuana Regulation One Step from Inslee's Desk (Northwest
Public Radio)
Washington’s
Legal Marijuana Numbers in One Graphic (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial:
Washington State Carbon Dioxide Cap-And-Trade Plans Need Serious Vetting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
The
Pacific Ocean Has Been Slowing Global Warming Down – Here’s Why That Could Be about
to Change (Washington Post)
Media
Miscommunication about the Blob (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Biodiesel
Swindle Nets Man Five Years in Prison (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
A
Project to Turn Corpses into Compost (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Republicans
Introduce Bill to Quash Net Neutrality Rules (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Couple, Infant Killed By Concrete, Debris Falling
from Highway 410 in Bonney Lake (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Worker Who Fell Asleep in Alaska Air Flight’s
Cargo Hold Forces Emergency Landing (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
401 Schools Win State’s Highest Honor – Three in
Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Study: Walk Faster to Survive Tsunami (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
As It Happened: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln –
Abraham Lincoln was shot to death by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Stephen
Hawking Singing Monty Python's "Galaxy Song" Is Perfection
Montana:
Garnet Ghost Town Seeks Volunteer Resident
Internet
Lover’s Meeting Leads to Beating
University
of Oregon Runner Celebrates Early, Loses Race to UW
SONG OF THE DAY
Dion
– Abraham, Martin, and John
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