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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snow
Pack Six Percent of Normal in Olympic Mountains (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Bellevue
Neighbors Vow to Fight New Puget Sound Energy Power Line (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
City
Of Ellensburg May Offer Ratepayers Solar Energy Option through Community
Project (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Idaho: Building a Better Steelhead on the South
Fork of the Clearwater (Idaho Statesman)
How to Offer Great Customer Service with Social Media
(Social Media Examiner)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bellevue Neighbors Vow to Fight New Puget Sound Energy Power Line
- Grant PUD Commissioners Approve Crescent Bar Memorandum
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report – April 14, 2015 Business Meeting
- Hey Look! There’s Elliot Mainzer: Electric Power Research Institute Names New Board Members
- U-S Senator: Regulators’ ‘Heads Should Roll’ over Diablo Nuclear Plant
- Energy Adviser: Idea Fair to Focus on Storm Safety
- Tennessee Valley Authority Sued over Tennessee Coal Ash Ponds
- Virginia Town Should Not Sell Municipal Utility, Advisory Group Says
- Wisconsin: Lawmakers Vote to End Funding for Citizens’ Utility Board
- Mekong River Dams: Harnessing the Mekong or Killing It?
- Idaho: Building a Better Steelhead on the South Fork of the Clearwater
- Orcas Frolic, Hunt for Seals Off the Oregon Coast
- Gray Whale Travels 13,987 Miles, Breaking World Record
- Plight of Glacier National Park Stonefly Imperiled by Climate Change Draws Lawsuit
- Snow Pack Six Percent of Normal in Olympic Mountains
- Multnomah County Has Fourth Highest Diesel Pollution in U-S
- Video: Hood Canal Kelp Studied for Future of Ocean Life
- City Of Ellensburg May Offer Ratepayers Solar Energy Option through Community Project
- How The Public Views America’s Energy Revolution
- California: Desert Hot Springs – Wind Turbine Spinning Out of Control, Roads Closed
- Indiana: Groups Sue House GOP over Solar Bill Secrecy
- Can Other Cities Match Georgetown’s Low-Cost Switch to 100 Percent Wind & Sun?
- Governor Inslee Praises Washington State’s Medical Marijuana Regulation Measure
- Ruling by Federal Judge in California on Pot Classification Disappoints Legalization Advocates
- Rapid Warming Period May Be Underway as Earth Sets another Record
- Obama Administration’s Climate Change Plan Faces High-Profile Legal Test at Appeals Court
- Three Things to Know about CarbonWA’s Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax
- Infographics: Green Habits of Pacific Northwest Homeowners, How We Stack up to Neighbors & Generational Differences
- Portland Airport Hires 40 Goats & One Llama To Do Some Landscaping Work
- Apple Expands Environmental Projects to Include Solar Power in China, Sustainable Timber in U-S
- Chevrolet Discounts Spark EV: ‘Cheaper Than Phone Bill’
- Phone Company Refuses to Stop Denouncing ALEC’s Telecom Policy
- Panasonic Eyes Doubling of Airline Wi-Fi Installation to Meet Demand
- How to Offer Great Customer Service with Social Media
- Carlsberg Makes Londoners Happy With a Billboard That Gives Out Free Beer
- A Hidden Treasure Trove of Dead .Gov Websites
- Why States Are Getting Worse at Predicting Tax Revenue
- Here’s Which States Are Most Innovative in America
- Possibility for Keeping Shelton High School Pool
- Washington Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.9 Percent
- New Washington Ferry System Fails on First Day of High-Volume Summer Reservations
- U-S Homebuilder Confidence, Outlook Surge in April on Expectations of Robust Sales This Spring
- City of Lacey Annual STEM Fair & Electric Car Rally May 2
- Seattle CEO Sets $70,000 Minimum Wage as U-S ‘Pay Gap’ Widens
- Anti-Vax Mom Changes Her Tune as All Seven of Her Children Come Down with Whooping Cough
- Oregon Couple Awarded More Than $200,000 in Dog-Barking Case
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bellevue
Neighbors Vow to Fight New Puget Sound Energy Power Line (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
Grant
PUD Commissioners Approve Crescent Bar Memorandum (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Mason
PUD 3 Commission Report – April 14, 2015 Business Meeting (Mason PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Hey
Look! There’s Elliot Mainzer: Electric Power Research Institute Names New Board
Members (EIN News)
U-S
Senator: Regulators’ ‘Heads Should Roll’ over Diablo Nuclear Plant (SF
Chronicle, CA)
Energy
Adviser: Idea Fair to Focus on Storm Safety (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Tennessee
Valley Authority Sued over Tennessee Coal Ash Ponds (Courthouse News Service)
Virginia
Town Should Not Sell Municipal Utility, Advisory Group Says (Utility Dive)
Wisconsin:
Lawmakers Vote to End Funding for Citizens’ Utility Board (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,
WI)
Mekong
River Dams: Harnessing the Mekong or Killing It? (National Geographic Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho: Building a Better Steelhead on the South
Fork of the Clearwater (Idaho Statesman)
Orcas Frolic, Hunt for Seals Off the Oregon Coast
(Oregonian, Portland)
Gray Whale Travels 13,987 Miles, Breaking World
Record (USA Today)
Plight of Glacier National Park Stonefly
Imperiled by Climate Change Draws Lawsuit (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snow
Pack Six Percent of Normal in Olympic Mountains (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Multnomah
County Has Fourth Highest Diesel Pollution in U-S (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Video:
Hood Canal Kelp Studied for Future of Ocean Life (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
City
Of Ellensburg May Offer Ratepayers Solar Energy Option through Community
Project (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
How
The Public Views America’s Energy Revolution – Two new polls show that support
for renewables is on the rise across demographic divides (Utility Dive)
California:
Desert Hot Springs – Wind Turbine Spinning Out of Control, Roads Closed
(Riverside Press Enterprise, Ca)
Indiana:
Groups Sue House GOP over Solar Bill Secrecy (Indianapolis Star, IN)
Can Other Cities Match Georgetown’s Low-Cost Switch to 100
Percent Wind & Sun? (Renewable Energy World)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Governor
Inslee Praises Washington State’s Medical Marijuana Regulation Measure
(Northwest Public Radio)
Ruling
by Federal Judge in California on Pot Classification Disappoints Legalization
Advocates (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Rapid
Warming Period May Be Underway as Earth Sets another Record (Mashable)
Obama
Administration’s Climate Change Plan Faces High-Profile Legal Test at Appeals
Court (Associated Press)
Three
Things to Know about CarbonWA’s Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax (Sightline Daily)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Infographics:
Green Habits of Pacific Northwest Homeowners, How We Stack up to Neighbors &
Generational Differences (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Portland
Airport Hires 40 Goats & One Llama To Do Some Landscaping Work (Consumerist)
Apple
Expands Environmental Projects to Include Solar Power in China, Sustainable
Timber in U-S (Associated Press)
Chevrolet
Discounts Spark EV: ‘Cheaper Than Phone Bill’ (USA
Today – Not mine…)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Phone
Company Refuses to Stop Denouncing ALEC’s Telecom Policy (National Journal)
Panasonic
Eyes Doubling of Airline Wi-Fi Installation to Meet Demand (Reuters)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
How to Offer Great Customer Service with Social Media
(Social Media Examiner)
Carlsberg
Makes Londoners Happy With a Billboard That Gives Out Free Beer (AdWeek)
A
Hidden Treasure Trove of Dead .Gov Websites (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Why
States Are Getting Worse at Predicting Tax Revenue (Washington Post)
Here’s
Which States Are Most Innovative in America (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Possibility for Keeping Shelton High School Pool (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Washington Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.9 Percent (Associated Press)
New Washington Ferry System Fails on First Day of
High-Volume Summer Reservations (Associated Press)
U-S Homebuilder Confidence, Outlook Surge in
April on Expectations of Robust Sales This Spring (Associated Press)
City of Lacey Annual STEM Fair & Electric Car
Rally May 2 (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Seattle CEO Sets $70,000 Minimum Wage as U-S ‘Pay
Gap’ Widens (Christian Science Monitor)
Anti-Vax Mom Changes Her Tune as All Seven of Her
Children Come Down with Whooping Cough (Washington Post)
Oregon
Couple Awarded More Than $200,000 in Dog-Barking Case (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Polish
Nurse Cat May Be the Cutest Medical Practitioner in History
Cats
Chat with Us through Meows, Blinks & Roving Whiskers
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Cats-chat-with-us-through-meows-blinks-and-6201271.php
Giant
Realistic Cat Head is the Stuff of Nightmeows
Man
Ruptures Tendon after Weeks of ‘Candy Crush’
SONG OF THE DAY
Al
Stewart - Year of the Cat
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