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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Quadrennial
Energy Review – Major Changes Needed for U-S Power Infrastructure, Says Obama
Report (Washington Post)
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Shooting of Salmon-Munching
Cormorants in Columbia River Estuary (Oregonian, Portland)
No U-S Protection for Sage Grouse Population
(Associated Press)
Montague
Wind Project: Iberdrola Seeks Oregon Wind Delay (Renews)
Better
Be Mobile-Ready – Google Is About to Dramatically Change How Search Works on
Your Phone (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Quadrennial Energy Review – Major Changes Needed for U-S Power Infrastructure, Says Obama Report
- Quadrennial Energy Review – Obama Wants Billions to ‘Modernize’ Energy Infrastructure
- Quadrennial Energy Review – Full Report
- Wanapum Dam Repairs, Expenses $86.5 Million to Date
- Apple Touts Deschutes Hydropower in New Green Energy Report
- Obama Urged to Pick up Pace on Pacific Northwest River Treaty
- Landowner Group in Court to Challenge Province's Approval of British Columbia’s Peace River Dam
- California Energy Crisis: High Court Rules Energy Firms Must Face Price-Fixing Claims
- Colorado: Boulder Asks Xcel to Power Its Transition to Municipalization
- Congress Might Get Back Into the Energy Business
- Lawsuit Filed to Stop Shooting of Salmon-Munching Cormorants in Columbia River Estuary
- No U-S Protection for Sage Grouse Population
- NOAA Proposes Take Most Humpbacks Whales Off Endangered List
- California Court Rules Water Pricing Plan Violates Law
- Smart Water Meters Gain Traction in Drought-Ridden California
- Actor William Shatner Proposes Water Pipeline from Northwest to Save California
- Montague Wind Project: Iberdrola Seeks Oregon Wind Delay
- Solar Power Makes Electricity More Accessible on Navajo Reservation
- A New Kind of Utility: Why SolarCity Wants to be 'More Than a Solar Company'
- How Google's Nest Will Make Residential Solar 'Smarter'
- It’s Not Magic – It’s Voltage Optimization
- You Have No Reason Not to Upgrade to Philips' New $5 LED Light Bulb
- Washington State Marijuana Prices Drop by More than Half Since Last Summer
- Which Members of Congress Talk about Marijuana the Most? The Ones from Portland And Boulder, of Course
- “Best on the Market” – Music Legend Willie Nelson to Roll Out Own Brand of Marijuana
- Carly Fiorina’s Claim That California’s Drought is a ‘Man-Made’ Disaster
- South Sound Schools, Agencies Pledge to Power Down for Earth Day
- Administrators: Kent School District Becoming Model for Technology Use in Classroom
- New Pacific Northwest National Lab Director Wants to Put Lab on the Map, Attract High Tech Industry
- Why Comcast’s Merger with Time Warner Cable May Be in Deep Trouble
- Better Be Mobile-Ready – Google Is About to Dramatically Change How Search Works on Your Phone
- Google’s 'Mobilegeddon'
- Twitter Expands Direct Messaging
- The Ten Most Fascinating Digital Marketing Stats of the Week
- Your Social Media Cheat Sheet for Perfectly Sized Images
- Washington State Legislative Session Could Head into Overtime
- The Green Sheet: Are We Headed for a Washington State Government Shutdown?
- Thousands of Washington State Teachers Prepare for One-Day Strike
- Suspect Sought in Shelton Burglaries
- WSU Mason County Extension Welcomes New Director
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Tulalip Tribe's Bid for Gaming Machines
- Community College Catalog Mistake Costs Graphic Design Students
- Kraft Changes Its Mac & Cheese Recipe. Why?
Pabulum
• \PAB-yuh-lum\ • Noun – 1: food; especially: a suspension or solution of
nutrients in a state suitable for absorption 2: intellectual sustenance.
“To
each his own meat and drink,” slurred Andy to his Cheetos-dusted friend. The
two had intended to break into the “Abernathy Rare Book Store” to pilfer its
shelves of rare leather bound tomes of immortal pabulum. Unfortunately, their
tunnel took a wrong turn and emerged into “Timmy’s Comix Cabinet.” Equally
rare, but less weighty than the books next door, the added bonus to the colorful,
plastic swathed, pulpy graphic novels, was a fully stocked refrigerator with
Mountain Dew, and an open shipping crate of salty, fluorescent colored snacks.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Quadrennial
Energy Review – Major Changes Needed for U-S Power Infrastructure, Says Obama Report
(Washington Post)
Quadrennial
Energy Review – Obama Wants Billions to ‘Modernize’ Energy Infrastructure (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
Quadrennial
Energy Review – Full Report (U-S Department of Energy)
Wanapum
Dam Repairs, Expenses $86.5 Million to Date (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake,
WA)
Apple
Touts Deschutes Hydropower in New Green Energy Report (Oregonian, Portland)
Obama
Urged to Pick up Pace on Pacific Northwest River Treaty (Electric Co-op Today)
Landowner
Group in Court to Challenge Province's Approval of British Columbia’s Peace
River Dam (Vancouver Sun, BC)
California
Energy Crisis: High Court Rules Energy Firms Must Face Price-Fixing Claims (Associated Press)
Colorado:
Boulder Asks Xcel to Power Its Transition to Municipalization (Utility Dive)
Congress
Might Get Back Into the Energy Business (National Journal)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Shooting of Salmon-Munching
Cormorants in Columbia River Estuary (Oregonian, Portland)
No U-S Protection for Sage Grouse Population (Associated
Press)
NOAA Proposes Take Most Humpbacks Whales Off Endangered List (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California
Court Rules Water Pricing Plan Violates Law (NY Times)
Smart
Water Meters Gain Traction in Drought-Ridden California (The Energy Collective)
Actor
William Shatner Proposes Water Pipeline from Northwest to Save California
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Montague
Wind Project: Iberdrola Seeks Oregon Wind Delay (Renews)
Solar
Power Makes Electricity More Accessible on Navajo Reservation (Boise State
Public Radio, ID)
http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/solar-power-makes-electricity-more-accessible-navajo-reservation
http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/solar-power-makes-electricity-more-accessible-navajo-reservation
A
New Kind of Utility: Why SolarCity Wants to be 'More Than a Solar Company' (Utility
Dive)
How
Google's Nest Will Make Residential Solar 'Smarter' (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
It’s
Not Magic – It’s Voltage Optimization (Breaking Energy)
You
Have No Reason Not to Upgrade to Philips' New $5 LED Light Bulb (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
State Marijuana Prices Drop by More than Half Since Last Summer (Associated Press)
Which
Members of Congress Talk about Marijuana the Most? The Ones from Portland And
Boulder, of Course (Washington Post)
“Best on the Market” – Music Legend Willie Nelson to
Roll Out Own Brand of Marijuana (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carly
Fiorina’s Claim That California’s Drought is a ‘Man-Made’ Disaster (Washington
Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
South
Sound Schools, Agencies Pledge to Power Down for Earth Day (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Administrators:
Kent School District Becoming Model for Technology Use in Classroom (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
New Pacific Northwest National Lab Director Wants
to Put Lab on the Map, Attract High Tech Industry (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Why
Comcast’s Merger with Time Warner Cable May Be in Deep Trouble (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Better
Be Mobile-Ready – Google Is About to Dramatically Change How Search Works on
Your Phone (Washington Post)
Google’s
'Mobilegeddon' (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Twitter
Expands Direct Messaging (NY Times)
The
Ten Most Fascinating Digital Marketing Stats of the Week (AdWeek)
Your
Social Media Cheat Sheet for Perfectly Sized Images (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Legislative Session Could Head into Overtime – Funding schools, balancing
budget among big tasks that remain (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
The
Green Sheet: Are We Headed for a Washington State Government Shutdown?
(Washington State Wire, Olympia)
GENERAL NEWS
Thousands of Washington State Teachers Prepare for
One-Day Strike (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Suspect Sought in Shelton Burglaries (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
WSU Mason County Extension Welcomes New Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Tulalip Tribe's
Bid for Gaming Machines (Courthouse News Service)
Community College Catalog Mistake Costs Graphic Design
Students (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Kraft Changes Its Mac & Cheese Recipe. Why? (Christian
Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
Doggie
Doo Shows Dog Has Expensive Taste – Alaska woman reunited with wedding ring
after volunteers spot it in dog doo at ball field
You
Can Now Hunt for the Loch Ness Monster on Google Maps
Start
Wars Creator George Lucas Replies to Boy’s Note, Worried over Jedi Marriage
Rules
UW-Madison
Chemistry Ph.D. Student Illustrates Her Thesis in a Comic Book
SONG OF THE DAY
Robert
Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You
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