Energy News Digest for April 23, 2015 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Benton PUD Celebrates Earth Day with Solar Energy Project Groundbreaking (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Benton-PUD-celebrates-Earth-Day-with-solar-energy-project-ground-breaking-300996001.html

Island Power to Host Public Forum (Bainbridge Island Review, WA)

http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/300949911.html

Portland May Dodge Parching Drought (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://pamplinmediagroup.com/pt/9-news/257443-127214-portland-may-dodge-parching-drought-

Video: Copper Thief's Advice: 'Get a Real Job' (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2015/04/23/copper-thief-lee-skelly-sound-transit-wire-whittenberg-king-5/26230871/

Bellingham Pipeline Blast Remembered: 'Pipelines Blow Up And People Die' – After a series of deadly accidents, Congress created an office to oversee the nation’s oil and gas pipelines. A decade later, it’s become the can’t-do agency (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/the-little-pipeline-agency-that-couldnt-117147.html#ixzz3Y2TNL2kJ

As Special Session Looms, Five Things to Know about Washington Legislature (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/special-session-looms-5-things-know-about-washington-legislature

Catching Waves and Turning Them into Electricity (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/business/energy-environment/catching-waves-and-turning-them-into-electricity.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Model for Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter Painting Dies (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/04/22/model-rosie-the-riveter-painting-norman-rockwell/26211389/

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