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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Green
Energy from the Columbia Gorge Proving Costly to Cowlitz PUD Ratepayers (Longview Daily News, WA)
Group
Launches Initiative for a Carbon Tax in Washington State (Northwest Public
Radio)
Washington
State Governor Puts Focus on Climate Goals, and Less on Debate (NY Times)
FERC
Calls for Hearing in BPA-PacifiCorp Dispute; Encourages Parties to Settle
(American Public Power Association)
Sparse
Snowpack in Olympics Close to Worst in America's West (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- FERC Calls for Hearing in BPA-PacifiCorp Dispute; Encourages Parties to Settle
- Idaho: Commissioner Says Farmers Unhappy with Caribou County Transmission Line Route
- New Deputy Power Manager Announced for Grand Coulee Dam
- Critics Say Pacific Gas & Electric Minimizes Quake Risks at Nuclear Plant
- U-S Senator Harry Reid's Exit Removes Obstacle to Yucca Nuclear Waste Site
- A Rural Colorado Utility Bucks Against Its Power Supplier
- Part III: How Do You Teach Customers Algebra If They Don't Know How to Multiply?
- Editorial: Swimming Upstream to Save a Victim of California’s Water Crisis – Delta smelt nears extinction despite years of efforts
- Tackling a Sustainable Industry for Atlantic Salmon Farming
- Sparse Snowpack in Olympics Close to Worst in America's West
- University of Washington UW Looking for Help to Measure Olympic Peninsula Rainfall
- California: Storms Will Boost Reservoirs And Bring Snow to Mountains But Won’t Be ‘Drought-Busting’
- Below Culmback Dam – Spectacular Gorge on Sultan River Will Open to Kayakers April 25
- Green Energy from the Columbia Gorge Proving Costly to Cowlitz PUD Ratepayers
- Cowlitz Wind Energy by the Numbers
- Op/Ed: Washington State Must Step Up Game on Renewable Energy
- Build More Renewables, “We Dare You” – Wind Gets Cheaper, But Energy for Building Turbines Wanes
- Nonhydro Electricity Storage Increasing as New Policies Are Implemented
- Energy Northwest, Bonneville Power Administration Integrate Additional DR Resource into Project
- U-S Justice Medical Marijuana Enforcements Proceed Despite Congressional Mandate
- Marijuana Trimmers Use Tiny Scissors But Eye Big Careers
- Taiwan Expanding into Indoor, LED-Lit, Pesticide-Free Farms
- Group Launches Initiative for a Carbon Tax in Washington State
- Washington State Governor Puts Focus on Climate Goals, and Less on Debate
- ALEC: This Conservative Group is Tired of Being Accused of Climate Denial, And Is Fighting Back
- Google Is Forcing Big Broadband Providers to Boost Speeds
- Google Gmail Users Hit by Software Glitch
- Canadian Telecom Companies Set Example for A La Carte TV Fees
- Philadelphia Won’t Show Results of Comcast Customer Survey to Anyone – Except Comcast
- Publication of New Internet Rules to Prompt Cheers and Challenges
- Every Wi-Fi Router Should Look Like the USS Enterprise
- Spring Tweeting: Mariners Receive Social Media Training
- Washington State Governor Rescinds Travel Ban after Indiana Changes ‘Religious Freedom’ Law
- Oregon Governor's Office Releases 94,000 Cylvia Hayes Emails
- Local Taxes Burned Up Along with Springfield, Oregon Mill – The Firm which Purchased OPP Assets
- Super Bowl Ticket-Resale Company Shrugged When Its Brokers Reneged
- $93,000 Raised for Richland Florist Who Refused Gay Couple
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• \doo-END-day\ • noun - The power to attract through personal magnetism &
charm.
The
high-powered car salesman prowled through the gleaming new cars on his
sprawling lot, his duende was described as potent as the musk aftershave that
legend decreed was purchased by the barrel, and secretly stored with the
windshield wiper blades on the bowels of the auto shop. No customer would
withstand either his personality, or his cologne…as one or the other led to the
signing of a contract for escape…similar to a wolf chewing off its leg to get
out of a trap.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
FERC
Calls for Hearing in BPA-PacifiCorp Dispute; Encourages Parties to Settle (American
Public Power Association)
Idaho:
Commissioner Says Farmers Unhappy with Caribou County Transmission Line Route (KIFI-TV,
Idaho Falls)
New
Deputy Power Manager Announced for Grand Coulee Dam (Bureau of Reclamation)
Critics
Say Pacific Gas & Electric Minimizes Quake Risks at Nuclear Plant (SF Chronicle)
U-S
Senator Harry Reid's Exit Removes Obstacle to Yucca Nuclear Waste Site (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
A
Rural Colorado Utility Bucks Against Its Power Supplier (High Country News)
Part
III: How Do You Teach Customers Algebra If They Don't Know How to Multiply? (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Editorial: Swimming Upstream to Save a Victim of California’s
Water Crisis – Delta smelt nears extinction despite years of efforts (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Tackling a Sustainable Industry for Atlantic Salmon
Farming (Globe & Mail, Canada)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sparse
Snowpack in Olympics Close to Worst in America's West (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
University
of Washington UW Looking for Help to Measure Olympic Peninsula Rainfall (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
California: Storms Will Boost Reservoirs And
Bring Snow to Mountains But Won’t Be ‘Drought-Busting’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Below Culmback Dam – Spectacular Gorge on Sultan
River Will Open to Kayakers April 25 (Everett Herald, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Green
Energy from the Columbia Gorge Proving Costly to Cowlitz PUD Ratepayers (Longview Daily News, WA)
Cowlitz
Wind Energy by the Numbers (Longview Daily News, WA)
Op/Ed:
Washington State Must Step Up Game on Renewable Energy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Build
More Renewables, “We Dare You” – Wind Gets Cheaper, But Energy for Building
Turbines Wanes (Interlochen Public Radio, MI)
Nonhydro
Electricity Storage Increasing as New Policies Are Implemented (U-S Energy
Information Administration)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy
Northwest, Bonneville Power Administration Integrate Additional DR Resource into
Project (American Public Power Association)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
U-S
Justice Medical Marijuana Enforcements Proceed Despite Congressional Mandate (Marijuana
Business Daily)
Marijuana
Trimmers Use Tiny Scissors But Eye Big Careers (Associated
Press)
http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/marijuana-trimmers-use-tiny-scissors-but-eye-big-careers/32200596
Taiwan
Expanding into Indoor, LED-Lit, Pesticide-Free Farms (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Group
Launches Initiative for a Carbon Tax in Washington State (Northwest Public
Radio)
Washington
State Governor Puts Focus on Climate Goals, and Less on Debate (NY Times)
ALEC:
This Conservative Group is Tired of Being Accused of Climate Denial, And Is
Fighting Back (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google
Is Forcing Big Broadband Providers to Boost Speeds (Vox)
Google
Gmail Users Hit by Software Glitch (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Canadian
Telecom Companies Set Example for A La Carte TV Fees (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Philadelphia
Won’t Show Results of Comcast Customer Survey to Anyone – Except Comcast (Consumerist)
Publication
of New Internet Rules to Prompt Cheers and Challenges (NY Times)
Every
Wi-Fi Router Should Look Like the USS Enterprise (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Spring
Tweeting: Mariners Receive Social Media Training (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Governor Rescinds Travel Ban after Indiana Changes ‘Religious Freedom’
Law (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Oregon
Governor's Office Releases 94,000 Cylvia Hayes Emails (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Local Taxes Burned Up Along with Springfield, Oregon
Mill – The Firm which Purchased OPP Assets (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Super Bowl Ticket-Resale Company Shrugged When
Its Brokers Reneged (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
$93,000 Raised for Richland Florist Who Refused
Gay Couple (Tri-City Herald, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Hungry
Sea Lion Pulls Man Holding Fish Off Boat in California
Judge
Rules: Woman Can Serve Elusive Husband Divorce Papers via Facebook Message
Seattle-Area
Apartments Use DNA Testing to Catch Dog Owners Who Don't Pick Up Pet Droppings
Lynyrd
Skynyrd Drummer Bob Burns Dies in Car Crash
SONG OF THE DAY
Lynyrd
Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
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