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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Yakima
Valley Water Supply Outlook Takes Big Drop in Latest Estimate (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Advocacy
Group Names Columbia River Nation’s Second Most Endangered (Oregonian,
Portland)
Video:
Seattle City Light’s ‘Self-Healing’ Power Lines Could Shorten Outages (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
How Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt Away (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Stand-Off
in Olympia before Washington State Budget Negotiations Even Begin (Northwest
Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Video: Seattle City Light’s ‘Self-Healing’ Power Lines Could Shorten Outages
- Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Eyes Electricity Rate Increase
- Bonneville Power Administration Reaches Settlements with Four Whistleblowers in Hiring Scandal
- Bonneville Power Administration Offering Grants in Science & Energy Education
- Senate Bill in the Works to Expand FERC’s Authority to Site Power Lines
- Eight Family Members Die in Maryland Generator Tragedy
- Inside the Utility Industry’s 2015 Playbook
- Survey: Customers Want Prepaid Utility Options
- April is National Safe-Digging Month – Pacific Gas & Electric Reminds Customers to Call 811 before Digging
- Managers Likely to Cancel West Coast Sardine Fishery
- Advocacy Group Names Columbia River Nation’s Second Most Endangered
- Yakima Valley Water Supply Outlook Takes Big Drop in Latest Estimate
- Editorial: Evergreen, Ever Vigilant – Amid western drought, state must plan for how our future might look
- Radiation from 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Detected on British Columbia Coast
- IRS Paves the Road for a Windy 2016
- Net Metering Versus Self-Generation for Solar Energy
- Utilities May Lose More Grid-Connected Customers, & Billions of Dollars
- Washington State Senate Votes to Eliminate Marijuana Excise Taxes
- Chart of the Week: Much of Oregon Set for Messy Grand Re-Opening
- Hemp Advocate Rand Paul Announces Candidacy for President
- How Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt Away
- Here’s How Tom Steyer Will Attack GOP 2016 Hopefuls on ‘Climate Denial’ & Koch Ties
- What Americans Think about Climate Change in Seven Maps
- Sea-Tac One of Top Ten Techie Airports, Plans to Spend $10 Million to Boost Wi-Fi
- Nine Ways to Humanize Your Brand with Social Media
- Pinterest Marketing: Your Complete Guide to Pinterest Success
- FTC Asked to Investigate “YouTube Kids” for Deceptively using ads Targeted at Toddlers
- Crowdsourcing Cows: Tillamook Invites Fans to Guide the Company through a New Online Community
- Stand-Off in Olympia before Washington State Budget Negotiations Even Begin
- Poll Says Washington State Divided on Olympia Budget Brawl
- Oregon’s Former First Lady: Hayes Emails Show She Wanted Policy Agenda Kept Secret
- Lightning Hits Vancouver Redwood, Debris Flies for Blocks
- Seattle Brewery Forced to Change Beer Name after ‘Cease-&-Desist’
Anfractuous
• \an-FRACK-chuh-wuss\ • Adjective - Full of windings & intricate turnings:
tortuous.
Benny’s
head was swimming. The HR staffer was guiding him to his desk in the cubicle
farm using a GPS unit. Walking past the same water cooler for the third time
convinced the new hire that regardless of the technological assistance, they
were both lost in the anfractuous pathways that led to the small hutch that
would be his home away from home for the next 30 years. “All I can say,” muttered
Ben, is that there had darned well be some cheese at the end of this maze.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Video:
Seattle City Light’s ‘Self-Healing’ Power Lines Could Shorten Outages (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon:
Springfield Utility Board Eyes Electricity Rate Increase (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Bonneville
Power Administration Reaches Settlements with Four Whistleblowers in Hiring
Scandal (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville
Power Administration Offering Grants in Science & Energy Education (Bonneville Power Administration)
Senate
Bill in the Works to Expand FERC’s Authority to Site Power Lines (Governor’s
Wind Energy Coalition)
Eight
Family Members Die in Maryland Generator Tragedy (Christian Science Monitor)
Inside
the Utility Industry’s 2015 Playbook (Utility Dive)
Survey:
Customers Want Prepaid Utility Options (Utility Dive)
April
is National Safe-Digging Month – Pacific Gas & Electric Reminds Customers
to Call 811 before Digging (PG&E Currents)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Managers Likely to Cancel West Coast Sardine
Fishery (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Advocacy
Group Names Columbia River Nation’s Second Most Endangered (Oregonian,
Portland)
Yakima
Valley Water Supply Outlook Takes Big Drop in Latest Estimate (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Editorial:
Evergreen, Ever Vigilant – Amid western drought, state must plan for how our
future might look (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Radiation
from 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Detected on British Columbia
Coast (Globe & Mail, Canada)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
IRS Paves the Road for a Windy 2016 (Renewable
Energy World)
Net
Metering Versus Self-Generation for Solar Energy (The Energy Collective)
Utilities
May Lose More Grid-Connected Customers, & Billions of Dollars “…solar
panels…with battery storage is…a decade away…” (Forbes Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
State Senate Votes to Eliminate Marijuana Excise Taxes (Marijuana Business
Daily)
Chart
of the Week: Much of Oregon Set for Messy Grand Re-Opening (Marijuana Business
Daily)
Hemp
Advocate Rand Paul Announces Candidacy for President (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt Away (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Here’s How Tom Steyer Will Attack GOP 2016 Hopefuls on ‘Climate
Denial’ & Koch Ties (National Journal)
What Americans Think about Climate Change in Seven Maps (Renewable
Energy World)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sea-Tac
One of Top Ten Techie Airports, Plans to Spend $10 Million to Boost Wi-Fi (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
The CIA, Co-ops & Cybersecurity (Electric
Co-op Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Nine
Ways to Humanize Your Brand with Social Media (Social Media Examiner)
Pinterest
Marketing: Your Complete Guide to Pinterest Success (Social Media Examiner)
FTC
Asked to Investigate “YouTube Kids” for Deceptively using ads Targeted at
Toddlers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Crowdsourcing
Cows: Tillamook Invites Fans to Guide the Company through a New Online
Community (Portland Business Journal, OR)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Stand-Off
in Olympia before Washington State Budget Negotiations Even Begin (Northwest
Public Radio)
Poll
Says Washington State Divided on Olympia Budget Brawl (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
Oregon’s
Former First Lady: Hayes Emails Show She Wanted Policy Agenda Kept Secret (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Lightning Hits Vancouver Redwood, Debris Flies for
Blocks (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Seattle Brewery Forced to Change Beer Name after ‘Cease-&-Desist’
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Burger
King to Cover Wedding Costs, Buy Gifts for Newly Engaged Couple for Whopper of
a Reason
Baby
Hummingbird a ‘Very Lucky Little Bird’ after Being Trapped Inside Easter Bouquet
‘I
Was Shocked’: Mom Finds Bags of Pot in Toddler’s Easter Present
Meet
the Award-Winning Seeing-Eye Cat
SONG OF THE DAY
Seals
& Crofts – Hummingbird
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