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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Marijuana
Growers Eyeing Conservation to Reduce Costs, Boost Image & Allay Energy
Concerns (Marijuana Business Daily)
U-S Army Corps of Engineers Set to Begin
Cormorant Removal at Mouth of Columbia River (Longview Daily News, WA)
From
Terrorist Attacks to Volcanic Eruptions, Richland Nuclear Power Plant Prepares
for Emergencies (Tri-City Herald, WA)
A
$55 Billion Blockbuster: Charter Agrees to Buy Time Warner Cable (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Two Different Washington State Employment
Snapshots from King, Mason Counties (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- From Terrorist Attacks to Volcanic Eruptions, Richland Nuclear Power Plant Prepares for Emergencies
- Men and Women Divided on Nuclear Power
- Op/Ed: Columbia Generating Station Going Strong
- Port Angeles Utility Rate Hike Seen As Likelihood
- Scheduled Power Outage for Some Mason PUD 1 Customers
- Moody's Assigns Aa3 to Douglas County PUD’s Revenue Bonds. Outlook Stable
- Proposed EPA Carbon Rules Will Mean Higher Bills and Fewer Coal Plants, New Federal Agency Report Says
- FERC Approves Final Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout Case
- Energy Industry Eyes 100-Year Life Cycle for Nuclear Plants
- Approved Drone Use Grows among Electric Utilities
- U-S Army Corps of Engineers Set to Begin Cormorant Removal at Mouth of Columbia River
- Wildlife Detectives: Sturgeon Poachers Angling for Caviar on the Columbia
- Agencies Up the Ante on the Columbia River's Unique Fish Bounty
- Flows Increased at McNary to Move Fish through Columbia Dams; No More Dworshak Water Available
- Skokomish Tribe, Tacoma Power Collaborate to Restore Salmon & Steelhead to the Upper North Fork Skokomish River
- Don’t Touch Dead Squirrels in Idaho – They Might Have Plague
- Video: Bear Climbs Electrical Tower to Raid Raven’s Nest
- Hong Kong Lifts British Columbia Geoduck Ban
- With New EPA Water Rule, Obama Again Takes Executive Action on Environment
- Washington State Drought May Threaten Future of Craft Brewers
- Solar Contractor SolTerra Kept Getting Cut from Developments for Cost, So It Became a Developer
- Solar on the Rise: Will Arizona be the Persian Gulf of Solar?
- Listen Up: How Many Solar Panels Do I Need?
- Can Seattle Go Any Greener? The City Looks to Become a Hub for Smart-Building Technology
- Experts Share Water-Saving Tips Around the House
- Making LED Light Bulbs Less Attractive to Insects
- The Connected Home: Reaching Critical Mass for the Grid?
- Marijuana Growers Eyeing Conservation to Reduce Costs, Boost Image & Allay Energy Concerns
- Oregon's Big Marijuana Harvests: How Do You Bring All That Pot into the Legal Market?
- Meet Washington State’s Official New Liquor & Cannabis Board
- Oldest, Best Behaved Medical Marijuana Shops Most Likely to Get Licensed
- British Columbia: Proposed Marijuana Grow-Op Will Overtax Water Supply, Maple Ridge Residents Say
- Editorial: California’s Carbon Fees Generate Big Money
- Oregon State University Solar Vehicle Team Faces Uncertain Future
- Grant County Solar Cars Take to the Track
- A $55 Billion Blockbuster: Charter Agrees to Buy Time Warner Cable
- Google Fiber, Portland Nonprofit Launch Fellowship Program to Expand Internet Access
- Bing No Longer a Search-Engine Blip
- Op/Ed: Broadband Competition, Cajun Style
- Social Media Giving Mariners Fans a Voice the Team Pays Attention To
- This Start-Up Is Helping the Government Keep Track of Social Media
- Make Your Infographics Stand Out
- Courting the Millennials: A How-To Guide, Courtesy of Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Amazon’s ‘Life in Seattle’ Recruiting Video Gets Satirized
- Tennessee Wanted Consistency but Elicited Mockery with Its New Logo
- Marijuana, Real Estate Boost Washington Revenue Forecast
- Mason County Rescue: Hiker Rescued After Sliding 300 Feet below State's Highest Bridge
- Two Different Washington State Employment Snapshots from King, Mason Counties
- Celebrate Our Forests at the Mason County Forest Festival
- No Charges against Science Teacher Who Harnessed 'Lightning' in Controversial Classroom Demonstration
- Homicide Probe to be Launched into B.B. King's Death: Officials
Gazpacho
• \gaz-PATCH-oh\ • Noun – A spicy soup that is usually made from chopped raw
vegetables (as tomato, onion, pepper, & cucumber) & that is served cold
Vichyssoise
• \VISH-ee-swaz\ • Noun – A soup typically made of pureed leeks or onions and
potatoes, cream, and chicken stock and usually served cold
“Soups
like gazpacho and vichyssoise just leave me cold,” sniffed the snobbish chef to
his minions.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
From
Terrorist Attacks to Volcanic Eruptions, Richland Nuclear Power Plant Prepares
for Emergencies (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Men
and Women Divided on Nuclear Power (Morning Consult)
Op/Ed:
Columbia Generating Station Going Strong (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Port
Angeles Utility Rate Hike Seen As Likelihood – City Council starts budget
priorities discussion at Tuesday work session (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Scheduled
Power Outage for Some Mason PUD 1 Customers (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Moody's
Assigns Aa3 to Douglas County PUD’s Revenue Bonds. Outlook Stable (Moody’s Investors
Service)
Proposed
EPA Carbon Rules Will Mean Higher Bills and Fewer Coal Plants, New Federal
Agency Report Says (Wall Street Journal)
FERC Approves Final Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout
Case (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Energy
Industry Eyes 100-Year Life Cycle for Nuclear Plants (Charlotte Business
Journal, NC)
Approved
Drone Use Grows among Electric Utilities (Breaking Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
U-S Army Corps of Engineers Set to Begin
Cormorant Removal at Mouth of Columbia River (Longview Daily News, WA)
Wildlife Detectives: Sturgeon Poachers Angling
for Caviar on the Columbia (Northwest Public Radio)
Agencies Up the Ante on the Columbia River's
Unique Fish Bounty (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Flows Increased at McNary to Move Fish through
Columbia Dams; No More Dworshak Water Available (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Skokomish Tribe, Tacoma Power Collaborate to
Restore Salmon & Steelhead to the Upper North Fork Skokomish River
(Thurston Talks, Olympia WA)
Don’t Touch Dead Squirrels in Idaho – They Might
Have Plague (Northwest Public Radio)
Video: Bear Climbs Electrical Tower to Raid
Raven’s Nest (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Hong Kong Lifts British Columbia Geoduck Ban
(Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
With
New EPA Water Rule, Obama Again Takes Executive Action on Environment (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
Washington
State Drought May Threaten Future of Craft Brewers (KOMO TV, Seattle WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Solar
Contractor SolTerra Kept Getting Cut from Developments for Cost, So It Became a
Developer (Oregonian, Portland)
Solar
on the Rise: Will Arizona be the Persian Gulf of Solar? (Arizona Public Media)
Listen
Up: How Many Solar Panels Do I Need? (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Can Seattle Go Any Greener? The City Looks to
Become a Hub for Smart-Building Technology (National Journal)
Experts Share Water-Saving Tips Around the House
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Making LED Light Bulbs Less Attractive to Insects
(NY Times)
The Connected Home: Reaching Critical Mass for
the Grid? (The Energy Collective)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana
Growers Eyeing Conservation to Reduce Costs, Boost Image & Allay Energy
Concerns (Marijuana Business Daily)
Oregon's
Big Marijuana Harvests: How Do You Bring All That Pot into the Legal Market?
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Meet
Washington State’s Official New Liquor & Cannabis Board (Associated Press)
Oldest, Best Behaved Medical Marijuana Shops Most
Likely to Get Licensed (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
British
Columbia: Proposed Marijuana Grow-Op Will Overtax Water Supply, Maple Ridge
Residents Say (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial:
California’s Carbon Fees Generate Big Money (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon
State University Solar Vehicle Team Faces Uncertain Future (Corvallis
Gazette-Times, OR)
Grant
County Solar Cars Take to the Track (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A
$55 Billion Blockbuster: Charter Agrees to Buy Time Warner Cable (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Google
Fiber, Portland Nonprofit Launch Fellowship Program to Expand Internet Access
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Bing
No Longer a Search-Engine Blip (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed:
Broadband Competition, Cajun Style (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Social
Media Giving Mariners Fans a Voice the Team Pays Attention To (KIRO-TV,
Seattle)
This
Start-Up Is Helping the Government Keep Track of Social Media (Washington Post)
Make
Your Infographics Stand Out (Electric Cooperative Today)
Courting
the Millennials: A How-To Guide, Courtesy of Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Amazon’s
‘Life in Seattle’ Recruiting Video Gets Satirized (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Tennessee
Wanted Consistency but Elicited Mockery with Its New Logo – $46,000 for an icon
‘I could’ve made on MS Paint by accident’ (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Marijuana,
Real Estate Boost Washington Revenue Forecast (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Rescue: Hiker Rescued After Sliding
300 Feet below State's Highest Bridge (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Two Different Washington State Employment
Snapshots from King, Mason Counties (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Celebrate Our Forests at the Mason County Forest
Festival (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
No Charges against Science Teacher Who Harnessed
'Lightning' in Controversial Classroom Demonstration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Homicide Probe to be Launched into B.B. King's
Death: Officials (Reuters)
DIVERSIONS
‘Bear-Hugging’
Employee Stops Accused Shoplifter
‘It
Was Just a Pain That I Have Never Felt Before,’ Woman Undergoes Emergency
Surgery after BBQ
Woman
Uses Obituary to Say Brady Innocent in 'Deflategate'
Oregon
Community Takes Unusual Approach to Sea Lion Problem
SONG OF THE DAY
Queen
– Killer Queen
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