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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Sea Lice Infestation Could Kill Up to ‘Millions’
of Wild Salmon (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Power
Problems: Puerto Rico’s Electric Utility Faces Crippling Debt (National Public Radio)
Oregon:
PacifCorp to Buy Output of State’s Largest Solar Farm (Oregonian, Portland)
Why
the Best Place for Solar Panels May Not Be on Your Roof (Washington Post)
Summer
2015: The Pacific Northwest’s Global Warming Stress Test (Cliff Mass Weather
Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Problems: Puerto Rico’s Electric Utility Faces Crippling Debt
- France Looks to Reboot Nuclear Industry Champion Areva
- What to Expect When Demand Response Goes Before the Supreme Court
- Equipment Failure Led to Problem at Jefferson PUD’s Port Ludlow Substation
- Welcome to Electric Safety Month: Oregon Teacher Burned Students with Tesla Coil
- Sea Lice Infestation Could Kill Up to ‘Millions’ of Wild Salmon
- Drought Means Lake Tapps Could Remain Dry All Summer
- California Moving to Stage Two of Drought Grief: Anger
- Oregon: PacifCorp to Buy Output of State’s Largest Solar Farm
- Why the Best Place for Solar Panels May Not Be on Your Roof
- Another Big Order for Portland’s Vestas Drives Hiring ... In Colorado
- Hawaii Legislature Sets 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2045
- Maine Senator Unveils Unprecedented Federal Distributed Energy Bill
- Planning for the Unknown & Sharing the Brownies: Notes from Efficiency Exchange 2015
- Washington State’s Newest Industry Comes to Shelton
- Marijuana Growers Prepared to Sue Snohomish County
- Hemp Spawns New Industry in Colorado
- Summer 2015: The Pacific Northwest’s Global Warming Stress Test
- United Nations Climate Chief Says Technological Advances Have Changed Politics since Copenhagen Failure
- Three Climate Messages That Win
- How Tesla’s New Battery May Revolutionize Energy Consumption
- Losses Widen at Tesla, but Company Says Production Is on Track
- Editorial: Germany, the First Green Superpower
- Incentives to Improve Montana Broadband to Cease This Summer
- Here Is Comcast’s Ten-Point Action Plan for Winning over Customers
- ‘Email Epidemic’ Is Damaging UK Productivity, Says Expert
- How Important Is It for a Company to Have a Great Logo?
- Washington State Governor Inslee Sees Little Budget Progress, Still Hopes for Carbon Tax
- 3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Snohomish, Skagit Counties
- Oregon May End Self-Serve Gas Ban in Rural Areas
- Oregon House Will Ask Congress to Reopen Locks at Willamette Falls
- Throwback Thursday: Nazi Germany Surrendered 70 Years Ago (on May 8), Marking VE Day
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• \uh-BASH\ • verb - To destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of:
disconcert; embarrass
“Mmmm,
smooth & fruity, good stuff,” murmured the high-toned coffee snob to his
cuppa-joe seatmate. “This ‘Civet Brand’ coffee is expensive, but really worth
it,” the know-it-all declared. That is, before his abashed response in the form
of a spit take when he learned why the coffee was called “Civet Brand.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power
Problems: Puerto Rico’s Electric Utility Faces Crippling Debt (National Public
Radio)
France
Looks to Reboot Nuclear Industry Champion Areva (Associated
Press)
What
to Expect When Demand Response Goes Before the Supreme Court (Utility Dive)
Equipment
Failure Led to Problem at Jefferson PUD’s Port Ludlow Substation (Port Townsend
Leader, WA)
Welcome
to Electric Safety Month: Oregon Teacher Burned Students with Tesla Coil (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lice Infestation Could Kill Up to ‘Millions’ of
Wild Salmon (Globe & Mail, Canada)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Drought
Means Lake Tapps Could Remain Dry All Summer (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
California
Moving to Stage Two of Drought Grief: Anger (Grist Online)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon:
PacifCorp to Buy Output of State’s Largest Solar Farm (Oregonian, Portland)
Why
the Best Place for Solar Panels May Not Be on Your Roof (Washington Post)
Another
Big Order for Portland’s Vestas Drives Hiring ... In Colorado (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Hawaii
Legislature Sets 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2045 (Utility Dive)
Maine
Senator Unveils Unprecedented Federal Distributed Energy Bill (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Planning
for the Unknown & Sharing the Brownies: Notes from Efficiency Exchange 2015
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
State’s Newest Industry Comes to Shelton (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Marijuana
Growers Prepared to Sue Snohomish County (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Hemp
Spawns New Industry in Colorado (Denver Business Journal, CO)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Summer
2015: The Pacific Northwest’s Global Warming Stress Test (Cliff Mass Weather
Blog)
United
Nations Climate Chief Says Technological Advances Have Changed Politics since Copenhagen
Failure (Associated Press)
Three
Climate Messages That Win – A message triangle to engage & win on climate
change & clean energy (Sightline Daily)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How
Tesla’s New Battery May Revolutionize Energy Consumption (Christian Science
Monitor)
Losses
Widen at Tesla, but Company Says Production Is on Track (NY Times)
Editorial:
Germany, the First Green Superpower (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Incentives
to Improve Montana Broadband to Cease This Summer (The Missoulian, MT)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Here
Is Comcast’s Ten-Point Action Plan for Winning over Customers (Consumerist)
‘Email
Epidemic’ Is Damaging UK Productivity, Says Expert (British Broadcasting Corporation)
How
Important Is It for a Company to Have a Great Logo? (British Broadcasting Corporation)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Governor Inslee Sees Little Budget Progress, Still Hopes for Carbon Tax (Crosscut
Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Snohomish, Skagit
Counties (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon
May End Self-Serve Gas Ban in Rural Areas (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Oregon
House Will Ask Congress to Reopen Locks at Willamette Falls (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Throwback
Thursday: Nazi Germany Surrendered 70 Years Ago (on May 8), Marking VE Day (Oregonian,
Portland)
DIVERSIONS
These
Are the Most Googled Baby Names by State
Former
Olympian Uses Javelin to Pull Out His Daughter’s Tooth
Patriots
Probably Deflated Footballs on Purpose, Report Says
The
Evolution of Earworms: Researchers Track History of Pop Music
SONG OF THE DAY
Sergio
Mendes – Olympia
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