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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Record-Low
Snowpack Prompts Dire Expectations for North Olympic Peninsula Water Supplies (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Video:
Oregon State Prof Says 9.0 Quake Coming in 30-50 Years (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Community
Solar – New Concept in Solar Energy Poised to Catch on Across U-S (Associated Press)
Victoria
Area Sewage Plant: Capitol Regional District Not Revealing 20 Possible
Locations for West Shore (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Facebook
Study Disputes Theory of Political Polarization among Users (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California Public Utilities Commission Member Floats Compromise on Electric Rate Structures
- U-S Senator Murkowski Introduces 17 Bills in Push for Comprehensive Energy Legislation
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Sends California Energy Crisis Case Back to FERC
- France Went All Out for Nuclear Energy
- Utility of the Future: The Grid is Not Going Away
- OSHA Releases Final Confined Space Rule for Construction
- Call of the Wild: Coho Salmon Get Ready To Leave Net Pens for the Ocean
- Record-Low Snowpack Prompts Dire Expectations for North Olympic Peninsula Water Supplies
- Water Woes Prompt Clallam PUD Conservation Call
- Kittitas Reclamation District Drops Water Amount Further
- Victoria Area Sewage Plant: Capitol Regional District Not Revealing 20 Possible Locations for West Shore
- Drought Drives Starbucks to Move Bottled Water Plant Out of California, Seek New West Coast Site
- Community Solar – New Concept in Solar Energy Poised to Catch on Across U-S
- Massachusetts Grapples with Policy Options as It Hits Solar Net Metering Cap
- Wind Power without the Mills
- Introducing SunEdison the Hydropower Plant Owner
- Energy-Saving Tech, Trends & Talk at Efficiency Exchange
- New Rules Force High Times to Call Off Annual Seattle Cannabis Cup
- Will Texas Decriminalize Pot? Why Conservatives Are Getting Behind the Legalization Movement
- Five Local Oregon Governments Call for Carbon Pricing
- Oregon: Hillsdale Solar Discount = Donations to Schools
- Tesla Says Demand for Powerwall Battery Storage Will Outstrip Electric Cars
- Want a Tesla Powerwall? Get in Line
- City of Port Angeles Extends Cable TV Survey Deadline
- Editorial: What’s Missing in Seattle – Affordable Universal Broadband
- Comcast Announces Super-Fast Internet in Tennessee, Mum on Cost
- Cable Hopes Avoiding the Word ‘Cable’ Will Fix Negative Image
- Otterbox iPhone Case Proves No Match for an Actual Otter
- Facebook Study Disputes Theory of Political Polarization among Users
- Pacific Power Fires Up Smartphone App for Customers
- Spin Control by KCTS/9: ‘External Talking Points’ Follow Big Staff Layoffs
- How to Shoot Video Reports on a Smartphone
- Flickr’s Redesign Makes It Much Easier to Find the Photo You’re Looking For
- Five Really Good Reasons Why Millennials Are Actually the Best
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Special Session Update: Budget Briefings, Cap-&-Trade Proposal Forthcoming
- Recall Effort against Embattled State Auditor Goes Before Judge
- Editorial: Public Work on Private Devices Must Remain Public
- KRXY’s Farmer Seeks Port of Olympia Commission Job
- Video: Oregon State Prof Says 9.0 Quake Coming in 30-50 Years
- Brady Olson: Lacey Teacher Who Tackled Shooter to Throw First Pitch at Mariners Game
- Mount Rainier Hit by National Parks’ Graffiti Scourge
- People Camped Out for Windows 95 – Can Microsoft Ever Be Cool Again?
- Snickers Found Amusing Fails All Over NYC & Put These Stickers Next to Them
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Hurry,” shouted the grocery store manager to his pizza-faced bag boy. Get those
black plastic covers in the magazine rack to obscure the semi-racy, louche
covers of “Cosmopolitan Magazine” from the innocent eyes of our customers. “Who
knows what depth of sin a child will be plunged by learning the secrets of
eyebrow tweezing or waxing technology.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California
Public Utilities Commission Member Floats Compromise on Electric Rate
Structures (Utility Dive)
U-S
Senator Murkowski Introduces 17 Bills in Push for Comprehensive Energy
Legislation (Utility Dive)
Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals Sends California Energy Crisis Case Back to FERC (American
Public Power Association)
France
Went All Out for Nuclear Energy (NY Times)
Utility
of the Future: The Grid is Not Going Away (American Public Power Association)
OSHA
Releases Final Confined Space Rule for Construction – Manholes, Crawl Spaces &
Other Confined Spaces (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Call of the Wild: Coho Salmon Get Ready To Leave
Net Pens for the Ocean (Daily Astorian, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Record-Low
Snowpack Prompts Dire Expectations for North Olympic Peninsula Water Supplies (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Water
Woes Prompt Clallam PUD Conservation Call (KONP Radio,
Port Angeles, WA)
Kittitas
Reclamation District Drops Water Amount Further – Kittitas County Declares
Drought Emergency (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Victoria
Area Sewage Plant: Capitol Regional District Not Revealing 20 Possible
Locations for West Shore (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Drought
Drives Starbucks to Move Bottled Water Plant Out of California, Seek New West
Coast Site (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Community
Solar – New Concept in Solar Energy Poised to Catch on Across U-S (Associated Press)
Massachusetts
Grapples with Policy Options as It Hits Solar Net Metering Cap (Utility Dive)
Wind
Power without the Mills (Forbes Magazine)
Introducing
SunEdison The Hydropower Plant Owner (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy-Saving
Tech, Trends & Talk at Efficiency Exchange (Bonneville
Power Administration)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
New
Rules Force High Times to Call Off Annual Seattle Cannabis Cup (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
Will Texas Decriminalize Pot? Why Conservatives Are
Getting Behind the Legalization Movement (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Five
Local Oregon Governments Call for Carbon Pricing (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon:
Hillsdale Solar Discount = Donations to Schools (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Tesla
Says Demand for Powerwall Battery Storage Will Outstrip Electric Cars (Forbes
Magazine)
Want
a Tesla Powerwall? Get in Line (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
City
of Port Angeles Extends Cable TV Survey Deadline (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Editorial:
What’s Missing in Seattle – Affordable Universal Broadband (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Comcast
Announces Super-Fast Internet in Tennessee, Mum on Cost (Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA)
Cable
Hopes Avoiding the Word ‘Cable’ Will Fix Negative Image (Broadband Reports)
Otterbox
iPhone Case Proves No Match for an Actual Otter (Mashable)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook
Study Disputes Theory of Political Polarization among Users (NY Times)
Pacific
Power Fires Up Smartphone App for Customers (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
Spin
Control by KCTS/9: ‘External Talking Points’ Follow Big Staff Layoffs (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
How
to Shoot Video Reports on a Smartphone (USA Today)
Flickr’s
Redesign Makes It Much Easier to Find the Photo You’re Looking For (Mashable)
Five
Really Good Reasons Why Millennials Are Actually the Best (Washington Post)
Consumerist
Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Special
Session Update: Budget Briefings, Cap-&-Trade Proposal Forthcoming (TV
Washington)
Recall
Effort against Embattled State Auditor Goes Before Judge (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Editorial:
Public Work on Private Devices Must Remain Public (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
KRXY’s
Farmer Seeks Port of Olympia Commission Job (Olympian -
Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Video:
Oregon State Prof Says 9.0 Quake Coming in 30-50 Years (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Brady
Olson: Lacey Teacher Who Tackled Shooter to Throw First Pitch at Mariners Game (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mount Rainier Hit by National Parks’ Graffiti
Scourge (Crosscut Seattle)
People Camped Out for Windows 95 – Can Microsoft
Ever Be Cool Again? (Washington Post)
Snickers
Found Amusing Fails All Over NYC & Put These Stickers Next to Them
DIVERSIONS
Oregon Business Serves Up Crickets as a Food Choice
Man Accused of Robbing Bank Posted Video on Social Media
The
Golden Gate Bridge Almost Ended Up with a Bumble Bee Paint Job
Men
Don High Heels in Port Townsend to Aid Awareness of Domestic Violence, Sexual
Assault
SONG OF THE DAY
Cliff
Edwards (Ukulele Ike) – When You Wish Upon a Star
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