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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Spring Chinook Catch Limit Expanded to Two Per
Day on Stretch of Columbia River (Longview Daily News, WA)
Inslee’s
Carbon Plan Dead But Capital Gains Tax Still Alive (Crosscut Seattle)
Group
to Discuss Klamath Falls Public Power Plan Thursday (Klamath Falls Herald &
News, OR)
Comcast
Giving $5 Credits for Massive West Coast Outage (Broadband
Reports)
This
Is Why People Are So Clueless About How Much Energy They Use (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Group to Discuss Klamath Falls Public Power Plan Thursday
- Chelan PUD Studies New Rates, Zoning to Slow ‘Data-Miner’ Power Drain
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Patron Saint of Safety Enters International Lineman Hall of Fame
- Growing Public Utility Sonoma Clean Power Ousts PG&E from County
- Does Hydropower Make Sense in a Warming World?
- Why Natural Gas May Become the Fuel of Choice in This Coal State
- What Really Keeps the Lights On – Where’s Solar, Again?
- Ohio: Court Ruling Could Cost AEP Customers $130 Million
- Missouri: Ameren Won’t Extend Noranda Aluminum’s Power Plant Contract
- Levelized Cost Comparisons Help Explain Value of Various Electric Generation Technologies
- Spring Chinook Catch Limit Expanded to Two Per Day on Stretch of Columbia River
- Fake Baby Orca Joins Astoria’s Sea Lion Scare Event Thursday
- This Is Why People Are So Clueless About How Much Energy They Use
- Benton County Upholds Ban on New Pot Farms
- Marijuana & Hemp Growers Duke It Out in Oregon Legislature
- $100,000 in Pot Products Stolen in Seattle Heist
- Coming This Month: Hempapalooza!
- How Might Clean Power Plan Impact Your Electricity Bill? German Situation May Offer Valuable Clues
- Sacrament Municipal Utility District Launches Electric Vehicle Fast-Charge Station in Citrus Heights
- Why Are Electric Cars Rare Outside of California?
- Solar Impulse: Plane Damaged after Landing in Japan
- Comcast Giving $5 Credits for Massive West Coast Outage
- Republicans Resist FCC Proposal for Lifeline Broadband Subsidies
- Americans Hate Internet & Cable Providers Even More Than Airlines
- Washington State Drops, Again, in Clean-Tech Index
- PG&E Unveils ‘Connected’ Truck at Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference
- Google’s Plan to Spread the Internet with Massive Balloons Is Coming to America
- Instagram Unleashes a Fully Operational Ad Business
- Infographic: Here’s What Marketers Need to Know About Mobile Dads
- Inslee’s Carbon Plan Dead But Capital Gains Tax Still Alive
- U-S Senate Passes USA Freedom Act, Ushering in a Kinder, Gentler Era of NSA Snooping
- Briefing on Washington State Lawmakers’ U-S Open Visit? Not For Public Consumption
- End of an Era: Last Snohomish Lumber Mill Closing after 75 Years
- Environmentalists Sue over Shell Plan to Drill in Arctic
- Body of Olympia Pilot Found in Alaska Plane Crash Wreckage
- Port of Shelton Marina: Part in City, Part in County
- America’s Forests Are Facing a Wildfire Crisis
- Welcome Activities for New Shelton School Superintendent
Gargoyle
• \GAR-goy-ul\ • Noun – *1a: a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal
figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building b:
a grotesquely carved figure 2: a person with an ugly face
Alberto
was quire pleased. He had replaced the downspouts on his home with colorful,
gnome-like gargoyles. His pleasure with the architectural touch to his aluminum
sided ranch home was slightly tempered by the fact that the jets of water that
spouted from the various parts of the gargoyles looked less than flattering
during heavy rains.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Group
to Discuss Klamath Falls Public Power Plan Thursday (Klamath Falls Herald &
News, OR)
Chelan
PUD Studies New Rates, Zoning to Slow ‘Data-Miner’ Power Drain (Wenatchee World, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration’s Patron Saint of
Safety Enters International Lineman Hall of Fame (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Growing
Public Utility Sonoma Clean Power Ousts PG&E from County (Utility Dive)
Does Hydropower Make Sense in a Warming World? (Grist
Online)
Why
Natural Gas May Become the Fuel of Choice in This Coal State (Christian Science
Monitor)
What
Really Keeps the Lights On – Where’s Solar, Again? (Politico)
Ohio:
Court Ruling Could Cost AEP Customers $130 Million - Decision says PUCO erred
in reducing fuel-cost interest rate (Columbus Dispatch, OH)
Missouri:
Ameren Won’t Extend Noranda Aluminum’s Power Plant Contract (St Louis Business
Journal, MO)
Levelized
Cost Comparisons Help Explain Value of Various Electric Generation Technologies
(U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spring Chinook Catch Limit Expanded to Two Per
Day on Stretch of Columbia River (Longview Daily News, WA)
Fake Baby Orca Joins Astoria’s Sea Lion Scare
Event Thursday (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
This
Is Why People Are So Clueless About How Much Energy They Use (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Benton
County Upholds Ban on New Pot Farms (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Marijuana
& Hemp Growers Duke It Out in Oregon Legislature (Oregonian, Portland)
$100,000
in Pot Products Stolen in Seattle Heist (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Coming
This Month: Hempapalooza! (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
Might Clean Power Plan Impact Your Electricity Bill? German Situation May Offer
Valuable Clues (Breaking Energy)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Sacrament
Municipal Utility District Launches Electric Vehicle Fast-Charge Station in Citrus
Heights (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Why
Are Electric Cars Rare Outside of California? (Christian Science Monitor)
Solar
Impulse: Plane Damaged after Landing in Japan (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast
Giving $5 Credits for Massive West Coast Outage (Broadband
Reports)
Republicans
Resist FCC Proposal for Lifeline Broadband Subsidies (NY Times)
Americans
Hate Internet & Cable Providers Even More Than Airlines (Washington Post)
Washington
State Drops, Again, in Clean-Tech Index (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
PG&E
Unveils ‘Connected’ Truck at Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference (Pacific
Gas & Electric, Currents)
Google’s
Plan to Spread the Internet with Massive Balloons Is Coming to America (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram
Unleashes a Fully Operational Ad Business – With shopping links &
Facebook-powered targeting (AdWeek)
Infographic:
Here’s What Marketers Need to Know About Mobile Dads (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee’s
Carbon Plan Dead But Capital Gains Tax Still Alive (Crosscut Seattle)
U-S
Senate Passes USA Freedom Act, Ushering in a Kinder, Gentler Era of NSA
Snooping (Consumerist)
Briefing
on Washington State Lawmakers’ U-S Open Visit? Not For Public Consumption (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
End of an Era: Last Snohomish Lumber Mill Closing
after 75 Years (Associated Press)
Environmentalists Sue over Shell Plan to Drill in
Arctic (Reuters)
Body of Olympia Pilot Found in Alaska Plane Crash Wreckage (Associated
Press)
Port of Shelton Marina: Part
in City, Part in County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
America’s Forests Are Facing a Wildfire Crisis (National Journal)
Welcome Activities for New Shelton School Superintendent (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
50
Gorgeous Examples of Pinball Machine Art across Seven Decades
Global
Search for Mysterious Apple I Woman Ropes in Company Co-Founder Steve Wozniak
Family
Leaves Snake Infested House Just Months after Moving In
Portland
Neighbor Brazenly Whacks Down Trees without Owner’s Permission, Suit Claims
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Who – Pinball Wizard
Ukulele
Orchestra of Great Britain – Pinball Wizard
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