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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Low Pacific Northwest Snowpack - As Seen from Space
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Salmon Swim in the Owyhee River after 87 Years –
Shoshone Paiute Relearn Traditions (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
British
Columbia: Dam Proposal Puts Peace River Valley on Canada’s Top 10 Endangered
Places List (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
49
U-S States Making Plans to Cut Power Plant Emissions (The Guardian, UK)
Lower-Cost
LEDs Offer Some Competition to Compact Fluorescent Lights (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia: Dam Proposal Puts Peace River Valley on Canada’s Top 10 Endangered Places List
- Wardell retiring from Chelan PUD Attorney Position
- Columbia River PUD Honored with Safety Awards
- PDF – If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It! Potential Impacts of Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Salmon Swim in the Owyhee River after 87 Years – Shoshone Paiute Relearn Traditions
- Kittitas County Irrigators to Divert Canal Water for Fish
- As Many as 100 Fish Stolen Fish from Mt Baker High School-Maintained Hatchery
- Low Pacific Northwest Snowpack - As Seen from Space
- Editorial: Don’t Allow Litigation to Divert Wise Use of Columbia River Basin Water
- What’s Driving Rapid Recovery of American Waterways?
- Montana: Wind Turbine Shot, NaturEner Offering Reward of $2,500
- Report: Rooftops in U-S Cities Could Host 5,000 MW of Solar
- Wind Industry Ignores Bird Conservationists
- Nattering Nabobs of Nimbyism – Power Line Standoff Holds Back Germany’s Green Energy Drive
- Lower-Cost LEDs Offer Some Competition to Compact Fluorescent Lights
- Energy Adviser: Tighter Codes Make Homes More Healthy
- British Columbia Urged to Amp Up Scheme for Energy-Efficient Buildings
- Warm Up to Lower Energy Bills
- U-S House: Energy Efficiency Bill Draws Fire from Obama Administration, FERC
- Washington State Eyes Changes to Pot Industry as Sale Soar
- Oregon’s Marijuana Businesses May Not Be Safe from the Feds
- House Lawmakers Push Pro Medical Pot Measures
- 49 U-S States Making Plans to Cut Power Plant Emissions
- Will Oregon Pass a Carbon Tax
- Ikea Commits €1bn to Sustainability & Leads a Roster of Green Companies Trying to Change the World
- All Your Clothes Are Made with Exploited Labor
- FCC Said to Free Cable Companies from Local Regulation of Rates
- How a ‘Thank You’ Message Can Enhance Customer Experience
- Ooo! Jacksonville vs. Buffalo – Yahoo Gets the First-Ever Livestream of an NFL Game
- Seven Free Tools for Anyone Who Wants to Become a Better Writer
- Kitzhaber Email Leaker Michael Rodgers Won’t Face Criminal Charges
- Oregon House Passes Bill Calling Spouse of Governor ‘First Partner’
- North Mason Schools – Bomb Threat Evacuates Around 1,000 Students in Mason County
- Lawyer Alleges No Skateboard Assault in Olympia Police Shooting
- It’s Getting Hot in Here: Prepare for a Heat Wave in the Inland Pacific Northwest
- Evergreen Tremors Earthquake Exercise
- Governor Inslee’s Office Sees ‘Opportunity’ in Longview Oil Refinery
- Shelton’s The Ridge Motorsports Park Opens Race Track to Public
- Last Day to Vote! Port Angeles Boosters Make Final Push in ‘Best Town Ever’ Contest
Panache
• \puh-NAWSH\ • Noun - 1: an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a
helmet 2: dash or flamboyance in style & action: verve
The
atmospheric scientist loved his work. Field trips to the eastern plains of
Oregon to proclaim the dangers of the looming stacks of a coal-fired power
plant; his espousing the dangers of particulates emitted from wood-burning
power plants; all delivered with a soft, whispering voice that made his
acolytes wonder why ANYONE would dare use such technologies. As an extra
special touch of panache, the erstwhile professor would end each semester with
a salmon barbeque feast served by his very own hands. Hands blackened and
anointed by the billowing, greasy charcoal emissions from his $500 Char Griller
Trio - Gas/Charcoal Grill and Smoker. Yum!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British
Columbia: Dam Proposal Puts Peace River Valley on Canada’s Top 10 Endangered
Places List (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Wardell
retiring from Chelan PUD Attorney Position (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Columbia
River PUD Honored with Safety Awards (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
PDF
– If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It! Potential Impacts of Privatizing the
Tennessee Valley Authority (Economic Policy Institute)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Swim in the Owyhee River after 87 Years – Shoshone
Paiute Relearn Traditions (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Kittitas County Irrigators to Divert Canal Water for
Fish (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
As Many as 100 Fish Stolen Fish from Mt Baker
High School-Maintained Hatchery (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Low Pacific Northwest Snowpack - As Seen from Space
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Editorial:
Don’t Allow Litigation to Divert Wise Use of Columbia River Basin Water (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
What’s
Driving Rapid Recovery of American Waterways? (Christian Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Montana:
Wind Turbine Shot, NaturEner Offering Reward of $2,500 (Cut Bank Pioneer Press,
MT)
Report:
Rooftops in U-S Cities Could Host 5,000 MW of Solar (Utility Dive)
Wind Industry Ignores Bird Conservationists (Forbes
Magazine)
Nattering
Nabobs of Nimbyism – Power Line Standoff Holds Back Germany’s Green Energy
Drive (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Lower-Cost
LEDs Offer Some Competition to Compact Fluorescent Lights (NY Times)
Energy
Adviser: Tighter Codes Make Homes More Healthy (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
British
Columbia Urged to Amp Up Scheme for Energy-Efficient Buildings (Vancouver Sun,
BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/energy/urged+scheme+energy+efficient+buildings/11106606/story.html
Warm
Up to Lower Energy Bills (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
U-S
House: Energy Efficiency Bill Draws Fire from Obama Administration, FERC (Bloomberg
News)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
State Eyes Changes to Pot Industry as Sale Soar (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Oregon’s
Marijuana Businesses May Not Be Safe from the Feds (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
House
Lawmakers Push Pro Medical Pot Measures (NBC News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
49
U-S States Making Plans to Cut Power Plant Emissions (The Guardian, UK)
Will
Oregon Pass a Carbon Tax (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ikea
Commits €1bn to Sustainability & Leads a Roster of Green Companies Trying to
Change the World (The Telegraph, UK)
All
Your Clothes Are Made with Exploited Labor – Patagonia tried to stop human
trafficking in its supply chain, but, as recently as 2011, internal audits
found continuing abuses. Is the problem too massive for companies to solve?
(The Atlantic Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC
Said to Free Cable Companies from Local Regulation of Rates (Bloomberg News)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
How
a ‘Thank You’ Message Can Enhance Customer Experience (Orlando Business
Journal, FL)
Ooo!
Jacksonville vs. Buffalo – Yahoo Gets the First-Ever Livestream of an NFL Game (AdWeek)
Seven
Free Tools for Anyone Who Wants to Become a Better Writer (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Kitzhaber
Email Leaker Michael Rodgers Won’t Face Criminal Charges (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Oregon
House Passes Bill Calling Spouse of Governor ‘First Partner’ (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
North Mason Schools – Bomb Threat Evacuates
Around 1,000 Students in Mason County (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Lawyer Alleges No Skateboard Assault in Olympia Police
Shooting (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
It’s Getting Hot in Here: Prepare for a Heat Wave in the Inland Pacific
Northwest (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Evergreen Tremors Earthquake Exercise (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Governor Inslee’s Office Sees ‘Opportunity’ in Longview
Oil Refinery (Longview Daily News, WA)
Shelton’s The Ridge Motorsports Park Opens Race
Track to Public (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Last Day to Vote! Port Angeles Boosters Make
Final Push in ‘Best Town Ever’ Contest (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Washington
State Cat-Catchers Star in Animal Planet Series
After
Eluding PDX Workers, Kitten Is Safely Captured
Amazon
Names Portland, Seattle Most Well-Read Cities in the U-S
When
100 People Lift a Bus
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Hollies – Bus Stop
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