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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy Northwest: Richland Nuclear Plant Increases Electricity Output Capacity (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Priest Rapids Dam Turbine Upgrade Cost Goes Up by $22.69 Million (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Getting Baked – The Joint You’re Smoking Is Contributing to Climate Change. That Needs to Stop (Portland Mercury, OR)
Ellensburg Will Expand Community Solar Park (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Columbia Riverkeeper Sues Company over Alleged River Pollution (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest: Richland Nuclear Plant Increases Electricity Output Capacity
- Priest Rapids Dam Turbine Upgrade Cost Goes Up by $22.69 Million
- Audit Claims Bonneville Power Administration Wasted Millions on Useless Hiring Software
- Cowlitz PUD Rate Hike Likely
- Enrollment Changes Could Save Some Seattleites Hundreds on Utilities
- Washington State to Limit Kalama River Chinook Passage
- Feds Approved Killing Birds to Save Fish, Despite Warning It Wouldn't Work
- The Elwha: When Dams Come Down, Salmon & Sand Can Prosper
- Columbia Riverkeeper Sues Company over Alleged River Pollution
- Forecasters ‘Unanimously’ Expect Strong El Niño, Giving Hope to Parched California
- L.A. Fighting Drought with Millions of Black Plastic Balls
- Ellensburg Will Expand Community Solar Park
- Nevada: As Solar Cap Nears Limit, PUC Denies Solar Industry’s Petition
- Judge Rules for Eagles over Wind Power
- United Kingdom: Renewable Energy Means Homes Will Have Lower Voltage Electricity Supplies
- California Sets Low-Flow Standards on New Shower Heads
- Getting Baked – The Joint You're Smoking Is Contributing to Climate Change. That Needs to Stop
- Eastern Washington Town Hires Special Counsel to Prosecute Pot Shop Owners
- Editorial: Can California Turn the West Green?
- Grant PUD to Conduct Wireless Network Survey
- Are Fingerprints the New Passwords? Security Experts Sure Hope Not
- Now You Can Ramble On & On in Twitter Direct Messages
- Bic Apologizes for Women's Day Ad That Mostly Just Made Women Furious
- Four Speechwriting Tips from Coca-Cola’s Executive Speechwriters
- Washington State Health Officials Say 134 Cases of Salmonella Linked to Pork
- Is the Weather Driving Businesses to Port Angeles?
- Buffett's Buyout of PacifiCorp Led to Big Changes; Will There Be Parallels at Precision?
- Jimmy Carter Confronts Old Foe: Cancer
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The erratic personality of the new employee at the Hershey chocolate plant began to worry his supervisors. “If I didn’t know better,” the boss mused, “I’d think those late night phone calls and secret text messages were a part of a ‘fifth column’ tactic by the Mars Company to steal our new formula for chocolate.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Northwest: Richland Nuclear Plant Increases Electricity Output Capacity (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Priest Rapids Dam Turbine Upgrade Cost Goes Up by $22.69 Million (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Audit Claims Bonneville Power Administration Wasted Millions on Useless Hiring Software (Oregonian, Portland)
Cowlitz PUD Rate Hike Likely (Longview Daily News, WA)
Enrollment Changes Could Save Some Seattleites Hundreds on Utilities (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State to Limit Kalama River Chinook Passage (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Feds Approved Killing Birds to Save Fish, Despite Warning It Wouldn't Work (Oregonian, Portland)
The Elwha: When Dams Come Down, Salmon & Sand Can Prosper (NY Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia Riverkeeper Sues Company over Alleged River Pollution (Associated Press)
Forecasters ‘Unanimously’ Expect Strong El Niño, Giving Hope to Parched California (Sacramento Bee, CA)
L.A. Fighting Drought with Millions of Black Plastic Balls (USA Today)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Ellensburg Will Expand Community Solar Park (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Nevada: As Solar Cap Nears Limit, PUC Denies Solar Industry’s Petition (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
Judge Rules for Eagles over Wind Power (Courthouse News Service)
United Kingdom: Renewable Energy Means Homes Will Have Lower Voltage Electricity Supplies (The Daily Mail, UK)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3195946/Why-wind-farms-make-wait-cuppa-Renewable-energy-means-homes-lower-voltage-electricity-supplies-meaning-kettle-long-boil.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3195946/Why-wind-farms-make-wait-cuppa-Renewable-energy-means-homes-lower-voltage-electricity-supplies-meaning-kettle-long-boil.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Sets Low-Flow Standards on New Shower Heads (Sacramento Bee, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Getting Baked – The Joint You're Smoking Is Contributing to Climate Change. That Needs to Stop (Portland Mercury, OR)
Eastern Washington Town Hires Special Counsel to Prosecute Pot Shop Owners (Northwest Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial: Can California Turn the West Green? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant PUD to Conduct Wireless Network Survey (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Are Fingerprints the New Passwords? Security Experts Sure Hope Not (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Now You Can Ramble On & On in Twitter Direct Messages (Washington Post)
Bic Apologizes for Women's Day Ad That Mostly Just Made Women Furious (AdWeek)
Four Speechwriting Tips from Coca-Cola’s Executive Speechwriters (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Health Officials Say 134 Cases of Salmonella Linked to Pork (Associated Press)
Is the Weather Driving Businesses to Port Angeles? (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Buffett's Buyout of PacifiCorp Led to Big Changes; Will There Be Parallels at Precision? (Oregonian, Portland)
Jimmy Carter Confronts Old Foe: Cancer (Tri-City Herald, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Sister Gives Birth to Baby for Twin Who Survived Cancer
DNA Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding’s Love Life – Yes He Did
Some Common Scientific Terms That Nearly Everyone Gets Wrong
This Sketch of Tom Brady in Court Looks Hilariously Nothing Like Him
SONG OF THE DAY
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
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