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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland
General Electric Throws Open Long-Awaited Clatskanie Natural Gas Power Plant
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Google
Fiber Asks FCC for Utility Pole Access (Oregonian, Portland)
What
is the Value of Solar Energy in Oregon? “…Oregon & Washington…had the
lowest solar values, at $1.04 per watt & 85 cents per watt…” (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Good
Start to Water Year; ESP Forecast Estimates April-September Runoff at 99
Percent of Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Washington
State Pot Sales Top $60 Million (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric Throws Open Long-Awaited Clatskanie Natural Gas Power Plant
- China’s Three Gorges Dam ‘Breaks World Hydropower Record’
- Local Schools Get Snohomish PUD Grants for Energy, Water Projects
- Grays Harbor PUD Says Innovative Thinking Helped to Clear Harbor Paper Basin
- Virginia Utility Faces $200 Million Wrongful Death Suit
- Should Groups that Celebrate Loss of 600 MW of Reliable, Ultra-Low Emission Nuclear Be Called “Environmental?”
- Oregon Dam Malfunction Leads to Road Spill of Thousands of Salmon
- Plaintiffs Seek Summary Judgment Declaring Federal Salmon/Steelhead Protection Plan Illegal
- Good Start to Water Year; ESP Forecast Estimates April-September Runoff at 99 Percent of Average
- Mount Hood Snowpack is Less than Half of Normal, Hydrologists Say
- Lower Snake Dredging Opponents: Loss of Revenues Does Not Outweigh Irreparable Environmental Injury
- The History & Politics of Clean Drinking Water
- What is the Value of Solar Energy in Oregon?
- United Kingdom: Offshore Wind Farms Drawing Electricity from Grid to Keep Turning in Icy Conditions
- Free Disposal of Fluorescent Bulbs Arrives on North Olympic Peninsula
- 2008 Flashback: Mason PUD 3 to Provide for Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling
- Washington State Pot Sales Top $60 Million
- Medical Marijuana a Challenge for Legal Pot States
- Legal Marijuana States Have Lessons to Share
- More Adults Are Using Marijuana in the States That Legalized – Teen Use is Flat
- Former U-S Senator to Head Cannabis Company
- Google Fiber Asks FCC for Utility Pole Access
- 51% of Christmas Cell Activations Were Apple Products
- Apple Sued Over ‘Shrinking’ Gadget Storage
- Web Freedom Is Seen as a Growing Global Issue
- Email Is Too Important to Die, Workers Say
- United Airlines Feels Internet’s Wrath over Photo of Dog on Rainy Tarmac
- South Korean to Drop Sony Film “The Interview” in North by Balloon
- Inslee Wants $108 Million in Rebates for Washington State’s Low-Income Families
- Police: Lacey Man Shoots, Kills Drunk Neighbor after Argument
- Old Belfair Highway: Eagle-Eyed Bremerton Officer Rescues Car Crash Victim
- Simpson Lumber Employees in Longview Hoping for the Best Following Sale of Sawmill
- 2014 Was a Dangerous Year to Work in Washington State
- Washington State Tribal Casinos Will No Longer Cash Welfare Cards
- GM Recalls 83,000 SUVs & Trucks for Faulty Ignitions
- British Columbia Radiation Risk from Fukushima Disaster ‘Insignificant:’ Research
Solecism
• \SAWL-luh-sizz-zum\ • noun - 1: an ungrammatical combination of words in a
sentence; also: a minor blunder in speech 2: something deviating from the
proper, normal, or accepted order 3: a breach of etiquette or decorum.
A
solecism
Beer
belch in church, not proper
Silence
is golden
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland
General Electric Throws Open Long-Awaited Clatskanie Natural Gas Power Plant (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
China’s
Three Gorges Dam ‘Breaks World Hydropower Record’ (Yahoo! News)
Local
Schools Get Snohomish PUD Grants for Energy, Water Projects (Everett Herald, WA)
Grays
Harbor PUD Says Innovative Thinking Helped to Clear Harbor Paper Basin (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Virginia
Utility Faces $200 Million Wrongful Death Suit (Courthouse
News Service)
Should
Groups that Celebrate Loss of 600 MW of Reliable, Ultra-Low Emission Nuclear Be
Called “Environmental?” (Atomic Insights)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Dam Malfunction Leads to Road Spill of Thousands
of Salmon (Oregon Public Radio)
Plaintiffs Seek Summary Judgment Declaring
Federal Salmon/Steelhead Protection Plan Illegal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Good
Start to Water Year; ESP Forecast Estimates April-September Runoff at 99
Percent of Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Mount
Hood Snowpack is Less than Half of Normal, Hydrologists Say (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Lower
Snake Dredging Opponents: Loss of Revenues Does Not Outweigh Irreparable
Environmental Injury (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
The
History & Politics of Clean Drinking Water (Mashable)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
What
is the Value of Solar Energy in Oregon? “…Oregon & Washington…had the
lowest solar values, at $1.04 per watt & 85 cents per watt…” (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
United
Kingdom: Offshore Wind Farms Drawing Electricity from Grid to Keep Turning in Icy
Conditions (Daily Telegraph, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Free
Disposal of Fluorescent Bulbs Arrives on North Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
2008
Flashback: Mason PUD 3 to Provide for Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling (Mason
PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington
State Pot Sales Top $60 Million (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Medical
Marijuana a Challenge for Legal Pot States (Associated
Press)
Legal
Marijuana States Have Lessons to Share (Associated
Press)
More
Adults Are Using Marijuana in the States That Legalized – Teen Use is Flat (Washington
Post)
Former
U-S Senator to Head Cannabis Company (Oregonian, Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google
Fiber Asks FCC for Utility Pole Access (Oregonian, Portland)
51%
of Christmas Cell Activations Were Apple Products (Broadband Reports)
Apple
Sued Over ‘Shrinking’ Gadget Storage (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Web
Freedom Is Seen as a Growing Global Issue (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Email Is Too Important to Die, Workers Say (Wall
Street Journal)
United
Airlines Feels Internet’s Wrath over Photo of Dog on Rainy Tarmac (Consumerist)
South Korean to Drop Sony Film “The Interview” in North
by Balloon (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee
Wants $108 Million in Rebates for Washington State’s Low-Income Families (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Police: Lacey Man Shoots, Kills Drunk Neighbor after
Argument (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Old Belfair Highway: Eagle-Eyed Bremerton Officer
Rescues Car Crash Victim (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Simpson Lumber Employees in Longview Hoping for
the Best Following Sale of Sawmill (Longview Daily News, WA)
2014 Was a Dangerous Year to Work in Washington State (Northwest
Public Radio)
Washington State Tribal Casinos Will No Longer Cash Welfare Cards (Associated
Press)
GM Recalls 83,000 SUVs & Trucks for Faulty Ignitions (USA Today)
British Columbia Radiation Risk from Fukushima Disaster ‘Insignificant:’
Research (Globe & Mail, Canada)
DIVERSIONS
Jilted
Bride’s Trash the Dress Party Becomes Viral Hit
Elvis
Presley’s Private Jets Up for Sale
Check
Out Kim Jong Un’s Magical Disappearing Eyebrows
California
Lawyer Who Inherited Client’s Wealth Ordered to Pay Charities
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Doobie Brothers - Black Water
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