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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon Fishery Officials Hatch Desperate Measures
- Compromised Leaburg Dam stresses two local hatcheries (Eugene Register-Guard,
OR)
In
Win for SolarWorld, Trade Commission Affirms Tariffs on Chinese, Taiwanese
Solar Products (Oregonian, Portland)
Pacific
Power’s $1.8 Million Looks to Bolster Northwest Solar Projects “…PacifiCorp
depends on coal for 60.37% of its total energy load. Gas accounts for 12%…”
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
A
Tiny Oregon City Has Already Built Its Own Gigabit Internet (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Activists
Turn Out in Olympia as Lawmakers Weigh Medical Marijuana (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- FERC Files Supreme Court Challenge to Demand Response Decision
- Fired Emerald People’s Utility District Chief Rehired – Board decides not to fight the release of recorded conversations
- Rock Slide Closes Road to Hells Canyon Dam
- Three Keys to Ensuring Clark County Economic Growth - These steps vital to solid development
- British Columbia: Fake BC Hydro Scam Surfaces in Coquitlam
- Awards Celebrate the Behind-The-Scenes Work of Managing Federal Columbia River Power System Dams
- Oregon Fishery Officials Hatch Desperate Measures - Compromised Leaburg Dam stresses two local hatcheries
- California Sea Lions Take Over Astoria Docks
- New Study Suggests Rain Gardens Can Save Salmon
- In Win for SolarWorld, Trade Commission Affirms Tariffs on Chinese, Taiwanese Solar Products
- Pacific Power’s $1.8 Million Looks to Bolster Northwest Solar Projects
- What Would Be Your Return on Investment in Solar? Washington County Software Gives Answers
- ‘Sexy’ No Longer, Solar May See More Consolidation
- Op/Ed: Will Falling Oil Prices Kill Wind & Solar Power?
- California Landfill Taps Methane for Electricity
- IRS Specifies Performance & Quality Standards for Small Wind Turbines
- U-S Senate Passes Energy Efficiency Promotion Amendment by a Vote of 94-5
- Salt River Project Launches Smart Thermostat, Variable Rate Pilot
- Thermos-Like Passive Homes Aggressively Save Energy
- Activists Turn Out in Olympia as Lawmakers Weigh Medical Marijuana
- Clallam Planners Focus on Marijuana Zoning Ordinance
- Spokane Pot Shop Uses Billboard to Attract Business
- The Massive Scale of California’s Drought. How It Informs the Climate Change Debate
- Biodiesel Plants Must Get Smart to Survive Market Highs & Lows, WSU Economist Says
- BMW, VW Team Up to Build Fast-Charging Electric Car Stations in U-S
- Official: U-S Will Not Meet One Million Electric Vehicle Goal in 2015
- A Tiny Oregon City Has Already Built Its Own Gigabit Internet
- Editorial: Three U-S Senate Democrats Join Obama in Backing Municipal Broadband
- Editorial: Taking the Risk to Offer Broadband Should Be a Local Call
- Did Congress, The Media & the FCC All Misunderstand What Verizon Said on Net Neutrality? Verizon Thinks So
- Microsoft Readies ‘Spartan’ as Successor to Internet Explorer
- We’re Still Using Dumb Passwords. Not Nearly as Much as Before
- Bitcoin Backers Seek to Create ‘Regulated’ Exchange
- Tweet Translation with Bing Translator
- This Heartbreaking Puppy GIF Is the Perfect Teaser for Budweiser’s Super Bowl Ad
- The New Sonos Logo Looks Like Pulsing Sound as You Scroll It
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Oil Prices Jump as Saudi King’s Death Feeds Market Uncertainty
- Doesn’t Anyone Want to Take Credit for Low Gas Prices?
- Kitsap County Teen Pleads Guilty to Three Vehicular Homicide Counts
- Washington Adds 7,600 Jobs in December - Unemployment Lingers Above 6%
- Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics Joins Innovative Patient Care Consortium
- Congressman Kilmer Urging Renewal of Federal Payment Plan to Local Governments
- Historic Kalakala Ferry Makes Last Voyage
Williwaw
• \WILL-ih-waw\ • noun – *1a: a sudden violent gust of cold land air common
along mountainous coasts of high latitudes b: a sudden violent wind 2: a
violent commotion
“One
more williwaw like that and I’ll be cracking up,” cursed the tense utility
dispatcher. The fall and winter storm season had barely begun, and two
windstorms had already blustered their way across the region.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
FERC
Files Supreme Court Challenge to Demand Response Decision (The Energy
Collective)
Fired
Emerald People’s Utility District Chief Rehired – Board decides not to fight
the release of recorded conversations (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Rock
Slide Closes Road to Hells Canyon Dam (Baker City Herald, OR)
Three
Keys to Ensuring Clark County Economic Growth - These steps vital to solid
development “…low cost of power in Southwest Washington is a huge asset for
businesses…” (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
British
Columbia: Fake BC Hydro Scam Surfaces in Coquitlam (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Awards
Celebrate the Behind-The-Scenes Work of Managing Federal Columbia River Power
System Dams (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Fishery Officials Hatch Desperate Measures
- Compromised Leaburg Dam stresses two local hatcheries (Eugene Register-Guard,
OR)
California Sea Lions Take Over Astoria Docks (Associated Press)
New Study Suggests Rain Gardens Can Save Salmon (KPLU
Radio, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
In
Win for SolarWorld, Trade Commission Affirms Tariffs on Chinese, Taiwanese
Solar Products (Oregonian, Portland)
Pacific
Power’s $1.8 Million Looks to Bolster Northwest Solar Projects “…PacifiCorp
depends on coal for 60.37% of its total energy load. Gas accounts for 12%…” (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
What
Would Be Your Return on Investment in Solar? Washington County Software Gives
Answers (Oregonian, Portland)
‘Sexy’
No Longer, Solar May See More Consolidation (Bloomberg News)
Op/Ed:
Will Falling Oil Prices Kill Wind & Solar Power? (Scientific American)
California Landfill Taps Methane for Electricity (Associated
Press)
IRS
Specifies Performance & Quality Standards for Small Wind Turbines (Breaking
Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
U-S
Senate Passes Energy Efficiency Promotion Amendment by a Vote of 94-5 (American
Public Power Association)
Salt
River Project Launches Smart Thermostat, Variable Rate Pilot (Utility Dive)
Thermos-Like
Passive Homes Aggressively Save Energy (National Geographic Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Activists
Turn Out in Olympia as Lawmakers Weigh Medical Marijuana (Associated Press)
Clallam
Planners Focus on Marijuana Zoning Ordinance (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Spokane
Pot Shop Uses Billboard to Attract Business (KXLY-TV,
Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The
Massive Scale of California’s Drought. How It Informs the Climate Change Debate
(Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Biodiesel
Plants Must Get Smart to Survive Market Highs & Lows, WSU Economist Says (Tri-City Herald, WA)
BMW,
VW Team Up to Build Fast-Charging Electric Car Stations in U-S (Christian
Science Monitor)
Official:
U-S Will Not Meet One Million Electric Vehicle Goal in 2015 (Detroit News, MI)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A
Tiny Oregon City Has Already Built Its Own Gigabit Internet (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Editorial:
Three U-S Senate Democrats Join Obama in Backing Municipal Broadband (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
Editorial:
Taking the Risk to Offer Broadband Should Be a Local Call (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Did
Congress, The Media & the FCC All Misunderstand What Verizon Said on Net
Neutrality? Verizon Thinks So (Washington Post)
Microsoft
Readies ‘Spartan’ as Successor to Internet Explorer (Oregonian, Portland)
We’re
Still Using Dumb Passwords. Not Nearly as Much as Before (Washington Post)
Bitcoin
Backers Seek to Create ‘Regulated’ Exchange (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Tweet
Translation with Bing Translator (Twitter)
This
Heartbreaking Puppy GIF Is the Perfect Teaser for Budweiser’s Super Bowl Ad (AdWeek)
The
New Sonos Logo Looks Like Pulsing Sound as You Scroll It (Gizmodo)
Consumerist
Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Oil Prices Jump as Saudi King’s Death Feeds
Market Uncertainty (Reuters)
Doesn’t
Anyone Want to Take Credit for Low Gas Prices? (National Journal)
http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/doesn-t-anyone-want-to-take-credit-for-low-gas-prices-20150122
GENERAL NEWS
Kitsap County Teen Pleads Guilty to Three
Vehicular Homicide Counts (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington Adds 7,600 Jobs in December - Unemployment
Lingers Above 6% (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics
Joins Innovative Patient Care Consortium (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Congressman Kilmer Urging Renewal of Federal
Payment Plan to Local Governments (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Historic Kalakala Ferry Makes Last Voyage (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Guy
Who Bought Lottery Tickets to Break $100 Bill Wins $10 Million
How
a $12 Million Monet Was Repaired After Some Idiot Punched It
Old
Phone Unveiled 100 Years after First Coast-To-Coast Call
Oregon
Water Treatment Company Wants to Turn Sewer Water into Beer
SONG OF THE DAY
Blondie
– Call Me
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