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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Record High Temperatures Sunday across Western
Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
After
Two-Year Fight, Tacoma Releases Records Confirming Huge Fee Hikes by Broadcasters
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Worry
for Solar Projects after End of Tax Credits (NY Times)
Jefferson
County Commissioners Anticipate Large, Active Turnout for Pot Business
Moratorium Hearing Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Fined $530,000 by Regulator for Safety Violations
(Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Fined $530,000 by Regulator for Safety Violations
- Olympic Peninsula: Power Restored to Forks, West End after Widespread Outage
- U-S Nuclear Plants Post Record Efficiency in 2014
- Natural Gas’ Green Friends Are Gone
- Energy Quote of the Day: ‘Grid Operators are Now Seeing Over-Generation’
- Lena Wittler named Clark Public Utilities Director of Communications
- How a Co-op Got Members to Agree to a Rate Hike
- Worry for Solar Projects after End of Tax Credits
- Inside the Coming Showdown over Rooftop Solar in Indiana
- Massachusetts: More Doubt Cast on Cape Wind Plan - Developer Drops Two Land Contracts
- Wind Power Sets Off Revolt in Michigan's Thumb
- Washington Utility Adopts Novel Modular Energy Storage Design
- NewsWhiz – Save Net Metering & a Thriving Rooftop Solar Industry in Washington State!
- Photo-Essay: A Day in the Life of a Wind Farm Operator
- Smarter Cities Could Start with a Simple Light Bulb
- New Hampshire Co-op Helps Water & Sewer District Save
- Infographic: Can Your Dishwasher Spy on You?
- Jefferson County Commissioners Anticipate Large, Active Turnout for Pot Business Moratorium Hearing Today
- Pot-Related Calls to Poison Control Centers Spike in Washington, Colorado after Legal Sales
- Yakima’s Pot-Testing Lab Takes Its Work Seriously
- Colorado Governor: Legalizing Pot Was Bad Idea
- How Low Gas Prices Could Spike Obama’s Climate Plan
- Oregon Becomes Dumping Ground for California's Old, Polluting Diesel Big Rigs
- Tri-Cities Startup Seeks to Distill Solar-Powered Alcohol
- Toyota Seeks More Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars for U-S
- After Two-Year Fight, Tacoma Releases Records Confirming Huge Fee Hikes by Broadcasters
- Google Fiber Appears Ready to Go in North Carolina; No Word on Portland
- City Wi-Fi: Fast, Cheap, and No You Can't Have It
- Cablevision to Introduce Wi-Fi-Based Phone Plan
- The Sorry State of In-Flight Wi-Fi
- Op/Ed: Senator Maria Cantwell Can Lead on Communications Reform in 2015
- Selling Advertisers on Reader Attention, Not Clicks
- California: Elk Grove Resident Transforms Instagram Success into a Business
- Twitter Explodes with Tributes to Skymall
- Report: Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers
- Obama Proposal to Tax College Accounts Worries GET Director
- Record High Temperatures Sunday across Western Washington State
- Humongous Winter Storm Poised to Strike Northeast U-S
- Investigators Rule Fatal Shooting by Mason County Officer Justified
- Olympia Mother Arrested; Three Children Suffer Neck Wounds
- Layoffs at Weyerhaeuser Could Start Next Week
- 'Drone' Found on White House Grounds by Secret Service Agents
- Bill Nye Weighs In On 'Deflate-Gate,' Calls Out Belichick
Ambivalent
• \am-BIV-uh-lunt\ • adjective 1: simultaneously holding contradictory
attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward someone or something
2a: continually fluctuating (as between one thing and its opposite) b:
uncertain as to which approach to follow.
“I’m
ambivalent about Horace’s looks,” frumped Juliette. “On one hand, he’s one of
the most handsome men I’ve ever met. But on the other hand, the large, hairy
wart on the very tip of his beautifully formed nose absolutely repulses me.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Fined $530,000 by Regulator for Safety Violations (Sacramento
Business Journal, CA)
Olympic
Peninsula: Power Restored to Forks, West End after Widespread Outage (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
U-S
Nuclear Plants Post Record Efficiency in 2014 (Utility Dive)
Natural
Gas’ Green Friends Are Gone (The Morning Consult)
Energy
Quote of the Day: ‘Grid Operators are Now Seeing Over-Generation’ “…Four times
this past spring, California’s grid operator had to shut off wind and solar
power when it exceeded demand…”
Lena
Wittler named Clark Public Utilities Director of Communications (Washington PUD
Association, Olympia, WA)
How
a Co-op Got Members to Agree to a Rate Hike (Electric Co-op
Today)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Worry
for Solar Projects after End of Tax Credits (NY Times)
Inside
the Coming Showdown over Rooftop Solar in Indiana - The Green Tea Coalition is
contemplating action in the state (Utility Dive)
Massachusetts:
More Doubt Cast on Cape Wind Plan - Developer Drops Two Land Contracts (Boston
Globe, MA)
Wind
Power Sets Off Revolt in Michigan's Thumb (Detroit News, MI)
Washington
Utility Adopts Novel Modular Energy Storage Design (Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/washington-utility-adopts-novel-modual-energy-storage-design/356293/
NewsWhiz
– Save Net Metering & a Thriving Rooftop Solar Industry in Washington State!
(Action Alliance for Solar Choice – Astroturf?)
Photo-Essay:
A Day in the Life of a Wind Farm Operator (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smarter
Cities Could Start with a Simple Light Bulb Swap (GigaOM)
New
Hampshire Co-op Helps Water & Sewer District Save (Electric Co-op Today)
Infographic:
Can Your Dishwasher Spy on You? (Breaking Energy)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Jefferson
County Commissioners Anticipate Large, Active Turnout for Pot Business
Moratorium Hearing Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Pot-Related
Calls to Poison Control Centers Spike in Washington, Colorado after Legal Sales
(Associated Press)
Yakima’s
Pot-Testing Lab Takes Its Work Seriously (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Colorado
Governor: Legalizing Pot Was Bad Idea (The Hill, Washington, DC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How
Low Gas Prices Could Spike Obama’s Climate Plan (National Journal)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon
Becomes Dumping Ground for California's Old, Polluting Diesel Big Rigs (Oregonian,
Portland)
Tri-Cities Startup Seeks to Distill Solar-Powered Alcohol (Northwest
Public Radio)
Toyota Seeks More Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars for U-S (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
After
Two-Year Fight, Tacoma Releases Records Confirming Huge Fee Hikes by
Broadcasters (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Google
Fiber Appears Ready to Go in North Carolina; No Word on Portland (Oregonian,
Portland)
City
Wi-Fi: Fast, Cheap, and No You Can't Have It - Because enjoying cute cat videos
while sitting in your local park is socialism (Mother Jones)
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/republicans-free-city-wifi-municipal-broadband-socialism
Cablevision
to Introduce Wi-Fi-Based Phone Plan (NY Times)
The
Sorry State of In-Flight Wi-Fi (NY Times)
Op/Ed:
Senator Maria Cantwell Can Lead on Communications Reform in 2015 (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Selling
Advertisers on Reader Attention, Not Clicks (USA Today)
California:
Elk Grove Resident Transforms Instagram Success into a Business (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Twitter
Explodes with Tributes to Skymall (Christian Science Monitor)
Report:
Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Obama
Proposal to Tax College Accounts Worries GET Director (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Record High Temperatures Sunday across Western
Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Humongous Winter Storm Poised to Strike Northeast
U-S (Associated Press)
Investigators Rule Fatal Shooting by Mason County
Officer Justified (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Olympia Mother Arrested; Three Children Suffer Neck
Wounds (Associated Press)
Layoffs at Weyerhaeuser Could Start Next Week
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
'Drone' Found on White House Grounds by Secret
Service Agents (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Bill Nye Weighs In On 'Deflate-Gate,' Calls Out Belichick
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Matt
Damon to Wear Russell Wilson Jersey if Seahawks Win Super Bowl
The
Rise & Fall (and Rise) of the Ukulele
Burger
King Customer Gets Bag Filled with $2,631 Instead of Chicken Sandwich, Returns
It
How
the Piano Was Invented
SONG OF THE DAY
Beethoven
- Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata 14)
Billy
Joel - Piano Man
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