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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE
STORIES
Washington
State Lands Commissioner Loses PUD Right-Of-Way Battle (Northwest Public Radio)
Snowpack
at Record Lows: ‘Staring Climate Change Right in the Eye’ (Associated Press)
Renewable
Energy Mandate Revisions Resurface in Olympia (Washington State Wire, Olympia,
WA)
NRC
Staff: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Poses No Safety Concerns (Utility
Dive)
FCC
Votes to Make 25 Mbps the New Minimum Definition of Broadband (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/2015/01/29/fcc-votes-to-make-25-mbps-the-new-minimum-definition-of-broadband/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Lands Commissioner Loses PUD Right-Of-Way Battle
- Washington State Supreme Court Ruling: Okanogan County Public Utility District vs State of Washington, Peter Goldmark, Commissioner of Public Lands
- NRC Staff: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Poses No Safety Concerns
- San Bruno: Criminal Probe Widens, Pacific Gas & Electric to Release 65,000 Emails, More Commissioners Involved
- Cowlitz PUD Rate Committee to Begin Meeting in March
- Police: Copper Wire Thieves Turn Out Lights in Newcastle
- Why 50 Million Smart Meters Still Haven’t Fixed America’s Energy Habits
- Georgia Power’s Vogtle Nuclear Plant Delayed another 18 Months
- Op/Ed: Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone Power from a Public Grid
- Mexican Residents Block U-S Backed Plan for Hydroelectric Plant near Vital Community Waterways
- Grant PUD to Buy Three Houses to Reduce Emergency Reaction Time at Hatchery
- Snowpack at Record Lows: ‘Staring Climate Change Right in the Eye’
- January’s Disappearing Snowpack
- Renewable Energy Mandate Revisions Resurface in Olympia
- Washington State Solar Battle Heats Up, Splitting Installer Trade Groups
- Oregon: Next Steps on Ashland Biomass Project
- Offshore Wind Farm Leases Draw Few Bids from Wary Industry
- Vote on Wind Production Tax Credit Extension Fails in Senate
- Op/Ed: Allowing Wind to Thrive without the Production Tax Credit
- Region Funds Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s 2015-2019 Strategic & Business Plans
- Portland Developer Teams with Startup on Energy-Smart Apartments
- California, U-S Energy Plan to Aid Apartment Dwellers
- The First Super Bowl Played Under LEDs Will Use 75 Percent Less Power
- Infographic: Super Energy Facts before the Big Game
- La Center Joins Other Cities in Banning Marijuana Sales
- Marijuana Taxes Net $22.5 Million in Six Months
- Oregon Congressman Blumenauer to FDIC: Let Banks Work with Pot Businesses
- The Emissions Keystone Would Give Off Are Little Compared to Just About Everything
- Obama’s Climate Plan Could Threaten U-S Forests
- Biofuels’ Climate Change Benefits Questioned
- FCC Votes to Make 25 Mbps the New Minimum Definition of Broadband
- Cablevision Sues Verizon, Claims “Fastest Wi-Fi” Ads Are Misleading
- Rochester, Minnesota May Launch Its Own Broadband Service
- This Wireless Carrier is Paying $40 Million Because It Put Limits on ‘Unlimited’ Data
- Portland TV Station Website Shuts Down Reader Comments
- Crazy Like a Fox: Marshawn Lynch Making Millions By Battling with Media
- Can’t Say Super Bowl: Strict Trademark Gags Radio Hosts, Businesses
- Finances: Google Stumbles Amid Mobile Ad Competition
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Arthur Alarcón, Dies at 89
- Mitt Romney Isn’t Running for President
- Hey Look! It’s Jaime Herrera Beutler - The 25 Most Influential Washington Women Under 35
- Pair File another Public Records Lawsuit against North Mason Schools
- Central Washington State Residents Say Natural Resources Failed Them in Battling Carlton Complex Fires
- Search for Submerged Aircraft in Hood Canal Is Suspended for Lack of Evidence
- Feds Accuse 15 People of Stealing Yakama Nation Scholarship Funds
- Telemarketer Helps Rescue Oregon Woman during Attack
- Shelton Businessman on National E-Payments Board
- Representative MacEwen Files Bill To Require Fines Levied against Pro-Athletes Go to Local Charities
- On Leadership: Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll Has Learned His Lesson
- Washington State Lt. Governor Puts Quinault Salmon on the Line for Super Bowl
Sanctimonious
• \sank-tuh-MOE-nee-us\ • adjective – hypocritically pious or devout
Garner
was growing restless. The droning speech of the sanctimonious energy trader
grated on his ears. At the words “the market will cure all ills” the audience
at the public power conference started laughing and tittering until the trader
stalked out of the room.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington
State Lands Commissioner Loses PUD Right-Of-Way Battle (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington
State Supreme Court Ruling: Okanogan County Public Utility District vs State of
Washington, Peter Goldmark, Commissioner of Public Lands
NRC
Staff: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Poses No Safety Concerns (Utility
Dive)
San
Bruno: Criminal Probe Widens, Pacific Gas & Electric to Release 65,000
Emails, More Commissioners Involved (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Cowlitz
PUD Rate Committee to Begin Meeting in March (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Police:
Copper Wire Thieves Turn Out Lights in Newcastle (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Why
50 Million Smart Meters Still Haven’t Fixed America’s Energy Habits (Washington
Post)
Georgia
Power’s Vogtle Nuclear Plant Delayed another 18 Months (Utility Dive)
Op/Ed:
Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone
Power from a Public Grid (TruthOut)
Mexican
Residents Block U-S Backed Plan for Hydroelectric Plant near Vital Community
Waterways (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Grant PUD to Buy Three Houses to Reduce Emergency
Reaction Time at Hatchery (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snowpack
at Record Lows: ‘Staring Climate Change Right in the Eye’ (Associated Press)
January’s
Disappearing Snowpack (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable
Energy Mandate Revisions Resurface in Olympia (Washington State Wire, Olympia,
WA)
Washington
State Solar Battle Heats Up, Splitting Installer Trade Groups (Utility Dive)
Oregon: Next Steps on Ashland Biomass Project (Jefferson
Public Radio, Ashland, OR)
Offshore
Wind Farm Leases Draw Few Bids from Wary Industry (NY Times)
Vote
on Wind Production Tax Credit Extension Fails in Senate (Utility Dive)
Op/Ed:
Allowing Wind to Thrive without the Production Tax Credit (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Region
Funds Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s 2015-2019 Strategic & Business
Plans (Business Wire)
Portland
Developer Teams with Startup on Energy-Smart Apartments (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
California,
U-S Energy Plan to Aid Apartment Dwellers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
The
First Super Bowl Played Under LEDs Will Use 75 Percent Less Power (Gizmodo)
Infographic:
Super Energy Facts before the Big Game (Pacific Gas & Electric Currents)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
La
Center Joins Other Cities in Banning Marijuana Sales (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Marijuana
Taxes Net $22.5 Million in Six Months (Everett Herald, WA)
Oregon
Congressman Blumenauer to FDIC: Let Banks Work with Pot Businesses (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The
Emissions Keystone Would Give Off Are Little Compared to Just About Everything
(National Journal)
Obama’s
Climate Plan Could Threaten U-S Forests (Politico)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Biofuels’
Climate Change Benefits Questioned (Bend Bulletin, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC
Votes to Make 25 Mbps the New Minimum Definition of Broadband (Consumerist)
http://consumerist.com/2015/01/29/fcc-votes-to-make-25-mbps-the-new-minimum-definition-of-broadband/
Cablevision
Sues Verizon, Claims “Fastest Wi-Fi” Ads Are Misleading (Consumerist)
Rochester,
Minnesota May Launch Its Own Broadband Service (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business
Journal, MN)
This
Wireless Carrier is Paying $40 Million Because It Put Limits on ‘Unlimited’
Data (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Portland
TV Station Website Shuts Down Reader Comments “…It’s time to be honest about
what comment boards have morphed into over the years…” (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Crazy
Like a Fox: Marshawn Lynch Making Millions By Battling with Media (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Can’t
Say Super Bowl: Strict Trademark Gags Radio Hosts, Businesses (Associated Press)
Finances:
Google Stumbles Amid Mobile Ad Competition (Oregonian, Portland)
Consumerist
Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Ninth
Circuit Senior Judge Arthur Alarcón, Dies at 89 (Courthouse
News Service)
Mitt
Romney Isn’t Running for President (U-S News & World Report)
Hey
Look! It’s Jaime Herrera Beutler - The 25 Most Influential Washington Women
Under 35 (National Journal)
GENERAL NEWS
Pair File another Public Records Lawsuit against
North Mason Schools (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Central Washington State Residents Say Natural
Resources Failed Them in Battling Carlton Complex Fires (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Search for Submerged Aircraft in Hood Canal Is
Suspended for Lack of Evidence (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Feds Accuse 15 People of Stealing Yakama Nation
Scholarship Funds (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Telemarketer Helps Rescue Oregon Woman during
Attack (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Shelton Businessman on National E-Payments Board
(South Sound Business Examiner, WA)
Representative MacEwen Files Bill To Require
Fines Levied against Pro-Athletes Go to Local Charities (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
On Leadership: Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete
Carroll Has Learned His Lesson (Washington Post)
Washington State Lt. Governor Puts Quinault
Salmon on the Line for Super Bowl (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Pitbull-Dachshund
Mix With Tiny Feet & a Huge Head Sparks Adoption Frenzy
Dozens
of Bats Cause Mayhem in Arkansas Courtroom; Official Says Hundreds Roost in
Elevator Shaft
Alabama
Troopers Say Interstate Crash Caused by Tractor-Trailer Driver Pulling His Own
Tooth
These
Balloonists Just Broke a Decades-Old Distance Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Glen
Campbell - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
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