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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon
Legislature to Consider Ban on Electricity from Coal-Fired Plants (Oregonian,
Portland)
Emails
Show Pacific Gas & Electric Targeted Critics after San Bruno Blast (SF Chronicle)
Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore in California;
Rescuers Brace for Bad Year (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Sea Lions Find New Places to Snack on Pacific
Northwest Fish (Electric Co-op Today)
In
Net Neutrality Push, FCC Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as a
Utility (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Oregon Legislature to Consider Ban on Electricity from Coal-Fired Plants
- Emails Show Pacific Gas & Electric Targeted Critics after San Bruno Blast
- British Columbia: Peace River Dam Floods Will Wash Away 12,000 Years of Human History
- Cowlitz PUD Attorney Paul Brachvogel a Finalist for Colorado Job
- Exelon Must Show Regulators That Pepco Merger is a Good Deal
- Want to Buy a Used German Power Plant? Shipping Is Included
- Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore in California; Rescuers Brace for Bad Year
- Sea Lions Find New Places to Snack on Pacific Northwest Fish
- Hatcheries Turn toward Conservation in Legal Climate That Says Artificial Production Here to Stay
- The Mighty Bull Trout
- Missouri River: Study Cites Oxygen-Depleted Dead Zones between Dams as Cause of Sturgeon Decline
- Washington State Senator Warnick & Water: Finding Solutions
- Alaska’s Fire Island Wind Project Put on Hold for Lack of Buyers
- Snohomish PUD Looking for Solar Project Placements in Everett
- Will Solar Cause a ‘Death Spiral’ for Utilities?
- How Utilities Are Transforming Their Fuel Mixes
- Wood Pellets Are Big Business - And for Some, a Big Worry
- PNNL Twin Energy Houses Test Heat Pump Water Heater Installations
- Surveys Say: It Takes Two Years to Recoup the Cost of a Nest
- Facebook, Arby’s Energize Energy Efficiency Efforts
- How LEDs Can Send a Coupon to Your Phone
- An LED Lighting Platform in the Cloud
- San Juan Pot Farmers Face Fear, Loathing & Property Values
- Scott Kveton, Portland Tech Entrepreneur, Says He’s Going into the Pot Business
- Washington State Representative Pike at Odds with Governor over Cap & Trade
- Wenatchee-Area Lawmakers Push for Carbon Tax Break for Alcoa
- Oregon: Legislators Prepare for Showdown over Gas Taxes, Low-Carbon Fuels
- Op/Ed: California Should Stay on Track with Standard on Cleaner Fuels
- Clallam Slowly Gains Electric-Car Charging Stations from Hoebuck to Sequim
- Colorado: Goats Offered as Alternative for Clearing Area of Plutonium
- In Net Neutrality Push, FCC Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as a Utility
- The FCC Is Moving to Preempt State Broadband Limits
- APPA Op/Ed: Why Community Broadband Makes Sense
- Which Brands Proved Their Social Skills on Twitter During Last Night’s Super Bowl?
- Super Bowl Ads That Scored – And Bored
- Fans in Seattle Reeling after Jaw-Dropping Super Bowl Loss
- Super Bowl Matchup Has Record Overnight Ratings
- Shelton Man Assaulted, Robbed with a Crow Bar; Suspect Found in Casino
- Washington State Funds New Signage for Fourteen Mason County Rail Crossings
- From Texas to California, Union Asks Refinery Workers to Strike after Talks Break Down
- Balloon Pilots Welcomed in New Mexico after Historic Flight
- Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil ‘Forecasts’ Six More Weeks of Winter
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon
Legislature to Consider Ban on Electricity from Coal-Fired Plants (Oregonian,
Portland)
Emails
Show Pacific Gas & Electric Targeted Critics after San Bruno Blast (SF Chronicle)
British
Columbia: Peace River Dam Floods Will Wash Away 12,000 Years of Human History
(Globe & Mail, Canada)
Cowlitz
PUD Attorney Paul Brachvogel a Finalist for Colorado Job (Longview Daily News, WA)
Exelon
Must Show Regulators That Pepco Merger is a Good Deal (Baltimore Sun, MD)
Want to Buy a Used German Power Plant? Shipping Is Included (Renewable
Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore in California;
Rescuers Brace for Bad Year (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Sea Lions Find New Places to Snack on Pacific
Northwest Fish (Electric Co-op Today)
Hatcheries Turn toward Conservation in Legal
Climate That Says Artificial Production Here to Stay (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
The Mighty Bull Trout (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Missouri River: Study Cites Oxygen-Depleted Dead
Zones between Dams as Cause of Sturgeon Decline (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State Senator Warnick & Water: Finding Solutions (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Alaska’s
Fire Island Wind Project Put on Hold for Lack of Buyers (Utility Dive)
Snohomish
PUD Looking for Solar Project Placements in Everett (My Everett News, WA)
Will
Solar Cause a ‘Death Spiral’ for Utilities? (Forbes Magazine)
How
Utilities Are Transforming Their Fuel Mixes – “…Compliance with renewables
targets & mandates was the most compelling reason that 42%...are expecting
more renewables…” (Utility Dive)
Wood
Pellets Are Big Business - And for Some, a Big Worry (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
PNNL
Twin Energy Houses Test Heat Pump Water Heater Installations (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Surveys
Say: It Takes Two Years to Recoup the Cost of a Nest (GigaOM)
Facebook,
Arby’s Energize Energy Efficiency Efforts (Forbes Magazine)
How
LEDs Can Send a Coupon to Your Phone (Electric Co-op
Today)
An
LED Lighting Platform in the Cloud (Forbes Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
San
Juan Pot Farmers Face Fear, Loathing & Property Values – In San Juan
County, where 68 percent of residents voted to approve legalized recreational
marijuana, conflicts are cropping up over legal marijuana-grow operations. (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Scott
Kveton, Portland Tech Entrepreneur, Says He’s Going into the Pot Business
(Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Representative Pike at Odds with Governor over Cap & Trade (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Wenatchee-Area
Lawmakers Push for Carbon Tax Break for Alcoa (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Oregon:
Legislators Prepare for Showdown over Gas Taxes, Low-Carbon Fuels (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
Op/Ed:
California Should Stay on Track with Standard on Cleaner Fuels (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clallam
Slowly Gains Electric-Car Charging Stations from Hoebuck to Sequim (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Colorado:
Goats Offered as Alternative for Clearing Area of Plutonium (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
In
Net Neutrality Push, FCC Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as a
Utility (NY Times)
The
FCC Is Moving to Preempt State Broadband Limits (Washington Post)
APPA
Op/Ed: Why Community Broadband Makes Sense (Morning Consult)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Which
Brands Proved Their Social Skills on Twitter During Last Night’s Super Bowl?
(AdWeek)
Super
Bowl Ads That Scored – And Bored (NY Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Fans in Seattle Reeling after Jaw-Dropping Super
Bowl Loss (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Super Bowl Matchup Has Record Overnight Ratings
(Associated Press)
Shelton Man Assaulted, Robbed with a Crow Bar;
Suspect Found in Casino (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Washington State Funds New Signage for Fourteen
Mason County Rail Crossings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
From Texas to California, Union Asks Refinery
Workers to Strike after Talks Break Down (Associated Press)
Balloon Pilots Welcomed in New Mexico after
Historic Flight (Associated Press)
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil ‘Forecasts’ Six More
Weeks of Winter (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
DIVERSIONS
Time
IS Money: Canadian Man Loses Appeal on Missing Lotto Jackpot by Seven Seconds
This
May Be the Best Official Portrait Ever
The
Theft & Half-Century Journey of Einstein’s Brain
Texas
Boy Suspended for Saying He Could Make Classmate ‘Disappear’ with ‘Lord of the
Rings’ Sorcery
SONG OF THE DAY
Gordon
Lightfoot - Song for a Winter’s Night
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