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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Heavy Rain Forecast Mid-Week across Washington (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Climate
Activists Expand Grassroots Efforts While CarbonWA Prepares to Collect
Initiative Signatures (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Jefferson
County Commissioners Take No Action on Pot Moratorium – Makes Feb. 11
Expiration a Possibility (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California
PUC: Peevey Urged Pacific Gas & Electric to Lobby Jerry Brown, But Warned,
‘You Will Miss Arnold’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Apple
Will Repurpose Arizona Sapphire Plant as $2 Billion Data Center (Oregonian,
Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California PUC: Peevey Urged Pacific Gas & Electric to Lobby Jerry Brown, But Warned, ‘You Will Miss Arnold’
- Orcas Power & Light Rate Increase Explained
- Longest-Serving Idaho Public Utilities Commission Regulator to Step Down
- Stoller Middle School of Beaverton, Oregon Emerges Undefeated In BPA Regional Science Bowl - Advance to National Competition
- Which States Face Most Risk from EPA Rules? – West Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida & Arizona
- Smart Sensors for Power Grid Could Ease Disruptions
- Energy Information Administration: Vermont Yankee Closure Leaves New England Looking for Power
- Arkansas: Man Charged with Stealing Power, Water
- Restrict Commercial Shellfish Harvesting, Peninsula Residents Ask Government Leaders
- Tracking Columbia River Salmon with Tiny Tags
- What Is Community Solar? It’s Coming To California
- New Pacific Gas & Electric Program Offers Customers 100% Solar Option
- Op/ED: A $48 Billion Opportunity for U-S Electric Customers
- Jefferson County Commissioners Take No Action on Pot Moratorium
- Washington State Looks to Share Marijuana Taxes with Cities
- Washington State Legislature: Mixing & Mashing to Ease Strain on Pot Issues
- Olympia: An Extra Long Time for Pot
- Pot Marketers Must Get Creative as Digital Ad Networks Just Say No
- Climate Activists Expand Grassroots Efforts While CarbonWA Prepares to Collect Initiative Signatures
- But Seriously, Folks – This Stand-Up Economist Says Republicans Will Like His Carbon Tax
- British Columbia: Elizabeth Ball Seeks ‘Dark Sky’ Legislation for Vancouver Light Pollution
- Apple Will Repurpose Arizona Sapphire Plant as $2 Billion Data Center
- AT&T to Sell Data Centers Worth $2 Billion: Sources
- Republican Lawmakers Urge President Obama to Work with Them on Internet Rules
- The Whole World Is Sucking Down Mobile Data Like It’s Water
- Amazon Prime Is Big, But How Big?
- Infographic: How Digital Is Changing Local Ad Spending
- Here Is Why Twitter Still Beats Facebook for Super Bowl Brands
- ‘Selfies’ to Blame for Plane Crash that Killed Two
- Washington State Lawmakers Consider ‘Lane Splitting’ for Motorcyclists
- Is It Time to Eliminate Daylight Saving Time?
- Heavy Rain Forecast Mid-Week across Washington
- Washington State Files $17 Million Lawsuit for Skagit Bridge Collapse
- Groups Work to Digitize Old Newspapers – Thanks to Small Town Papers in Shelton
- Want Your Home Value to Soar? Buy near a Starbucks
Coulrophobia
• \KOLE-ruh-fobe-eeyah\ • Noun - An extreme fear of clowns.
The
psychiatrist had one piece of advice for his client, who was being treated for
chronic coulrophobia by confronting his fears in a visit to a local circus: “If
the circus performers attack,” he whispered as an aside, “always go right for
the juggler.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California
PUC: Peevey Urged Pacific Gas & Electric to Lobby Jerry Brown, But Warned, ‘You
Will Miss Arnold’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Orcas
Power & Light Rate Increase Explained (Islands Weekly, Eastsound, WA)
Longest-Serving
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Regulator to Step Down (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Stoller
Middle School of Beaverton, Oregon Emerges Undefeated In BPA Regional Science
Bowl - Advance to National Competition (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Which
States Face Most Risk from EPA Rules? – West Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Florida & Arizona (Electric Co-op Today)
Smart
Sensors for Power Grid Could Ease Disruptions (NY Times)
Energy
Information Administration: Vermont Yankee Closure Leaves New England Looking for
Power (Utility Dive)
Arkansas:
Man Charged with Stealing Power, Water (KY3-TV, Springfield, MO)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Restrict Commercial Shellfish Harvesting, Peninsula
Residents Ask Government Leaders (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Tracking Columbia River Salmon with Tiny Tags
(KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
What
Is Community Solar? It’s Coming To California (Forbes Magazine)
New
Pacific Gas & Electric Program Offers Customers 100% Solar Option (Utility
Dive)
Op/ED:
A $48 Billion Opportunity for U-S Electric Customers (Huffington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Jefferson
County Commissioners Take No Action on Pot Moratorium – Makes Feb. 11
Expiration a Possibility (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington
State Looks to Share Marijuana Taxes with Cities (Associated
Press)
Washington
State Legislature: Mixing & Mashing to Ease Strain on Pot Issues (Crosscut
Seattle)
Olympia:
An Extra Long Time for Pot (Crosscut Seattle)
Pot
Marketers Must Get Creative as Digital Ad Networks Just Say No (AdWeek)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Activists Expand Grassroots Efforts While CarbonWA Prepares to Collect
Initiative Signatures (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
But
Seriously, Folks – This Stand-Up Economist Says Republicans Will Like His
Carbon Tax (Grist Online)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
British
Columbia: Elizabeth Ball Seeks ‘Dark Sky’ Legislation for Vancouver Light
Pollution (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple
Will Repurpose Arizona Sapphire Plant as $2 Billion Data Center (Oregonian, Portland)
AT&T
to Sell Data Centers Worth $2 Billion: Sources (Reuters)
Republican
Lawmakers Urge President Obama to Work with Them on Internet Rules (Reuters)
The
Whole World Is Sucking Down Mobile Data Like It’s Water (GigaOM)
Amazon
Prime Is Big, But How Big? (USA Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Infographic:
How Digital Is Changing Local Ad Spending (AdWeek)
Here
Is Why Twitter Still Beats Facebook for Super Bowl Brands (AdWeek)
‘Selfies’
to Blame for Plane Crash that Killed Two – Evidence found at scene shows pilot &
passenger taking pictures before crash (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Lawmakers Consider ‘Lane Splitting’ for Motorcyclists (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Is
It Time to Eliminate Daylight Saving Time? (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Rain Forecast Mid-Week across Washington (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Files $17 Million Lawsuit for Skagit
Bridge Collapse (Associated Press)
Groups Work to Digitize Old Newspapers – Thanks
to Small Town Papers in Shelton (Everett Herald, WA)
Want Your Home Value to Soar? Buy near a Starbucks
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
The Name Game - Where Northwest Towns Got Their Names
Albanian
Highwaymen Outwitted by Chinese Karate Skills
Every
Single Trick to Make the Best Paper Airplane in the World
80
Monopoly sets made with real money inside
SONG OF THE DAY
U2
– Where the Streets Have No Name
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