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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Minority Groups Back Energy Companies in Fight against Solar
Power “…Low-income households…paying higher…bills to subsidize solar arrays
that only wealthier people can afford…” (Los Angeles Times, CA)
British Columbia: Sea Lion Flash Mobs Prey on
Fishermen’s Catch (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Avista
Seeking Washington State Rate Hikes in 2016 (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Lawsuit
Over Ocean Acidification in Oregon, Washington Gets a Hearing in Seattle
(Oregonian, Portland)
Mayor
Moves to End Seattle’s Cable Franchise Districts (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Seeking Washington State Rate Hikes in 2016
- Pacific Gas & Electric Earns $1.44 Billion in 2014, $131 Million in Its Fourth Quarter
- GOP Plans for ‘Era of Abundance’ in Energy
- Annexation: Indiana Co-ops Fight Seizure of Members, Revenue
- Ohio: AEP Wants To Charge More for Smart Meters
- Pacific Gas & Electric Reacted Fast to Ex-PUC Chief’s Complaint about Size of His Bill
- British Columbia: Sea Lion Flash Mobs Prey on Fishermen’s Catch
- Decommissioning Abandoned Roads to Protect Fish
- Video: Port Orchard Homeowners Fight Special Utility District
- Why Lots of Rain Offers Little Relief to Drought-Stricken California
- Water Manager Faces Discipline for Urinating in San Francisco Reservoir
- Minority Groups Back Energy Companies in Fight against Solar Power
- Duke Buys Controlling Interest in Commercial Developer REC Solar
- Researchers Help Guard Sunken Tribe Artifacts from Offshore Wind Turbines
- New Tool Monitors Effects of Tidal, Wave Energy on Marine Habitat
- Wisconsin: Judge Sides with Solar Panel Users on Size Restrictions
- Stockholm Power Goes Green as Biomass Ousts Coal
- State Looks to Share Marijuana Taxes with Cities to Encourage Communities to Welcome Pot Businesses
- Lawsuit Over Ocean Acidification in Oregon, Washington Gets a Hearing in Seattle
- Canada: Climate Scientist Andrew Weaver Wins Defamation Suit against National Post
- California Utility Aims to Quadruple the State’s EV Charging Stations
- A Biofuel Debate: Will Cutting Trees Cut Carbon?
- Mayor Moves to End Seattle’s Cable Franchise Districts
- Time Warner Cable’s High-Speed Internet 97 Percent Profit Margin is a Big, Bright Red Flag; Critics Rebuked
- FCC Chief Delivers Details on His Net Neutrality Strategy
- Twitter Sees Surge in Government Requests for Data
- Six Ways to Improve Your Facebook Page Results
- Oregon Attorney General Says She’s Investigating Governor Kitzhaber
- Ports’ Strife Could Cause Customers to ‘Write Off West Coast’
- Nevada Asbestos Discovery – In Nevada, a Controversy in the Wind
- Watch Brazen Car Prowler Hit Truck as Owner Pumps Gas Feet Away at Olympia Station
- Barking Dog Could Cost North Seattle Family Its Home
Antinomian
• \ant-tin-NOME-ee-un\ • noun – 1: one who holds that under the gospel
dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith
alone is necessary to salvation 2: one who rejects a socially established
morality.
Unused
to the niceties of attending regular church services, the city’s new waste
management official sauntered into the gracefully arched sanctuary exuding the
very essence of his antinomian past. “Yep,” he uttered before his gravelly
voice was drowned out by the organ, “I guessed that I should join y’all for
singin’ and prayin’ at least once a year.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista
Seeking Washington State Rate Hikes in 2016 (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Earns $1.44 Billion in 2014, $131 Million in Its Fourth
Quarter (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
GOP
Plans for ‘Era of Abundance’ in Energy (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Annexation:
Indiana Co-ops Fight Seizure of Members, Revenue (Electric
Co-op Today)
Ohio:
AEP Wants To Charge More for Smart Meters (Columbus Business First, OH)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Reacted Fast to Ex-PUC Chief’s Complaint about Size of His
Bill (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia: Sea Lion Flash Mobs Prey on
Fishermen’s Catch (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Decommissioning Abandoned Roads to Protect Fish (Bonneville
Power Administration)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Video:
Port Orchard Homeowners Fight Special Utility District (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Why
Lots of Rain Offers Little Relief to Drought-Stricken California (Christian
Science Monitor)
Water
Manager Faces Discipline for Urinating in San Francisco Reservoir (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Minority Groups Back Energy Companies in Fight against Solar
Power “…Low-income households…paying higher…bills to subsidize solar arrays
that only wealthier people can afford…” (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Duke Buys Controlling Interest in Commercial Developer REC
Solar (Utility Dive)
Researchers Help Guard Sunken Tribe Artifacts from Offshore
Wind Turbines (Associated Press)
New Tool Monitors Effects of Tidal, Wave Energy on Marine
Habitat (UW Today, Seattle, WA)
Wisconsin: Judge Sides with Solar Panel Users on Size
Restrictions (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Stockholm Power Goes Green as Biomass Ousts Coal (Renewable
Energy World)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
State
Looks to Share Marijuana Taxes with Cities to Encourage Communities to Welcome
Pot Businesses (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Lawsuit
Over Ocean Acidification in Oregon, Washington Gets a Hearing in Seattle (Oregonian,
Portland)
Canada:
Climate Scientist Andrew Weaver Wins Defamation Suit against National Post (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California
Utility Aims to Quadruple the State’s EV Charging Stations (Forbes Magazine)
A
Biofuel Debate: Will Cutting Trees Cut Carbon? (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mayor
Moves to End Seattle’s Cable Franchise Districts (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Time
Warner Cable’s High-Speed Internet 97 Percent Profit Margin is a Big, Bright
Red Flag; Critics Rebuked (Huffington Post)
FCC
Chief Delivers Details on His Net Neutrality Strategy (USA Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter
Sees Surge in Government Requests for Data (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Six
Ways to Improve Your Facebook Page Results (Social Media Commander)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Oregon
Attorney General Says She’s Investigating Governor Kitzhaber (Northwest Public
Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Ports’ Strife Could Cause Customers to ‘Write Off
West Coast’ (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
Nevada Asbestos Discovery – In Nevada, a
Controversy in the Wind (NY Times)
Watch
Brazen Car Prowler Hit Truck as Owner Pumps Gas Feet Away at Olympia Station (Oregonian,
Portland)
Barking Dog Could Cost North Seattle Family Its
Home (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
DIVERSIONS
Girl
Scout Targets California Marijuana Dispensary for Maximum Sales – Again
Some
Museums Banning Selfie Sticks Because “Duck Face” Is Not Art
This
Cat Broke Out of a Shelter & Returned to His Original Rescuer
Science
Finally Determines How Many Licks it Takes to Get to the Center of a Tootsie
Pop
SONG OF THE DAY
Velvet
Underground – Candy Says
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