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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Inslee
Cap-&-Trade Bill to Open Legislative Session’s Second Act (Washington State
Wire, Olympia, WA)
Wanapum
Pool Should Start Refilling within Six Weeks (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
It’s
Official: Olympic Mountains – Source of Our Water Supply – In a State of
Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Assembly
Line Nuclear Reactors Are Quietly Building Steam in the Pacific Northwest
(Motherboard)
Your
Shower is Wasting Huge Amounts of Energy & Water – Here’s What You Can Do
About It (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Wanapum Pool Should Start Refilling within Six Weeks
- Assembly Line Nuclear Reactors Are Quietly Building Steam in the Pacific Northwest
- Why the Nuclear Energy World is Thinking Small
- Montana Raises Concerns about Washington State Bill to Study Closing Coal Plant
- Franklin PUD Names New General Manager
- Bonneville Looks to Pour $5 Million toward Energy Entrepreneurs
- Cowlitz PUD Approves Cyber Security Policy
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Meet the New Director of the Northwest’s Premier Research Lab
- KONP/Clallam PUD Sponsored Home & Lifestyle Show Arrives
- Montana: Union Officials – Glencore’s Promises to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum Were ‘A Sham’
- California PUC Aims to Replace Shuttered Nuclear & Gas with More ‘Preferred Resources’
- J.P. Morgan Faces Suit over California Power Market Manipulation Claims
- Can’t All Nuclear Just Get on the Same Page?
- France’s Nuclear Love Affair Too Strong to Let Areva Fail
- Okanogan PUD in Preliminary Talks to Swap Enloe Dam for Fish Habitat
- Washington Battling Major Threat to Columbia Salmon – Northern Pike
- Starving Sea Lions Washing Ashore by the Hundreds in California
- What’s Killing Millions of Starfish on the West Coast?
- It’s Official: Olympic Mountains – Source of Our Water Supply – In a State of Drought
- How Portlanders May Get to Enjoy Early Spring Now & Avoid Drought Later
- Some Kittitas County Residents Express Concern over Plans for Water Storage
- Washington State Senate OKs Bill Giving Utilities Option on Renewable Energy
- Editorial: Waste-To-Energy Plant at Least as Green as Tiny N-Reactors
- Energy Department Releases New Wind Report, Examines Future of Industry
- Report: Wind Power Could Be 35% of Supply by 2050
- Utilities Wage Campaign against Rooftop Solar
- Your Shower is Wasting Huge Amounts of Energy & Water – Here’s What You Can Do About It
- How a New Kind of Thermostat Could Lower Home Energy Costs & Help Save the Planet
- U-S Senate: Portman, Shaheen Keep Hope Alive on Energy-Efficiency Bill
- Survey: Washington State High Schoolers Say Pot is Easy to Get, Not Harmful
- Cle Elum Council Bans Marijuana Distribution
- Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill to be Introduced in U-S Senate
- Global Carbon Emissions Flatlined in 2014 Even as Economy Grew
- Study Says Climate Change Will Continue to Pick Up through the Century
- No, Cosmic Rays Aren’t Causing Global Warming
- Energy Quote of the Day: On Florida’s Climate Change Denial
- GM Recalls Chevrolet Volt over Carbon Monoxide
- U-S Arctic Envoy Won’t ‘Let It Go’ – He’s Still Talking with Disney to Use Frozen to Teach Climate Change
- FCC Sets Net Neutrality Rules
- Here Are All 400 Pages of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
- Four Steps to Simplify Your Daily Social Media Activities
- Child Advocates: Halt Production of ‘Creepy’ Interactive Barbie Doll
- Inslee Cap-&-Trade Bill to Open Legislative Session’s Second Act
- Commentary: Washington State Senate’s Collision with Science & Climate Change
- Washington State Cap-&-Trade: Not Just Smokestacks, But a Broader Tax Based on Energy Consumption
- Editorial: Inslee’s Cap & Trade a Bad Idea for Washington State
- Oregon Hailed For Making Low-Carbon Fuels the Law
- Worker Falls to Death at Seattle’s 520 Bridge
- Shelton Group Vows to Keep Fighting to Save Swimming Pool
- Belfair Woman Attempts to Help Neighbor, Mistaken for Attempted Abduction
- Cowlitz Tribe Casino Plan: ‘It’s Our Homeland’
- Vague Email Rules Let Federal Agencies Decide When to Hit Save or Delete
Fracas
• \FRAKE-uss\ • Noun - A noisy quarrel: brawl
The
ornate hall where the national tiddlywinks championships was to have been held
that cold, bitter day in January was in shambles. The secretive “Greasy Thumb
McGee” doping scandal had leaked to the press overnight in a secretive, dark
underground parking garage. The resulting fracas at the opening ceremonies sent
fans and participants screaming towards the exit. The only injury was to McGee,
who sprained his steroid-enhanced thumb as he tried jabbing it into the eye of
his rival, Ben “The Crooked Index” Bartholomew.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Wanapum
Pool Should Start Refilling within Six Weeks (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Assembly
Line Nuclear Reactors Are Quietly Building Steam in the Pacific Northwest
(Motherboard)
Why the Nuclear Energy World is Thinking Small (Northwest
Public Radio)
Montana
Raises Concerns about Washington State Bill to Study Closing Coal Plant (Associated Press)
Franklin
PUD Names New General Manager (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Bonneville
Looks to Pour $5 Million toward Energy Entrepreneurs (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Cowlitz
PUD Approves Cyber Security Policy (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory – Meet the New Director of the Northwest’s
Premier Research Lab (Portland Business Journal, OR)
KONP/Clallam
PUD Sponsored Home & Lifestyle Show Arrives (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Montana:
Union Officials – Glencore’s Promises to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum Were ‘A
Sham’ (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)
California
PUC Aims to Replace Shuttered Nuclear & Gas with More ‘Preferred Resources’
– renewable energy, efficiency measures, demand response, & energy storage (Breaking
Energy)
J.P.
Morgan Faces Suit over California Power Market Manipulation Claims (Reuters)
Can’t
All Nuclear Just Get on the Same Page? (Forbes Magazine)
France’s
Nuclear Love Affair Too Strong to Let Areva Fail (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Okanogan PUD in Preliminary Talks to Swap Enloe
Dam for Fish Habitat (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Washington Battling Major Threat to Columbia
Salmon – Northern Pike (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
Starving Sea Lions Washing Ashore by the Hundreds
in California (NY Times)
What’s Killing Millions of Starfish on the West
Coast? (Tri-City Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
It’s
Official: Olympic Mountains – Source of Our Water Supply – In a State of
Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
How
Portlanders May Get to Enjoy Early Spring Now & Avoid Drought Later (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Some
Kittitas County Residents Express Concern over Plans for Water Storage (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Senate OKs Bill Giving Utilities Option on Renewable Energy (Associated Press)
Editorial:
Waste-To-Energy Plant at Least as Green as Tiny N-Reactors (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Energy
Department Releases New Wind Report, Examines Future of Industry (Breaking
Energy)
Report:
Wind Power Could Be 35% of Supply by 2050 (USA Today)
Utilities
Wage Campaign against Rooftop Solar (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Your
Shower is Wasting Huge Amounts of Energy & Water – Here’s What You Can Do
About It (Washington Post)
How
a New Kind of Thermostat Could Lower Home Energy Costs & Help Save the
Planet (Oregonian, Portland)
U-S
Senate: Portman, Shaheen Keep Hope Alive on Energy-Efficiency Bill (National
Journal)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Survey:
Washington State High Schoolers Say Pot is Easy to Get, Not Harmful (Associated Press)
Cle
Elum Council Bans Marijuana Distribution (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Medical
Marijuana Legalization Bill to be Introduced in U-S Senate (Marijuana Business
Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Global
Carbon Emissions Flatlined in 2014 Even as Economy Grew (TIME Magazine)
Study
Says Climate Change Will Continue to Pick Up through the Century (NBC News)
No,
Cosmic Rays Aren’t Causing Global Warming (Washington Post)
Energy
Quote of the Day: On Florida’s Climate Change Denial (Breaking Energy)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
GM
Recalls Chevrolet Volt over Carbon Monoxide (USA Today)
U-S
Arctic Envoy Won’t ‘Let It Go’ - He’s Still Talking with Disney to Use Frozen
to Teach Climate Change (National Journal)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC
Sets Net Neutrality Rules (NY Times)
Here
Are All 400 Pages of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Four
Steps to Simplify Your Daily Social Media Activities (Social Media Examiner)
Child
Advocates: Halt Production of ‘Creepy’ Interactive Barbie Doll (Tri-City Herald, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee
Cap-&-Trade Bill to Open Legislative Session’s Second Act (Washington State
Wire, Olympia, WA)
Commentary:
Washington State Senate’s Collision with Science & Climate Change (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Washington
State Cap-&-Trade: Not Just Smokestacks, But a Broader Tax Based on Energy
Consumption – Budget Committee Hearing Puts Revenue Sources in Sharper Focus
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/cap-trade-just-smokestacks-broader-tax-based-energy-consumption/
Editorial:
Inslee’s Cap & Trade a Bad Idea for Washington State (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Oregon
Hailed For Making Low-Carbon Fuels the Law (Portland Business Journal, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Worker Falls to Death at Seattle’s 520 Bridge
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Shelton Group Vows to Keep Fighting to Save
Swimming Pool (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Belfair Woman Attempts to Help Neighbor, Mistaken
for Attempted Abduction (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Cowlitz Tribe Casino Plan: ‘It’s Our Homeland’ – Cowlitz
Indian Tribe secures reservation, plans to build casino & hotel (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Vague Email Rules Let Federal Agencies Decide
When to Hit Save or Delete (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Fans
Told to Stop Copying Breaking Bad’s Walter White & Throwing Pizza on Roof
Bride
Walks Out on Groom after He Botches Simple Math Problem
Pi,
Pies Figure in Business’s Celebration
Wildlife
Officers Resuscitate Poached Sturgeon in California
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Archies - Sugar, Sugar
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