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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Failed
Insulator Causes Four-Hour Power Outage Monday in Several Jefferson County Communities
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
New
California Proposal: Use Less Electricity, Pay More (SF Chronicle)
SolarCity
Raises $1 Billion, Will Steer Businesses toward Solar (SF Chronicle)
Northwest
Pool Slows Imbalance Market Progress (Argus Media)
Earth
Day’s Importance & Evolution since 1970 (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-cohen/earth-days-importance-and_b_7099522.html?utm_hp_ref=green
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Failed Insulator Causes Four-Hour Power Outage Monday in Several Jefferson County Communities
- New California Proposal: Use Less Electricity, Pay More
- Northwest Pool Slows Imbalance Market Progress
- British Columbia: Conflicts Mar BC Hydro Transmission Line Completion, Cost Still Unknown
- British Columbia Argues Peace River Dam Environmental Approval Process Was Above Board
- Former Idaho Nuke Executive Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud
- Longview Man Facing $5,000 Water Bill Due to Possible Pirate Plumbing
- NERC: EPA Should Ease Clean Power Plan Timeline to Ensure Reliability
- White House Calls for Billions in New Grid Infrastructure Spending in Quadrennial Energy Review
- Japan Moves Nearer To Restarting Nuclear Reactors after Court Gives Go-Ahead
- Illinois: Chicago Will End Power Pact with Constellation, Return Customers to ComEd
- Nebraska Public Power District to Convert a Unit from Coal to Hydrogen Power
- Public Comment Sought on Proposed Makah Whale Hunt
- Fisher Possibly Threatened by Marijuana Grow Operations
- Video: Warm ‘Blob’ Causes Early Maturing of Oregon Oysters
- Cowlitz River Fishery & Hatchery Program Meeting
- Clark, Skamania Counties in Drought Emergency
- Yakima Basin Drought Forces Early Use of Stored Water
- SolarCity Raises $1 Billion, Will Steer Businesses toward Solar
- Increased Wind Energy versus Increased Canadian Hydro Energy in New England
- Five Ways to Celebrate Earth Day & Save Energy
- Congress Preserves Large Water Heater Production
- Marijuana Dispensaries, Recreational Shops Struggle to Find Homes in Rental Market
- Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s Marijuana Program Budget for First 2 Years: $10.5 Million
- Some Environmental Advocates Not Helping the Cause, Climate Scientist Says
- Earth Day’s Importance & Evolution since 1970
- Op/Ed: Want To Save The Planet? Say Bye-Bye To Nature
- Earth Day, Bah! Hybrid, EV Owners Shift to SUVs
- Green Energy Hiring Outpaces Coal Job Losses
- Ten U-S Cities That Are Going Green
- Lack of Broadband in Some Areas Limits Telemedicine
- Google Prepares to Launch U-S Wireless Service as Europe Circles the Wagons
- Comcast’s Track Record in Past Deals May Be Hitch for Merger with Time Warner Cable
- Top Cable Lobbyist Confused Why People Like Google Better
- Twitter’s Trying to Muzzle Its Worst Trolls with New Rules on Violent Threats
- Facebook Tweaks Cause Concern among Marketers, but Not Necessarily Panic
- How to Grow Your Facebook Audience: Eight Success Tips
- Facebook Earnings: Great Expectations
- Washington State Treasurer Proposes Income Tax to Fund Education
- Editorial: No Excuse for Failing to Preserve Text Message Records
- Editorial: Troy Kelley Should Do Us a Favor & Resign
- Washington State Woman, from Allyn, Found Dead in Waters Off Maui
- Mason County Unemployment Down in March
- Belfair Sewer Project – The Plan to Step Forward
- A Timely Look at Washington State’s Deteriorating Bridges & Clogged Highways
- Farmer Convicted of Killing Men, Feeding to Pigs
- Boeing First-Quarter Profit Jumps 38 Percent on Higher Jet Deliveries
- Experts Again See Conditions Ripe for El Niño in Fall
- Family Sues Chehalis Funeral Home – Cremation & Wrong Body in Casket
Garniture
• \GARR-nit-churr\ • Noun - 1: embellishment, trimming 2: a set of decorative
objects (as vases, urns, or clocks)
The
ticking of the grandfather clock in the gloomy parlor made it seem spookier than
it was. The red velvet wallpaper, lamps with their wicks lowered to a feeble
glow, silk handkerchiefs draped seductively over their shades. “This garniture
is directly from the ‘Miss Kitty” school of décor,” mused the dusty cowhand to
himself, his spurs jangling across the creaky wooden floor as he made his way
to the low divan, where the hostess impatiently waited, the weathered copy of “Wuthering
Heights” gripped in her hands.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Failed
Insulator Causes Four-Hour Power Outage Monday in Several Jefferson County Communities
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
New
California Proposal: Use Less Electricity, Pay More (SF Chronicle)
Northwest
Pool Slows Imbalance Market Progress (Argus Media)
British
Columbia: Conflicts Mar BC Hydro Transmission Line Completion, Cost Still
Unknown (Globe & Mail, Canada)
British
Columbia Argues Peace River Dam Environmental Approval Process Was Above Board
(Vancouver Sun, BC)
Former
Idaho Nuke Executive Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Longview
Man Facing $5,000 Water Bill Due to Possible Pirate Plumbing (Longview Daily News, WA)
NERC:
EPA Should Ease Clean Power Plan Timeline to Ensure Reliability (Utility Dive)
White
House Calls for Billions in New Grid Infrastructure Spending in Quadrennial
Energy Review (Utility Dive)
Japan
Moves Nearer To Restarting Nuclear Reactors after Court Gives Go-Ahead (The
Guardian, UK)
Illinois:
Chicago Will End Power Pact with Constellation, Return Customers to ComEd (Utility
Dive)
Nebraska
Public Power District to Convert a Unit from Coal to Hydrogen Power (American
Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Public Comment Sought on Proposed Makah Whale
Hunt – Meeting Set Next Wednesday in Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Fisher Possibly Threatened by Marijuana Grow
Operations (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Video: Warm ‘Blob’ Causes Early Maturing of Oregon
Oysters (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Cowlitz River Fishery & Hatchery Program
Meeting (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clark, Skamania Counties in Drought Emergency (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Yakima Basin Drought Forces Early Use of Stored
Water (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SolarCity
Raises $1 Billion, Will Steer Businesses toward Solar (SF Chronicle)
Increased
Wind Energy versus Increased Canadian Hydro Energy in New England (The Energy
Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Five Ways to Celebrate Earth Day & Save Energy (Mason
PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Congress
Preserves Large Water Heater Production (Electric Co-op
Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana
Dispensaries, Recreational Shops Struggle to Find Homes in Rental Market (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Oregon
Liquor Control Commission’s Marijuana Program Budget for First 2 Years: $10.5
Million (Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Some
Environmental Advocates Not Helping the Cause, Climate Scientist Says (Forbes
Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Earth
Day’s Importance & Evolution since 1970 (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-cohen/earth-days-importance-and_b_7099522.html?utm_hp_ref=green
Op/Ed:
Want To Save The Planet? Say Bye-Bye To Nature (USA Today)
Earth
Day, Bah! Hybrid, EV Owners Shift to SUVs (USA Today)
Green
Energy Hiring Outpaces Coal Job Losses (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Ten
U-S Cities That Are Going Green (National Journal)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Lack
of Broadband in Some Areas Limits Telemedicine (Computerworld)
Google
Prepares to Launch U-S Wireless Service as Europe Circles the Wagons (Silicon
Valley Business Journal, CA)
Comcast’s
Track Record in Past Deals May Be Hitch for Merger with Time Warner Cable (NY Times)
Top
Cable Lobbyist Confused Why People Like Google Better (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter’s
Trying to Muzzle Its Worst Trolls with New Rules on Violent Threats (Washington
Post)
Facebook
Tweaks Cause Concern among Marketers, but Not Necessarily Panic (AdWeek)
How to Grow Your Facebook Audience: Eight Success Tips
(Social Media Examiner)
Facebook
Earnings: Great Expectations (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Treasurer Proposes Income Tax to Fund Education (Associated Press)
Editorial:
No Excuse for Failing to Preserve Text Message Records (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Editorial:
Troy Kelley Should Do Us a Favor & Resign (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington
State Woman, from Allyn, Found Dead in Waters Off of Maui (Associated Press)
Mason County Unemployment Down in March (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Belfair Sewer Project – The Plan to Step Forward (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
A Timely Look at Washington State’s Deteriorating
Bridges & Clogged Highways (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Farmer Convicted of Killing Men, Feeding to Pigs (Associated
Press)
Boeing First-Quarter Profit Jumps 38 Percent on
Higher Jet Deliveries (Reuters)
Experts Again See Conditions Ripe for El Niño in
Fall (SF Chronicle)
Family Sues Chehalis Funeral Home – Cremation &
Wrong Body in Casket (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Pianist
Emerges from TARDIS to Play ‘Doctor Who’ Theme Song Cover
This
London Homeowner Came Up with a Genius Way of Taking Revenge on Her Neighbors
Kmart
& Joe Boxer’s High-Tech Bracelet Measures Inactivity & Celebrates Your
Laziness (AdWeek)
100-Carat
Diamond Sells for $22 Million at Auction
SONG OF THE DAY
Mills
Brothers – Lazy River
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