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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Judge Rejects Feds’ Columbia River Salmon Plan, Calls For a
Rewrite (Oregonian, Portland)
Cool Winter Boosts Avista’s Earnings (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Dan James Appointed New Deputy Administrator for Bonneville
Power Administration (Bonneville Power Administration)
Puget Sound Sport Fishermen Angry over Tribal Gillnetting
Salmon Catch (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Energy Hawks Launch Nonprofit to Make Cannabis Farms
More Efficient (Portland Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cool Winter Boosts Avista’s Earnings
- California: Officials Mull Revamp of Electric System as Blackouts Loom
- Dan James Appointed New Deputy Administrator for Bonneville Power Administration
- Alaska Co-op Wins FEMA Reimbursement
- Judge Rejects Feds’ Columbia River Salmon Plan, Calls For a Rewrite
- Ruling Reaxn: Court Ruling on Federal Salmon Plan Sets Region Back to Square One
- Judge: Plan for Restoring Northwest Salmon Runs Not Enough
- Judge Rejects Feds’ Latest Plan to Help Salmon Survive Columbia River Dams
- Puget Sound Sport Fishermen Angry over Tribal Gillnetting Salmon Catch
- Wide Ripple Effect Feared from Salmon Fishing Ban
- Port Angeles Fluoridation Foes File Petition to Change Form of City Government
- Solar Power Industry Experts Expect Surge in Interest
- Sonoma Clean Power: From Startup to Profit in Two Years
- Port Angeles’ Civic Field to Get LED Lights
- Oregon Startup Veteran Aims to Raise $1.5M for Energy Efficiency Technology
- Should We Promote Heat Pumps to Save Energy & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
- Oregon Energy Hawks Launch Nonprofit to Make Cannabis Farms More Efficient
- California: Measure to Legalize Pot Headed for November Ballot
- Low-Cost Highs: Price of Legal Marijuana Plunges in Washington State
- On East & West Coast, a Different Approach to Marijuana Debate
- Climate Change Could Threaten Crater Lake’s Crystal-Clear Water
- The Biggest Coral Reef in the Continental U-S Is Dissolving Into the Ocean
- Webmail Firms Probe Login ‘Leak’
- Analyst: To Seriously Compete, CenturyLink Needs Fiber Upgrades
- AT&T Hides Anti-Muni-Broadband Language in Missouri Traffic Bill
- Surprise! People Will Actually Read Long News Stories on Their Smartphones
- Eight PowerPoints That Show You How to Make the Best Presentations
- Eight Tips to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing
- Argentina Uses Trump’s Immigration Comments to Make a Great Soccer Commercial
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Releases Most of Its Contract to Buy Seneca Biomass Power – Pays the Register-Guard $70,000 for Legal Costs
- New Evacuations around Fire-Struck Fort McMurray in Canada’s Energy Heartland
- Faith in Action Opens HUB Center for Seniors in Belfair
- Study: Insect Damage May Counter Intense Wildfires
- The Counties with the Best Weather in Each State – Spokane, Kitsap, Yakima, Benton
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cool Winter Boosts Avista’s Earnings (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
California: Officials Mull Revamp of Electric System as
Blackouts Loom (E&E Publishing)
Dan James Appointed New Deputy Administrator for Bonneville
Power Administration (Bonneville Power Administration)
Alaska Co-op Wins FEMA Reimbursement (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Rejects Feds’ Columbia River Salmon Plan, Calls For a
Rewrite (Oregonian, Portland)
Ruling Reaxn: Court Ruling on Federal Salmon Plan Sets
Region Back to Square One (Northwest River Partners)
Judge: Plan for Restoring Northwest Salmon Runs Not Enough (Associated Press)
Judge Rejects Feds’ Latest Plan to Help Salmon Survive Columbia
River Dams (Oregon Public Radio)
Puget Sound Sport Fishermen Angry over Tribal Gillnetting
Salmon Catch (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
Wide Ripple Effect Feared from Salmon Fishing Ban (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Port Angeles Fluoridation Foes File Petition to Change Form of
City Government (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Solar Power Industry Experts Expect Surge in Interest (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Sonoma Clean Power: From Startup to Profit in Two Years (Santa
Rose Press-Democrat, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Port Angeles’ Civic Field to Get LED Lights (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon Startup Veteran Aims to Raise $1.5M for Energy
Efficiency Technology (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Should We Promote Heat Pumps to Save Energy & Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions? (The Energy Collective)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Energy Hawks Launch Nonprofit to Make Cannabis Farms
More Efficient (Portland Business Journal, OR)
California: Measure to Legalize Pot Headed for November
Ballot (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Low-Cost Highs: Price of Legal Marijuana Plunges in Washington
State (RT America)
On East & West Coast, a Different Approach to Marijuana
Debate (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Change Could Threaten Crater Lake’s Crystal-Clear
Water (Oregonian, Portland)
The Biggest Coral Reef in the Continental U-S Is Dissolving
Into the Ocean (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Webmail Firms Probe Login ‘Leak’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Analyst: To Seriously Compete, CenturyLink Needs Fiber Upgrades
(Broadband Reports)
AT&T Hides Anti-Muni-Broadband Language in Missouri
Traffic Bill (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Surprise! People Will Actually Read Long News Stories on
Their Smartphones (Washington Post)
Eight PowerPoints That Show You How to Make the Best
Presentations (Mashable)
Eight Tips to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing (Social
Media Examiner)
Argentina Uses Trump’s Immigration Comments to Make a Great
Soccer Commercial (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Eugene Water & Electric Board Releases Most of Its
Contract to Buy Seneca Biomass Power – Pays the Register-Guard $70,000 for
Legal Costs (Eugene Register-Guard,
OR)
GENERAL NEWS
New Evacuations around Fire-Struck Fort McMurray in Canada’s
Energy Heartland (Reuters)
Faith in Action Opens HUB Center for Seniors in Belfair (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Study: Insect Damage May Counter Intense Wildfires (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
The Counties with the Best Weather in Each State – Spokane,
Kitsap, Yakima, Benton (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Cinco de Mayo Connection to the U-S Civil War
Man Flees Cops with Monkey on His Back – Literally
Should New Pet Owners Get ‘Paw-Ternity’ Leave?
Michigan Couple Avoids Jail over Lost Dr. Seuss Library Book
SONG OF THE DAY
James Taylor – Mexico (Acoustic)
Sheryl Crow & Jackson Browne & David Crosby – Mexico
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