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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Alcoa Will Delay Idling Its Aluminum Smelter in Ferndale
- An Explainer: How “Grid Modernization” Could Improve Your Life
- US Households Prefer Electricity and Natural Gas for Home Heating
- Fed Forecast: Electricity Prices to Rise in 2017
- To Save Its Salmon, California Calls in the Fish Matchmaker
- Another Baby Orca! Ninth New Calf Confirmed in Puget Sound since December 2014
- Michigan Governor Apologizes for Water 'Catastrophe' in Flint
- Citizens' Utility Board Policy Director to Lead Oregon's Solar Industry Group
- Kansas: Power Line Regulations Kink Wind Power Growth
- Backlash in Vermont over Green Energy Aesthetics
- Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards Outweigh Costs, Report Finds
- Bill Would Prohibit Washington State Agency from Setting a Carbon Cap
- Somebody Keeps Cutting the Bay Area's Fiber-Optic Cables & the FBI Wonders Why
- Super Bowl: Fiber-Optic Sabotage Risk Outlined in Fed Memo Strictly Hypothetical, Expert Says
- Tennessee Lawmakers Gearing Up for Broadband Battle
- NYC's New Public Wi-Fi Is Obscenely Fast
- Microsoft Earmarks $1 Billion for Public Cloud Projects
- “Artisanal Spam” Is Today’s Sneaky New Trend in Email Scams
- What to Do When Twitter Goes Down & You're Left All Alone
- Earthquakes: Emergency Planners Work on Playbooks for the Deadly Big One
- Mason County OKs Agreement to Purchase Future North Bay Park Land
Alcoa Will Delay Idling Its Aluminum Smelter in Ferndale
(Associated Press)
An Explainer: How “Grid Modernization” Could Improve Your
Life (Breaking Energy – “…make you taller, better looking, and a better
dancer…”)
US Households Prefer Electricity and Natural Gas for Home
Heating (Market Realist)
Fed Forecast: Electricity Prices to Rise in 2017 (Electric
Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
To Save Its Salmon, California Calls in the Fish Matchmaker
(NY Times)
Another Baby Orca! Ninth New Calf Confirmed in Puget Sound
since December 2014 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Michigan Governor Apologizes for Water 'Catastrophe' in
Flint (Mashable)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Citizens' Utility Board Policy Director to Lead Oregon's
Solar Industry Group (Portland Business Journal)
Kansas: Power Line Regulations Kink Wind Power Growth (KCUR
Radio)
Backlash in Vermont over Green Energy Aesthetics (WBUR,
Boston, MA)
Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards Outweigh Costs,
Report Finds (Clean Technica)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Bill Would Prohibit Washington State Agency from Setting a
Carbon Cap (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Somebody Keeps Cutting the Bay Area's Fiber-Optic Cables
& the FBI Wonders Why (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Super Bowl: Fiber-Optic Sabotage Risk Outlined in Fed Memo
Strictly Hypothetical, Expert Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Tennessee Lawmakers Gearing Up for Broadband Battle – Expanding
municipal telecom to underserved areas brings power struggle to Legislature
(Chattanooga Free Press, TN)
NYC's New Public Wi-Fi Is Obscenely Fast (Gizmodo)
Microsoft Earmarks $1 Billion for Public Cloud Projects (USA
Today)
“Artisanal Spam” Is Today’s Sneaky New Trend in Email Scams
(Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
What to Do When Twitter Goes Down & You're Left All
Alone (Mashable)
GENERAL NEWS
Earthquakes: Emergency Planners Work on Playbooks for the
Deadly Big One (Associated Press)
Mason County OKs Agreement to Purchase Future North Bay Park
Land (KMAS News, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
McDonald's Is Selling Chocolate-Covered French Fries in
Japan
Are Beards Good for Your Health?
Jilted Bride Gives Her Wedding Reception to the Homeless
A Sleep Expert's Tips on Taking Your Best Nap
SONG OF THE DAY
The First Class - Beach Baby
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