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Weather
Forecast for February 1, 2016
Stop
the El Nino Forecast Complaints! (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Attorney General: Puget Sound Energy
Overcharging Customers (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington
State Democratic Party Takes Position Opposing CarbonWa’s I-732 (The Cascadia
Advocate)
Oregon Utilities Throw Weight behind Plan to Eliminate Coal
& Increase Renewables (Oregonian, Portland)
Lawsuit: Pierce County Town Overcharged Hospital Millions
for Sewer Service (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
GE
to Phase Out CFL Bulbs in Favor of LED (Consumerist)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Attorney General: Puget Sound Energy Overcharging Customers
- Oregon Utilities Throw Weight behind Plan to Eliminate Coal & Increase Renewables
- Virtual Currency Meets Wariness as It Plugs Into Cheap Columbia River Power
- High Bills Raise Avista Questions
- Snohomish PUD Offers Billing Options after Complaints
- Clark Public Utilities: “Race for Warmth” Helps Keep the Heat on for Needy
- Serious Competition at the Bonneville Power Administration Regional Science Bowl
- California: Yes Nukes! Conservationists Rally to Save State’s Nuclear Plant
- Post Sandy Payoff: Upgrades Helped Keep the Lights on in New York & New Jersey during Blizzard
- Rival Hydro Providers Team Up to Make Push for Massachusetts Legislation
SmartAdvanced Meters: The New Normal- What is Your Co-op Doing about Safety?
- Canada: Squirrel Knocks Out Power for 5,400 Customers in Halifax Neighborhood
- Lawsuit: Pierce County Town Overcharged Hospital Millions for Sewer Service
- California Almonds, Partly Blamed for Water Shortage, Now Dropping in Price
- SolarWorld Move Targets the Residential Market
- Vestas Will Soon Start Buying Oregon Steel
- Oregon: Port of Tillamook Bay Officials to Shut Down Financially Draining Digester in Two Months
- Solar Energy Just a Google Search Away?
- Op/Ed: Nevada’s Solar Bait-and-Switch
- GE to Phase Out CFL Bulbs in Favor of LED
- Feds Proposing Air Conditioner Standards
- Vent-Free Fireplaces Popular Despite Safety Worry
- Medical Pot Operators Sue over Washington State Licensing Priority
- Marijuana Sales Grow 184% in One Year
- Washington State Democratic Party Takes Position Opposing CarbonWa’s I-732
- Op/Ed: I-732 Taxes Pollution, Not People
- These Are Washington’s Top Ten Climate Polluters
- Ethanol Mandate, a Boon to Iowa Alone, Faces Rising Resistance
- The Drop in Fuel Prices Is Zapping the Electric Car Industry
- Google Fiber Dials in on Phone Service
- Microsoft Plumbs Ocean’s Depths to Test Underwater Data Center
- Microsoft’s Secret Weapon for Growth in the Cloud: Email
- Cable Industry Disrupter Aereo Is Back with New Internet Service
- Congress Wants to Give Feds the Power to Spot Terrorists on Social Media
- The $31 Billion ‘Green’ Branding of Vancouver, B-C
- Washington State Senator Don Benton Won’t Run for Re-Election
- Buoyed By Drafting Error, John Wayne Trails Group Treks to Washington State Capitol to Continue Fight
- $100 Million Software System for Washington State’s Community Colleges So Flawed It Will Need Millions More to Fix
- Lawmakers Say Pay Raise Due for Washington State Patrol
- Mason County Commissioners to Restructure Five Departments under One Leader
- Sequim Neighbors Protest Proposed Radio, Cell Tower
- Seahawks Wilson, Bennett MVPs of Pro Bowl
Bicephalous
• \bie-CEF-uh-luss\ • Adjective – Having two heads
It
still pains me to see Ray Milland in his later film roles, especially the
horrendous bicephalous drama/comedy “The Thing with Two Heads”. However, some
would say this film was the high point in Rosy Grier’s acting career.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State Attorney General: Puget Sound Energy Overcharging
Customers (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon Utilities Throw Weight behind Plan to Eliminate Coal &
Increase Renewables (Oregonian, Portland)
Virtual Currency Meets Wariness as It Plugs Into Cheap
Columbia River Power (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
High Bills Raise Avista Questions (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
Snohomish PUD Offers Billing Options after Complaints (My
Everett News, WA)
Clark Public Utilities: “Race for Warmth” Helps Keep the
Heat on for Needy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Serious Competition at the Bonneville Power Administration
Regional Science Bowl (Oregonian, Portland)
California:
Yes Nukes! Conservationists Rally to Save State’s Nuclear Plant (SF Chronicle)
Post Sandy Payoff: Upgrades Helped Keep the Lights on in New
York & New Jersey during Blizzard (Associated Press)
Rival Hydro Providers Team Up to Make Push for Massachusetts
Legislation (Boston Globe, MA)
What is Your Co-op Doing about Safety? (Electric
Co-op Today)
Canada:
Squirrel Knocks Out Power for 5,400 Customers in Halifax Neighborhood
(Vancouver Sun, BC)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lawsuit: Pierce County Town Overcharged Hospital Millions for
Sewer Service (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
California Almonds, Partly Blamed for Water Shortage, Now
Dropping in Price (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SolarWorld
Move Targets the Residential Market (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Vestas
Will Soon Start Buying Oregon Steel (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/01/vestas-will-soon-start-buying-oregon-steel.html
Oregon:
Port of Tillamook Bay Officials to Shut Down Financially Draining Digester in
Two Months (Tillamook County Pioneer, OR)
Solar
Energy Just a Google Search Away? (American Public Power Association)
Op/Ed:
Nevada’s Solar Bait-and-Switch (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
GE
to Phase Out CFL Bulbs in Favor of LED (Consumerist)
Feds
Proposing Air Conditioner Standards (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Vent-Free
Fireplaces Popular Despite Safety Worry (Columbus Dispatch, OH)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Medical Pot Operators Sue over Washington State Licensing
Priority (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Marijuana
Sales Grow 184% in One Year (Forbes Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Democratic Party Takes Position Opposing CarbonWa’s I-732 (The Cascadia
Advocate)
Op/Ed:
I-732 Taxes Pollution, Not People (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
These
Are Washington’s Top Ten Climate Polluters (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ethanol
Mandate, a Boon to Iowa Alone, Faces Rising Resistance (NY Times)
The Drop in Fuel Prices Is Zapping the Electric Car Industry
(Washington Examiner)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google
Fiber Dials in on Phone Service (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
Microsoft Plumbs Ocean’s Depths to Test Underwater
Data Center (NY Times)
Microsoft’s Secret Weapon for Growth in the Cloud:
Email (Reuters)
Cable Industry Disrupter Aereo Is Back with New Internet
Service (SF Chronicle)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Congress Wants to Give Feds the Power to Spot Terrorists on Social
Media (Washington Examiner)
The $31 Billion ‘Green’ Branding of Vancouver, B-C
(Vancouver Sun, BC)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Senator Don Benton Won’t Run for Re-Election (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Buoyed
By Drafting Error, John Wayne Trails Group Treks to Washington State Capitol to
Continue Fight (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
$100 Million Software System for Washington State’s
Community Colleges So Flawed It Will Need Millions More to Fix (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Lawmakers Say Pay Raise Due for Washington State
Patrol (Associated Press)
Mason County Commissioners to Restructure Five Departments
under One Leader (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Sequim Neighbors Protest Proposed Radio, Cell
Tower (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Seahawks Wilson, Bennett MVPs of Pro Bowl (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Jewelry
Made from an Actual SR-71 Blackbird is Cool as Hell
The
Cutest Super Bowl Commercial Yet Is Heinz’s Stampede of Wiener Dogs
This
Video Shows You 15 Genius Ways to Use Binder Clips
Police
Officer Mistaken for Stripper at 50th Birthday Party
SONG OF THE DAY
Peter
Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do
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