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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
$15.8 Million for Yakima Basin Water Plan in Jeopardy as
Energy Bill Stalls in D-C (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Investors in Huge California Wind Farm Might End Up Repaying
Federal Subsidies (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article59876436.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article59876436.html
Obama: ‘Don’t Despair’ over Supreme Court Intervention in
Carbon Emission Case (Washington Post)
Energy Efficiency Anchors Pacific Northwest Power Plan
(American Public Power Association)
Washington State Issues Report on Life Expectancy by
Legislative District – What’s up with the 19th District? (PubliCola)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Efficiency Anchors Pacific Northwest Power Plan
- Kevin Nordt Named New Grant PUD General Manager
- Cowlitz PUD to Audit Meters, Retain Usage App
- Bonneville Power Administration COO Claudia Andrews Announces Retirement
- Energy Northwest Ruling from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on “Whistleblower” Claims
- Utility Says It Has Stopped Natural Gas Leak near Los Angeles after Nearly 4 Months
- Here’s How Much Exelon Has Spent Pursuing Its $6.8 Billion Merger with Pepco
- Report: Customer Engagement for Utilities Still Elusive
- First Meeting on Washington State Salmon Forecasts, Season-Setting Scheduled, for March 1
- Editorial: Washington State Still Obstinate on Tribal Rights; Fix Culverts to Save Salmon, Now
- $15.8 Million for Yakima Basin Water Plan in Jeopardy as Energy Bill Stalls in D-C
- Puyallup Residents See Utility Rate Increases as City Searches for Sustainable Funding
- Investors in Huge California Wind Farm Might End Up Repaying Federal Subsidies
- Worries over Firearms Surface in Rooftop-Solar Debate
- SolarCity & Other Rooftop Providers Face a Cloudier Future
- California Rejects New Plan for Palen Solar Farm
- California Solar Industry Job Growth Reaches Record Levels
- Going Solar? Here Are nine Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Installer
- Portland Looks to Add Home Efficiency Scores to Seller Listings
- Social Media Massacre: Marijuana Businesses Scrambling as Facebook, Instagram Shutter Accounts
- Obama: ‘Don’t Despair’ over Supreme Court Intervention in Carbon Emission Case
- Five States Forging Ahead With Obama Power Plan, Court Hold or Not
- Group Issues ‘Stop Work’ Order to States on Climate Rule
- Op/Ed: Some State Businesses Lead Way on Low Carbon
- Competing Carbon Tax Initiatives Likely in 2016
- Tesla Lobbies Nevada Regulators to Reconsider Net Metering Changes
- CenturyLink Follows Comcast’s Lead, to Start Charging Broadband Overage Fees
- What’s Wrong with Your Internet?
- Congress Moves near Final OK of Local Internet Tax Ban
- EPA Chief Hits Back on ‘Propaganda’ Charges about Water Rule
- Twitter Woes Deepen as Lack of User Growth Threatens Sales
- Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks about Selling Itself
- Myspace Still Exists? Yes, & Now Time Inc. Owns It
- Washington State Issues Report on Life Expectancy by Legislative District – What’s up with the 19th District?
- Snapchat Bets Big on Quick-Fire Approach to Campaign Coverage
- Mason County School Levies Passing
- Key Player in Prisoners’ Early Release Resigns Washington State Post
- Residents Oppose Proposed Methanol Plant at Port of Tacoma
- Oregon Standoff: Last Four Occupiers Surrender at Malheur Refuge
- Oregon Standoff Ends, But Its New Kind of ‘Protest’ Is Just Beginning
- Way to Go, Einstein! Gravitational Wave Discovery Hailed as Monumental
- High School Basketball: Shelton Girls Drop First District Game
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Efficiency Anchors Pacific Northwest Power Plan (American
Public Power Association)
Kevin Nordt Named New Grant PUD General Manager (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Cowlitz PUD to Audit Meters, Retain Usage App (Longview Daily News, WA)
Bonneville Power
Administration COO Claudia Andrews Announces Retirement (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Energy Northwest Ruling from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
on “Whistleblower” Claims (PDF – Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Utility Says It Has Stopped Natural Gas Leak near Los
Angeles after Nearly 4 Months (Associated
Press)
Here’s How Much Exelon Has Spent Pursuing Its $6.8 Billion
Merger with Pepco (Chicago Business Journal, IL)
Report: Customer Engagement for Utilities Still Elusive
(Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
First Meeting on Washington State Salmon Forecasts,
Season-Setting Scheduled, for March 1 (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Editorial: Washington State Still Obstinate on Tribal
Rights; Fix Culverts to Save Salmon, Now (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$15.8 Million for Yakima Basin Water Plan in Jeopardy as
Energy Bill Stalls in D-C (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Puyallup Residents See Utility Rate Increases as City
Searches for Sustainable Funding (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Investors in Huge California Wind Farm Might End Up Repaying
Federal Subsidies (Miami Herald, FL)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article59876436.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article59876436.html
Worries over Firearms Surface in Rooftop-Solar Debate (Las
Vegas Review Journal, NV)
SolarCity & Other Rooftop Providers Face a Cloudier
Future (NY Times)
California Rejects New Plan for Palen Solar Farm (Palm
Springs Desert Sun, CA)
California Solar Industry Job Growth Reaches Record Levels
(Los Angeles Times, CA)
Going Solar? Here Are nine Questions to Ask Before Hiring an
Installer (GreenTech Media)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland Looks to Add Home Efficiency Scores to Seller
Listings (Portland Business Journal, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Social Media Massacre: Marijuana Businesses Scrambling as
Facebook, Instagram Shutter Accounts (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Obama: ‘Don’t Despair’ over Supreme Court Intervention in
Carbon Emission Case (Washington Post)
Five States Forging Ahead With Obama Power Plan, Court Hold
or Not (Renewable Energy World)
Group Issues ‘Stop Work’ Order to States on Climate Rule
(Washington Examiner)
Op/Ed: Some State Businesses Lead Way on Low Carbon (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Competing Carbon Tax Initiatives Likely in 2016 (Washington
State Wire, Olympia, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla Lobbies Nevada Regulators to Reconsider Net Metering Changes
(Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CenturyLink Follows Comcast’s Lead, to Start Charging
Broadband Overage Fees (TechDirt)
What’s Wrong with Your Internet? (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Congress Moves near Final OK of Local Internet Tax Ban (Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
EPA Chief Hits Back on ‘Propaganda’ Charges about Water Rule
(Morning Consult)
Twitter Woes Deepen as Lack of User Growth Threatens Sales
(Bloomberg News)
Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks about Selling Itself (NY Times)
Myspace Still Exists? Yes, & Now Time Inc. Owns It (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Issues Report on Life Expectancy by
Legislative District – What’s up with the 19th District? (PubliCola)
Snapchat Bets Big on Quick-Fire Approach to Campaign
Coverage (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County School Levies Passing (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
Key Player in Prisoners’ Early Release Resigns Washington
State Post (Associated Press)
Residents Oppose Proposed Methanol Plant at Port of Tacoma (Associated Press)
Oregon Standoff: Last Four Occupiers Surrender at Malheur
Refuge (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon Standoff Ends, But Its New Kind of ‘Protest’ Is Just
Beginning (Christian Science Monitor)
Way to Go, Einstein! Gravitational Wave Discovery Hailed as Monumental
(Christian Science Monitor)
High School Basketball: Shelton Girls Drop First District
Game (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Amazon Wrote a Zombie Apocalypse Clause into Its Terms of
Service & Here’s Why
Animal Rights Protest Scrapped after “Greased Pig” Dust-Up
Officials in New York City Say It’s Too Cold for the Annual
Ice Festival in Central Park
Smithsonian Uncovers Apollo 11 ‘Graffiti’ Not Seen in
Decades
SONG OF THE DAY
Adron & Blair Crimmins – The Galaxy Song (from Monty
Python)
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