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Weather Forecast for February 22, 2016
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Avista Files Request for Electric & Natural Gas Rate
Increase – Includes Storm Recovery Costs (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
BC Hydro Seeks Injunction against Peace River Dam Protesters
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Washington State Falls Behind on Solar Jobs – Bill passed by
the House could help local companies as changes to subsidies loom (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Mystery Wind Drought That Cut U-S Wind Power in 2015 Is Back
(New Scientist)
Pacific Northwest Could Become Hub for Methanol Production (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Files Request for Electric & Natural Gas Rate Increase – Includes Storm Recovery Costs
- BC Hydro Seeks Injunction against Peace River Dam Protesters
- British Columbia: Crown Land Quietly Offered To First Nations In Return for Peace River Dam Site
- Boulder, Colorado & Bainbridge Island, Washington Look at Municipalization
- Op/Ed: In Power Play, Oregon Customers Will Pay
- Columbia River Spring Chinook Season Is Set; Forecasts Are Good
- Scientists Now Link Massive Starfish Die-Off, Warming Ocean
- Idaho Rehab Says Fish & Game Is Preventing Bear Intake
- Wyden: Loophole 'The Size of a Lunar Crater' Allowed Portland Pollution
- Scientists Seek a Better Tally of Soot on North American Snowpack
- Washington State Falls Behind on Solar Jobs
- Mystery Wind Drought That Cut U-S Wind Power in 2015 Is Back
- Feds Officially Cut Back Period for Wind Farm Eagle Take Permits
- Wood Energy Industry, Hundreds of Maine Jobs, at Risk
- Despite Overwhelming Nationwide Support for Clean Energy, Poll Shows Personal Disconnect
- Keeping the Porch Lights On May Deter Crime, & Is Cheaper Than You Think
- Out with Stoners, In with Suits: It’s All Business at Cannacon in Seattle
- Pot Grower Could Find Home on Hoquiam’s Bay Avenue
- Pacific Northwest Could Become Hub for Methanol Production
- All-Electric Lewis County Bus Purchase Approved
- Rewiring the Northwest's Energy Infrastructure
- Verizon to Buy XO Fiber-Optic Business for About $1.8 Billion
- Apple Tells Employees Why It Won't Help Hack Shooter's Phone
- Apple Still Holds the Keys to Its Cloud Service, but Reluctantly
- Construction Begins on the 5G Wireless Dream
- Google Fiber is Coming to Huntsville, Alabama
- Facebook Updates Messenger App to Handle Several Accounts
- Scalia's Absence to be Felt as U-S Supreme Court Returns
- Shelton Harbor & Oakland Bay Marina Shoreline Restoration Project nears Launch
- Columbia Pacific Makes $50M Loan for Purchase of Weyerhaeuser's Federal Way Campus
- Bainbridge Island: Old Growth Forest May Fall to Affordable Housing
- 'Jury Duty' Phone Call Scam Spreading in Portland
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Files Request for Electric & Natural Gas Rate
Increase – Includes Storm Recovery Costs (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
BC Hydro Seeks Injunction against Peace River Dam Protesters
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
British Columbia: Crown Land Quietly Offered To First
Nations In Return for Peace River Dam Site (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Boulder, Colorado & Bainbridge Island, Washington Look
at Municipalization (American Public Power Association)
Op/Ed: In Power Play, Oregon Customers Will Pay (Albany
Democrat Herald, OR)
http://democratherald.com/news/opinion/guest/in-power-play-customers-will-pay/article_174fb926-8253-5ed8-bc27-8849965e6b65.html
http://democratherald.com/news/opinion/guest/in-power-play-customers-will-pay/article_174fb926-8253-5ed8-bc27-8849965e6b65.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Spring Chinook Season Is Set; Forecasts Are
Good (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Scientists Now Link Massive Starfish Die-Off, Warming Ocean (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Idaho Rehab Says Fish & Game Is Preventing Bear Intake (KTVB-TV,
Boise, ID)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Wyden: Loophole 'The Size of a Lunar Crater' Allowed
Portland Pollution (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Scientists Seek a Better Tally of Soot on North American
Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Washington State Falls Behind on Solar Jobs – Bill passed by
the House could help local companies as changes to subsidies loom (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Mystery Wind Drought That Cut U-S Wind Power in 2015 Is Back
(New Scientist)
Feds Officially Cut Back Period for Wind Farm Eagle Take
Permits (North America Wind Power)
Wood Energy Industry, Hundreds of Maine Jobs, at Risk
(Portland Press Herald, ME)
Despite Overwhelming Nationwide Support for Clean Energy,
Poll Shows Personal Disconnect (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Keeping the Porch Lights On May Deter Crime, & Is
Cheaper Than You Think (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Out with Stoners, In with Suits: It’s All Business at Cannacon
in Seattle (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
Pot Grower Could Find Home on Hoquiam’s Bay Avenue (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Pacific Northwest Could Become Hub for Methanol Production (Associated Press)
All-Electric Lewis County Bus Purchase Approved (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Rewiring the Northwest's Energy Infrastructure (Center for Sustainable
Infrastructure)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon to Buy XO Fiber-Optic Business for About $1.8
Billion (Associated Press)
Apple Tells Employees Why It Won't Help Hack Shooter's Phone
(Associated Press)
Apple Still Holds the Keys to Its Cloud Service, but
Reluctantly (NY Times)
Construction Begins on the 5G Wireless Dream (NY Times)
Google Fiber is Coming to Huntsville, Alabama (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Updates Messenger App to Handle Several Accounts (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Scalia's Absence to be Felt as U-S Supreme Court Returns (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Harbor & Oakland Bay Marina Shoreline
Restoration Project nears Launch (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Columbia Pacific Makes $50M Loan for Purchase of Weyerhaeuser's
Federal Way Campus (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2016/02/columbia-pacific-makes-50m-loan-for-purchase-of.html
Bainbridge Island: Old Growth Forest May Fall to Affordable
Housing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
'Jury Duty' Phone Call Scam Spreading in Portland (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Officials: Young Man Poses as Ohio Lawmaker, Tours School
Vance Creek Bridge – Man Films His Own Crime, Cops Say,
'Thanks'
JRR Tolkien Poems Found in Abingdon School Annual
Thief Dresses As Walmart Worker, Walks Out Door with Four HD-TVs
SONG OF THE DAY
Toby Keith – Should've Been a Cowboy
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